Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

[NYJets]

Re: Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

I loved last nights episode, and this season in general. Can't wait for the finale

[JayBee74]

Re: Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

I loved last nights episode, and this season in general. Can't wait for the finale

I'm glad you liked it Jet, but just too much emotional chaos for me, and not enough solid legal reasoning. If Mike is on trial for not being a lawyer, why not show how good he is by beating the odds and prevailing by obtaining his own acquittal? His defense was using one witness to get sympathy from the juror and then using closing arguments to say how ashamed he was that he used that "sympathy tactic", all the while trying to get more sympathy from the jury.

OK, you liked this one better than me, but how will you feel if this whole thing is dragged into next season? Don't you want a resolution to the fraud issue in the season finale?

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My fear is the previews indicate someone is going to jail.

[NYJets]

Re: Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

I'm glad you liked it Jet, but just too much emotional chaos for me, and not enough solid legal reasoning. If Mike is on trial for not being a lawyer, why not show how good he is by beating the odds and prevailing by obtaining his own acquittal? His defense was using one witness to get sympathy from the juror and then using closing arguments to say how ashamed he was that he used that "sympathy tactic", all the while trying to get more sympathy from the jury.

OK, you liked this one better than me, but how will you feel if this whole thing is dragged into next season? Don't you want a resolution to the fraud issue in the season finale?

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My fear is the previews indicate someone is going to jail.

Well I thought the more strategic parts of his defense were last episode. Then they ended it with Harvey saying they needed to do something to get the jury to want to back him, so I expected them to go the emotional route.

And it really depends how they do it, I've never complained about them using the fraud storyline too much, I think that's what the show is about.

[JayBee74]

Re: Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

And it really depends how they do it, I've never complained about them using the fraud storyline too much, I think that's what the show is about.

I never did either but the show has positioned itself to resolve it, and I see no reason to prolong it past next week....at least the legal aspect of it. I'm sure there will be residual effects, including bad publicity for the firm and push back from characters like Rachel's dad.

[JayBee74]

Re: Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

I liked the episode because Mike's situation galvanized the "family", and by being a standup guy and taking his medicine he unquestionably earns the respect of sometimes skeptics like Louis and Jessica, and maybe later even Mr Zane.

I also like the fact that the threat of prosecution for Mike's circle of friends is gone, if not the business downside.

The show has just announced that there will be no significant

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time jump

and that Mike will be

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in prison next season

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[dsallupinyaarea]

Re: Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

I'm just glad it's over. I'm kind of worried about what the writers will do without this crutch (they've leaned on it for 5 years) but at least now they have the creative space to do something else.

[JayBee74]

Re: Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

I'm just glad it's over. I'm kind of worried about what the writers will do without this crutch (they've leaned on it for 5 years) but at least now they have the creative space to do something else.

But they haven't leaned on it...the fake lawyer thing with all it's legal and ethical peril HAS TO BE written for...that's the essence of the show. You and many others might have problems with what Suits is about but I wouldn't assign a "lazy writer" label to it. On the contrary it's probably very difficult to write for, and I bet the creator sometimes wished he had gone with his original idea of Mike just faking being a "Harvard graduate". And there have been many episodes that haven't focused on the phony lawyer angle.

That being said I'm glad it's over too, but have no worries about the writers churning out some good stuff.

[NYJets]

Re: Suits Season 5 (June 24th)

Still don't see how its a crutch, its the whole premise of the show.