- “Suits LA” is Aaron Korsh’s spinoff of the original “Suits,” which ran for nine seasons.
- It’s led by Stephen Amell who plays Ted Black, a former prosecutor turned entertainment lawyer.
- The first episode ends with a twist for Black, who is reckoning with his past.
Warning: Spoilers for “Suits LA” below.
“Suits LA” — the new spinoff of Aaron Korsh’s “Suits,” which enjoyed a revival after landing on streamers — starts with a twist.
The first episode introduces Ted Black (Stephen Amell), a former New York prosecutor who moves to the West Coast to start his own law firm representing some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
“Suits LA” maintains the format of the original show by including flashbacks to subplots that explain the characters’ actions in the present day. Mainly, these scenes explain Black’s previous role as a prosecutor in New York working on jailing gang members for murder.
This plot device helped develop the backstories of beloved characters like Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), Rachel Zane (Meghan Markle), and Donna Paulsen (Sarah Rafferty) in “Suits.”
Black’s character is developed when he talks to Eddie (Carson A. Egan), his brother, who seemingly lives with him.
Here’s the twist in the closing moments of the first episode of Suits: LA” explained.
Ted Black talks to his dead brother in ‘Suits LA’
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The first episode implies that Black lives with his younger brother Eddie, who is there when he wakes from a nightmare. Other scenes also show that they have a close relationship.
But at the end of the episode, Black visits his estranged, dying father, (Matt Letscher) who is in a coma. Black tearfully blames his father for “letting them kill Eddie” the night before he was convicted for an unknown crime.
This moment reveals that Black has been imagining his dead brother this whole time, which some viewers might have picked up on since he wears the same New York Yankees shirt in every scene.
In the closing moments, Black tells Eddie him he just wants to spend another day with him.
It’s a surprising move from “Suits LA,” as the original show didn’t have such abstract moments. But it’s an interesting way of endearing Black, who is ruthless at work, to the audience.
