When it comes to their friends, there’s nothing that Mike and Harvey wouldn’t do for them. In this episode of Suits, we can see that friendship means a lot to both lawyers. Though, in the case of Trevor, Harvey advised Mike to cut him loose because Trevor is nothing but trouble, and Mike doesn’t need to have that kind of friend in his life. Mike, however, wouldn’t listen to Harvey. The genius associate bailed his oldest friend out of jail and lessened the charges that were being laid against him. I agree with Harvey’s point when he said that Trevor is an anchor that’s dragging Mike down (which was what Mike’s grandmother told her grandson in the first episode). Trevor should be grateful that he has a friend like Mike to help him out in times of need, but he needs to learn to stand on his own two feet and not depend on his friends for everything.
We also get to meet Ray, Harvey’s personal limo driver, in this episode. It was interesting to see Harvey quiz Ray about blues music and that the latter was able to come up with the right answers without having to guess. I felt sorry for Ray when he got into that accident with the taxi driver who ran a red light but was unwilling to admit it. Good thing Harvey was able to help Ray out, taking the case pro bono. I think that Harvey does care about those around him; he just doesn’t want anyone to know this fact in case his enemies decide to use this against him in a courtroom.
I was a little confused when I watched the scene where the pizza delivery boy came to the firm and served Harvey with court papers. I understand that it makes one drop their guard, but I was thinking what Harvey said out loud: he didn’t order pizza. Maybe a better way to perform the scene would have been for the taxi driver, who apparently is also his own lawyer, to serve Harvey with the papers, and maybe the two of them could glare at each other and have themselves a verbal battle before the trial.
When Mike carelessly left his official business card back at the bar when he left with Trevor and the two ladies that they picked up, I was astounded. A genius like Mike forgets to take what belongs to him. I did applaud, however, when Mike went up to a police officer near the hot dog stand and pointed toward the two thugs who were chasing him so that they could get to Trevor as if telling the officer that he was being chased, when, in reality, he was asking for directions to Central Park. As I watched one of the thugs turn around and walk the other way, I literally cheered at the way that Mike used his brain to get himself out of a sticky situation. The genius associate still has much to learn at Pearson-Hardman, but with Harvey as his mentor, he’ll be just fine.
During the scene where Louis was asking Donna if she wouldn’t mind filling in for Norma while the latter goes on vacation in Istanbul for a few weeks, I was grinning from ear to ear. I loved the way that Donna used her acting skills to make Louis believe that she was really crying her eyes out and was surprised to know that the redhead secretary once used the same tactic on Harvey when she managed to convince him to let her parents stay at his condo. Guess you’re not the only one who can make people do whatever you want, hmm, Harvey?
The episode ended on a good note. Mike convinced Trevor to get out of town for a while to get his priorities together after Harvey helped Mike bail out his friend from being hurt (or even killed) by the two goons, and Ray was able to keep his job and not have to pay millions of dollars in the lawsuit against him, thanks to Harvey. When Mike asked Harvey if the client that the older lawyer was trying to close ever made a doll version of him, and Harvey said not that he’ll ever see, it made me think that Harvey has a doll version of himself lying around his fancy condo somewhere. Too bad they never showed it as the series went on, but I’m sure that with a little imagination, we can picture what doll Harvey looks like. Episode 6, please!
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