Suits: S1E1

There are many professions which requires people to wear suits. But if there is one profession which requires you to look your best at all times, it is the one when you work as a corporate lawyer. And if you are working as a corporate lawyer at ‘Pearson Hardman’ then you not only should look good but you should also exude confidence, you should be quick on your punches, you should have a stunning memory, you should be devious and cunning and most importantly you should be able use the word ‘goddamn’ in as many ‘goddamn’ sentences as you could! Welcome to the world of suits.

Every major character takes its time to unfold. For instance take Harvey Specter. I don’t know how did Aaron Korsh came up with this name but I don’t think there could have been a more appropriate name for this character. I mean seriously when you hear the name; it says everything there is to know about his character…Harvey Specter. He is a Junior partner at this firm but he walks and talks in the Pearson Hardman offices as if he owns this firm. And the way he carries himself in those suits…goddamn it! Then there is Donna, Harvey’s secretary. But is she really just his secretary? Well, Donna’s role will get clearer as we progress through the series. Then we have Louis Litt. Like it wasn’t enough to have one arrogant, as*hole walking around the firm! And the way he gets put on the sidelines by Jessica Pearson is a little heartbreaking. Who said that only the men were in the powerful positions wearing amazing clothes one scene after the other? Jessica comes off as a strong, controlling, charismatic character who is happy to see Harvey getting the work done in any way, even if that involves a lie. And when Harvey’s bluff surfaces, Jessica Pearson makes sure that Harvey needs to work hard to enjoy the ‘Senior Partner’ promotion by making him work on a pro-bono case.

And then we have another entry in the law firm. Mike Ross. Mike is an attorney who charms his way in the interview with Harvey by impressing Donna with a truth about running away from the cops. Well, he gets hired by Harvey after a stunning display of his knowledge about the law but there is just a small glitch about Mike and that is he is not really a lawyer! Mike Ross never graduated from Harvard Law School and Pearson Specter only hires from Harvard. But then again when you have a coc*y Harvey Specter as an interviewee, it doesn’t really matter! And lastly, we get introduced to a Paralegal named Rachel Zane who is fiesty enough to make Mike fall in love with her when he meets her for the first time. Remember the pro-bono case which Jessica assigned to Harvey? Harvey asks Mike to work on it and that reminds us that people actually do work apart from wearing the most amazing clothes and speaking the most cutthroat language in this firm.

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