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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

>Suits LA - So I paid attention to last night's ep. more for the first 
>time. Stephen Amell plays a jerk, but unlike Harvey Spector who you 
>still generally wanted to root for, Amell's character is *just* a jerk!

Well, yeah. Also, Harvey wore nicer ties.

>    I guess Amell's character was ejected from his old law firm(?), and 
>so has started his own firm(?), which focuses on "Hollywood law", though 
>rather than dealing with contracts, Amell is somehow a trial lawyer.

He's a former prosecutor from New Joisey. Also, asshole celebrities may
need criminal work.

>He 
>is defending a Hollywood murder defendant (Kevin Weisman), with a 
>co-council (Maggie Grace, who still looks pretty great) that he's 
>brought in, and he's up against a horrible unscrupulous prosecutor-type 
>(Sofia Pernas).

Maggie is his tenant; he had no idea.

>    There are machinations within Amell's firm, and with his rival one, 
>though I am less interested in that. (Azita Ghanizada from "Alphas" 
>seems to be playing the one in charge of Amell's firm's rookie lawyers.)
>    What's interesting here is that rather than follow "Suits'" old 
>basic formula of "one-case-per-episode" this show seems to be stringing 
>one trial over multiple episodes (and maybe over the whole season).
>    Another interesting difference: "Suits LA" makes the firm's 
>investigator (Troy Winbush) a major character. On the original "Suits", 
>I don't remember there being a main investigator character - indeed, I 
>want to say multiple investigators came and went on "Suits", and none of 
>them were major characters.

Uh, Mike touched a keyboard for 30 seconds and had all the information
they needed on their opponent. Also, pre-ex-princess Meghan came up with
a lot of crap. There were occassional investigative guest stars.