Critics’ rating: 2.75 / 5.0
2.75
Again with Los Angeles-based Suit Los Angeles launching the suit franchise again is tricky for everyone involved.
The series premiere threw many plots at the audience, as if it was desperately trying to find a prominent storyline.
Suits La Season 1 Episode 2 is more the same, but there are some outstanding performances and some excellent starts.
Flashbacks are weak links as these plots have broken down with tension at the seams.
It didn’t stop, which made it one of the faster broadcast dramas that air today.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but the better strategy is to leave the question of why Samantha despises Ted now.
They have such a wonderful motivation that it is so amazing that it is possible that they can hang these problems in the air and that only everything can put everything in a strait, which can be a mid-season, which can be a flashback hour to reiterate why they are so divided right now.
Flashback brings suit
Flashbacks are hard to weave into many shows, but they don’t belong to every episode of the suit because there are so many great things happening now.
Some TV shows struggle by introducing audiences to their key off-screen development methods, which makes them feel like they should watch it work.
The Los Angeles suit acts the opposite, showing too much, and given the various characters, its landing is less than the intention of the creative.
The situation where Ted entered New York in 15 years ago was more of a false life than real life, which doesn’t matter because they are so ridiculous.
Yes, we know Ted will go to the end of the earth to get the work done, but I would love to break these flashbacks in the writer’s room.
I know we should believe that Ted pushed the envelope to fruition and felt invincible somehow early in his career.
Maybe his arrogance comes into play, but at least he has it. Many of these shows, especially in the suit universe, have characters that don’t fit their behavior.
Ted is refreshing for this reason alone and a little bit fine-tuned, and I think he can fit into one of my favorite TV characters.
He is a flawed man who tries to make his personal and professional life unable to spiral too much, but he is suffering from it.
Maybe Harvey Spectre can contact him and reiterate that he can solve these deep-rooted problems and map out a new path.
If anything, Ted will hit the breakout point very quickly, and maybe that will bring Harvey to the mix.
Maybe Ted couldn’t attend the court and seduced his old (noble) and Los Angeles friends to help him leave the kimchi.
Derivatives do not require Harvey Specter…
I still don’t believe Suits La Season 1 will benefit from Harvey, as the series has been done relatively well to keep the cast acting busy.
Do we really need to spend valuable screen time away from their roles that have watched for nine seasons?
As a stubborn suit fan, I don’t believe it. Maybe it will change in the next few episodes, but we will see it.
Ted appears to have a new ally in Amanda, thanks to Elizabeth ranting around the office about how she will bury Ted’s clients.
Because of his history with Elizabeth, Amanda is crucial to the case. She should be able to help Ted develop an attack plan that Elizabeth cannot see.
For Amanda, it’s personal, as her former client passed away, she blamed Elizabeth for Elizabeth.
The drama is brewing for the trio and tells me that Ted will face each other to get the results he wants and needs, which will wipe Amanda the wrong way.
As for Erica’s war with Rick, it provides a real emphasis on some great scenes, showing that they have a lot of history that we are not honored.
But I can’t believe Erica signed Dylan’s waiver first.
We should believe she was driven by competition, but after losing almost everyone, Black and colleagues in such a horrible strait, it was a battle she didn’t even have to fight.
All she had to do was contact Dylan and show her that she was the talented agent who suited her.
Erica learned a lot of lessons throughout the installment, but the most important lesson she should learn: Never underestimate more people to her than she thought.
What is the history of Rick and Erica?
Apparently, she and Rick share a romantic history that doesn’t end on the best of conditions, but they put it aside when they work together.
But now Rick is working for Samantha and Stuart, they don’t need to play this dynamic. At least, that’s what I rushed out of Rick’s office.
Speaking of Stewart, he slowly but surely appears as Ted, making a one-sided decision that does not consider the full picture.
This made Samantha persistently not let Rick be the entertainment head for Bats, because why could she barely know anyone could get such a coveted job?
If she turns over and allows Stewart to take charge, that would set a worrying precedent for the rest of the business relationship.
My best theory is that they will be hit with a big blow sometime this season and her breakup will be that Stuart is as bad as Ted, if not worse.
We need to make some reflection on his behavior from Stuart, because he is now acting hypocritical.
Despite the shortcomings of Los Angeles, it is worth paying attention to and I am interested in seeing the next step in the story.
What do you think of flashbacks? Do you think they should be more cautious? What do you think about TED’s possible teaming up with Amanda?
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