{"id":284045,"date":"2026-02-06T15:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/284045\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:01:07","slug":"who-is-ken-kern-the-lincoln-lawyer-season-4-tribute-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/284045\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Ken Kern? The Lincoln Lawyer season 4 tribute explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Lincoln Lawyer season 4 episode 6.*<\/p>\n<p>The fourth season of The Lincoln Lawyer has landed on Netflix, following Mickey Haller as he faces his toughest case yet.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, Netflix has flipped the script, with the defence attorney fighting to prove his innocence following the discovery of a body in his car at the end of season 3. <\/p>\n<p>In episode 6 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-lincoln-lawyer-season-4-release-date\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new instalment<\/a>, after the credits start to roll, a tribute card appears that reads \u201cIn Memory of Ken Kern\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering who Kern was and what his connection was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-lincoln-lawyer-season-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Lincoln Lawyer<\/a>? Read on for everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see this content?<\/p>\n<p class=\"consent-placeholder__text mb-0 mt-0\">We&#8217;re not able to show you this content from Google reCAPTCHA. Please sign out of Contentpass to view this content.<\/p>\n<p>Sign out of ContentPass<\/p>\n<p>Who is Ken Kern? The Lincoln Lawyer tribute explained<\/p>\n<p>Little is known about Ken Kern&#8217;s identity, but a representative for the series confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/decider.com\/2026\/02\/05\/ken-kern-lincoln-lawyer-tribute-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Decider<\/a> that he was an accountant who worked on the show.<\/p>\n<p>No additional details beyond that surrounding the nature of his job on the production, or the circumstances surrounding his death, were provided.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to place the tribute at the end of episode 4 felt poignant, given the instalment\u2019s sombre tone. <\/p>\n<p>The episode saw the prosecutor dropping Mickey\u2019s previous charges but, in another twist, introducing new ones. <\/p>\n<p>This left Mickey with a tricky decision: either return to prison and have a speedy trial or stay on bail and drop his right to a speedy trial.<\/p>\n<p>Following the death of David \u201cLegal\u201d Siegel (played by Elliott Gould), who was a crucial fixture in Mickey\u2019s (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) life, Mickey broke down crying on Maggie\u2019s (Neve Campbell) shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>He then returned to the court room and made a huge decision, opting to remain in prison and waive his bail rather than dropping his rights to a speedy trial.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Lawyer seasons 1-4 are available to stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/title\/81303831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Netflix <\/a>now. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a35.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-2196201&amp;awinmid=11005&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fglass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">Sky Glass <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-2196201&amp;awinmid=6399&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.virginmedia.com%2Ftv%2Fstream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Add The Lincoln Lawyer to your watchlist on the <a id=\"OWA8b702c45-bee9-94e4-f018-57518e78041b\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/download-the-app\/?af_xp=custom&amp;pid=website&amp;c=editorial_content&amp;is_retargeting=true&amp;af_reengagement_window=30d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/download-the-app\/?af_xp=custom&amp;pid=website&amp;c=editorial_content&amp;is_retargeting=true&amp;af_reengagement_window=30d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-outlook-id=\"449c28d9-909e-4aab-b6b8-153454f55d5e\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n<p>Check out more of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what&#8217;s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"*Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Lincoln Lawyer season 4 episode 6.* The fourth season of The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-284045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}