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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Season 2 review: The ongoing misadventures of a lawyer neither noble nor sleazy, but somewhere in between

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo stars as Mickey Haller in Season 2 of "The Lincoln Lawyer."

Lawyers may get a bad rap, but they’re all that stands between a person accused and the powers-that-be, and “The Lincoln Lawyer,” back for a second season on Netflix, makes a persuasive case that TV needs more legal dramas told from the point of view of defense attorneys.

The 10-episode season is getting a two-part release, with the first half (ending on a cliffhanger) premiering this week and the second half (which I haven’t seen) coming Aug. 3. There’s no obvious storytelling reason for the scheduling. Rather, this is Netflix’s

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