Suits: L.A.

I am writing this review after viewing just the pilot - so it is early days! I felt it necessary to contribute for the sake of perspective as most of the early scribes are quite bizarre - representing love or hate and very little in between. The truth simply has to be somewhere in the middle! It's too early for me to give an IMDb score after just one episode but I suspect it will probably turn out to be around "6". Possibly I will go higher or lower as I see how things progress. Nonethess, I think it was a solid start and before the haters accuse me of working on the show - I don't. Heck, I don't even live in the USA (or Canada)! Why the haters seem to imagine the reboot would be a carbon copy of the original baffles me - why would it be? Conversely, how can it be such an injustice to the orginal when both series were created by the same guy? Doesn't make sense! I liked the original but thought it lost its way towards the end. I was less impressed with "Pearson" despite being a fan of Gina Torres. This latest incarnation, to me, has had a little more time and thought spent on it. The production and cinematography were top notch and Stephen Amell is a great actor and well chosen for the part he plays which is substantially different from his time as the "Green Arrow". A lot is packed into the pilot that offers potential. I shall certainly be investing some time in the series as it might just be another hit. For my part, I am glad it is not a Carbon Copy - that would have been incredibly tedious.

Seems like they dropped 15 characters into the proverbial glass law office, and said, "Go!" Things and people jumped around so fast you can't get attached. And I don't like the show if I can't connect with the primary characters. Taylor Sheridan knows how it's done. While they are attempts at cute banter, it's over played. Alice Lea (Leah) over acts, Josh McDermott needs to dump the beard and someone should buy Steven Arielle a suit, even in L. A. and for those looking for a link back to the "real" Suits, nothing but the music. Makes me wish even one or 2 old characters had moved out to LA so you wold have something to hold on to.

I watched the original Suits. I decided to be open minded about Suits LA...in fact 30minutes into the pilot I needed to change the channel. Oh honestly it had nothing to do with comparing the shows then and now. Suits LA is boring and disappointing. I like Stephen Amel but his character in this series doesn't work. He is annoying...sorry!! The rest of the cast and their characters...well let's just say are weak.

Now if I were to compare this Suits LA to the original Suits. I would be happier watching the reruns. I know I sound harsh but I was so excited for the series and I just feel so disappointed.

So they've opened a can of (very, very) beautiful women, gave the Green Arrow a lawyer degree and that Stuart character the most hideous beard in beard history but then forgot to write a descent storyline that would create the same kinda magic the original version of the show did? I'm not comparing it with Suits but if it carries the name at least it should remind to its big brother/sister... It also lacks chemistry between the characters...

And pls, Stuart, pls shave that ugly thing you call a beard off... or don't glue it back on the next shootingday... You look like Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell in a school play...

Listen, this was never going to match the Suits pilot (few shows do).

And yes, Amell's character is the cocky alpha, but he's far less of a tosser than Harvey is in the first ep, so once you get that and the years of chemistry between the previous Suits cast out of your mind, this isn't a bad first episode.

Enough backstory for the.main character, with couple of good twists and generally a good cast.

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next but it will be good to see more cohesion around storylines and actual legal cases as well as better chemistry between characters in the next episodes. Only two of the four main female characters were vaguely likeable though, so hopefully this will be addressed in the upcoming eps.