Suits: Litt the Hell Up (4x06)

I'm seriously so angry right now. At so many different people. It's annoying. Grrr. Rachel why. Jessica why. MIKE. WHY?!

Let us do a plot summary before I start yelling at these fictional characters on my blog which barely anybody reads anyway but whatever. I am angry.

So. I'm going to keep the plot summary brief. This show can be confusing sometimes, with a lot of important specific details. I apologize if this is a bit more vague than I typically do for this show.

Logan Sanders gets brought into the SEC, and is told about the stock that the firm bought. Because of this, now they really can't give the stock back to Logan, because it will definitely look like parking. Jessica goes to Malone and asks him to double-check that the firm isn't in a vulnerable position after buying the stock. Malone doesn't want to double-check is work, so Jessica asks Louis to do it. Louis finds a loophole meaning that Pearson Specter never technically bought the stock to begin with, so they can get rid of it and get rid of their vulnerability, too. 

Meanwhile, Rachel and Logan share a passionate kiss, when Rachel goes over to his apartment, ostensibly to tell him to back down. She tells Donna, and Donna says that she can't tell Mike.

Mike has all the leverage in the case, because Sidwell (who apparently still doesn't know that Mike is cutting him out) now has enough money, via Forstman, to force Logan to back down. Rachel - wanting to get rid of Logan once and for all - suggests that Mike use his leverage to make Harvey give up Logan as a client. Mike says that not only will Gillis Industries belong to him, but Harvey will drop Logan as a client and take Mike back. Even though Harvey insists that he could represent them both, Mike says no, and forces Harvey to choose, on the spot. Harvey chooses Mike.

However, things go wrong. Louis, who had gotten rid of the stock just as Jessica asked him to, actually makes things really unfortunate for Harvey. He had been trying to go over Mike's head and go straight to Forstman. When he gets there, turns out Forstman has bought the Gillis Industries stock from Pearson Specter. Harvey didn't even know it was being sold. He yells at Louis for messing things up. It looks like Mike and Sidwell have won the case, since Forstman has the money.

Then another twist occurs - Louis, after being yelled at by Harvey for selling the stock, goes straight to Forstman. Louis appeals to their common rivalry with Harvey, and gets Forstman to turn the stock over to Pearson Specter, thus insuring their victory in the case.

Sidwell then finds out - from Forstman, the bastard, - that Mike was planning on cutting him out. Mike lost this giant case, and also planned on stabbing his partner in the back. Sidwell fires Mike.

There were some other details in there, but those are the important bits, I think. Let's start with the things that are bugging me about this.

Louis. Why the hell do they keep recycling the same plot line for Louis all the time? He just wants to be Harvey's friend, but he makes a mistake, and then Harvey hates him. And then Louis does something good, and Harvey instantly forgives him. Again and again. You know what annoyed me about it in this episode? It was all Jessica's fault! No, really, think about it! Yeah, she told Louis to check in with Harvey before ditching the stock, but she also was the one who told Louis to come up with a plan to begin with, and she never checked in with Harvey about it, just like she never checked in with him about buying it in the first place! And both times, it screwed things up for Harvey. Jessica is the one who's making things difficult, here.

Also, Katrina was in this one. Pointless as ever. I don't want to hate her, but she just serves no purpose! The same can be said about Amy. From what I can tell, she was basically just there to be a sounding board with Mike, so he'd have someone in the work place to react off of. That's a fine reason to introduce a new character, but she was just watered-down Donna, as I've said before, and seemed to have nothing specific or unique about her whatsoever.

And then let's talk about Rachel. Did she seriously kiss Logan? What?! Why?! Here's what's bothering me about this: last week, we had this moment of insight where it suddenly became clear that Rachel has some deep-seated problems in her relationship with Mike, due to Mike being a fraud. That's actually an interesting setup for the love triangle. In this episode, Rachel just can't resist her intense attraction to Logan. That's so stupid! In order for that to be believable, we needed to see the strain in Mike and Rachel's relationship a lot more clearly. We need to believe that Rachel's unfaithful thoughts an actions are a symptom of a deeper problem in her current relationship. But we haven't established that, so when she kisses Logan, it seems to come out of nowhere!

So... yeah, there were problems with this episode. But actually, the successful moments more than make up for it. Let's talk about some of those.

Forstman is a real asshole. I mean, they were building that up, but wow. They did a really good job of keeping me on my toes - I honestly didn't know who was going to get the upper hand in this case. Was Mike going to win? Logan? And then Forstman gets the stocks, and you think it's all over, and that Mike has become victorious. But then, it's all twisted around once more. This was some good creative script writing. I didn't know what to expect.

Even though I don't like that Rachel kissed Logan, I am enjoying watching her trying to handle it. She manipulated Mike into manipulating Harvey, and it blew the entire thing up in her face. Donna is the one to remind her that she can't be letting her personal life interfere with her professional one. I liked the scenes between them very much.

Of course we must take a moment to squeal over the fact that Harvey chose Mike over Logan. I mean, think about it. At the moment, Harvey knows that Logan has a bunch of projects lined up, and he knows nothing about Mike's future. The information he has would indicate that Logan is a better client. On top of that, Mike is the one being a total jerk in this scenario, throwing a fit and issuing out ultimatums. And yet still, Harvey chooses Mike.

You can just tell that Harvey is desperate for things to go back to normal - he says as much. And then, because of Mike (who's only acting because Rachel pushed him into it), the entire thing blows up, and Harvey is once again in a position where he has to go against Mike. He's so frustrated about it all. I really want to see Harvey's reaction when he finds out Mike got fired.

It's not something I normally mention, but the music in this episode was particularly awesome. Suits always does a great job of picking good moments to accompany with music, and they always have a great song selection. I really noticed that this week.

There's one other thing I need to mention: we set up this little plot element where Cahill was accusing Mike and Harvey of colluding. Did that just... go away? I mean, now that Mike's not even working for Sidwell anymore, Cahill won't be able to make that case, will he? I'm not necessarily listing this under pros or cons, because I'm just not sure where it's going... hm. We'll have to wait and see.

Can't wait for next time!

7.5/10