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‘Suits LA’ Should Be Held In Contempt: TV Review
Aaron Korsh's latest "Suits" spinoff, about a New York prosecutor transplanted to L.A., can’t decide if it’s coming or going.
Even when the procedural aspect of “Suits” felt monotonous, the show leaned on the dynamic between Gabriel Macht’s cocky but charismatic Harvey Specter and the ambition and drive of his boy-genius associate, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). Because these recollections make up nearly half the series (at least in the three episodes screened for review), viewers scramble to get oriented in L.A. while piecing together how and why Ted abruptly left the Big Apple to restart his life and career 3,000 miles away. After a lumpy and confounding pilot filled with grating dialogue, jarring camera angles and a bizarre twist, the show attempts to stabilize in Episode 2, “Old Man Hanrahan.” Still, because it relies so heavily on the New York storyline and a barrage of gimmicky cameos from the late John Amos, Patton Oswalt and others, audiences can never truly settle in and take this new “Suits” world seriously.
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