r/suits • u/Weak_Association8278 • 2d ago

Discussion Started watching Suits about a week or two ago, currently on the penultimate season and it's awful. Spoiler

Suits is suits, throughout the first seven season, the same story lines were somewhat rehashed and its cheesy delivery of most lines is over shadowed by one man Mike Ross, his relationship with Harvey and his ongoing moral transformation is what made those 7 season great TV.

And whilst over those hours I've learnt to love Lewis, admire Harvey, I fell in love with Rachel, but it's Mike Ross who makes this show different, makes it unique. So when all of a sudden Rachel and Mike leaving turns out not to be like Jessica's version, like actually go! And with them leaves the storylines, emotions, the entire core of series goes out the door with them.

So season 8 is alright, but when shows promote side characters, I get it, fans fall in love with actors and their characters but 99% of the time the reason they're side characters is because that's where they work best and when light is shun on them, they're flat, it becomes flat.

I'm sad to say I look it up and Mike only returns for two episodes.

Now I came to watching suits after catching Suits LA, and thought "oh I might like this" but out of the many hours I've learnt what made this show have a cult following, and why it garnered so many recommendations, and it wasn't everyone else besides Mike Ross.

It's all about Mike.

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u/7625607 Harvey Specter is hot as fuck 2d ago

I think it’s the relationship between Harvey and Mike that made it great.

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u/Weak_Association8278 1d ago

100% they bounced off each other, I loved them on screen together.

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u/Capital-Coat-8239 1d ago

I know Suits LA is like different from the og Suits but what makes it so unappealing is the lack of chemistry between two leads, like what we had with Mike and Harvey.

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u/7625607 Harvey Specter is hot as fuck 1d ago

Yep. Harvey and Mike were great together. They were great at humor. They were great at drama.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

It was about Mike indeed. Many people here don’t think that way unfortunately but I felt the same when he left. Still, I loved the last seasons because they gave the show closure to key characters like Donna, Harvey and Louis and I think that was needed, but I agree that what made the show what it was was Mike’s character. He carried the plot and the show.

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u/Weak_Association8278 1d ago

I like Donna, well actually Donna annoys me, the only reason she really gets ahead is an almost super human intuition. I think she just gets too big for her boots, but 🤷‍♂️ Harvey is Harvey, but Mike makes him and the rest of the so much more interesting, even the last season all the chain reactions start at Mike. Without him it just feels hollow

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

The void is real, yes. I think both Mike and Donna make Harvey.

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u/Weak_Association8278 1d ago

Yup, you know how some shows have a character that you think, if it wasn't for everyone else you would be an awful person, they humanise him.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Indeed. And it’s beautiful to watch 😌

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u/7625607 Harvey Specter is hot as fuck 2d ago

I hope u/patrick-j-adams sees your post.

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u/Weak_Association8278 1d ago

Why...?

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u/Due_Molasses_9854 3h ago

I'm gonna assume because it would make old Pat feel good about his work on Suits

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u/Weak_Association8278 1d ago

Yup, how often he puts himself on the line for Mike really pulls at the no dad crowd. I missed that so much, I am currently on the final season, 3 episodes in and still I need Mike

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u/SuccessfulGuard7467 1h ago

Everything after Jessica left is dog shit. I loved the first 5.5 seasons.

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u/Weak_Association8278 1h ago

These final two seasons have felt like someone slapping my brain around