Suits

Set in the shark-infested world of US corporate law, Suits is populated by smart, well-dressed professionals who exchange witty remarks in glassy offices that look out over the New York skyline. It’s a slick legal drama, but the cases rarely get as far as the courtroom. Instead, lawyers try to outmanoeuvre each other via legislative loop-holes, gambling and bluffing their way through big deals in what often feels like high-stakes legal poker. “I don’t play the odds,” explains hotshot attorney Harvey Specter. “I play the man.”This wisdom is dispensed to Mike Ross, a genius-level college dropout with a photographic memory. When we first meet Mike, he’s making money by taking law school admission tests for other students. Things change, however, when circumstances place him in an interview room with Harvey, who is in the process of hiring a new trainee from Harvard. Mike doesn’t have a law degree, but his ability to recite entire passages of legislation impresses Harvey enough to get him the job.Suits Season 1-9 Download.

The first season is largely episodic, but the case-of-the-week format is elevated by snappy dialogue and engaging characters. “Does this mean we’re officially a team now?” asks Mike in the pilot. “I wouldn’t move your things into Wayne manor just yet,” replies Harvey. The chemistry between the two, their punchy back-and-forth rapport, is the show’s main asset – and the look on Harvey’s face when Mike attempts a fist-bump is priceless.

The fact that Mike didn’t attend Harvard is a secret that must be kept from the firm at all costs, and the best scenes are when he uses his memory to paper over the cracks in his skill-set. Admittedly, Mike’s romantic storylines occasionally stray into soap opera territory (warning: season one contains a love triangle), but Patrick J Adams brings enough boyish charm to the role to get away with it: he’s convincing as both a prodigy and a smart-ass. He would have made a great Peter Parker.