A while back, the series Suits popped up on Netflix in Korea. I knew next to nothing about it, and didn’t give it much thought for quite some time. Then one day the preview auto-played before I could scroll through to the next line, and it caught my eye. I decided to give it a look, and to tell you the truth, and there are aspects about it that I have enjoyed.
But of course, when you binge-watch a program, you might notice things that would otherwise go unnoticed when you have to wait a bit between episodes. You see certain patterns, and the show becomes more predictable because of it.
But this turns out not to be all that bad in the case of Suits.
I like watching TV with just enough stress and suspense to make it interesting, but not so much that it starts to bother me. And honestly, I have a low threshold for bother. And if there’s one thing that’s really predictable about Suits – and sorry if it spoils it for you – it’s that the bother is rather pain free. Here’s the deal: in the end the heroes win every time. No matter how dismal it looks, it always comes out peachy. And along the way it’s just chock-full of life lessons where they always know when to say “I’m sorry” and how to forgive and make up in the end. Kind of odd for a show about lawyers.
I’ve also noticed their share of “House moments.” I love the series House. Watched it twice already. Will probably watch it again someday. But if there’s one thing predictable about House (in addition to their love of sarcoidosis as the disease of the day), it’s that “House moment.”
A “House moment” is that point in the show where it looks like all is lost. House is usually sitting there (tossing his ball or twirling his cane or arguing with Cuddy) and he stops abruptly with this far-off look on his face like he’s finally realized something. He leaves whatever he’s doing quite suddenly and it cuts to the next scene with him walking in on the patient. He flips a switch, gives an injection, or he does whatever he needs to do as he monologues his explanation and, voila! Patient saved.
I’ve caught Suits doing the same at times, but it’s not the show’s hook. The show’s hook is that the heroes win every time (which sometimes happens right after a “House moment”). One of the lawyers will get that far off look like he’s got it, and voila! Happy ending.
So I suppose it should be no surprise then when the actress who plays one of the main characters through the first seven seasons leaves to marry a prince.
One final note: the language can get a bit offensive quite often. Sex isn’t too overplayed, although it appears quite strongly in some situations. But the show certainly has its share of beautiful people.