TV Series Review: "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. So let`s talk about the popular serial in the paper "Suits" TV Series Review Example".
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, bullying meanness the guy seemed to exude at the beginning. Then the show started screwing 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 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 and you probably will not be surprised if Louis confesses his secret love for Mike's granny. Both 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 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 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.
