Review Of The Tv Series Suits

Meet Harvey Specter, a Harvard graduate with the formidable reputation of being the best
closer in Pearson Hardman. Cold, dispassionate, charismatic, witty, and with a fetish for
expensive suits and hairdos reminiscent of the Italian Mafia.

Suits is ABCs ongoing attempt at the comedy/law/drama genre, and its whole manages to be
greater than the sum of its parts. First the failed prodigy card. I mean seriously, that has got to
be one of the biggest TV tropes for a 'smart' show. The second point immediately follows the
first. It is made clear at the outset that both the protagonists are beings of higher intelligence.
Both of them work in a law firm which accepts only Harvard graduates. Yet the banter between
our heroes could easily be between two average college students minus a little sharpness and
speed. Banter amongst other Harvard graduates is non existent. It is almost like they are part of
the background. More often than not, when one speaks, it seems incredulous how such a
person qualified for Harvard at all!

he confused personality that is Louis Litt. I mean seriously, I was impressed by the sniveling,
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bullying meanness the guy seemed to exude at the beginning. Then the show started screwing
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around with him. One moment he is this troubled, tortured soul whom no one appreciates,
seeking redemption (this whiny bitching of his continues through the rest of the show). Then the
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next moment, he becomes an anti hero of sorts and becomes almost noble. Then within a few
more episodes, he again becomes a bitch, then plain despicable. Reach till middle of season 2
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and you probably will not be surprised if Louis confesses his secret love for Mike's granny. Both
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House MD and Suits work on similar premises. Introduce office drama within settings that
viewers are totally unfamiliar with. The major difference here is, House used its plot devices to
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bemuse and interest their audience pretty well. The medical cases, although in the end
converging to a predictable series of diagnosis had enough originality in it to grip the audience's
imagination. Suits on the other hand, does not even have the thrills of courtroom drama. Most of
the cases are benign, and are major lawsuits aimed more often than not at new categories of
companies. No cold blooded murder, no grand theft auto, nada. Heck, blood here only appears
in smears, and for me thats a bit of a turn off: How each episode pans out. For being such
prodigies, Harvey and Mike sure make a lot of mistakes.

The only driving force that I found in this show was Harvey's and Mike's characterizations. Their
development throughout the show is what makes it watcheable. At the beginning of each
episode, we know, they are gonna get 1-2 cases, have a lot of 'eureka' moments, make a LOT
of mistakes (mostly Mike: guess being kind AND smart dont go well) and at the end of the
episode, solve them. If I start guessing correctly what is gonna happen next in a law drama,
something is wrong. Harvey and Mike can be like automatons. I mean, seriously, one moment
one of those guys are tearing up and in the middle of an emotional breakdown. The next
moment both of them are back at their light hearted banter. This would probably tie in as a kind
of poignant camaraderie, if only Suits didnt have that godawful background soundtrack playing.
Plus, for a couple of geniuses, they gape like fishes at every new punch a tough day at work
throws at them.

Overall, Suits is a good, slick, well produced family drama which has more or less intelligent plot

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 twists. If you are a woman, then you will probably get a few more kicks outta seeing 'dem hot
bombs'. However, its just one those kinds of shows that you watch in one go and then you
forget. Honestly, I started watching it because some people said its far more interesting than
GoT. Judging by the high standards Breaking Bad and GoT set, this really does not meet its
mark.

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