Suits: Season 1, Episode 9 “Undefeated” (B+)
It was only a matter of time before Harvey met his match, and then managed to pull off a major victory against him. It’s impressive just how poker-faced and calm Harvey was able to remain after Travis walked right into his office and essentially dared him to take him on without Harvey having the first clue who he was. Eric Close did a great job playing off of Gabriel Macht, and it was fun to see them try to one-up each other in increasingly showy manners. It’s interesting to see how, for all his cockiness, Harvey’s perception of ethics still differs from Travis’, and that leads them to intriguing intersections in this episode. Travis talking loudly at Harvey to offer his clients a settlement was quite a trick, but I have to hand it to Harvey for threatening to reveal Travis’ illegal activities but not actually going through with it. Most surprisingly, of course, Harvey actually put up his own money to ensure that he could get his clients a fair settlement, which does show a bit of emotion on his part, as Mike correctly assessed. While it may have seemed somewhat far-fetched for Benjamin not to have realized that Louis wasn’t actually Louis, it is a pretty giant firm, and Mike didn’t even know there was an IT department. The ultimate takeaway is that Mike acted selflessly and has almost certainly gotten back in good graces with Rachel after singlehandedly helping to save her job and even give her a chance to chew out Louis for being such a jerk.
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