If you are tuning into Suits LA on NBC at 9p and expecting to see the Suits you knew on USA, you will be disappointed. But not getting a ripoff is not a bad thing.
That works for and against it. Suits focused on Harvey and Mike’s dynamic with the people at the law firm assisting the storyline. And it worked because there were just six leads. Everyone had their purpose and different roles.
Suits LA has too many characters, and too many are fighting someone else for a position.
Ted Black (Stephen Amell) is a former NY mob attorney who moved to LA to get away from that job and his father.
Stuart Lane (Josh McDermitt) is a criminal defense lawyer who owns an entertainment law firm, and he persuades his old friend Black to join him and merge their firms. But neither man is sold on the idea.
Ted has two entertainment lawyers, who both want to run the firm’s entertainment department.
Rick Dodson (Bryan Greenberg) has been promised the job. He is not the best closer, but there are a lot of other things he is good at, which makes him the right person for the job.
Erica (Lex Scott Davis) also wants the job and is the best closer. She will do anything to get it. Even though Ted keeps telling her, the title is going to Rick.
Leah (Alice Lee) is treated like Erica’s assistant, but she is a lawyer and wants more responsibility that her boss won’t give her. Therefore, she will go around her boss’ back to get help from others.
And there are more people who work at the firm and play other roles. But I couldn’t keep track.
The show’s biggest downfall is using real stars to play themselves in stupid scenarios. It works when Victoria Justice plays someone else but not when Patton Oswalt and Brian Baumgartner play themselves. It ruins the series and takes you away from the episode because it feels so misplaced.
It might sound like I don’t like this show, but I do. I just think as it goes on, they will need to tighten the scripts and stop having so many rivalries. We fell in love with Louis Litt, but none of these characters have gotten to his level yet. And I hope they do.
I say we need to give the legal drama a chance because it has potential.
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