SUITS – S05xEp11 – BlowBack

We’re back! Five months and finally we get six brand new shiny episodes of Suits. In the biggest cliffhanger this show’s ever had we left Mike Ross being arrested and his secret finally being exposed so needless to say this episode had a lot to live up to and in my opinion it completely delivered. The performances, the tension and the path with some of its obstacles were laid out in this episode for the characters to overcome.

I think we all shared Mike’s look of surprise when Robert Zane walked in as his attorney instead of Harvey, but it made sense. It was always just a a matter of time until he found out the truth. Now no matter how this all plays out, there will be serious tension between Mike and his future father-in-law.

The news of Mike’s arrest starts to spread quickly. Jack sees it as an opportunity to threaten Jessica once more. Louis tries to keep Donna away from Harvey and Mike because he can’t bear for her to be put on the prosecution’s suspect list, but she ignores him.

In the end of the episode 11 of ‘Suits’ Season 5, Louis finally frees Donna so that she could help Harvey. Jessica heard what he did so she went to see him and apologized.

The biggest challenge Suits will face over the course of the next five episodes is how to keep Harvey and Mike in the right despite being so very much in the wrong. How are they not the bad guys? Can they not be the bad guys? Can all the good they’ve done outweigh the overtly bad crime they committed? Yes, Mike is a genius, but does that mean he should get a pass simply because he was a fantastic (fake) attorney? How would his acquittal not open the doors to any imbecile that’s ever read two chapters of a law book from causing serious damage? Looking at the impossible to deny issues, it’s hard to imagine a scenario where the gang comes out unscathed by season’s end.