The Lincoln Lawyer Explained — Episode by Episode

Mickey survives a murder attempt and uncovers a courthouse corruption scheme run by Judge Mary Holder, who orchestrated the murder of Jerry Vincent and tried to kill Mickey when he got too close. Meanwhile, Mickey's investigator Lorna tracks down witness Gloria Dayton in Las Vegas, whose testimony exposes corrupt detectives who framed Jesús Menendez for a murder he didn't commit. Trevor Elliott is...

Mickey Haller wins Trevor Elliott's acquittal after delivering a mathematical closing argument that demonstrates the impossibility of disposing evidence in seven minutes. The jury finds Trevor not guilty on both murder counts, but post-trial investigation reveals the Russian mob threat was fabricated and Trevor used a drone to dispose of the murder weapon—making the seven-minute timeline feasible...

Mickey Haller faces the prosecution's most damaging evidence—massive gunshot residue on Trevor Elliott's hands and clothes that appears to prove he fired the murder weapon. Working late through case files, Mickey connects Jerry Vincent's casino visits to the Sheriff's vehicle maintenance facility and discovers Trevor rode in the same patrol car that transported Eli Wyms—who fired over ninety round...

Defense attorney Mickey Haller's trial defending tech entrepreneur Trevor Elliott begins with opening statements painting his client as a jealous killer. As Mickey pursues a tunnel vision defense and introduces alternative suspect Anton Shavar, a crisis erupts when an anonymous letter exposes Juror Number Seven as an imposter who vanishes before court. Both attorneys refuse a mistrial despite the...

Mickey discovers Jerry Vincent bribed Juror Seven months ago, explaining why Trevor rushed to trial for a specific jury date. Trevor confesses his company is funded by Russian oligarch Sergei Kosevich, who had Trevor's wife Lara and her boyfriend killed when she planned to divorce and take half the company without a prenup. Meanwhile, Mickey visits Jesús Menendez in prison, an innocent past client...

Mickey Haller navigates jury selection for Trevor Elliott's double murder trial after his magic bullet defense collapses. He secretly hires poker expert Gwen to read jurors when Trevor refuses a consultant, plants ideas about corrupt cops during voir dire, and battles prosecutor Golantz in a strategic chess match. Meanwhile, ex-wife Maggie faces political pressure to prove Angelo Soto murdered her...

Mickey Haller's defense strategy collapses when veteran Eli Wyms knows nothing about the Elliott murders, while Detective Griggs reveals the surveillance photo was a fake test. Using himself as bait to draw out Jerry Vincent's killer, Mickey discovers his car has been bugged—but investigator Bruce Carlin dies in a traffic stop before revealing how Jerry's murder connects to the case. This episode...

Mickey Haller discovers he must represent Eli Wyms, a war veteran sniper with no case file, arrested the same day as Trevor Elliott's wife's murder just miles away. As Mickey investigates the connection, he's attacked in a parking garage by the man likely responsible for his predecessor's death, forcing him to defend himself with a gun while racing against a trial deadline. This episode reveals th...

Mickey Haller takes over Trevor Elliott's murder trial with only one week to prepare, discovering his predecessor Jerry Vincent left almost no defense files despite taking a massive retainer. After a status conference where prosecutor Golantz attacks Mickey's addiction history and Trevor reveals he can't delay trial due to a pending company acquisition, Mickey learns from Jerry's receptionist that...

Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns to practice after 18 months of addiction recovery when his colleague Jerry Vincent is murdered and Mickey inherits his entire practice. The centerpiece is Trevor Elliott's murder trial—a video game designer accused of killing his wife and her lover—which must go to trial in one week. Despite overwhelming evidence and warnings from Detective Griggs that Jerry'...

This bonus episode recaps The Lincoln Lawyer Season 1, where defense attorney Mickey Haller inherits a murdered colleague's practice and discovers the high-profile murder trial he's defending was rigged from the start. The recap covers Mickey's discovery of jury tampering, the conspiracy involving a judge and defense attorney running a systematic fixing scheme, and his parallel effort to free a wr...

This bonus episode explores the casting and creative team behind Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer. We cover Elliott Gould's deliberate Ocean's-style performance as Legal Siegel, creator David E. Kelley and showrunner Ted Humphrey's backgrounds as practicing attorneys, and the mid-production casting changes when Netflix took over from CBS in 2021. You'll learn about Manuel Garcia-Rulfo's ranching backg...