The second episode of Amazon’s police procedural Bosch , titled originally aired on February 13, 2015. The episode continues the dual-narrative threads of Detective Harry Bosch’s personal trial and a cold case investigation involving human remains found in the Hollywood Hills. Plot Summary
: Investigators find that Nicolas Trent, a suspect they had been tracking, has committed suicide by hanging himself in his closet. Symbolism and Themes [S1E2] Lost Light
: Bosch is in the middle of a civil suit for the shooting of a suspect named Roberto Flores. Lt. Billets informs him that Deputy Chief Irving wants to settle the case out of court, but Bosch refuses to admit he killed an unarmed man falsely. He later testifies at his own trial. The second episode of Amazon’s police procedural Bosch
: The team investigates the murder of the victim whose bones were found. Billets informs Bosch that nothing was recovered to identify the victim initially. Detective Jerry Edgar searches records and finds that a person of interest, Anthony Allen, changed his name from Arman Avakian and had ties to the Armenian Pride gang. Symbolism and Themes : Bosch is in the
: Critics noted that the episode maintains the "noir-lite" tone of the pilot but felt the pacing was somewhat inconsistent as it balanced the trial and the serial killer plot.
: The serial killer storyline advances as Raynard Waits, caught with a corpse in his van, offers to trade information about the "child bones case" to avoid the death penalty.
: Bosch remains haunted by the unsolved murder of his mother, which he believes may have subconsciously motivated his shooting of Flores. Reception and Analysis