The most interesting thing about legal drama for me are the heated trails and intriguing discoveries. But I somehow never got to realise what I was missing in Suits until recently. And it's more than just the law in this legal drama series.
Without a glimpse of what Suits is about, one may see its nine seasons as a lot to go through. That was me until a friend recommended it. Having enjoyed the first season, I knew that the other eight would be worth it.
A college dropout, Mike Ross, possesses immense competence. A set of circumstances leads to him effectively working as a law associate for Harvey Specter despite not having gone to law school.
See that? "Not having gone to law school," and that was the basis that grounded the critically acclaimed show. An anomaly that enables its storyline regularly arouses curiosity in a viewer. I was usually on edge for what Harvey and Mike would do next. But that's not all to the series.
9 seasons of the show, I'd say I grew with it. And it was mostly because of the character development. Like peeling onions layer by layer, the experience with each character only got deeper and deeper, and their interactions with one another became more and more interconnected through the episodes. There aren't any series I have watched that do well in this regard, and Suits tops them all for me.
How the actors for the show were selected, I really wonder—because not some, not half, but all of them were perfect. Each one of them owned their characters as though they actually lived them. They were all consistently connected to their parts, so much so that I could feel the realism in the characters. Harvey and Mike were especially awesome, and it's the same I can say for the rest.
To think that all I would find in this film was just some drama about the law, the show had more depth than just that. It had humor, romance, family, professionalism, friendship, loyalty, revenge, and many more that I probably don't remember. And the most iconic thing about the show were the catchphrases and quotes.
"Bullshit! Smoking gun. What are you talking about? Bluff 'em! If you think that..., you have another thing coming. God damn it! Life is like this...I like this." A few catchphrases that recurred through out the show, that really would make more sense if heard firsthand. Might I mention the many quotes and references made from other films in Suits that just added another level of energy, especially in the dialogues between Harvey and Mikey.
Something that cannot go unnoticed is the show's soundtrack. Whoever curated the songs and sounds in that feel did a damn good job. Many of the times, the sounds were subtle but present enough to add to the film's aura in many of its scenes. Even though I only watched it recently, I could tell that they used songs in the times that they were popular at the time the episodes were released.
Drama and entertainment aside, Suits teaches about life in its scripts. There's always something to learn. There are characters you'll learn management from, like Jessica and Robert; the ones that'll make you understand what it means to be truly supportive, like Rachael and Donna; characters that show what it takes to win, like Harvey and Mike; the ones that express the value of honesty and emotions, like Louis and Katrina. The list is pretty long.
For a show as long as Suits, you'd think that there would be dull moments or not-so-good episodes. But no. Suits, to me, is one of the most consistent series I have ever watched, where they managed to maintain the energy—keeping it up there. I might have preferred some seasons over some others, but they were all worth my time altogether.
A binge-worthy series and one of the best I have ever watched. Hardly could I watch any other film until I got to the end, and it took me two months to finish it. I came to love the Suits family with time, especially when I learned that some of them had some of their real lives in the show. Suits is the very type of show I can watch again and again.