‘The Lincoln Lawyer’: Will Yaya DaCosta Return in Season 5?
What To Know
- Yaya DaCosta did not appear as Andrea Freeman in The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4, but was mentioned.
- Co-showrunner Ted Humphrey addresses if we will see her again in the future.
When it came to who would defend Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) when he was on trial for murder in The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4, based on Michael Connelly‘s The Law of Innocence, Andrea Freeman’s name came up. But Yaya DaCosta did not appear in the season.
Rather, when Lorna (Becki Newton) suggested calling Andrea, Mickey told her not to. He said he wasn’t going to drag her into it and she had enough problems with the DA’s office. Is that something we could see explored in a future season? “Never say never,” co-showrunner Ted Humphrey tells TV Insider of a return from DaCosta. “She is wonderful in the show.” (The series has already been renewed for Season 5.)
He explains, “Especially when you’re doing shows on a platform like Netflix and you only have 10 episodes to work with, your storytelling is necessarily very constricted. If it were a network show and we had 22 episodes a season, there’d be a lot of room for a lot of side stories with a lot of different characters and you really have to be focused in 10 episodes. And so we’d love to have all of our great characters on all the time. There’s just not enough stories to tell with them.”
On Humphrey’s list for characters he’d like to see back? Detective Griggs, played by Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, who appeared in the first two seasons. “We haven’t yet found a way to bring him back, and that was a Bosch stand-in character because really that character was Bosch in the book and we’d love to find a way to bring him back, but it’s just about how much space do we have and where does the story go,” he says.
Speaking of Bosch, Cobie Smulders is playing a version of the character going forward. She appeared in the final scene of The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 and introduced herself to Mickey as his sister. We’ll have to wait for Season 5 to see how that plays out.
What would you like to see if Yaya DaCosta returns as Andrea? Let us know in the comments section below.
The Lincoln Lawyer, Season 5, TBA, Netflix
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I like Yaya's role in Lincoln Lawyer. She's tough, a fighter, confident as a lawyer, fearless and competitive. She's good for Mickey even if they're a couple. Her fight in the court is awesome. I'll watch Lincoln Lawyer if Yaya return.
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I think she was a great edition to the show. She was the balance. She had that spice, drive, and style! Her and Lorna’s wardrobe were incredible. I like her and Mickey together, and she was an amazing attorney.
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I love Yaya on the show. Her and Mickey have great chemistry and weren’t boring or predictable. I think her personality blends nicely with the rest of the team and it’s been established that they like her and Mickey together. She brought a spark and some balanced elegance to the show and to Mickey’s life that the show needs. Please bring her back!
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It would’ve been great to see Yaya’s return. With her DA background, she could’ve given the team a real edge or offered insight that strengthened Mickey’s case. TV Shows often struggle to integrate a woman who is competent, self-aware, and strong without creating unnecessary fallout especially when she’s also a love interest. The tension between her and Mickey felt avoidable. Their chemistry worked and she was the kind of woman he needed: grounded, principled, and intelligent. What made it compelling was the balance, strong, yet willing to be vulnerable with him and that dynamic deserved more room to grow.
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