Who – August 10, 2019

saysMacht.“Wehaven’tworkedtogetherina

year-and-a-half,butit feelsliketherehasbeen

nota secondthathaspassed.Therewasa

momentinthefirstsceneasI walkedupto

himwhereI waslike,‘Holys--t,thisis theenergy.

Thisis whatwehadforsevenyears.’”

Andthefeelingis definitelymutual.“It’sbeen

great,”saysAdams,whosecharacterrodeoffinto

thesunsetwithMeghanMarkle’sRachelafter

theirSeason7 wedding.“Tocomebacknow,

makeeachotherlaughandpushthebuttons

I knowhowtopushbetterthananyoneinthe

world,it’sa gift.”

WhileAdams’homecomingwaswelcomed,

thesamecan’tbesaidofhischaracter’s.The

wunderkind,whomovedtoSeattlefora non-

corporatelawjob,returnstoNewYorkfor

a casethatpitshimagainstbothhisformer

mentor,Harvey,andtheformidableSamantha

CONCLUDINGLEGALDRAMATALKPATRICKJ. ADAMS’ RETURN AND SPIN-OFF ‘PEARSON’

Wheeler (Katherine Heigl), and it has long-lasting

consequences for the rest of the series.

“Everything in the second half of the season

flows from the end of that episode,” says creator

Aaron Korsh, adding that the show’s closing

argument will see all of the characters having

“a reckoning with how they’ve behaved ethically

over the past seasons.”

Even though this is the end of the road for

Suits, its spirit will live on in Pearson, the spin-off

led by Suits alum Gina Torres as regal lawyer

Jessica Pearson. The new series (which does not

have a confirmed air date in Australia yet) follows

Jessica’s introduction to the dirty and corrupt

world of Chicago politics as the mayor’s right-

hand woman (read: fixer).

Like Suits, Pearson boasts snappy dialogue

and characters who walk a fine moral line,

however, the offshoot also forges its own path

where the stakes are higher than just the fate

of a law firm. “On this show, we’re seeing the

compromises [the characters make] affect

the working men and women of Chicago. That’s

something that really hits Jessica,” says executive

producer Chris Downey.

As we learned in Suits’ Season 7 finale, Jessica

has family in Chicago with whom she’s trying to

reconnect after years of separation. “She wants

to invest more emotionally. She wants to invest

in the world around her,” says Torres. Showrunner

Daniel Arkin adds that Jessica’s family “brings out

such a warmth” in her. “We see the things she’s

willing and wants to do for family.”

And what about Jessica’s Suits family? Well,

the jury’s still out on whether she’ll travel back to

New York before the mothership’s final episode.

Says Korsh, “We’re figuring it out as we speak.”

■ By Chancellor Agard

Jessica (Gina

Torres) with

her new boss,

Chicago mayor

Bobby Novak

(Morgan Spector),

on Pearson.

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