S01.E02: Old Man Hanrahan

[chitowngirl]

Ted needs Amanda's help with a new prosecutor in Lester's murder trial; Erica squares off against Rick to stop him from poaching a client; Stuart and Samantha argue over Rick's position in the firm; in the past, Ted improvises after losing a witness.
 

Airdate March 2, 2025 on NBC, next day Peacock

[AnimeMania]

Maggie Grace as Amanda Stevens

Rachelle Goulding as Samantha Railsback

Troy Winbush as Kevin Dillion

Alice Lee as Leah Power

[edhopper]

The pettiness is overwhelming.

[Infie]

I feel like the underlying theme of both Suits is that lawyers are fundamentally backstabbing unrepentant liars. 

[NJRadioGuy]

The very reasons why Original Recipe Suits was (and remains) popular are the characters and the stories, neither of which are compelling here.

I don't think average viewers give two wet farts about entertainment law, and that murder case is...meh at best. The interesting cases to me were always when Mike Ross found a way to get PSL to represent the little guy who's about to get hurt, and criminal clients about to get railroaded. The interplay between Mike, Harvey, Donna Paulsen and Louis Litt was stellar, and the fashion and mood was top-shelf.

There's none of that here. Ted Black isn't fit to hold Harvey Specter's jockstrap, Erica Rollins is just nasty and unsympathetic, Stuart Lane desperately needs to get Litt Up, and Rick Dodson is...whatever. ZZZzzzzzzz. I don't care about any of them. Honestly, the only characters I like so far are Amanda Stevens, the pro-bono lawyer, and Leah Power, the associate assigned to Davis.

I strongly doubt this show will be renewed unless it can pull its head out of its backside right, quick, fast, and in a hurry.

Edited Saturday at 12:31 AM by NJRadioGuy
Got actors and character names mixed up.

[blackwing]

On 3/7/2025 at 6:28 PM, NJRadioGuy said:

The very reasons why Original Recipe Suits was (and remains) popular are the characters and the stories, neither of which are compelling here.

I don't think average viewers give two wet farts about entertainment law, and that murder case is...meh at best. The interesting cases to me were always when Mike Ross found a way to get PSL to represent the little guy who's about to get hurt, and criminal clients about to get railroaded. The interplay between Mike, Harvey, Donna Paulsen and Louis Litt was stellar, and the fashion and mood was top-shelf.

There's none of that here. Ted Black isn't fit to hold Harvey Specter's jockstrap, Erica Rollins is just nasty and unsympathetic, Stuart Lane desperately needs to get Litt Up, and Rick Dodson is...whatever. ZZZzzzzzzz. I don't care about any of them. Honestly, the only characters I like so far are Amanda Stevens, the pro-bono lawyer, and Leah Power, the associate assigned to Davis.

I strongly doubt this show will be renewed unless it can pull its head out of its backside right, quick, fast, and in a hurry.

I agree, this episode was boring.  There's this actress who was represented by Rick, but when Rick left the firm, she has to use Erica since there is a clause in the agreement that says that Rick can't poach clients.  What?  I'm pretty sure that clients have a right to choose.  When a firm falls apart, the firm notifies the clients of the impending breakup, and clients have a right to go to either of the two firms.

I don't fully understand why Erica signed the waiver.  Because she wanted to prove that she was better than Rick?  We learned in this episode that Erica and Rick used to be a couple, which adds some layer to their relationship, but not that much.

I find it hard to believe that Stuart is a top criminal defence attorney.  His voice puts me to sleep.  I know this is the actor that was the coward guy with a mullet in The Walking Dead, so it's an interesting transformation.  But he sounds and looks a lot like the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, and it is distracting.

Lastly, I spent a good amount of time being confused as hell by all the women with long dark hair.  There was the actress.  Then there's Ted's ex-girlfriend who runs the firm that Stuart merged with.  And I think the prosecutor on Ted's client's case who was supposed to be Hanrahan but is now her.  I literally thought the ex-girlfriend and the prosecutor were the same person.

The biggest problems for me with this show are 1) the characters are not interesting, 2) the cases are not compelling.  The cases are downright boring.