50 Fun Facts About Hard Suits

The Suits pilot was filmed in New York at the offices of which real law firm?

The pilot was shot inside the Manhattan offices of Kirkland & Ellis; the Toronto sets used for the rest of the series were built to copy those rooms.

Which actor played Phillip Hardman in a scene cut from the US pilot but left in for British viewers?

Victor Garber played Phillip Hardman, shown retiring voluntarily, in a scene dropped from the US broadcast; David Costabile played a different Hardman, Daniel, from season two.

USA promoted the pilot with an advance screening at Hudson River Park where it gave away what?

USA handed out free Häagen-Dazs sundae cones at the Hudson River Park screening, then sent branded ice-cream carts, bikes and scooters through five cities before the June 2011 premiere.

Which USA Network executive was talked into approving Korsh's script even though it was not a procedural?

USA executive Alex Sepiol balked because the network made procedurals, but Korsh's agent persuaded him he would like the characters; Korsh never pitched the script anywhere else.

Suits creator Aaron Korsh described his original half-hour spec script as what kind of show?

Korsh called his half-hour spec, written after ABC cancelled his sitcom Notes from the Underbelly, 'an Entourage-type' show drawn from his Wall Street years before expanding it to an hour.

In Korsh's original script, how did Mike's deception differ from the finished show?

Korsh noted that Wall Street needs no degree or test, unlike the bar exam, and decided to embrace that difference when rewriting.

How many viewers watched the Suits pilot on its June 2011 broadcast?

Nielsen measured 4.64 million viewers for the June 23, 2011 premiere, ninth among basic-cable telecasts that week.

Which show did the Suits pilot follow on USA Network's schedule on premiere night?

Suits debuted at 10 pm on June 23, 2011, straight after the fifth-season premiere of Burn Notice, and beat the launch numbers of USA's Fairly Legal.

Which film director served as an executive producer on Suits from the first season?

Doug Liman, director of The Bourne Identity, was an executive producer through his company Hypnotic, which made Suits with Universal Cable Productions.

How many minutes of Suits were streamed on Netflix in 2023, per Nielsen, making it the year's most-streamed show?

Nielsen counted 57.7 billion minutes of Suits viewing across Netflix and Peacock in 2023, the most of any title that year and the spark for the Suits LA spin-off.

For how many consecutive weeks did Suits top Nielsen's streaming charts in 2023, a record at the time?

Suits held number one on Nielsen's weekly streaming chart for 12 consecutive weeks in summer 2023, a run no series had managed before.

Which UK channel dropped Suits before season seven, letting Netflix pick up the British rights?

Dave, the UKTV channel, carried the first six seasons; from season seven in 2017 Netflix UK streamed each episode within a day of its US airing.

Suits has been remade in South Korea, Japan, Egypt and which other country?

The Mongolian version aired on Mongol TV in 2023. The Korean remake starred Jang Dong-gun and Park Hyung-sik on KBS2 in 2018.

On which network did Suits LA premiere in February 2025?

Suits LA premiered on NBC on February 23, 2025, with Stephen Amell as Ted Black of Black Lane Law; NBC cancelled it after one season that May.

Gabriel Macht's return as Harvey in Suits LA was an arc of how many episodes?

Macht's Harvey Specter returned for a 3-episode arc that revisited his old friendship with Ted Black; Macht said he had thought his time with the character was over.

Who co-created the spin-off Pearson with Aaron Korsh?

Daniel Arkin, a Suits writer-producer, co-created Pearson with Korsh; the Chicago-set drama, with Morgan Spector as mayor Bobby Novak, was cancelled after one season in October 2019.

Which relative of the actor who plays Harvey appeared as Harvard ethics professor Henry Gerard?

The elder Macht guest-starred in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019. Louis's forged transcript for Mike showed an A+ in Gerard's class.

Before Suits, Gina Torres was best known as Zoë Washburne in which cult sci-fi series?

Gina Torres played first mate Zoë Washburne in Joss Whedon's Firefly (2002) and its film sequel Serenity before joining Suits as Jessica Pearson.

Patrick J. Adams won which scholarship, funded by a famous actor, while studying at USC?

Patrick J. Adams won USC's Jack Nicholson Award, an acting prize named for and funded by the actor; the Toronto native had moved to Los Angeles at 19 to study there.

In which short-lived Darren Star series about Wall Street did Rick Hoffman play Freddie Sacker?

The $treet, Darren Star's 2000 Fox drama about a brokerage, was pulled after seven episodes, but playing Freddie Sacker let Hoffman stop waiting tables.

Where did Sarah Rafferty earn her Master of Fine Arts?

Sarah Rafferty took her MFA at the Yale School of Drama after a Hamilton College degree that included a junior year at Oxford.

Harvey's father Gordon Specter played which instrument?

Gordon was immensely proud of Harvey and kept asking why he had not made partner. Harvey's mother Lily repeatedly cheated on him.

What about his high-school state baseball championship still haunts Harvey?

A shoulder injury kept him out and the team won anyway: Harvey, a star high-school pitcher, admits it galls him that his teammates took the title without him.

Louis compares his rivalry with Harvey to which Looney Tunes pair?

Louis likens them to Ralph the Wolf and Sam the Sheepdog, the Looney Tunes rivals who fight all shift and chat as friends once they clock out.

Louis Litt was born and raised in which New York suburb, where he was home-schooled until the age of ten?

Louis Litt grew up in Scarsdale, a Westchester County suburb, home-schooled until he was ten before going on to Harvard Law.

Which client's case sparked the Harvey-Louis rivalry when Louis leaked Harvey's strategy to Hardman?

Louis leaked Harvey's McKernon Motors strategy to Daniel Hardman to curry favour with the managing partner while both were senior associates at Pearson Hardman.

What was the name of Louis's childhood bully, discussed in his sessions with Dr. Lipschitz?

Ray Proscia played the therapist, who also saw Louis through his break-ups with Sheila and Tara.

In season three, what pushes Louis to a dramatic meltdown after the Darby merger?

A change in the office-supply brands he prefers, imposed after the Darby merger, sends Louis into a tantrum typical of his outsized reactions to small slights.

Which older secretary does Harvey hire as Donna's replacement when she leaves to work for Louis?

Gretchen Bodinski, played by Aloma Wright, was Harvey's deliberate opposite-of-Donna pick from a waiting room of younger applicants after Donna moved to Louis's desk.

Which awkward Suits associate did Louis force to look after his sick cat despite a severe cat allergy?

Harold Gunderson, Max Topplin's hapless associate, was saddled with Louis's ailing cat despite his allergy; he nursed a crush on Rachel and later resurfaced at rival firm Bratton Gould.

Katrina Bennett first appeared in the episode 'Blind-Sided' in what job?

Katrina Bennett was an assistant district attorney prosecuting a client's son for a hit-and-run; she offered Mike a plea deal in return for Harvey considering her for a job.

Which actress played Mike's grandmother, Edith?

Rebecca Schull played Grammy Edith Ross, whose nursing-home care Mike paid for by taking the LSAT for others; she died suddenly in season two.

What secret from his Bratton Gould days haunts Alex Williams?

Alex Williams, played by Dulé Hill, helped cover up a prison murder for Reform Corp while at Bratton Gould; Mike's class action against the private-prison company exposed the secret in season seven.

What does Samantha Wheeler set out to do in the final season, having grown up in foster care?

Samantha Wheeler sets out to search for her biological parents in season nine, having grown up in foster care and seen Robert Zane as the father she never had.

Harvey's Harvard flame Dana 'Scottie' Scott graduated first in their class and went on to clerk for whom?

Harvey recalls that Scottie finished first in their Harvard class and clerked for a US Supreme Court Justice; Abigail Spencer's character debuted as opposing counsel on a hotel merger.

Rachel stuns Mike by admitting she has never seen which two classic films, dismissing them as 'old'?

Rachel is a foodie who loves ballet, and lives on her own income to make a point to her wealthy father, who always wanted a son.

Who is Mike's cellmate in season six, whose father-in-law is investment boss William Sutter?

Kevin Miller, played by Erik Palladino, shared Mike's cell; Harvey's deal with the SEC's Sean Cahill required Mike to turn on Kevin to bring down Sutter for fraud.

At which federal prison does Mike serve his fraud sentence in season six?

Mike serves his two-year fraud sentence at FCI Danbury in Connecticut, the prison Harvey drives to for visits throughout the first half of season six.

Why is Jessica Pearson disbarred?

Jessica admits at Mike's bar hearing that she knew about his fraud, having flown back from Chicago to testify; the admission costs her law license, the setup for the spin-off Pearson.

Which client and boyfriend of Donna's does she mishandle in season eight, costing Robert Zane his career?

Thomas Kessler, Donna's boyfriend and a firm client, was tipped off by Donna about a rival client's plans; Robert Zane took the blame for the privilege breach and was disbarred.

Which ambitious partner does Daniel Hardman manipulate against Harvey in season five?

Jack Soloff, the firm's ambitious compensation-committee partner, became Hardman's pawn in season five, with Charles Forstman bankrolling the takeover attempt.

In season three, how does the firm rid itself of its British name partner?

Darby is tricked into forfeiting his US law licence in a plea deal struck amid the Hessington Oil case against Cameron Dennis, dissolving the merger and leaving Pearson Specter.

Which two of Robert Zane's partners are behind the season-seven case threatening Specter Litt?

Ellen Rand and Eric Kaldor, Robert Zane's own partners, drove the case; once Zane found out he joined forces with Specter Litt, creating Zane Specter Litt.

What is the firm called at the very end of the series, with Louis leading it?

The finale's last shot is the Litt Wheeler Williams Bennett sign: Louis made Katrina a name partner after Harvey and Donna left for Seattle to join Mike and Rachel.

Where did the Suits production do its post-production audio work?

Cherry Beach Sound in Toronto handled the audio post-production, keeping the work near the Toronto stages where the series filmed from season one.

What did Gina Torres win for Jessica Pearson in 2013?

Gina Torres took the NHMC Impact Award for Outstanding Performance in 2013, an honour from the National Hispanic Media Coalition recognising her Jessica Pearson.

Rachel's season-six Innocence Project case was taken on for her professor at which university?

Rachel, a Columbia Law student, took the Leonard Bailey death-row appeal for Professor Dunbar's Innocence Project; Jessica joined her, and the case helped push Jessica out of corporate law.

Which band performs 'Greenback Boogie', the Suits theme song?

Ima Robot, the Los Angeles band fronted by Alex Ebert, recorded 'Greenback Boogie' for their 2010 album Another Man's Treasure before USA picked it as the Suits theme.

After the New York pilot, Suits was shot at which Toronto studio complex with sets copied from the pilot's offices?

Downsview Park Studios in Toronto housed Suits from season one, on sets built to duplicate the pilot's New York law-firm offices.

Stephen Amell's Suits LA character Ted Black left what job in New York to become an LA entertainment lawyer?

Ted Black was a federal prosecutor in New York before reinventing himself as an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles, the backstory that opens Suits LA.