Suits LA Video: Rick Geeks Out Over Veronica Mars as He's Tasked With Getting Enrico Colantoni Out of Jail
Papa Mars, you scandalize us!
On this Sunday's Suits LA (NBC, 9/8c), Veronica Mars vet Enrico Colantoni guest-stars as himself, and he needs the legal help of entertainment attorney Rick Dodson (played Bryan Greenberg) in TVLine's exclusive sneak peek.
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Rick's boss, Samantha, first brings him the case by asking if he's 'by chance a Veronica Mars fan,' and as it turns out, the lawyer is a big Marshmallow.
'Are you kidding me?! I've had a crush on Kristen Bell since — you don't need to know that,' he replies.
And Rick's not just a fan of the blonde who played the titular teenage P.I. He's also well acquainted with her TV dad and the firm's client, rattling off Colantoni's notable credits, Galaxy Quest, Just Shoot Me and the FX comedy English Teacher.
'I need you to get him out of jail,' Samantha instructs Rick. 'He carved a sculpture into his neighbor's hedge.'
While we don't see the photo of said sculpture, it's clear from Rick's shocked expression that it's something inappropriate. (Papa Mars, how could you?!) So now Rick and criminal attorney Stuart are tasked with representing Colantoni, whom Samantha describes as 'particular' and 'not the easygoing character he plays on screen.'
As previously reported, this Sunday's episode also features original Suits star Gabriel Macht reprising his role as Harvey Specter. Get a first look at his introduction to Stephen Amell's Ted Black, who got to know Harvey during their time as prosecutors in New York.
'It's just like in the middle of an episode, you're going to have a flashback scene, and you're like, 'Oh, my God, there's Harvey!'' creator Aaron Korsh told TVLine. 'We tell the story of what their relationship was in the past in the first couple of episodes he's in, and then in the third episode, he shows up in the present day, and they take care of some unfinished business.'
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