[TV] Suits - Page 161

On January 26 2017 13:27 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I was surprised by the introduction of the teaching arc, but I thought it had good potential. Especially during a time where he basically had no other options because he's a convicted felon, this seemed like an interesting route, at least for a while. But then I was even more surprised when that offer got killed the two days later, twenty minutes later in the episode. I don't understand the point of even having it in the first place, unless maybe one of the students who he built a rapport with (in a single day... lol) has a parent/ knows a guy who can hook up Mike with a good job because the student trusts Mike and can overlook his conviction? Something like that, maybe to lay a foundation for Mike getting back on his feet? Otherwise, I see no reason as to why that was put into the first episode, nor do I see a way for Mike to get around Anita and ethics committees... ever.

As far as classroom dynamics goes, isn't this a religious prep school? Since when are there classes full of delinquents, let alone those who go from being complete nightmares to being delights in two days? I teach at a private school and my fiancee went to a private Catholic school, and there were never any classroom management/ behavioral issues; the parents would ring their kids' necks if there were. Perhaps these kids were foster kids or something, and didn't come from rich homes or whatnot? I don't think they fleshed out enough of the details. It would have been pretty funny to see big shot lawyers fail horribly at being educators though.

On January 27 2017 12:29 coverpunch wrote:

Yeah, the episode was bizarre and Suits clearly doesn't really know where it's going, but maybe that's a reflection on its place for its parent network, where it started as a light-hearted comedy-drama and made a weird transition into a dark gritty drama and might be trying to revamp itself as a character drama. Unfortunately, Suits may also be going out and the cast is trying to string the show along because there aren't enough loose ends to make a good conclusion. For crying out loud, it would be nice if anyone on the show did some lawyering.

I guess I would say this season is summed up as "fish out of water" and this return episode punctuated that. Mike in his post-lie, post-jail world has a purposeless existence. Harvey and Louis are bad managers and terrible leaders. And Rachel is trying to be normal.

I didn't like the ham-fisted theme of misunderstandings and compounding them with anger. It was very out of character for Harvey to lose his cool over something so dumb as Mike blaming him for not getting a job.

Katrina is my new favorite character. She's still as devious and backstabbing as ever and I love that about her.