In Suits season 4 episode 2, “Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner,” Louis finally gets a win, and Harvey test Mike to see how far he’ll go. The answer? As far as he needs to for the client. Check out our recap!
The morning after last week’s season 4 premiere, Mike and Rachel declare borders around their apartment where they must separate work from play. It’s nice to see them still crazy about each other. However, we could expect it to be a set up for a bigger fall later this season.
Louis, as his usual crazy self, is trying to practice his pitch to become the lead lawyer on the SEC case, complete with a sticky-noted Jessica Pearson and lots of visuals. Just as Mike had Harvey’s determined fight in him, Katrina seems to have inherited Louis’s slightly-crazy way of playing hard-ball. She indulges his insanity, which is kind of nice – Louis needs her in his corner right now.
Unfortunately, Louis is never able to pitch Jessica directly. She brings in Jeff Malone, their newest senior partner, and Louis hears his worst fears confirmed: “You suck… You’re a loser… You’re never going to be name partner.”
We know Jessica does think highly of Louis, and Harvey has often turned to him over the years, but Louis’ self-esteem is constantly taking hits and he could have used this win.
Jessica brings up the point that the corner office in which Jeff Malone now resides held two senior partners that didn’t make it through the year – cursed, or just waiting for the right lawyer to fill it?
Jeff Malone seems like a nice guy, but after Louis verbally pushes him over the edge, he takes the gloves off and starts to offer up a fight.
Louis’ most unfortunate line of the episode: “I eat cocks for breakfast, lunch and dinner!” Not realizing that substituting the term ‘male chicken’ for cocks in this instance has led to a very poor choice of words.
While the two are in an integration, they argue more with each other than across the table. However, due to a slight fib on Louis’ part and Jeff playing along with it, they realize they could actually work together.
Donna doesn’t often open up. In fact, it is so rare that her story about jealously wishing harm on the lead Ophelia so she, as understudy, could take over could entirely be fake, if it weren’t for the exceptional acting by Sarah Rafferty that sells it.
She goes to Jessica and relays the pain Louis is feeling for being passed over for both the corner office and the chance to be a name partner. One of those things is fixed instantly. Louis’ response to Jessica telling him the corner office is now his – a tearful hug – is enough to make anyone realize that this was the right choice.
Donna was doing a lot of running around in this episode. She tells Rachel the one thing Harvey hates is things being kept from him. She must tell him about her affair with Logan Sanders from years ago. Once he does find out, he doesn’t care, as long as they don’t plan on getting back together.
Mike is playing hardball with this case, and his personality is definitely becoming more alpha-male/my-way-or-the-highway. How do we feel about this? Is this merely years of pent-up resentment at Harvey for pushing him around every now and then?
Throughout the entire episode, Harvey tries to keep the three corners of the love triangle separate from each other. He even goes so far as to offer himself a seat across from Mike, replacing Logan. Does Mike feel resentment towards Logan? At least Rachel and Logan weren’t together when she met Mike, like Mike and Jenny were (kind of).
When Mike and Logan do finally meet, in the bathroom of all places, while very civil, they size each other up.
Mike promised his client that he’d keep the company together. So when Logan offers $20 million in trade for selling the company ‘for parts,’ Mike instantly declines.
Even though Logan talks in the context of the deal and business plan, the subtext that he is referring to his previous relationship with Rachel is quite clear.
Jonathan, his only appearance in this episode, is none too happy with Mike turning down the $30 million deal. Mike, the only person who cares about the future of the company they’re battling over, must admit defeat and goes back to Harvey asking to accept the deal – or even less than the initial offer’s figure. Harvey essentially laughs in his face and leaves.
Jessica consoles Harvey, who feels bad for pushing Mike out of the nest. But Mike has to realize the harsh realities of crushing his clients’ dreams. Harvey needed to be like this with Mike in order to see how far he will go to win – and it turns out, that’s all the way. Mike gets his client to sacrifice a possible expansion in order to keep the current company together.
There may be good reason to be worried about the state of Rachel and Mike’s relationship as the season progresses. Logan seems to have some unresolved feelings for Rachel and we don’t know anything about Amy yet to gauge her.
The final scene of “Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner,” Rachel and Mike going home together, hand in hand, renews our hope for their strong relationship.