With the hiatus over, Suits season 4, episode 11, “Enough is Enough,” is strong out of the gate, but the firm is already on shaky ground. Again.
The first episode of 2015, and the first Suits episode directed by Gabriel Macht, is certainly a doozy. We’ll get to the episode’s events in a minute, but let us just take a second to appreciate both Harvey’s unrealistically easy drive through the city and the fact that Suits is back on our televisions for the next five weeks.
Now then. Is Louis’ bark as worse as his bite? It’s a dangerous game of cat and mouse he plays with Jessica and Harvey. Various characters throughout “Enough is Enough” question whether or not Louis would have actually gone to the police, but neither of the aforementioned want to test him. Mike just has to suck it up and do the work a paralegal could be expected to do: ride out the storm, as it were.
Throughout the entire episode, Donna feels guilty and wants to fight for her friendship with Louis. He is now convinced every nice thing she ever did for him was a sham. While that’s not true, the episode does end with her answering his one question: did she ever sleep with Harvey with a tearful “once.”
Rachel tries to explain to Mike that he needs to ride out this wave of Louis-rage and let him get over it.
It was hard to watch Louis at certain points tonight — particularly during his “conversation” with Rachel — but it was downright enjoyable to watch Rick Hoffman, directed fantastically by Macht.
There could have been a time when, if Louis found out about Mike, he would have taken it in stride. The course of Suits season 4 never did run smooth, but there have been brief moments where they all fought on the same side. Not anymore. Louis is hellbent on living up to the “keep your friends close, your enemies closer” mantra, only now it’s more like “keep your friends close, the names of your enemies so close they’re spoken in the same breath as yours.”
When Louis goes to Katrina, asking her to return as his associate, she’s suspicious about the circumstances. If his name is as good as on the door, then why isn’t his name already on the door? Louis may have had Jessica cowering one night, but she is a strong woman who surely knows how to play the game of chess. Turns out, Rachel is too! She pitches hiring Katrina to her father during dinner, so we’ll be seeing if Robert Zane takes the bait on that one.
Harvey makes a short, nearly insignificant, trip to Robert Zane’s office. You’ll recall Harvey went to Zane to ask him to hire Louis, and now that Louis is back with Jessica and Harvey, they could technically call it even. Not so fast. Zane is instantly aware of the strange circumstances that culminated in Louis being made name partner at a firm he just left last week.
It doesn’t take long for people to catch on: something fishy is going on here. First it was Robert with Harvey, then it was Jeff Malone with Jessica. They know Louis has something on the two of them that he used as leverage to make name partner.
Louis is acting like a jerk. That isn’t breaking news, he’s always been harsh and brash, but now he’s acting like a jerk who is owed something, which he really isn’t. He’s antagonizing Rachel, spitting at Donna’s shoes, and seems to enjoy goading Jessica into doing whatever he wants.
At the board meeting where Jessica formally makes the announcement, she demands Harvey make nice with him. Jessica notes, “What Louis wants to be is accepted.” More importantly, Louis wants to be accepted by Harvey.
Just like in a superhero movie, the villain didn’t break the hero’s kneecaps, but instead went for his true Achilles heel: his girlfriend. Louis shows up at Rachel’s office, giving her paralegal work and belittling everything she’s been working for the past four years. To Rachel’s credit, she doesn’t punch Louis’ lights out, nor does she give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry, but boy does Mike have a bone to pick with the man now.
In the end, Jessica reminds Louis, “We’re your partners.” At this same moment, Mike snaps at Harvey. Mike has some great lines during this scene, such as suggesting smashing a glass over his face, and/or ripping Louis’ head off.
Jessica finally puts a stop to Louis’ reign of terror, adding a clause to his contract as name partner, making him a co-conspirator to Mike’s crime (“crime”?) which he is, whether he’s using it to get what he wants or not. Turns out, that was her plan all along. Your move, Louis.
Harvey: So where do we go from here?
Jessica: We fight like hell to protect [their secret].
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