Anticipation is already ramping up for The Lincoln Lawyer’s fourth season, especially because Neve Campbell is set to return as Mickey Haller’s ex-wife Maggie McPherson. This time it’s different, though. Campbell has returned to the show as a main cast member, with Maggie set to play a major role in the case for Mickey’s defense at his upcoming murder trial. For the first time, Mickey and Maggie’s personal and professional lives will be completely intertwined, as the Lincoln Lawyer himself will be relying on the woman he loves to save him from prison and professional ruin.

This plot twist might seem like a major divergence from the direction of the show’s third season, but it actually follows the story of Michael Connelly’s fifth Mickey Haller novel. Like The Law of Innocence, The Lincoln Lawyer season 4 will pit Mickey and his defense team, which includes Maggie, against the formidable prosecutor Dana Berg in court. In this showdown, viewers will get to see Maggie’s legal skills put to the test in a big legal case for the first time. Given that her ex-husband is the one on trial, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Maggie Being On Mickey’s Defense Team Gives Her The Major Legal Story She Deserves In The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4

Until Now Maggie Was Only A Love Interest For Mickey With Her Career In The Background

So far in The Lincoln Lawyer, Maggie has largely appeared as a love interest to Mickey, as well as a key part of his backstory. She’s also a lawyer, who, unlike her former husband, works as a prosecutor, but her work has largely been kept separate from Mickey’s (and offscreen). Halfway through the show’s second season, she disappears altogether, after accepting a promotion to the District Attorney’s office of San Diego. Her move opened the door for Andy Freeman to become romantically involved with Mickey in season 3.

She’ll be on the front line in The Lincoln Lawyer’s biggest legal story yet, the case for Mickey Haller’s acquittal.

Now that Maggie’s back, however, she’ll be on the front line in The Lincoln Lawyer’s biggest legal story yet, the case for Mickey Haller’s acquittal, from murder charges, no less. What’s more, she’ll be working on a different side of the court benches from her usual position as a prosecutor. Up against an intimidating rival in the form of “Death Row Dana” Berg, season 4 is the time for Maggie to show what she can really do, both as a lawyer, and as Mickey’s partner. She might just be the one to save both his life and his livelihood.

The Lincoln Lawyer Will Finally Get To See Maggie Working Alongside Lorna, Cisco & Izzy

She’ll Be On The Inside Of Mickey’s Own Team

Another exciting aspect of Neve Campbell’s Maggie joining Mickey’s defense team is that she’ll get to work with some of the best-loved characters in The Lincoln Lawyer. The dynamic between Maggie and Lorna Crane, Mickey’s legal aide and second ex-wife, will be especially interesting. But there’s also Lorna’s husband, Cisco Wojciechowski, who typically leads investigations on his cases, and his driver Izzy Letts.