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Suits LA spinoff called âjoylessâ and âunsexyâ by critics in brutal reviews
â??Suits LAâ?? comes after the original New York-based legal drama concluded in 2019
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The highly anticipated Suits spinoff, Suits LA, has left critics deeply disappointed.
The new NBC legal drama, which premiered Sunday, comes after the original Meghan Markle-starring series concluded its nine-season run in 2019. It welcomes an entirely new cast led by Arrow alum Stephen Amell as former prosecutor-turned-entertainment lawyer Ted Black, who owns a Los Angeles-based law firm facing a major crisis.
It also sees the return of Suits star Gabriel Macht, who reprises his role of powerhouse defense attorney Harvey Specter. Macht made his first blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in the rebootâs pilot episode, where he was pictured alongside Ted in a photo sitting on the latterâs desk.
The spinoff was first confirmed in November 2024 after its predecessor experienced a surge in popularity the year prior when it became available on Netflix. It racked up an impressive 57 billion minutes of viewing time.
Still, it doesnât appear the new series has conjured the magic of the original.
Stephen Amell leads 'Suits LA' as former prosecutor-turned-entertainment lawyer Ted Black ( David Astorga/NBC)âSuits LA is flat and joyless,â New York Times critic Margaret Lyons wrote, adding that it felt more like a âseanceâ than a sequel. It âis an attempt to turn an unanswerable question into a little money,â she said.
Varietyâs Aramide Tinubu concurred, joking that Suits LA âshould be held in contempt.â Tinubu was left particularly dismayed by a âlumpy and confounding pilot episodeâ that she said included âgrating dialogue, jarring camera angles and a bizarre twist.â
USA Todayâs Kelly Lawler put her opinion plainly, declaring: âSuits LA is the dollar-store spinoff we didn't need.
She added that it was âa big tonal jump from the original series, which was campy and lighthearted.â
Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter criticized Amellâs performance, saying he âflounders in NBCâs tonally confused, narratively jumbled legal drama.â
âThe actual premiere is so awful, and in such baffling ways, that itâs hard to imagine a lot of would-be fans sticking around to find out if it gets better,â she said.
Lastly, The Guardianâs Adrian Horton found the reboot to be âan unsexy disappointment.â
Speaking to People last month about his forthcoming appearance, Macht confirmed that he wonât be the only Suits actor returning. âThere's also some other characters that you're going to see that were in the original. I don't know if you've heard about any of them, but there are a few that are coming back. So those might be surprises,â he teased.
Suits LA airs on NBC on Sundays with a UK date to be announced.
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