Suits LA Season Episode 10 review: 10 episodes and yet something feels unfinished

India Today

28-04-2025

'Suits LA' is set to wrap its first season. The 11-episode series showed great potential and served everything that the snappy, sassy 'Suits' world by Aaron Korsh is known for. It had romance, a delicious showcase of power and strength, the jolted interpersonal dynamics between characters, some curiosity from the past, and a glimpse into the world of entertainment law. And yet, with all its attempts and that peculiar vibe, something seemed unfinished. As if 'Suits LA' was on the precipice of giving us a grand entertaining experience, but fell short of something.advertisementThe latest episode, while not the finale, served as the penultimate chapter, and didn't fully land. It tied up some knots and also didn't in some ways, but it seemed like the show had a lot to offer that it didn't. Its ultimate grand case didn't appear engaging enough, and Ted Black (Stephen Amell), despite all the pizzazz, didn't emerge as a hero for us.The gripe with 'Suits LA', from the very beginning, was that the makers were trying to low-key establish Black as the Harvey Spector of this new world. But, even when Spector joined his old NY friend in LA, he shone and overpowered our supposed hero from the current timeline.
Gabriel Macht's Harvey Spector kept that spark burning. His sarcasm remained on point and not because the lines were written brilliantly - they were - but more because he knew how to deliver them as perfectly as he did six years back when the last season of 'Suits' aired. A comparison between Black and Spector was given, but at some point during episode 3 or four probably, we started cheering for the former. We wanted him to win.
Gabriel Macht as Harvey Spector in 'Suits LA' (Photo: Instagram/ NBCSuits)
advertisementBlack also featured a lot of traits, like Spector - that urge to toe the line and get the work done, boasting a huge self-push to win at everything - at work, with the case, in relationships and even during small arguments. He was supposed to remind us of Spector's go-getter style of living life, with equal amounts of panache and wit. But, instead of reminding us of Spector, he made us miss him even more.[Read ahead if you don't mind tiny spoilers]The series', which, honestly, was expected to end on a high (Look at the ending of each season in 'Suits'), didn't leave us asking for more. It did, however, leave us hopeful, like every other episode of the season.See, we are not saying that the show was not a decent watch or that it was too bad that the next season should be dropped. It's about that blank space in our 'Suits'-carved hearts which 'Suits LA' needed to fill, but it didn't.It probably tried its best to give us the Harvey-Donna magic with Black-Amanda's (Maggie Grace) equation, but the chemistry didn't quite land. The Stuart (Josh McDermitt) -Ted dynamic was supposed to feel like the love-hate bonding of Harvey-Louis, but it didn't. Even Black's issues with his father and his imaginary brother echoed Harvey's family struggles, but no, none of that worked. The makers' attempt at modelling Rick-Erica's on-and-off romance on Mike and Rachel's bonding went in vain.
Maggie Grace as Amanda Stevens and Stephen Amell as Ted Black in 'Suits LA' (Photo: Instagram/ NBCSuits)
The stage was set in Los Angeles to extract Ted Black out of New York and make the entertainment world look more exciting. But, he had to go back to NY at the end to fight the biggest case of his life, and even the entertainment cases in LA that he fought didn't have any lasting impact. Nobody, it seemed, was walking the talk here.Even Spector's three-episode arc in the series didn't do much, except make us swoon all over him again, and remind us that he is sadly not a part of this world. Again, 'Suits LA' could have had a great chance if it was an individual player, or was a fresh law-based series. But, because the comparisons are so glaring and relevant that we can't just look past the fact that the new series didn't leave us discussing it more, or made us totally love or hate its characters.
Lex Scott Davis as Erica Rollins and Bryan Greenberg as Rick Dodsen in 'Suits LA' (Photo: Instagram/ NBCSuits)
'Suits LA' appeared like an indifferent show - something that doesn't demand your crisp attention. Between 'Suits LA' and 'Suits', the latter remains the first choice and our go-to place in need of dramatic relief. This also makes the spin-off's roadmap a little harder to envision.3 out of 5 stars to 'Suits LA'.