As 2024 draws to a close on Netflix, another one of its biggest shows has just returned with a new season, debuting with a perfect 100% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.

That would The Lincoln Lawyerthe streamer adaptation of Michael Connelly's book series about a resourceful lawyer who runs his LA law firm from the backseat of a Lincoln. The series' highly anticipated third season, starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as charismatic protagonist Mickey Haller, not only achieved a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score almost immediately; It's also currently the #1 Netflix show in the US (and what's even better, this time there's no splitting the season into two parts, so you can experience all of Mickey's new antics in and out of the courtroom at once).

This show, by the way, follows the return of another major Netflix series just a few days earlier. Outer Bankswhose new season was also highly anticipated and was 100% praised by critics when it premiered.

Season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyeris now based on Connelly's fifth book Lincoln Lawyer Series titled The gods of guilt. The plot is based on a text Mickey receives that reads: “Call me asap – 187.” This number refers to the California penal code that regulates murders, and it turns out that it is The victim is a former client of Mickey's – a sex worker he believed he had saved and put on a better path.

Every new season of The Lincoln Lawyer quickly attracted tens of millions of viewers upon its release, one of several reasons why it seems almost certain that Netflix is ​​in for a fourth-quarter blockbuster.

For example, at the end of the year there will also be the long-awaited return of Squid game as well as star-studded new dramas like Black pigeons – plus two major live events, the rescheduled boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul on November 15 and two NFL games on Christmas Day. They play between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers and between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans.