An exciting new update forThe Lincoln Lawyerseason 4 hints that Netflix will avoid one of streaming’s biggest problems that has regularly annoyed viewers. Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer adaptation has become one of the website’s most popular original shows, despite competing with much higher-profile shows. The passionate fans are regularly asking, “When isThe Lincoln Lawyer season 4coming out?” in the comments sections, excited for updates. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much news to work with regarding the timeline since the show was renewed last October. We’ve been stuck in a waiting game.
Until this week, things weren’t looking good forThe Lincoln Lawyerseason 4’s release timeline. It hasn’t appeared on any of the lists Netflix has put out about upcoming shows for 2025. Filming also wasn’t expected to end so soon. As such, we projected that The Lincoln Lawyer season 4 would come out in early 2026. However,The Lincoln Lawyer’s co-showrunners confirmed that filming officially wrapped, which hints that the show will avoid one of Netflix’s biggest ongoing issues.
The Lincoln Lawyer Finishing Filming Hints Season 4 Could Still Premiere In 2025
The Lincoln Lawyer Will Most Likely Come Out This Year
The best way to get a grasp on when the next season of a show will come out is to look at the production and post-production schedule of past seasons. Season 1 released 10 months after filming wrapped, but the two more recent seasons have only taken 4 months and 3 months, respectively. Because filming forThe Lincoln Lawyerseason 4 wrapped on June 19, it could still premiere in 2025, if it follows the timeline set by the last two seasons. If so,The Lincoln Lawyerwill probably be released in September or October 2025.
The likelihood of it coming out in 2025 increases because of the captions on co-showrunner Ted Humphrey’sInstagramposts about the filming wrapping. He confirmed that they’re already hard at work on editing and promised the show “very soon.” While “soon” is a subjective term, more than six months doesn’t seem to fit that definition.
The Lincoln Lawyer Having 4 Seasons In 4 Years Would Curb A Frustrating Streaming Delay Problem
Many Netflix Shows Have Multi-Year Gaps Between Seasons
Netflix is having an issue with popular shows going multiple years between seasons. One of the worst offenders isStranger Things, which went 3 years between seasons 3 and 4 and 3 years between seasons 4 and 5. The wait betweenWednesdayseason 1 and 2 was almost 2.5 years.Squid Gameseason 2 took 3 years to make. EvenAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 has been delayed for 3, almost 4 years, and it still doesn’t have a release date. There are so many more examples that I could mention, but those shows disgruntled fans the most.
The Lincoln Lawyercould help curb the frustrations about Netflix’s release schedule, though. If season 4 comes out in 2025, that would be four seasons in 4 years. Very few other shows have that consistent a timeline. The biggest examples areNobody Wants This, which reportedly will be released yearly, andBridgerton, which will be released every two years.
Why The Lincoln Lawyer Isn’t Suffering From Other Popular Netflix Shows' Delay Issues
The Lincoln Lawyer Doesn’t Need As Much Production And Post-Production Time
Although other popular Netflix shows are getting delayed,The Lincoln Lawyerisn’t facing the same issue because of one major difference. Most shows that have multiple years between seasons have high production costs, bigger casts, and extravagant sets, costumes, and SFX.
In contrast,The Lincoln Lawyeris a legal drama with very few sets. Most of the show occurs in a courtroom, legal office, the back of a car, jail, or in LA. It’s not really one that requires extensive production time and resources. Thecast ofThe Lincoln Lawyeris relatively small every season. On top of that,The Lincoln Lawyerdoesn’t need much SFX, which adds more time to the post-production timeline.
