Q 01/05

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

A) Skadden Arps

B) Kirkland & Ellis

C) Cravath, Swaine & Moore

D) Sullivan & Cromwell

Answer · why

B) Kirkland & Ellis

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

Q 02/05

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

A) Victor Garber

B) David Costabile

C) Gary Cole

D) Conleth Hill

Answer · why

A) Victor Garber

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

Q 03/05

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

A) Bespoke pocket squares

B) Häagen-Dazs sundae cones

C) Branded briefcases

D) Bagels and lox

Answer · why

B) Häagen-Dazs sundae cones

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

Q 04/05

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

A) Bonnie Hammer

B) Alex Sepiol

C) Jeff Wachtel

D) Chris McCumber

Answer · why

B) Alex Sepiol

Korsh's agent argued the executive would like the characters. Korsh never pitched the script anywhere else.

Q 05/05

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

A) A Seinfeld-type

B) A West Wing-type

C) An Entourage-type

D) A Sopranos-type

Answer · why

C) An Entourage-type

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