Will Suits LA‘s crimes against the fandom never end? First, there’s the fact that we’re even doing this. Then…That Man got cast as the lead. Some stuff happened in between (or whatever). And now, People is reporting that Lex Scott Davis “teases that ‘maybe’ there will be ‘some sort of rollover from the original cast.’” Dear Jessica Pearson God, please for the love of all that is Donna Paulsen holy, make it stop. For the love of all that is Darvey sacred, and for the respect of all that is Macht’s hiatus beard good, please. Just…no. We are begging.
At this point, folks might wonder why we wouldn’t want to see our favorite characters back on screen. Sure, we kind of lose our minds every time we see Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams slip into their old Marvey dynamic for those T-Mobile ads. (Rest in peace, and may its memory be a blessing, to Macht’s hiatus beard, though. Talk about a sign of bad things to come.) And there is nothing, nothing, nothing we’d love more than to just…check in with all our favorite characters. But here’s the thing: That’s what fanfiction is for. Because, otherwise, we know better than to ask. The TV gods are not kind, period.
Take, for example, Darvey. They are happily married and living in Seattle, fighting the good fight with Mike Ross (of all frauds people). And Mike is still, unless someone wants to write something horrible, happily married to…Rachel. But there’s no way, on this planet or any other, that we’ll be seeing Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane again. So, that means any appearance by Adams would necessitate him flying solo. Sure, it worked at the end of OG Suits‘ original run. But we can’t make excuses forever.
Which means, if we want to see Mike and Harvey together, we probably won’t get more Darvey. But if Harvey makes the trip down to Los Angeles without Donna, that would be weird AF. They are, after all, a team. And any trial involving Mr. Specter involves his pre-trial can opener ritual. So, uh…he needs her. (“I can’t be me without you,” if you will.) Then again, Darvey making the trip with a Rachel-less Mike would also be bizarre AF. And no, we don’t want Sarah Rafferty having to interact with Suits LA‘s “star” anyway. (We do not care if she called him “perfect” in that one interview either. Well, we care enough that we vomited in our mouths a little…but otherwise.)
They could all go individually, between filming things like Lockerbie (Adams) and the second season of My Life with the Walter Boys (Rafferty). But again, we don’t trust anyone to give us a good reason for people we’re used to seeing together…not being together. It puts the happy ending at risk. “But what about The Jessica Pearson,” might be a thing you’re asking…but only if you live under a rock. Like many of her fellow actors from the OG, Gina Torres is, first of all, also booked and busy. In Torres’ case, she’s filming 9-1-1: Lonestar. And, second, nobody should ask someone who spent so much time on the picket lines in during Hot Strike Summer to pal around with Scabby McScabAmell.
Which, ok, fine. We know we already mentioned that re: Rafferty above. But too bad — because it’s a huge deal and a huge barrier to us even wanting to give this thing any kind of chance.
Besides, how would a guest appearance from Torres even work, when Jessica isn’t in the business anymore? Hm. Easy. It won’t. We can keep going. How about a chance for LA to get Litt Up? Better yet: How about not? Besides, Rick Hoffman seems to forever be getting more work, too (deserved), so who has the time? Of course, none of this even begins to scratch the surface of major players from the original Suits cast. But the point remains. Leave them alone. Let the perfect ending stay exactly that — an ending. Don’t use them to bring legitimacy to this spinoff. Either it succeeds on its own, or it fails on its own. And…given who the “star” is…we’re going with “you have failed this city series” before it even has a chance.
Agree? Disagree? Will you watch Suits LA if the original cast shows up? Leave us a comment!
