"Suits" - Watch it if you like witty dialogues, handsome leading men and legal drama. Summer is here and with it some kick-ass USA and TNT shows (what can I say - I like me my summer TV). Some of my go-to summer shows are The Closer, So You Think You Can Dance, Rizzoli and Isles, Royal Pains, and the list goes on... This post however is about "Suits". Thursdays 7 PM on USA.
Gabriel Macht plays Harvey Specter, hotshot lawyer at a big law firm who hires Mike Ross (played by Patrick J. Adams), a young "lawyer" with an amazing memory - I say "lawyer" because he passed the Bar without attending law school. The firm has a policy of only hiring Harvard alumni so Harvey and Mike start a facade that Mike went to Harvard. Together they tackle cases big and small and in the process, forge a mentor-mentee relationship.
Pros: The 2 leads and their crackling chemistry, a good supporting cast with Gina Torres and Rick Hoffman and the sassy dialogues with an undercurrent of humour.
Cons: Lack of strong women characters - the managing partner is a woman but she is in a supporting role (but that can change) and slightly far fetched plot-lines (the whole faking he is from Harvard makes for an interesting storyline but in this day and age when information is at your fingertips it's almost impossible to fake your education to a big firm that can do a background check within a matter of days) but then again this is TV.
All in all though, if you find yourselves free on Thursday nights I recommend this.
