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Seven years ago, USA Network introduced us to legal prodigy Mike Ross; a highly intelligent student/fraud who began working at a New York City law firm for gun lawyer Harvey Spector despite not having a Harvard degree in Suits. Mike’s relationship with the beautiful and savvy paralegal Rachel Zane (Meghan Markle) injected heart-wrenching and emotional moments into the series where it’s characters outplayed and outwitted each other every episode.
While Markle announced in 2017 that she wouldn’t be renewing her contract for an eighth season (presumably to take up life as a Royal and Prince Harry’s wife), today Patrick J. Adams made the statement Suits fans were dreading.
“I’m sorry this has taken so long,” Adams wrote on his Instagram. “The powers that be asked for silence and I wanted to respect that process. But now I’m free to say that, yes, this will be my last season of suits. The last seven years have been life changing. And playing a character that so many people all over the world have connected with has been one of the great honours of my life. Together we grew this misdirected brilliant pothead into a confident and capable man seeing all of his wildest dreams come true. Thank you for the wild ride. It’s one I will never forget. Suits still very much remains and I look forward to seeing how it all unfolds. #darvey4life. Lots of love and see you down the road. – PJA.”
Series creator Aaron Korsh weighed in as well. “I would like to thank Patrick and Meghan for their extraordinary contributions over the last seven years. Not only have they been outstanding in their roles as Mike and Rachel, they are also superb human beings who will always be beloved members of the ‘Suits’ family, and we wish them well in their days to come,” he said. “Speaking of days to come, I am incredibly excited to welcome back our phenomenal crew and cast – Gabriel, Sarah, Rick and Dulé – who will continue the roller coaster ride with all of our amazing fans. Season 8 will have everything from shifting alliances and internal power plays, to secrets, betrayals and fiery relationships. Keep an eye out for an adversarial new character that will give Harvey a run for his money.”
Speaking of Harvey… can Gabriel Macht hold his own without his intern sidekick? Time will tell.
The final episode with Markle and Adams will air April 25 in the United States. More to come.
