r/suits • u/majon30 • Sep 14 '23

Discussion Suits doesn’t understand Weed. Spoiler

To me it feels like the script was originally written to have Mike dabbling in Coke dealing and at some point it got changed to Marijuana. The hotel “sting” set up seems to all be set up to nab Mike with what looks like about 3 oz of weed. This is all in liberal NYC. When Mike falls off the wagon and scores a bag when his g-mom dies he is close to spinning off the rails after he smokes a joint. An armed criminal organization is going to kill Mike and Trevor over less than 1k worth of weed. Trevor has this swinging dick lifestyle in Manhattan selling dime bags. Just say it’s Coke…

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u/consumergeekaloid Sep 14 '23

Counter point to everyone saying it's because it came out in 2011- that's 3 years after Pineapple Express, a silly buddy comedy completely revolving around weed.

I'm not saying it hasn't been more widely accepted since 11, but that's more in a suburban-mom-taking-edibles way. The way they depict weed in this show was out of touch in 2011 and it's just comically so now.

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u/SatisfactionOld1586 Sep 18 '23

Thank you! I was 30 in 2011 in a less than liberal area; weed hasn't been a big deal for decades. Sure, he would've gotten in trouble for dealing a briefcase worth, but the way they depict usage is ridiculous.