After 4 Years, Netflix’s Thriller Series With Near-Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score Keeps Getting Better With 2026 Return

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The latest season of a popular Netflix series has just been released, and it continues the show’s impressive pattern of improvement over time. Thanks to streaming, binge-watching has become incredibly common. Viewers now expect to be able to watch an entire series and immediately find out what happens – and Netflix really popularized that experience.

The way we now watch shows – all at once – is ideal for thrillers. Cliffhangers are more effective when viewers don’t have to wait weeks for answers, and they can stay completely absorbed in the show’s suspenseful world. Netflix’s thriller series understand this perfectly, and the latest season of one of their shows proves just how much better this format can make a series.

A Netflix Thriller Series Returns In 2026 Amid Many Genre Comebacks

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Netflix is known for its great thriller shows, and several popular ones will be back with new seasons in 2026. For example, season 3 of The Night Agent premieres on February 19th, and shows like Beef and The Diplomat are also returning. Another thriller coming back is The Lincoln Lawyer.

I was so excited when the new season of The Lincoln Lawyer dropped on Netflix on February 5th! And it’s already a huge hit – according to FlixPatrol, it’s currently the third most-watched show on the platform! It’s only behind the new spy thriller, Unfamiliar, and the ever-popular Bridgerton. This season follows Mickey Haller as he works to clear his name and uncover the truth behind Sam Scales’ murder – it’s really gripping stuff!

How The Lincoln Lawyer Keeps Getting Better 4 Years Later

As a big fan of legal dramas, I really enjoyed the first season of The Lincoln Lawyer when it dropped on Netflix back in May 2022. The story kicks off with Mickey Haller, a defense attorney, trying to get himself out of a tough spot – he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit. We quickly learn he’s working through addiction and essentially rebuilding his life and career, taking on a new set of cases to do so. It wasn’t about massive, high-profile trials at first, but more about him getting back on his feet.

The fourth season of The Lincoln Lawyer features a faster-paced plot, demonstrating that the series continues to develop and raise the stakes with each new season. The show has also seen improvement in how critics receive it; for example, the first season currently has an 80% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer was well-received with a 91% approval rating from critics, but Season 3 achieved an even more impressive feat – a perfect 100% score, surpassing both of the show’s earlier seasons. As of now, critics haven’t rated Season 4 yet, but audiences are optimistic about the 2026 return, giving it an 83% approval rating. Even after four years, The Lincoln Lawyer continues to be a popular and successful series.

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2026-02-09 23:28