What's the Difference between The Fifth Witness the Book and The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 the TV Show?
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In the TV Show |
Mickey Haller
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Mickey Haller
Portrayed by: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
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Herbert Dahl
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Henry Dahl
Portrayed by: Matt Angel
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Lorna Taylor
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Lorna Crane
Portrayed by: Becky Newton
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Cisco
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Cisco
Portrayed by: Angus Sampson
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Jennifer “Bullocks” Aronson
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This Character does not appear.
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Rojas (Mickey's driver)
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as Izzy Letts (Mickey's driver)
Portrayed by: Jazz Raycole
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Louis Opparizio
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Alex Grant
Portrayed by: Michael A. Goorjian
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This Character does not appear.
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Detective Raymond Griggs
Portrayed by: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
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The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 Book vs TV Show
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In the TV Show |
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Mickey's mother does not appear in the book
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Mickey's mother shows up for his birthday party and stays for a while. She is an actress and is in town for an audition. Mickey invites her to watch him in court.
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This does not happen in the book.
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Henry Dahl testifies that Trammel wanted to stop Bondurant. She claimed (on tape) that she knew everything about the murder victim.
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She does not.
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Lisa Trammel testifies in her own defense. |
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Jennifer Aronson testifies at trial, about the shady workings of Bondurant's foreclosure mill, after which she sits with Mickey with the defense.
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Jennifer Aronson is not in the TV series.
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Louis Opparizio takes the fifth after Mickey implies he is connected to organized crime and had a motive to kill Bondurant. This is why the book is titled, “The Fifth Witness”. This is the key to the jury's verdict.
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Alex Grant is called to the stand. Mickey shows that he is a person with connections to organized crime who might have motive to kill Bondurant. Grant takes the fifth during his testimony, which suggests to the jury that Grant may have had Bondurant murdered. Haller also shows evidence that a van belonging to Grant's ex-con father who had reason to kill Bondurant was near the scene, but there was no evidence that Lisa Trammel was ever at the crime scene. |