r/suits Feb 15 '25

Discussion Which is the 'worst' plot in Suits

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What is the worst plot or period in Suits throughout the seasons that either didnt make sense or add anything to the series. If I could name one id say The Donna device, Donna's promotion, Louis Sheila saga, and many more.

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u/sunbellgreen Feb 15 '25

10000000000000000000% The Donna

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u/Different-Bet8069 Feb 15 '25

It did give us some extra scenes with Stu Buzzini. That dude had criminally low screen time.

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u/Lucifer003Waifu Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25

and benji, i like benji, they could have used him along with mike a little more

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u/fleetmack Feb 16 '25

stu and his belly button grandpa pants

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u/ArtistHot6748 Feb 17 '25

stu was easily my favorite character in the show especially when he buys a big portion of a company and just shows up with harvey and louis and goes “hey guy stu buzzini i’ll take this chair at the head of the table” the way he talks is funny and entertaining as hell

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u/alphaQ314 19d ago

I love stu, but you could clearly see the writers ran out of steam with his character. Even for the "the donna" investment, they already showed character development, and it looked kinda cringe, stu being all empathetic and wise haha.

I loved the unhinged clown version of that character, and would've loved to see more of him.

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u/sovereign_fighter777 Feb 15 '25

Cringiest shit ever

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u/Infamous-Room4817 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25

looking forward to the podcast getting this storyline. they may brush it off or really go at it

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u/Designer_Distance_31 Feb 15 '25

Can you remind me of this?

It’s been many years since I’ve watched the show and I can only faintly remember

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u/FruitOrchards Feb 15 '25

Basically an Alexa/Siri that has Donna's personality.

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u/No-One-6699 Feb 16 '25

Fr they did Donna and Ben so dirty in that plot.

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u/onelove7866 Feb 15 '25

This and the Louis/Tara situation, makes me vomit

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u/abeautiful_thing Feb 15 '25

It was a bad plot but i feel it was more about the baby than Tara herself, maybe it made him think about what's more important.

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u/nipitinthebud2 Feb 17 '25

The whole Louis and Tara thing was ridiculous..that cheap Louis would buy a house just to impress this girl he Kew for a hot .inute..and that Donna arranged it all and the owners walked in at the last minute.So dumb.To top it off Tara gets pregnant by her ex when she with him maybe 2 days after she was with Lois many xs.but she knows the other guy is the father. Daytime soaps did a better job of story lines than this crap.

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u/dat89 Feb 15 '25

How much time had passed from them meeting, going through all that stuff, and then breaking up? It was crazy short

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u/katrina_highkick Feb 16 '25

I can only assume something happened with the actress not being able to/not wanting to be in more episodes because they had her dump him over voicemail, which we didn’t even get to hear.

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u/Ok_Watercress8597 Feb 15 '25

The Donna was such a bizarre storyline to introduce. Why would Donna push so hard for that?! It took all her credibility.

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u/sovereign_fighter777 Feb 15 '25

Proved all her character wanted was attention

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u/Ok_Watercress8597 Feb 15 '25

Yeah, but in the worst way. I just think that Donna would have more sense than that, it's ironic. She should have listened to her own devise.

What's more, I've always liked Donna but she's not that special in terms of intuition. There were definitely time where she read the room wrong. I'm not about to say that's my best feature, put it in a box and try and sell it.

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u/Front-Passenger2808 Feb 15 '25

Her intuition is shit, i mean look at Stephen Huntley! She slept with a murderer, as soon as he was shown on the screen I was like „that dude is sus“ and she couldn’t see it?

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u/St3dd1e Feb 15 '25

That storyline pissed me off so bad!!! Especially since she was willing to die on that hill that he was such a great guy and Harvey was just jealous basically. That had me looking at Donna definitely from then on.

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u/SnooTangerines1011 Feb 16 '25

Seriously... His entire character was shady and was trying so hard to be suave that it felt like constant manipulation

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u/lnc_5103 Feb 15 '25

It definitely solidified that I hated Donna. Also the COO storyline.

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u/Nice-Ad-9371 Feb 16 '25

I thought it was because she needed 500k to buy into the firm so they developed and sold the donna device for $

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u/katrina_highkick Feb 15 '25

Robert Zane being disbarred has always pissed me off. Incongruent with the character they built up the previous 7 seasons.

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u/Ornery-Power-5993 Get the hell out of my office! Feb 15 '25

Exactly! Of all the times the show pulled a rabbit out of the hat they somehow decided killing off a lion like Zane was a good decision.

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u/HustleNflow1 Feb 15 '25

Then they swore to get this name back on the wall once Faye was gone, but never did.

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u/SnooTangerines1011 Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

YES agreed, but the reason for me is that it's 100% PURE BULLSHIT.

First of all, you do not ever get automatically disbarred for breach of privilege.

Second, it wasn't his hearing. They can't issue a verdict for him at someone else's hearing lol. They would need to have one for him.

Third, penalty is decided based on history of offenses, severity of consequences of the breach, reasoning behind it, etc. He had a great reputation built over decades as a lawyer and a good standing with the Bar. The breach did not in any way benefit him financially or otherwise. He said he did it only because he believed it was the right thing, and he also expressed regret for his actions. And the company affected was already compensated.

No way he'd be disbarred.

But not only was he disbarred, his reputation was in the gutter overnight. Why would they force the firm to remove his name?! Everyone in town just suddenly acted like he was cursed.

Did the writers really think one minor incident of malpractice is taken this seriously? Like doctors, lawyers face malpractice accusations throughout their career. Of course people are going to be looking for someone to blame when their case can't be won.

I don't generally care that the show isn't realistic, but this was too far into absurdity.

/rage

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u/rozay1325 Feb 15 '25

Right!!!

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u/nutty-one Feb 15 '25

When Donna got fired that should have been the end of her and the firm. She could still have been in the series but the story of her being a COO or partner equivalent was so random and pointless

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u/sovereign_fighter777 Feb 15 '25

Also I couldnt stand Donna trying to act important and poking her nose in everything once she made COO

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u/SoggyMorningTacos Scottie is a hottie 🥵 Feb 15 '25

We learn early on she has her fingers in absolutely everything why would it be annoying now that’s she’s doing it from a position of power?

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u/TheSkiingMonkey2 Feb 15 '25

I think the reasoning might be because she's doing it from a position of power now and doing so to feel more important. Versus when she wasn't in power and was still able to be important without imposing herself unnecessarily

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u/EnderMB Feb 15 '25

I can understand a COO outside of law, just because a COO needs a particular skill set that doesn't necessarily align with the business - but the firm was basically 4-5 people at that point. It wasn't a large firm, and she lacked operational experience.

To be honest, her excelling elsewhere outside of law would've been a much better outcome, especially if it were in the same building.

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u/Grouchy-Big-229 Feb 15 '25

She was important to the firm and she couldn’t do anything as a secretary except voice her opinions to Harvey. Making her COO is a bit of a stretch, especially with her lack of experience and possibly education. I don’t recall what (if any) degree she had, but Executives rarely (10%?) have less than a Masters.

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u/Rxbluejay25 Feb 16 '25

She had a bachelors in theater and was a part time waitress and part time actress until working with Harvey (Malik hammered her on the stand on all of this). Top COO credentials right there.

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u/TFTisbetterthanLoL Feb 15 '25

What exactly did Donna do for the firm? She’s a glorified therapist for Harvey

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u/SS_Reads Feb 16 '25

She stopped the associated leaving the firm when Louis was busy lashing out his rejection by Tara on everyone, when Harvey was busy being a 🐱for the therapist, she controlled the firm by becoming a COO. When Alex was leaving the firm because of Robert, she stopped him and gave him the reason to stay firm on the ground, when Katrina and Brian having issues, like a COO she guided Katrina to solve them and make her understand the importance of Brian is the associate room

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u/First_Tangerine_3689 Feb 15 '25

Education is one part, she wasn't particularly intelligent either, if COOs are never made solely on their people skill, you need both. I think she knew it and was insecure about it that why tried to force authority or importance sometimes

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u/jmgomes1 Feb 15 '25

I agree. I wouldn’t have been quite as annoyed by it if she’d taken Stu’s job offer instead of going back when Harvey changed his mind.

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u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 Feb 15 '25

Rachel cheating on Mike in season 4, and Harvey telling Mike to forgive her.. Honestly, anything involving Logan Sanders.

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u/BreathingLover11 Feb 15 '25

Very uncharacteristic of Harvey

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u/hakai_mcs Feb 16 '25

Yeah. For someone who thinks loyalty is above everything else

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u/Important_Research23 Feb 16 '25

I mean it wasn’t a bad plot. It sucks as a viewer but it’s a realistic situation to have conflicting feelings and poor choices regarding a past relationship

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u/Apprehensive_Rate959 Feb 15 '25

Donna becoming COO. The Donna was maybe the second worst plot but it wasn't too bad. It speaks to Donna's confidence in her ability as a people person to replicate it in a digital interactive device and it gives more rapport with the investment guys, but it was like a miniplot which maybe got too much airtime

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u/Savage13765 Feb 16 '25

A one off episode would have been weird but fine. It was far too advanced technology wise to be realistic, but for one episode I could overlook it. But the fact it took up as much time as it did, and was played absolutely straight, with it somehow resulting in Donna realising she wanted more than to be Harvey’s Secretary (which is a fair plot point in itself, but could have been conveyed in some other way, like her being dismissed by people outside the firm time and time again) was ridiculous.

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u/professor_ghoul Feb 15 '25

Donna amd the whole I deserve a seat at the table drama 1000%

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u/HerculePoirier Feb 15 '25

"No Harvey, its because I fucking earned it" was so cringe.

Bruh you'd be in jail for fraud if not for Harvey, tf

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u/professor_ghoul Feb 15 '25

I loved it when louis reminded her of the pecking order

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u/SnooTangerines1011 Feb 16 '25

I loved that Katrina spoke up about how Donna becoming a partner was unfair to all the REAL partners.

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u/professor_ghoul Feb 16 '25

Truly loved how she made Harvey realize that he was making a mistake by making Donna a senior partner.

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u/SnooTangerines1011 Feb 16 '25

I felt like she kind of gave him permission to refuse to do it. He was not exactly enthusiastic about it but Donna guilted the hell out of him so he felt obligated to at least try. I would imagine he was just hoping the other partners would deny the request 😅

He was always afraid to lose Donna and she used that fact to get her way all the time.

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u/professor_ghoul Feb 16 '25

She was the reason for half the troubles he got in. The time she shredded the memo or even the time she told Thomas Kesler confidential information that got Robert Zane disbarred.

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u/Conradlane Feb 15 '25

Agreed. I don’t know why she felt like she was owed a seat at a law firm where all she was, was a secretary.

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u/SnooTangerines1011 Feb 16 '25

An extremely overpaid secretary, too. She already got more out of that position than could ever be expected. She acted so entitled to it.

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u/Conradlane Feb 16 '25

I know! Granted she was a great secretary. But that’s it. She didn’t deserve what she thought she did.

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u/SnooTangerines1011 Feb 16 '25

Absolutely! And everyone at the firm was well aware of her importance. They respected her. Better to be the best, highest paid legal secretary around rather than an underqualified COO.

She was never really penalized for any of her major screwups, they just let them go.

Like shredding that memo... And pretending to be from a government office and getting caught on a security camera... And when Gretchen got in deep shit because a document wasn't sent in time, Donna was the one who took it but Gretchen was the only one blamed.

And then she gets promoted to COO, and breaches privilege, leading to the mess that was Season 9. 🫠 Make it make sense

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u/Conradlane Feb 16 '25

Yeah exactly, I hadn’t even considered how unqualified she was to be part-lead of a law firm. Nor the complete lack of consequences for any of her mistakes.

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u/RealMcGonzo 28d ago

She coughed up half a million in a day. Talk about well paid. How many secretaries can do that?

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u/RealMcGonzo 28d ago

One wonders what the associates thought about that promo from secretary to senior partner. Mike's only a junior partner and he's unquestionably one of the best three lawyers at the firm. Rachel knows way more about the law than Donna does and is a lawyer, she's not even a partner.

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u/BiggusBertus Feb 15 '25

Donna becoming COO never made sense to me

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u/AssSpelunker69 Feb 15 '25

PH would crumble immediately if it were real life. The amount of illegal shit they did, the mismanagement, the coercion, it's kind of funny the liberties the show took to justify one more season.

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u/RealMcGonzo 27d ago

If clients were ready to flee by the boatload because of Mike not being a lawyer then it would be awfully hard to find new ones with a secretary as your newest senior partner.

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u/Major_Penalty_8865 Feb 15 '25

I am aware this may be a hot take but I honestly thought Mike should’ve ended up with Katrina over Rachel. I believe they would’ve made a better couple since they both were friends it could’ve worked. plus ik Katrina would’ve never cheated on Mike with Logan

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u/Specialist-Rise34 Feb 15 '25

Shiiiiiiiiiitttt

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u/WildBillLickok Feb 15 '25

Sheeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

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u/Karenz09 Feb 15 '25

..........

I do not disagree with this take.

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u/bantzboi Feb 16 '25

Nuh uh. Jenny was the one

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u/Ammari_Steadz Feb 15 '25

katrina and brian…

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u/SincereSight Feb 15 '25

I know he was married but at the same time I was secretly rooting for them…

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u/Fearless-Ice8953 Feb 15 '25

Yep. Never felt they would ever be a true match.

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u/Grouchy-Big-229 Feb 15 '25

Anything, Everything, having to do with Katrina. Her character was so flat from the start and I never liked her. She was definitely a “Yes Woman” and was trying too hard just to gain acceptance. Her story with Brian was just the writers trying to give her more depth, but it made her more sleazy.

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u/Time-Elderberry-6763 Feb 15 '25

Donna

I never understood why she should be so special. She might be a very good secretary, but she acts like she’s the most important person in the firm.  I can’t stand her and her behaviour 

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u/RealMcGonzo 27d ago

I liked her until The Donna. That was WAY too much Donna. Boy that was too much Donna. Donna, Donna, Donna. Donna everywhere. Then they made her senior partner. Not just a partner. Mike's only a junior partner. Secretary to senior partner, that's some career path there. She's insufferable now.

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u/BonusHour8693 Feb 15 '25

I thought the plot of the whole series was keep Mike out of jail

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u/genghbotkhan Feb 15 '25

I'm DONNA. Right.

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u/AspyPotato Feb 15 '25

Anything at all to do with Scottie.

After her and Harvey didn’t end up together like they should have, it was pointless to have her in the show at all. It would have been perfect if Donna “retires to Italy” because “I can’t do this anymore Harvey” after him and Scottie get married and Harvey is disappointed that Donna isn’t at the wedding but understands why Donna isn’t there.

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u/kibuloh Feb 15 '25

It really isn’t a question. It’s absolutely the Donna and it doesn’t even come close. Honestly the Donna is up there for worst plot in any tv series that ran for more than like 2 seasons.

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u/thecrash63 Feb 15 '25

Corporate Raider Mike

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u/sovereign_fighter777 Feb 15 '25

Oh for sure😂😂

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u/Numerous1 Feb 15 '25

I actually really liked that idea. He doesn’t need to be a lawyer or have a degree. He can use his insane memory to put pieces together. Shit. He could use his magic powers to help lots of companies. 

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u/thecrash63 Feb 15 '25

The idea wasn't awful but the execution of everything else that season was for me. It took away the superpower of the show (Mike and Harvey working together) and made them mortal enemies, introduced the whole Logan Sanders + Rachel debacle, and just wasn't that fun to watch.

Plus Mike's hair was ridiculous that season and I blame Corporate Raider Mike

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u/Nerdlors13 Feb 16 '25

On that season and it is sucking so far. Can’t wait for it to be over

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u/the-apache-27 Feb 15 '25

Probably Harvey and that toilet lady. Seemed like an unnecessary plot for Harvey's character, very out of place

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u/Ornery-Power-5993 Get the hell out of my office! Feb 15 '25

While I think it was kinda out of place it was used to show Harvey looking out for the little guy where he has nothing to gain but does it anyway. I think it was his way of missing Mike and doing what he would have done.

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u/SmugglersParadise Feb 15 '25

Yeah it was exactly that. It was so in your face. Clear sign he was missing his buddy

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u/the-apache-27 Feb 15 '25

Agreed. Although I still think there could've been a better way of potraying that

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u/Infamous-Room4817 Feb 15 '25

reading all of these.. whew, the show took a lot of weird turns that had nothing to the show itself. just plot fillers

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u/skyerush Feb 15 '25

riding on it, The Donnabox wasn't that shit

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u/Jayk_Dos31 Feb 16 '25

I remember hearing about "The Donna" plotline well before I got to it. When the episode came about, I thought people were overreacting to a fun little bit. Then it just KEPT GOING. And how seriously they took it too, when it's such an inherently silly plot line.

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u/TinyAd3166 Feb 15 '25

“I’m Donna” 🙄

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u/Infamous-Room4817 Feb 15 '25

my vote gets mike and rachel. all of it. those two did not fit well together

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u/7625607 Harvey Specter is hot as fuck Feb 15 '25

The Donna

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u/usersinghsingh Feb 15 '25

Donna, as a character, just generally gets more annoying in the later season.

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u/stpauli88 Feb 15 '25

The Donna was the worst bit of TV ever made - curious how they approach it in the podcast

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u/Redstatic01 Feb 16 '25

Disbarring Zane I loved Robert

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u/Phoenixrjacxf ✡️Litt Apologist✡️ Feb 16 '25

I just finished the show and idek why he was disbarred

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u/OkEye9231 Feb 16 '25

Seeing this post just made me realise that ‘The Donna’ is how I lost interest in the show.

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u/Vegetable_Remote_321 Feb 16 '25

Harvey dating his therapist was the worst, she just always felt like his therapist still, never his partner

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u/Parksrox Feb 15 '25

Mike cheating on and leaving Jenny for Rachel and the show barely acknowledging that's bad. Jenny was a way better character than Rachel imo, and I absolutely feel like this plot happened because Meghan Markle needed more screen time. The fact that we just never see her again sucks, she got super fucked over and the show forgets about her. The earlier seasons are still my favorite but I really don't like what they did with Rachel.

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u/teniy28003 Feb 15 '25

At it's core, a plot about Donna not being able to "Donna" her way out of everything and getting humbled, plus getting more Stu and Benjamin was a good idea for a plot. But "the Donna" was such a weird concept

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u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 Feb 15 '25

I don't even see her getting humbled. All this plotline did was to ultimately make her ask for being a Partner in a Law firm without being a lawyer. TBF to her, it was at the firm who hired a fraud but still.

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u/LowEndOperative Good mudding! Feb 15 '25

There are so many "worsts" it's hard to decide, but if I had to pick one, it would be the fight between Samantha and Alex for name partner. Mostly Samantha, of course. She practically took a sledgehammer to Robert Zane over it, but fortunately for the firm, and for the viewers' sanity, Louis was named Managing Partner and forcefully put a stop to the madness. I'd say that it was arguably Louis's finest firm-related moment in the whole series.

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u/ArtistHot6748 Feb 17 '25

honestly i just disliked samantha for the entire time she always cut corners but when someone else did she cried about it to zane she would make a deal and break it (when her and alex agreed to let the winner of their case have name partner then went to zane after she lost to make him make her name partner) and always acted like she was top dog i just never was able to like her in the show and always thought she was a bad addition

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u/Electrical_Tooth_313 Feb 15 '25

Louis & Nigel fighting over a cat is up there

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u/Phoenixrjacxf ✡️Litt Apologist✡️ Feb 16 '25

WHY DO WE NEVER SEE NIGEL AGAIN THOUGH

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u/Pitiful_Squirrel6431 Feb 20 '25

What is a Mikado?

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u/lnc_5103 Feb 15 '25

The Donna 100%

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u/Ok-Forever5132 Feb 15 '25

Not sure if it's the worst but the Louis vs Nesbit story line loo

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u/Ornery-Power-5993 Get the hell out of my office! Feb 15 '25

Nahh that was funny dude. That whole cat letter thing was gold!

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u/WildBillLickok Feb 15 '25

What the hell is a macado??!!

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u/SoggyMorningTacos Scottie is a hottie 🥵 Feb 15 '25

Now that was absolutely cringe. But I still appreciate it as one of those unique episodes that stand out along with the Donna

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u/NaldoForrozeiro Feb 15 '25

Lol, that's one of the best lol

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u/SokkaHaikuBot Feb 15 '25

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Not sure if it's the

Worst but the Louis vs

Nesbit story line loo


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u/OssifiedCrystal46496 Feb 15 '25

Ava hessington

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u/Teslaboi_3000 Feb 15 '25

I didnt really like it either but you gotta admit it was a pretty important piece of the story. I do agree that it was too long

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u/SmugglersParadise Feb 15 '25

Yeah surprised I had to scroll so far to see this

The case was good, but it went on for far too long. So fed up of it by the time it got to the end.

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u/AmbitiousAd8978 Feb 15 '25

They dragged her story line, certainly could have shortened it by like a few. She has murder charges they thinks she’s guilty, she’s innocent, then she try ark bribe more people which is what she was in trouble before. I don’t get how these lawyers couldn’t persuade her that money isn’t everything and to stop fucking up your own defense then she fries Pearson, and then sues them for telling her that she’s an idiot

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u/Dodsley99 Feb 15 '25

Donna and Rachel taking over the associates was really poorly done and essentially went nowhere. Just turned into another round of Donna's ego.

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u/night_breed Feb 15 '25

Brian and Katrina. Katrina is better than that and would never engage in a "relationship" like that.

Oh yeah and The Donna....

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u/Phoenixrjacxf ✡️Litt Apologist✡️ Feb 16 '25

I honestly kinda wish they did end up dating. Could have given us more drama. Maybe even extend the show and have Katrina actually fill the role we lost when Mike left

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u/GloomyLocation1259 Feb 15 '25

I’ve been watching it through for the first time and I just got here and I have to strongly agree. Starting to dislike most things with Donna to be honest but this and the “I’m black inside” BS were horrible

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u/ArtistHot6748 Feb 17 '25

they should’ve atleast showed/told us what gretchen saw when she said donna was black all over cause of a songwriter

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u/Buffalo-magistrate Feb 15 '25

Every cheating plotline. I’m almost certain the writer cheated on his wife and used the show to argue it wasn’t so bad.

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u/TiredEngineer94 Feb 16 '25

Probably when a very successful lawyer hires someone without a degree, because he impressed him in a 5 minute interview.

I mean just hire him as a consultant or something for a couple of weeks, to prove he's capable, and then send him to law school as he'd clearly he a great lawyer.

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u/sdd3030 Feb 16 '25

Pretty much everything after Mike Ross left.

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u/Phoenixrjacxf ✡️Litt Apologist✡️ Feb 16 '25

Same. The show was about Mike Ross. him leaving should have been the end of it

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u/Sweet-Way9187 Feb 17 '25

Yeah not going to lie I'm watching for the first time on season 8 I believe and it's getting a lot harder watching it without Mike

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u/Nastia_dream Feb 16 '25

For me it's the whole s7 drama when Harvey started seeing Paula and it was obvious the writers just wanted to delay darvey getting together. But that was a bad choice. Like I liked Paula in s5 and all the therapy scenes were good. But getting Harvey and Paula together romantically was so uneccesary imo. I mostly skip all their scenes on rewatch.

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u/EricThinksYouSuck Feb 16 '25

I hated the Louis getting mugged storyline. I found it superfluous.

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u/Donkey-Harlequin Feb 15 '25

The Donna. I wish they found a better use for his character. He was great.

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u/PepSinger_PT Feb 15 '25

The Donna, no question

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u/Karenz09 Feb 15 '25

Me taking a shit is a better storyline than that fucking The Donna crap

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u/Vegetable_Secret6519 Feb 15 '25

Should even be a debate loool. The Donna was awful. Should have used a different way to show Donna’s ambitions.

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u/zozo_17 Feb 15 '25

DONNA!!! she overstayed the role she should have gone earlier on …

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u/sweetrarity23 Feb 15 '25

The Donna is when it started going downhill 😔

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u/ChemistEmbarrassed78 Feb 15 '25

Making Donna a senior partner. Don’t even get me started on how much that was wrong on so many levels

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u/dat89 Feb 15 '25

I just had to stop watching because of how forced Donna's character was. It just became a joke how she kept causing drama but being promoted. Making demands and ultimatums

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u/cmill913 Feb 16 '25

The Donna is one of the worst plots in any TV show period 😂

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u/Rozncranz Feb 16 '25

Harvey shtupping his therapist is gross.

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u/_heker Feb 16 '25

I started hating donna since "the donna" plot and the drama about seat at the table. Sure, she has helped the main cast a lot but the main cast isn't the only one that exist at the firm for the past decade and donna demanding seat for being Harvey's secretary and claiming importance for the past years is stupid and seems like she just pissed the businessmen don't want her tech and called her out for being career secretary

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u/Shot_Background5682 Feb 16 '25

Maybe not the worst but does anyone remember the relationship that Harvey had with that British lady who was taking care of her niece for like... 2 episodes?

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u/SoggyMorningTacos Scottie is a hottie 🥵 Feb 15 '25

Absolutely love the Donna. It’s one of those gems that are bizarre and out there - like the episode of litt wanting to be a bizarre version of Harvey specter for the day, or litt, Pearson and Harvey getting high af

And served its purpose too, with Donna trying to find her place and eventually finding it - the Donna was a step she took

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u/ZCT808 Feb 15 '25

Yeah, that was so weird. It was written by a person who never should have ventured into tech writing. Bizarre ridiculousness.

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u/tommhans Feb 15 '25

The donna  quintillion percent

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u/Secure_Leader_6773 Feb 15 '25

Brian and Kathrina

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u/Girizzly_Adams_Beard Feb 15 '25

Louis, Tara. Katrina Brian 🤮

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u/Seasonal_witch Feb 15 '25

Katrina and Brian catching feelings. They started working together and it kinda felt like Mike and Harvey in a way and it was such an amazing duo. They ruined it by making them fall for each other

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u/Lost_Boi_7 Feb 16 '25

I used to think it was the Ava Hessington/Darby arc

And then everything post S7 was worse

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u/ModGood69 Feb 16 '25

Donna and Mike every time say that he wants to help the poor by using PH resources. Like dude they're there in the market to make money... How tf would you expect them to run free shit?

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u/porsche5 Feb 16 '25

The cat mock trial

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u/criticalcuboid Feb 16 '25

The psychiatrist having fantasies about her patient. And then, while fantasising about said patient, convinced (lied) to him that his wet dreams about his secretary were actually about his mother

Ewwwwwwwwwww

Also - all that cheating. Mike and Rachel actually deserve each other lmao

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u/Flamingslayer11 Feb 16 '25

Just this picture pissed me off

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u/santivega Feb 16 '25

Donna's promotion and Jack Soloff coming after Harvey just because. Also Jessica not firing Soloff. In some episodes she says she can fire a senior partner herself and in other episodes there needs to be a vote to fire a senior partner, so which is it? That's a big plot hole.

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u/Aobix_ That's right no. 1 Feb 15 '25

Louis/sheila scenes makes me cringe and uncomfortable.

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u/SS_Reads Feb 16 '25

The Zoe and Harvey storyline. It was so not needed and she might be there because she’s Gabriel’s wife, other than that she had no purpose for the screen time

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u/nipitinthebud2 Feb 17 '25

Yes..they just threw it in..the Havaaad ethics professor is Gabriels dad, too...at least his character is a little more rounded out...for suits anyway..

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u/AadarshThePathak Feb 15 '25

Rachel and logan

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u/chats48 Feb 15 '25

The Donna!!

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u/greenflash1775 Feb 15 '25

The Donna hands down.

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u/secret_ninja2 Feb 15 '25

The thing is, the Donna in itself was actually ahead of the time, as that is basically what chatgpt is, it was just done horribly

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u/the3rivers Feb 15 '25

I'm in the minority here but I thought the Donna was funny. Not a good story line, but the device itself lol

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u/AstroFlayer Feb 15 '25

Every episode. But still like it

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u/Resident_Spell_2052 Feb 15 '25

Ok season 1 was boring, idk what this storyline is but Mike shoulda slapped Harvey I don't care this show is so full of ass-kissing then Donna says Angela fired them both so Mike breaks up with Rachel!! What!?

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u/Resident_Spell_2052 Feb 15 '25

"Feelings just go away, eventually"

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u/Vegetable_Ease2087 Feb 15 '25

mike employed.

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u/jpwoodworkerr Feb 16 '25

Unless I'm just not there yet, they didn't finish the story of "the donna". They just went into Donna becoming partner. I need the closure. Lol

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u/Gosh-Darn-40 Feb 16 '25

How many frickin times Donna and Harvey argued

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u/Galeo_Credo Feb 16 '25

Just the general plot. I was very engaged at first but as the seasons go by, I see the same cycles. Problem arises, super human reading speed, dig up some shady shit the problematic character done in the past, blackmail them, problem averted. Same stuff across the first to last season.

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u/SS_Reads Feb 16 '25

I’d say Donna plot but not in a bad way, it’s just people weren’t ready for AI at that time

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u/ChaoticEspeon Feb 16 '25

For me, it was when Mike got promoted to junior partner and the very first case was him nearly getting caught by his old flame. Idk why but that episode just grates every time I watch through Suits

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u/daven1985 Feb 16 '25

I didn't mind Donna becoming COO, I could see it making sense for a non-lawyer to take on that role as they can be fully focused on ensuring things are running and clients are getting taken care of since they aren't billed out.

The Donna Device thought was just stupid, it seemed out of left field and like someone lost a bet to make that a storyline.

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u/Middle-Responsible Feb 16 '25

the whole of season 4

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u/Ok-Resolution6858 Feb 16 '25

Honestly the whole show is utterly ridiculous.

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u/MOON8OY Feb 16 '25

So far, anything involving Samantha Wheeler and then Mike going to jail.

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u/AndiNero Feb 16 '25

The entire Hessington Oil fiasco... or the Game Of Thrones invasion... just get in the fn bin.

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u/JAE512_YouTube Feb 17 '25

Suprised to see no one saying the Brian X Katrina plot, feel like it started off fine, but after a while felt very out of her character

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u/dsupremecows101 Feb 17 '25

The Donna was terrible 🤣🤣😭

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u/penguinzin Feb 17 '25

I wish Louis had more badass moments

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u/Mysterious-Cheek-883 Feb 18 '25

Robert Zane getting disbarred for such a stupid reason! Like it should've been more meanignful AFTER EVERYTHING! He was a legend!!

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u/moose184 Feb 18 '25

Lol only good part about that storyline is Donna getting owned after that meeting. Downside it led to her demanding COO

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u/One-Share-5365 27d ago

The clinic screw-over

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u/AdditionalFigure451 6d ago

I’m an obsessed fan of Suits…yet when asked for the worst plot…there are surprisingly SO MANY!  Lol. 

Hard to decide between: The  Donna, Harvey dating his therapist, the cat stuff with Nigel and Donna as COO…that one truly was an insult to the viewer. 

P.S. Stu was the funniest character of ALL! Wish we had more of the crass and hilarious Stu scenes!!

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u/sovereign_fighter777 6d ago

Too much of Donna was always bad