50 Fun Facts About Hard Suits

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

The Toronto sets at Downsview Park Studios were then built to match those offices exactly.

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

The deleted scene, which leaked to YouTube, showed Hardman retiring of his own accord. Costabile played the Daniel Hardman of later seasons.

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

Branded ice-cream carts, bikes and scooters followed in five cities in the days before the June 2011 premiere.

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

Korsh's agent argued the executive 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?

His sitcom Notes from the Underbelly had just been cancelled during the writers' strike. He soon realised the idea needed hour-long episodes.

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?

It ranked ninth among basic cable shows that week. The New York Times called its premise preposterous.

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

It aired at 10 pm. The premiere showed double-digit growth over the launch of USA's other legal drama, Fairly Legal.

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

The Bourne Identity director's company Hypnotic Films & Television produced the show alongside Universal Cable Productions.

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

It topped Nielsen's charts for a record 12 weeks after arriving on Netflix and Peacock, prompting NBCUniversal to develop Suits LA.

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

Netflix called it its most-watched acquired series in a single week. The show then made its US broadcast debut on MyNetworkTV in autumn 2024.

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

Netflix then streamed episodes less than 24 hours after US broadcast, though it did not take the Irish rights.

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?

Stephen Amell played ex-prosecutor Ted Black of Black Lane Law. The show was cancelled after one season in May 2025.

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

Macht said he had thought his time with the character was over. The spin-off explored Harvey's earlier friendship with prosecutor Ted Black.

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

Morgan Spector played Chicago mayor Bobby Novak. The show 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?

Torres, the daughter of Cuban immigrants from the Bronx, later won Outstanding Performance at the 2013 NHMC Impact Awards for Jessica.

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

The Toronto-born actor moved to Los Angeles at 19. He earned a SAG nomination for Mike Ross in 2012.

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

It was pulled after seven episodes in 2000 but let Hoffman quit waiting tables. He studied theatre at the University of Arizona.

Where did Sarah Rafferty earn her Master of Fine Arts?

She grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, studied at Oxford during her junior year at Hamilton College and graduated magna cum laude.

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.

Harvey was a star high-school pitcher. What still haunts him about the state championship?

His office holds signed baseballs and basketballs and a vinyl collection heavy on soul artists like The Spinners and Charles Bradley.

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

The two clock in as enemies and clock out as friends, and Louis reluctantly came to see Harvey's value to the firm.

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

Louis is Jewish and occasionally references his faith. In 2003 Harvey joined the firm from the DA's office and both were later made junior partners.

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

Louis was trying to win favour with the managing partner. Both men had been senior associates at Pearson Hardman at the time.

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?

The character became known for outsized reactions to everyday problems, part of what makes his loyalty and jealousy so 'complicated'.

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

Aloma Wright played her. Harvey chose the physical opposite of Donna from a waiting room of younger applicants and had low expectations at first.

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

Max Topplin's character had an unrequited crush on Rachel and later turned up at rival firm Bratton Gould.

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

She was prosecuting a hit-and-run involving a client's son and offered Mike a deal in exchange for a good word with Harvey. She ended the series as a name partner.

Which actress played Mike's grandmother Edith, sharing a surname with Katrina's actress?

Mike took the LSAT for others to pay for her care; she died suddenly in season two.

What secret from his Bratton Gould days haunts Alex Williams?

Dulé Hill's character joined in season seven and competed with Samantha Wheeler for the next name on the wall in season eight.

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

Katherine Heigl's character regarded Robert Zane as a father figure. Faye Richardson fired her before the finale scheme.

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

Abigail Spencer's character worked at Edward Darby's London firm and first appeared 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?

Harvey's deal with the SEC's Sean Cahill required Mike to turn on his cellmate to bring down Sutter for fraud in exchange for freedom.

How does Mike ultimately win his early release from prison?

Back outside, his fraud is public knowledge, so he takes a job supervising the Eastside Legal Clinic before Harvey lures him back.

Why is Jessica Pearson disbarred?

Anita Gibbs's attack on Mike forced her back from Chicago, where she had moved with her lover Jeff Malone, to make the admission.

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

Daniel Hardman brought the case against the firm, and Zane took the fall and was disbarred, opening the door for special master Faye Richardson.

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

Louis's insecurity opened the door. The season ended with Mike arrested for fraud and taking a plea to protect everyone else.

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

The plea agreement came out of the Hessington Oil trial against Harvey's old mentor Cameron Dennis, and the firm rebranded as Pearson Specter.

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

When Zane found out, he joined forces with Specter Litt, creating Zane Specter Litt with himself as managing partner.

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

Louis made Katrina a name partner after Harvey resigned and moved to Seattle with Donna, whom he proposed to at Louis and Sheila's wedding.

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

Season one filmed in Toronto from April to August 2011 after a 12-episode order in January that year.

What did Gina Torres win for Jessica Pearson in 2013?

The show itself was nominated for two People's Choice Awards, and Adams earned a 2012 SAG nomination.

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

Jessica assisted pro bono and was distracted from the firm, which pushed her toward leaving corporate law for Chicago.

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

The track was released as a single in September 2010 and appears on the band's third album, Another Man's Treasure.

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

The sets were built to be identical to the Kirkland & Ellis offices seen in the pilot.

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

The spin-off premiered on NBC in February 2025 with Gabriel Macht recurring as Harvey Specter.