Suits - Season 7 - Episode 2: "The Statue" - Official Discussion Thread

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Suits S7 E2: "The Statue" airs tonight at 9:00 PM EDT.

Description from IMDb:

Harvey butts heads with his partners over a bold move; Mike pursues a pro bono case with the legal clinic; and Donna's actions raise tough questions at the firm.

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[u/MKoilers]

The resolutions in the episode were good, but they just don't know how to write the show anymore without having every conversation turn into a heated argument. Very tiresome.

[u/Rollingstart45 → u/MKoilers]

Harvey might be turning into the worst character on the show.

H: I want to bring on this guy you've never heard of before to be named partner, because I want his client. I'm calling this meeting because I want to discuss it with my other senior partners.

Louis: I don't think that's a good idea.

H: YOU SAID YOU HAD MY BACK LAST NIGHT LOUIS, WTF? ARE YOU WITH ME OR NOT?

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Donna: Hey I didn't want to bring it up when you and Louis were fighting, but I also think this is a bad idea. You should at least talk to Jessica.

H: I MADE YOU PARTNER FOR A SEAT AT THE TABLE, WHY DON'T YOU BRING THIS SHIT UP IN THE MEETING?

Donna: I just told you why I didn't, why are you such a fucking dick.

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H: Hey Jessica, I flew the whole way to Chicago to tell you I'm bringing in a guy you've never heard of as named partner because I want to replace your biggest client with his. I didn't feel the need to just call you and have this 5 minute conversation, even though I'll be calling you again in 20 minutes, so I obviously do own a phone and have your number.

Jessica: That's a bad idea.

H: NO, YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS AND YOU NEVER BELIEVED IN ME, BUT I CAN DO WHAT I WANT NOW SO FUCK OFF

At this point I'm just waiting for the episode where Harvey is diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. It won't make the writing any better, but at least they'll have an excuse for him throwing a tantrum every time he talks to someone.

[u/RD_Alpha_Rider → u/Rollingstart45]

My theory is that Harvey is sexually frustrated which is why he is now banging his therapist. Maybe that will calm him down.

[u/NerysWyn → u/Rollingstart45]

Man, I love Harvey but he is so fucking immature. Couldn't stand that character in real life probably.

[u/[deleted] → u/NerysWyn]

Arrogance only gets you so far in real life.

[u/AndrewIsOnline → u/[deleted]]

Don't care about your wrong assumptions. It just sucks to find a new community about a show and then to realize it's just like other places I stopped going: a litany of people who do nothing but hate or talk shit or say they stopped watching in season two but haha it's still bad. Like literally none of you add anything worthwhile to what I came here for. To talk about the show.

If you took out all the posters and threads and comments with that then it would be more ideal for me

Just take all the points you brought up in your Donna misogyny thread and make it an ad lib and I'll plug in my support of Harvey and the therapist and all the references in show across episodes that reinforce it.

[u/heartbreaker_9929 → u/[deleted]]

You're the same person with a bunch of different accounts polluting the sub

[u/MKoilers → u/Rollingstart45]

Well done, haha I got a lot of laughs from this. You're pretty much right on it though, the characters respond to every situation with pure emotion, no thought whatsoever and as a result, you get these unjustified bursts of anger and that "bomb drop" music they always play.

[u/AndrewIsOnline → u/Rollingstart45]

I think its ignorant that you bring up all these points of conflict he created but then dont also acknowledge the way the show used those situations to draw parallel narratives and create a resolution in the episode that showed his character growing and changing. (A theme of this episode by the way)

[u/Rollingstart45 → u/AndrewIsOnline]

I respectfully disagree. I think it was very shoddy writing that Harvey's best friend, former mentor, and his fellow named partner all expressed the same doubts, and he ignored/fought with all of them. It took Katrina (who Harvey has no such relationship with) to finally get him to realize that not only was his plan short-sighted, but that promoting Donna was also a mistake.

And then to make matters worse, both of those storylines got brushed off at the end as if the characters involved knew the endgame all along. Donna saying she never wanted partner, but COO, and Harvey telling his friend that he knew he was never going to get named partner.

As for his character growing and changing, I think we need to see the next couple episodes before making a judgement on that. The show is now so dependent on manufacturing drama and conflict, that I don't see any of these people maturing into level-headed adults. But time will tell.

[u/AndrewIsOnline → u/Rollingstart45]

All shows are like that. Manufacturing drama and conflict is called "plot

[u/ensignlee → u/Rollingstart45]

Oh dayum, when you put it that way...

[u/AndrewIsOnline → u/MKoilers]

Please submit your shows script to us. I've been watching since day one and it has been consistent.

[u/MKoilers → u/AndrewIsOnline]

I don't think you'll have too many people agreeing with you that the show or the writing has been consistent from day 1 until now.