Before she was a royal fiancée, before she was the star of Suits, Meghan Markle was just an actress trying to make it big in Hollywood. And that dream came with plenty of guest star stints and background parts in movies before Meghan worked her way up to leading roles in Hallmark movies, a quick role in a Jennifer Aniston film and of course, Suits, her big break.
Curious about Meghan’s cinematic life before Harry? We’ve chronicled each and every last one of her on-screen roles — and found where you can watch them, too!
1. General Hospital.
Like so many other actors,...
Curious about Meghan’s cinematic life before Harry? We’ve chronicled each and every last one of her on-screen roles — and found where you can watch them, too!
1. General Hospital.
Like so many other actors,...
- 11/30/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Meghan Markle was destined to be a royal!
The 36-year-old actress and Prince Harry announced their engagement this week, and she will soon be by his side to work together on causes dear to their hearts.
Markle may be known for her role as Rachel Zane on Suits, but the brunette beauty has also been giving back to the community and fighting for women's rights long before her ties to Prince Harry and her expected soon-to-be royal duties.
Her humanitarian and philanthropic work began prior to her becoming an actress. It all began with her mother, Doria Ragland, who has a master's degree in social work and works as a psychotherapist. In an interview with Glamourearlier this year, Markle listed her mom as one of the women who changed her life.
"My mom's a yoga instructor, but she does social work, as well, and she works specifically with the geriatric community," she stated. "For me...
The 36-year-old actress and Prince Harry announced their engagement this week, and she will soon be by his side to work together on causes dear to their hearts.
Markle may be known for her role as Rachel Zane on Suits, but the brunette beauty has also been giving back to the community and fighting for women's rights long before her ties to Prince Harry and her expected soon-to-be royal duties.
Her humanitarian and philanthropic work began prior to her becoming an actress. It all began with her mother, Doria Ragland, who has a master's degree in social work and works as a psychotherapist. In an interview with Glamourearlier this year, Markle listed her mom as one of the women who changed her life.
"My mom's a yoga instructor, but she does social work, as well, and she works specifically with the geriatric community," she stated. "For me...
- 11/30/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
While you might be crying happy tears over news that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are engaged, there's one person out there who was left totally blindsided by the news: Mike Ross. Ok, Ok - as much as we wish Mike existed in real life, the Suits character remains 100 percent fictional. His Irl counterpart Patrick J. Adams, however, is totally real, and he couldn't resist cracking a joke at his longtime costar's expense following the happy announcement. Patrick, who plays Meghan's character's boyfriend on the show, quoted Kensington Palace's official announcement with a comment about how "She said she was just going out to get some milk . . ." She said she was just going out to get some milk... https://t.co/y7cnM0eC9D - Patrick J Adams (@halfadams) November 27, 2017 Mike and Rachel are set to tie the knot during the seventh season of the USA legal drama, after...
- 11/27/2017
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s engagement has brought congratulations and well wishes from across the globe. But one of Markle’s Suits co-stars is a bit more surprised by the news — and gave the best reaction to the royal engagement news.
Patrick J. Adams, who plays Mike Ross, fiancé to Markle’s character Rachel Zane on the legal drama Suits, couldn’t help but make a joke about his on-screen counterpart’s newly-engaged status and what this means for their characters’ future. The actor tweeted a link to Kensington Palace’s announcement of the engagement news with his own...
Patrick J. Adams, who plays Mike Ross, fiancé to Markle’s character Rachel Zane on the legal drama Suits, couldn’t help but make a joke about his on-screen counterpart’s newly-engaged status and what this means for their characters’ future. The actor tweeted a link to Kensington Palace’s announcement of the engagement news with his own...
- 11/27/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
After months of speculation, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced their engagement! And in true internet fashion, the tweets are already pouring in. Some social media users are sharing the loss of having to kiss goodbye their Prince Harry fairy tale, while others couldn't be happier for the royal couple. Press play on "Someday My Prince Will Come," and read on for the best reactions so far. RelatedThe Gifts Prince Harry Has Given Meghan Markle Will Make You Green With Envy Realising you will now never get to marry Prince Harry, despite it being your dream since you were 8 pic.twitter.com/fcYmGKpNxp - Brighton Girl (@BtonGirlProbs) November 27, 2017 Prince Harry is marrying Meghan Markle? pic.twitter.com/nBxKViE3Lw - Ashlee E L Roberts (@LoloUnplugged) November 27, 2017 Congratulations to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle who have just announced their engagement. Spare a thought for Mike Ross.#RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com...
- 11/27/2017
- by Lucy Kenny
- Popsugar.com
Will there be another season of Suits? According to Deadline, stars Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle might be leaving the USA Network TV show after season seven.Adams plays Mike Ross and Markle portrays Ross' love interest and co-worker, Rachel Zane, on the legal drama. The cast also includes Gabriel Macht, Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, and Dulé Hill.Read More…...
- 11/15/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Is Meghan Markle trading in the legal world for a royal wedding?
The 36-year-old actress is reportedly eyeing an early exit from Suits after the current seventh season, multiple outlets report. Markle’s co-star, Patrick J. Adams, 36, is also said to be poised to depart following season seven.
Both Markle and Adams, who have been with USA Network’s longest-running drama since its inception in 2011, play paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane and fellow attorney Mike Ross, who are engaged to be married on the show.
Markle and Adams’ shocking potential exits come as The Hollywood Reporterreports that Suits is “close” to being renewed for an eighth season. Reps for Adams and USA Network declined to comment.
Related: Meghan Markle's 'Suits' Co-Star Says He Went Off Social Media After Posting Pic of the Actress
Speculation that Markle would leave Suits first surfaced after her romance with Prince Harry went public in 2016. Royal expert Katie Nicholl told Et in October...
The 36-year-old actress is reportedly eyeing an early exit from Suits after the current seventh season, multiple outlets report. Markle’s co-star, Patrick J. Adams, 36, is also said to be poised to depart following season seven.
Both Markle and Adams, who have been with USA Network’s longest-running drama since its inception in 2011, play paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane and fellow attorney Mike Ross, who are engaged to be married on the show.
Markle and Adams’ shocking potential exits come as The Hollywood Reporterreports that Suits is “close” to being renewed for an eighth season. Reps for Adams and USA Network declined to comment.
Related: Meghan Markle's 'Suits' Co-Star Says He Went Off Social Media After Posting Pic of the Actress
Speculation that Markle would leave Suits first surfaced after her romance with Prince Harry went public in 2016. Royal expert Katie Nicholl told Et in October...
- 11/13/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
We might be nearing the end of the road for Mike Ross and Rachel Zane, Suits fans. As USA continues discussions on whether or not the legal drama will return for an eighth season, a new report alleges that stars Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle are eyeing their exits from the series that catapulted them to fame. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Adams, who has begun directing episodes of the series, is looking to explore creative avenues outside of Suits. However, should he depart as a series regular, the report notes that the door would remain open for him to return in a guest or recurring capacity, just as the show has done with departed series regular Gina Torres. As for Markle, who's starred as...
- 11/13/2017
- E! Online
Patrick J. Adams is thinking twice about his next social media post after a photo he shared of Meghan Markle caused a frenzy.
In August, Adams, who plays Mike Ross opposite Markle’s Rachel Zane on the legal drama Suits, posted an old photo of Markle playfully kissing him on the cheek while on set. “Ross and Rachel – the next generation,” he captioned the shot, referencing the famous Friends couple.
When the photo caused a stir, Adams deleted his account altogether.
“I’m not good at it, I overthink every post that I put out and the ramifications and who...
In August, Adams, who plays Mike Ross opposite Markle’s Rachel Zane on the legal drama Suits, posted an old photo of Markle playfully kissing him on the cheek while on set. “Ross and Rachel – the next generation,” he captioned the shot, referencing the famous Friends couple.
When the photo caused a stir, Adams deleted his account altogether.
“I’m not good at it, I overthink every post that I put out and the ramifications and who...
- 9/14/2017
- by Erin Hill
- PEOPLE.com
Vulture Watch Will Harvey and Mike keep the firm together? Has the Suits TV show been cancelled or renewed for an eighth season on USA Network? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Suits, season eight. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? A USA Network legal drama, Suits centers on ace attorney, Harvey Spector (Gabriel Macht) and his college dropout protegé Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). The cast also includes Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, and Meghan Markle. Dulé Hill joins in season seven as Harvey’s old friend, Alex Williams, a senior partner at the rival law firm of Bratton Gould. This year, Harvey will step up...
- 9/1/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
In reaching the 100th episode milestone, the latest Suits episode promised to be a special event…But was it? Suits’ 100th episode, creatively titled “100,” saw what was most likely the final chapter in Mike Ross’ crusade against Masterson Construction and Reform Corp. With the help of Robert Zane, Mike and Harvey closed the case without making Alex Williams up as […]...
- 8/31/2017
- by Shana Lieberman
- The TV Addict
When Patrick J. Adams first joined “Suits,” 100 episodes ago, he had a request: He wanted to direct. The USA Network show’s producers said sure — as long as “Suits” actually became a hit. Now, Adams has just helmed his fourth episode of “Suits” — and it happens to be the show’s landmark 100th episode, airing Wednesday night.
“This was something they were not going to let me do until the third or fourth season, when the show has really established itself,” Adams said. “If the show goes that long and I did a lot of shadowing of other directors, did my homework, they’d give me the opportunity.”
Adams directed an episode in the show’s fourth season and again in its fifth and sixth seasons. During this current seventh season, he asked for the shot at directing the 100th. “It was something I accidentally asked for, and it seemed...
“This was something they were not going to let me do until the third or fourth season, when the show has really established itself,” Adams said. “If the show goes that long and I did a lot of shadowing of other directors, did my homework, they’d give me the opportunity.”
Adams directed an episode in the show’s fourth season and again in its fifth and sixth seasons. During this current seventh season, he asked for the shot at directing the 100th. “It was something I accidentally asked for, and it seemed...
- 8/30/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
The latest episode of Suits finally revealed why Alex Williams was so dedicated to blocking Mike Ross’ work on the prison case. Told through a series of flashbacks, the story basically boiled down ripping Harvey Specter’s feelings of responsibility and guilt wide open, thus causing him to want to correct the situation for his longtime […]...
- 8/24/2017
- by Shana Lieberman
- The TV Addict
After “Brooklyn Housing” was a demonstration of one character’s lies after another’s, Suits 7×06 brought the truth “Home to Roost.” Several characters were forced to face the consequences of their actions, while others were simply forced to feel the pain caused by their own denial. Mike Ross gets caught, ruins lives. It all started with […]...
- 8/17/2017
- by Shana Lieberman
- The TV Addict
Jessica Pearson’s future has become a whole lot clearer, as new details emerge regarding the Gina Torres-fronted Suits spinoff.
The USA Network drama’s Season 7 finale will double as a backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff, the basic cabler announced on Wednesday — and unlike Suits, it will not be a legal drama. Instead, the potential series will focus on Jessica’s new life in the world of Chicago politics. The official logline for the episode reads as follows:
The pivotal Season 7 finale will reunite Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman), Donna...
The USA Network drama’s Season 7 finale will double as a backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff, the basic cabler announced on Wednesday — and unlike Suits, it will not be a legal drama. Instead, the potential series will focus on Jessica’s new life in the world of Chicago politics. The official logline for the episode reads as follows:
The pivotal Season 7 finale will reunite Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman), Donna...
- 8/16/2017
- TVLine.com
Practice makes perfect.
While fans speculate over whether Prince Harry will propose to girlfriend Meghan Markle, the actress is busy playing a loyal wife-to-be on TV.
Markle, 36, plays Rachel Zane on Suits, whose betrothed, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), has been up to some shady business — sneaking out early in the morning, inexplicably passing on dinners and not being where he claims to spend all his time: at work.
In the season 7 episode “Brooklyn Housing,” which aired Wednesday, Rachel calls Mike out on the lies. He then comes clean about working a pro bono wrongful death lawsuit, a move that...
While fans speculate over whether Prince Harry will propose to girlfriend Meghan Markle, the actress is busy playing a loyal wife-to-be on TV.
Markle, 36, plays Rachel Zane on Suits, whose betrothed, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), has been up to some shady business — sneaking out early in the morning, inexplicably passing on dinners and not being where he claims to spend all his time: at work.
In the season 7 episode “Brooklyn Housing,” which aired Wednesday, Rachel calls Mike out on the lies. He then comes clean about working a pro bono wrongful death lawsuit, a move that...
- 8/10/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
The latest episode of Suits saw quite a few of the main characters getting by on lies and omissions. Mike Ross lied to the two most important people in his life — Rachel Zane and Harvey Specter — as he continued to work on a prison case that he’d sworn he’d stay out of. Harvey […]...
- 8/10/2017
- by Shana Lieberman
- The TV Addict
Although the first season of Shooter earned the highest 18-49 demo ratings for USA Network, Suits came in right below it and was still their most watched program in its sixth season. Since Universal Cable Productions is developing a spinoff, with Gina Torres reprising the role of Jessica Pearson, is the end nigh for this legal drama? Will Suits be cancelled or renewed for season eight? Stay tuned. Suits centers on ace attorney, Harvey Spector (Gabriel Macht) and his college dropout protegé Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). The USA cast also includes Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, and Meghan Markle. Dulé Hill is joining in season seven as Harvey's old friend, Alex Williams, a senior partner at the rival law firm of Bratton Gould. This year, Harvey will step up to fill the void left by Jessica's departure, while Mike is balancing pro bono work...
- 7/21/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The characters on popular television shows tend to be sensational people who are as unrealistic as they are intriguing. Obviously, most actors share few traits with these characters. Sometimes, however, actors are actually very similar to the characters they portray on screen. Such is the case for the highly talented Patrick J. Adams. Adams is best known for starring in Suits as Mike Ross, a brilliant college dropout who is hired as the associate of a prominent lawyer. Adams has stated that he shares some traits with the character, such as a sharp memory and cutting sense of humor. However,
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- 7/20/2017
- by Timothy Hickey
- TVovermind.com
While offering compelling relationships linking its major characters, Suits is a series that has often been accused of being predictable. Everything has always come back to Mike Ross’ fraudulent practicing of the law; and even the most high-stakes of lawsuits usually winds up settled in Harvey Specter’s favor. If it doesn’t, that just means the […]...
- 7/13/2017
- by Shana Lieberman
- The TV Addict
Meghan Markle and the Suits cast took Austin by storm at the 2017 Atx TV Festival to celebrate the 100th episode of USA Network's Suits. Markle joined costars Gina Torres, Patrick J. Adams, Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman and special panel guests Abigail Spencer and Nick Wechsler for a reading of the show's pilot episode in celebration of the upcoming 100th episode. Markle took to thunderous applause. When it came time for her first line in the pilot, "Mike Ross?" she received even more crowd reaction. While reading a key scene from the pilot, Markle laughed and said, "I think this was my audition scene." The USA Network drama returned for a seventh season in July. Adams, who plays...
- 6/11/2017
- E! Online
Tim George Jun 21, 2017
With Suits season 7 arriving next month, we look back over some of our favourite moments on the show so far...
Contains spoilers for Suits seasons 1-6.
Anchored by a great cast of characters and a fine line in witty repartee, Suits has been going strong since 2011, slowly gathering steam and fans. Created by Aaron Korsh, Suits’ best moments are a product of the well-drawn characters and their relationships. With the end of the sixth season, here are thirteen scenes which highlight Suits’ ensemble at their best (and worst).
The first meeting/blackmail (season 1, episode 1)
“I got knocked into a different life and I have been wishing for a way back ever since.”
Part of a show’s success is a strong hook, and the delivery of the hook can be almost as important as the hook itself. On the run from a drug deal gone wrong, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) ends up in a hotel room with hotshot attorney Harvey Spector (Gabriel Macht). It could be patently ridiculous, but taking place just over 20 minutes into the pilot, the scene makes total sense based on what has been established about these characters.
Punctuated by some good comedy (the perfectly-timed explosion of the briefcase), it establishes their easy dynamic almost immediately. This scene is bookended by the later scene in which Mike threatens to blackmail Harvey if he fires him. Impressed by his gumption, Harvey keeps him around and we get six seasons of a show.
Harvey and Donna get back together (season 1, episode 12)
“I’m sorry...”
“For what?”
“Don’t push it.”
After Harvey’s right-hand woman Donna (Sarah Rafferty)went behind his back in the previous episode, it looked like the teflon duo are not on as solid footing as we’ve been led to expect. This is the first real test of Harvey and Donna’s relationship, and the way it resolves perfectly epitomises their bond: Harvey barely apologises and Donna gets out the can opener. Compared with the scrapes they get into in later seasons, it’s short and sweet, but maintains the show’s ability to hit emotional cues without coming off saccharine, or betraying the characters’ natural reserve.
Michael’s grandmother dies (season 2, episode 9)
“Someone kept calling the office for you...”
The dead relative is a familiar trope that should be entirely predictable, but the moment Mike learns his grandmother has died comes out of nowhere. What makes it worse is that Mike spends his off-hours this episode finding her a new place to live. Sadly, that is where he has to take the news that she has died. It’s a nice scene, beautifully underplayed by Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle, which makes it hit even harder. The cut to a wide shot of Rachel holding Michael in the empty apartment is strong enough by itself. It’s a great example of the show’s willingness to just let the drama play out naturally.
Mike and Harvey get high (season 2, episode 10)
“Don’t mind if I do…”
After his grandmother’s death, Mike (and the audience) needed a breather. After Daniel Hardman retakes control of the firm from Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres), Harvey is also in need of a break. For a few glorious minutes in the middle of this episode, amid funerals and corporate skullduggery, our heroes can kick back and just shoot the breeze (with the help from Mike’s old friend Mary Jane). It’s a real humanising moment for Harvey -- it’s not often he lets his guard down, and we get a little insight into his psyche that reveals far more than he perhaps intended. The fact that this scene winds up helping our heroes coming up with a way to get back at Hardman makes it all the better.
Mike and Rachel finally get together (season 2, episode 16)
“What?”
Well, that took long enough. Under the gun, Mike finally tells Rachel that he never went to Harvard. Their romantic clinch in the file room is a solid example of the one time an obvious cliche (the whole ‘I Hate You!’-to-passionate make-out’ set piece) feels totally appropriate. It’s melodramatic, but the long-simmering tension between Mike and Rachel needed to break at some point, and it feels earned.
Elliott Stemple rolls over (season 3, episode 13)
“Don’t you look ready to rumble.”
Harvey has quite the rogues' gallery, and no one rankles more faster than Elliott Stemple (Patrick Fischler). Harvey’s old nemesis from law school, Stemple is a diabolical lizard brain in human form. Constantly thinking five moves ahead, Stemple is so slippery he manages to have both Harvey and Mike on the ropes. The fact that he does so with a permanent smirk stamped on his face makes it all the more aggravating every time he manages to worm his way out of trouble.
Cheerfully walking over anyone who gets in his way (even his family gets tossed under the bus), Stemple manages to make himself the most hateable character on the show in the space of 40 minutes. It makes his ultimate downfall all the more satisfying, as our heroes manage to finally deliver a knockout blow. The way he hisses defeat is extremely satisfying. A wonderfully toxic character, he returns to plague Harvey and co. in season six.
Louis collapses in court (season 3, episode 14)
“Mr Litt, are you okay?”
Louis (Rick Hoffman) starts this episode in good stead — he has a girlfriend and he is about to close his latest case. Even the moment he collapses, while shocking, is a testament to his character: ever the pro, he manages to give his closing argument and retreat to his chair before passing out. It forces the other characters to realise how much he matters to them, leads to Louis making a marriage proposal And giving Harvey a hug.
It’s rare to see Louis have an entire episode where he is the most lovable character on the show, and it is a delight. The bit where he asks Harvey to be his best man is truly affecting, as the veteran rivals are finally able to share a moment of genuine mutual regard, with no ulterior motives.
Louis discovers Mike’s secret (season 4, episode 10)
“You know what an Oscar looks like?”
Season Four is not the best time to be to Louis Litt, and this episode finds him at his nadir. Kicked out of the firm, unable to find work and abandoned by the woman he loves, Louis is not in a good place when Mike pays him a visit halfway through this episode. When Mike makes a slipup about Harvard, Louis finally figures out what has been going on for the last four years. This revelation takes place in a confrontation with Donna, which represents one of the show’s darkest (and saddest) moments. Already hurt and betrayed, Louis is even more disturbed by the fact that she had manipulated their relationship in order to cover for Mike.
It’s a painful moment, made even more so by the fact that it is the indomitable Donna who is at a loss. She is always the one constant, the one character who can be counted on as a calm voice of reason. Not here.
Louis’ secretary dies (season 4, episode 16)
“She was a battle axe!”
Starting as Louis’ unseen whipping boy, his secretary Norma went from joke to emotional catalyst in the space of one episode. After she dies, Louis is tasked with putting together her funeral arrangements. After spending the majority of the episode barraging the dead woman with insults, Louis finally breaks down while arguing about the quality of urns the funeral home has on offer.
Starting out as a delightful black comedy, with Louis continuing to vent his frustrations about the deceased’s incompetence at every turn, the scene concludes with a surprisingly emotional finale. Finally forced to confront his real feelings about Norma, it is a wonderfully humanising moment for Suits’ resident anti-hero. The fallout from Norma’s death makes for one of the most affecting scenes in the series, and gives Rick Hoffman one of his best showcases.
Donna quits (season 4, episode 16)
“This isn’t working for me any more.”
The season four finale is to Harvey and Donna what the Godfather Part II was to Michael Corleone: we spend the episode intercutting between Harvey and Donna’s first interactions, as the cocksure attorney falls under her sway, and the present, where she finally decides to throw in the towel. It’s short, it’s brutal and it ends with Donna working for Louis. Talk about rubbing salt in the wound! You can almost hear Harvey’s brain exploding as he receives this one-two punch of bad news.
Mike is arrested for fraud (season 5, episode 16)
“It’s done...”
Kudos to Aaron Korsh for not taking the blue pill on this one. Mike has been skating on thin ice for five years — to have him get away with his facade forever would have meant a slow death for the show. Further kudos for dropping that plot point at the tailend of the last episode and then letting it play out over the course of the finale.
The episode’s pivotal moment is Harvey’s confrontation with the jury foreman. He reveals that the verdict would have been ‘not guilty’, making Mike’s decision all the more depressing. When Mike appears in his office doubting his decision, Harvey has to lie in order to spare Mike the truth. While there are a few glimmers of hope, the overall tone of this episode is about acceptance, and coming to terms with what is happening. It’s a more mature and sophisticated approach than most primetime shows, and provided a resolution to Mike’s dilemma that felt earned.
It’s testament to how well-played this finale is that you don’t realise until it’s over that the show has basically thrown out its hook. Korsh manages to make it feel like the end of something, and the beginning of something else.
She’s gone (season 6, episode 10)
“You sure about this?”
The euphoria over Mike’s release has not even dissipated when vindictive client-turned-convict William Sutter (Alan Rosenberg) starts disparaging the firm to their major clients. Reasoning that if Harvey and co. would turn on a big client like Sutter he could also turn on them, they start leaving Pearson Spector Litt. Rachel’s father, Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce), appears with an offer to merge their respective firms, but Jessica decides to quit rather than have her name as an add-on to someone else’s firm. Softened by the fact that she has just got a wrongfully convicted man off Death Row, Jessica finally remembers the reason she became a lawyer (hint: not for the money or power) and leaves with her head high.
Jessica’s big save (season 6, episode 16)
“I don’t think I can add anything to that...”
For most of this finale, it feels like nothing will go right. Mike’s sworn enemy, federal prosecutor Anita Gibbs (Leslie Hope), manages to get herself on the committee that will be deciding whether Mike gets admitted to the bar; Donna’s patent runs into trouble; Louis is scrabbling to repair his relationship with Tara (Carly Pope); and Harvey can’t find an angle to get Gibbs booted off the committee. For awhile it feels like season five all over again. And then Jessica Pearson strolls in like a boss and hits Gibbs where it hurts.
Jessica has not had as many chance to show off her chops as Harvey and Louis, but every time she does you remember why her name was first on the wall. A fine send-off for Gina Torres, a clean slate for Mike and a fresh canvas for season seven.
With Suits season 7 arriving next month, we look back over some of our favourite moments on the show so far...
Contains spoilers for Suits seasons 1-6.
Anchored by a great cast of characters and a fine line in witty repartee, Suits has been going strong since 2011, slowly gathering steam and fans. Created by Aaron Korsh, Suits’ best moments are a product of the well-drawn characters and their relationships. With the end of the sixth season, here are thirteen scenes which highlight Suits’ ensemble at their best (and worst).
The first meeting/blackmail (season 1, episode 1)
“I got knocked into a different life and I have been wishing for a way back ever since.”
Part of a show’s success is a strong hook, and the delivery of the hook can be almost as important as the hook itself. On the run from a drug deal gone wrong, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) ends up in a hotel room with hotshot attorney Harvey Spector (Gabriel Macht). It could be patently ridiculous, but taking place just over 20 minutes into the pilot, the scene makes total sense based on what has been established about these characters.
Punctuated by some good comedy (the perfectly-timed explosion of the briefcase), it establishes their easy dynamic almost immediately. This scene is bookended by the later scene in which Mike threatens to blackmail Harvey if he fires him. Impressed by his gumption, Harvey keeps him around and we get six seasons of a show.
Harvey and Donna get back together (season 1, episode 12)
“I’m sorry...”
“For what?”
“Don’t push it.”
After Harvey’s right-hand woman Donna (Sarah Rafferty)went behind his back in the previous episode, it looked like the teflon duo are not on as solid footing as we’ve been led to expect. This is the first real test of Harvey and Donna’s relationship, and the way it resolves perfectly epitomises their bond: Harvey barely apologises and Donna gets out the can opener. Compared with the scrapes they get into in later seasons, it’s short and sweet, but maintains the show’s ability to hit emotional cues without coming off saccharine, or betraying the characters’ natural reserve.
Michael’s grandmother dies (season 2, episode 9)
“Someone kept calling the office for you...”
The dead relative is a familiar trope that should be entirely predictable, but the moment Mike learns his grandmother has died comes out of nowhere. What makes it worse is that Mike spends his off-hours this episode finding her a new place to live. Sadly, that is where he has to take the news that she has died. It’s a nice scene, beautifully underplayed by Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle, which makes it hit even harder. The cut to a wide shot of Rachel holding Michael in the empty apartment is strong enough by itself. It’s a great example of the show’s willingness to just let the drama play out naturally.
Mike and Harvey get high (season 2, episode 10)
“Don’t mind if I do…”
After his grandmother’s death, Mike (and the audience) needed a breather. After Daniel Hardman retakes control of the firm from Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres), Harvey is also in need of a break. For a few glorious minutes in the middle of this episode, amid funerals and corporate skullduggery, our heroes can kick back and just shoot the breeze (with the help from Mike’s old friend Mary Jane). It’s a real humanising moment for Harvey -- it’s not often he lets his guard down, and we get a little insight into his psyche that reveals far more than he perhaps intended. The fact that this scene winds up helping our heroes coming up with a way to get back at Hardman makes it all the better.
Mike and Rachel finally get together (season 2, episode 16)
“What?”
Well, that took long enough. Under the gun, Mike finally tells Rachel that he never went to Harvard. Their romantic clinch in the file room is a solid example of the one time an obvious cliche (the whole ‘I Hate You!’-to-passionate make-out’ set piece) feels totally appropriate. It’s melodramatic, but the long-simmering tension between Mike and Rachel needed to break at some point, and it feels earned.
Elliott Stemple rolls over (season 3, episode 13)
“Don’t you look ready to rumble.”
Harvey has quite the rogues' gallery, and no one rankles more faster than Elliott Stemple (Patrick Fischler). Harvey’s old nemesis from law school, Stemple is a diabolical lizard brain in human form. Constantly thinking five moves ahead, Stemple is so slippery he manages to have both Harvey and Mike on the ropes. The fact that he does so with a permanent smirk stamped on his face makes it all the more aggravating every time he manages to worm his way out of trouble.
Cheerfully walking over anyone who gets in his way (even his family gets tossed under the bus), Stemple manages to make himself the most hateable character on the show in the space of 40 minutes. It makes his ultimate downfall all the more satisfying, as our heroes manage to finally deliver a knockout blow. The way he hisses defeat is extremely satisfying. A wonderfully toxic character, he returns to plague Harvey and co. in season six.
Louis collapses in court (season 3, episode 14)
“Mr Litt, are you okay?”
Louis (Rick Hoffman) starts this episode in good stead — he has a girlfriend and he is about to close his latest case. Even the moment he collapses, while shocking, is a testament to his character: ever the pro, he manages to give his closing argument and retreat to his chair before passing out. It forces the other characters to realise how much he matters to them, leads to Louis making a marriage proposal And giving Harvey a hug.
It’s rare to see Louis have an entire episode where he is the most lovable character on the show, and it is a delight. The bit where he asks Harvey to be his best man is truly affecting, as the veteran rivals are finally able to share a moment of genuine mutual regard, with no ulterior motives.
Louis discovers Mike’s secret (season 4, episode 10)
“You know what an Oscar looks like?”
Season Four is not the best time to be to Louis Litt, and this episode finds him at his nadir. Kicked out of the firm, unable to find work and abandoned by the woman he loves, Louis is not in a good place when Mike pays him a visit halfway through this episode. When Mike makes a slipup about Harvard, Louis finally figures out what has been going on for the last four years. This revelation takes place in a confrontation with Donna, which represents one of the show’s darkest (and saddest) moments. Already hurt and betrayed, Louis is even more disturbed by the fact that she had manipulated their relationship in order to cover for Mike.
It’s a painful moment, made even more so by the fact that it is the indomitable Donna who is at a loss. She is always the one constant, the one character who can be counted on as a calm voice of reason. Not here.
Louis’ secretary dies (season 4, episode 16)
“She was a battle axe!”
Starting as Louis’ unseen whipping boy, his secretary Norma went from joke to emotional catalyst in the space of one episode. After she dies, Louis is tasked with putting together her funeral arrangements. After spending the majority of the episode barraging the dead woman with insults, Louis finally breaks down while arguing about the quality of urns the funeral home has on offer.
Starting out as a delightful black comedy, with Louis continuing to vent his frustrations about the deceased’s incompetence at every turn, the scene concludes with a surprisingly emotional finale. Finally forced to confront his real feelings about Norma, it is a wonderfully humanising moment for Suits’ resident anti-hero. The fallout from Norma’s death makes for one of the most affecting scenes in the series, and gives Rick Hoffman one of his best showcases.
Donna quits (season 4, episode 16)
“This isn’t working for me any more.”
The season four finale is to Harvey and Donna what the Godfather Part II was to Michael Corleone: we spend the episode intercutting between Harvey and Donna’s first interactions, as the cocksure attorney falls under her sway, and the present, where she finally decides to throw in the towel. It’s short, it’s brutal and it ends with Donna working for Louis. Talk about rubbing salt in the wound! You can almost hear Harvey’s brain exploding as he receives this one-two punch of bad news.
Mike is arrested for fraud (season 5, episode 16)
“It’s done...”
Kudos to Aaron Korsh for not taking the blue pill on this one. Mike has been skating on thin ice for five years — to have him get away with his facade forever would have meant a slow death for the show. Further kudos for dropping that plot point at the tailend of the last episode and then letting it play out over the course of the finale.
The episode’s pivotal moment is Harvey’s confrontation with the jury foreman. He reveals that the verdict would have been ‘not guilty’, making Mike’s decision all the more depressing. When Mike appears in his office doubting his decision, Harvey has to lie in order to spare Mike the truth. While there are a few glimmers of hope, the overall tone of this episode is about acceptance, and coming to terms with what is happening. It’s a more mature and sophisticated approach than most primetime shows, and provided a resolution to Mike’s dilemma that felt earned.
It’s testament to how well-played this finale is that you don’t realise until it’s over that the show has basically thrown out its hook. Korsh manages to make it feel like the end of something, and the beginning of something else.
She’s gone (season 6, episode 10)
“You sure about this?”
The euphoria over Mike’s release has not even dissipated when vindictive client-turned-convict William Sutter (Alan Rosenberg) starts disparaging the firm to their major clients. Reasoning that if Harvey and co. would turn on a big client like Sutter he could also turn on them, they start leaving Pearson Spector Litt. Rachel’s father, Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce), appears with an offer to merge their respective firms, but Jessica decides to quit rather than have her name as an add-on to someone else’s firm. Softened by the fact that she has just got a wrongfully convicted man off Death Row, Jessica finally remembers the reason she became a lawyer (hint: not for the money or power) and leaves with her head high.
Jessica’s big save (season 6, episode 16)
“I don’t think I can add anything to that...”
For most of this finale, it feels like nothing will go right. Mike’s sworn enemy, federal prosecutor Anita Gibbs (Leslie Hope), manages to get herself on the committee that will be deciding whether Mike gets admitted to the bar; Donna’s patent runs into trouble; Louis is scrabbling to repair his relationship with Tara (Carly Pope); and Harvey can’t find an angle to get Gibbs booted off the committee. For awhile it feels like season five all over again. And then Jessica Pearson strolls in like a boss and hits Gibbs where it hurts.
Jessica has not had as many chance to show off her chops as Harvey and Louis, but every time she does you remember why her name was first on the wall. A fine send-off for Gina Torres, a clean slate for Mike and a fresh canvas for season seven.
- 4/7/2017
- Den of Geek
Tweens. Fallen angels. Supernatural occurrences. A love triangle. Lots and lots of brooding. Yep it's a familiar formula and you'll find it in spades once the big screen adaptation of Lauren Kate's Fallen gets here. Speaking of which, we have your first look... furrowed brows and all.
From the Press Release
Based on the worldwide bestselling book series, Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven...
From the Press Release
Based on the worldwide bestselling book series, Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven...
- 5/2/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Scheduled for a 2015 theatrical release, here’s a first look at Fallen. Based on the worldwide bestselling book series by Lauren Kate, Australian filmmaker Scott Hicks (Shine) will direct from a script by Michael Ross.
Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over true love.
Fallen stars Addison Timlin (Stand Up Guys), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Harrison Gilbertson (Need For Speed...
Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over true love.
Fallen stars Addison Timlin (Stand Up Guys), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Harrison Gilbertson (Need For Speed...
- 5/2/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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