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geebsTV commentary:
Suits- Hmm, Jessica's impassioned speech at the end didn't seem to fit Mike's situation, even though that's what they were trying to parallel. It seemed to me at the heart of it Jessica was saying, yes, by letter of the law, when Quentin made her co-executor of his estate, he was not competent to do so at the time. But she knows him, she was married to him. And its the truth that even if he wasn't legally able to give consent, he always would've given that consent. So she was saying not to kick her out on a technicality, because she indeed has his best interests at heart.
Now Mike, he's supposedly a damn good lawyer. He's better than so many other actual college grads, that like Jessica was saying in his speech, should he be denied practicing law because he didn't check off some boxes on a list of how to become a Pearson-Specter lawyer? I mean, they even strayed from the original concept (or at least that was their intention in the beginning in my mind) that Mike is just damn smart and can put his mind to anything he wants. Like there was no talk about him actually wanting to be a lawyer- he took the bar because he knew the info and could do it better than most people. But then they reveal he practically was set to go to Harvard until he got screwed over by some douche fratboys, that idiot eff-up friend of his, and a vengeful prof. So, not only could he have done Harvard, they make it that he was already on that path until life derailed him.
That does parallel with Jessica's speech. But like I said, it does not gel with the situation at hand- the gang didn't tell Louis the truth, they told him a fiction that Mike changed his grade in a moment of weakness while that Ethics professor was out of the room. So they weren't asking him to let if go because Mike's a great lawyer, even if he doesn't have the fancy degree, they were telling him to not let that fake moment of indiscretion ruin Mike's career.
Yes, all the stuff he's faked is worse than changing a single grade. But at the same time, the former is more defensible. Like maybe if they told Louis the truth, hear about how Mike was all set to go to Harvard until circumstance conspired against him and Louis knows him well enough that he's as good as anyone out in the bullpen, even without the degree. But nope, they were asking Louis to turn a blind eye to what he thinks is Mike being a lazy, cocky prick, blowing off lectures because he thinks he's smarter than the rest of them and doesn't need to actually go to class, just pass the tests. But his class wasn't about rote memorization. So it seems more wanting Louis to let go of a shortcut then realzing Mike is one of them at heart.
Suits- Hmm, Jessica's impassioned speech at the end didn't seem to fit Mike's situation, even though that's what they were trying to parallel. It seemed to me at the heart of it Jessica was saying, yes, by letter of the law, when Quentin made her co-executor of his estate, he was not competent to do so at the time. But she knows him, she was married to him. And its the truth that even if he wasn't legally able to give consent, he always would've given that consent. So she was saying not to kick her out on a technicality, because she indeed has his best interests at heart.
Now Mike, he's supposedly a damn good lawyer. He's better than so many other actual college grads, that like Jessica was saying in his speech, should he be denied practicing law because he didn't check off some boxes on a list of how to become a Pearson-Specter lawyer? I mean, they even strayed from the original concept (or at least that was their intention in the beginning in my mind) that Mike is just damn smart and can put his mind to anything he wants. Like there was no talk about him actually wanting to be a lawyer- he took the bar because he knew the info and could do it better than most people. But then they reveal he practically was set to go to Harvard until he got screwed over by some douche fratboys, that idiot eff-up friend of his, and a vengeful prof. So, not only could he have done Harvard, they make it that he was already on that path until life derailed him.
That does parallel with Jessica's speech. But like I said, it does not gel with the situation at hand- the gang didn't tell Louis the truth, they told him a fiction that Mike changed his grade in a moment of weakness while that Ethics professor was out of the room. So they weren't asking him to let if go because Mike's a great lawyer, even if he doesn't have the fancy degree, they were telling him to not let that fake moment of indiscretion ruin Mike's career.
Yes, all the stuff he's faked is worse than changing a single grade. But at the same time, the former is more defensible. Like maybe if they told Louis the truth, hear about how Mike was all set to go to Harvard until circumstance conspired against him and Louis knows him well enough that he's as good as anyone out in the bullpen, even without the degree. But nope, they were asking Louis to turn a blind eye to what he thinks is Mike being a lazy, cocky prick, blowing off lectures because he thinks he's smarter than the rest of them and doesn't need to actually go to class, just pass the tests. But his class wasn't about rote memorization. So it seems more wanting Louis to let go of a shortcut then realzing Mike is one of them at heart.
