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Last summer’s addictive USA hit Suits returns tonight for a second season (Thursdays, 10 p.m. ET), and as Gabriel Macht teases in our season 2 primer, Harvey will need to do some fancy maneuvering to keep Mike (Patrick J. Adams) at the firm after Trevor’s conversation with Jessica (Gina Torres). It’s an hour that sets up a juicy new power play at Pearson Hardman as Daniel Hardman (David Costabile), the name partner Jessica and Harvey ousted five years ago, resurfaces, while continuing to build the anticipation for Mike’s reaction to hearing that whiskey-fueled voice mail Rachel (Meghan Markle) left him about their kiss. (“I will say, by the second episode, we have a sense of where things might be going,” Markle says. The photo pictured is from that June 21 episode, titled “The Choice.”)

The primer offered some scoop for season 2, but here Macht, Adams, and Markle offer more.  READ FULL STORY »

Image Credit: Steve Wilkie/USA Network

On Thursday, USA’s Suits returns for its second season (10 p.m. ET). Whether you’re already a fan of the show looking for a refresher and scoop, or someone who’s never seen an episode but wants to jump in (you should), our Who’s Who gallery is for you. We get you caught up, and let the stars tell you where their characters are headed.

Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams, pictured left)

His Past: He’s a brilliant ex-stoner who got kicked out of college for selling an exam and thought he’d never achieve his dream of being a lawyer. He went on to use his photographic memory, which allows him to consume knowledge and retain it like no one else, to earn cash by taking the LSAT and bar exam for people. Needing a quick $25,000 to keep his grandmother in a good nursing home, he agreed to help his pot-dealing best friend Trevor on a hotel room delivery. Figuring out the police were waiting for him, he ran and stumbled into a suite where New York City’s top legal closer, Harvey Specter, was holding interviews for a new associate. Bored with the usual applicant pool and impressed with Mike’s story and unique skill set, Harvey hired him — despite the fact that the firm Pearson Hardman only employs Harvard Law alums. So they’ve got to keep his secret, or they’ll both be out of a job.

His Future: In the season 1 finale, Trevor found out Mike was now seeing his ex, Jenny, and to get revenge, Trevor showed up at the firm and told managing partner Jessica Pearson that he had something to tell her. “People were worried that we would somehow cheat them out of it, that there would be an earthquake and Trevor never gets to talk to her, and then it’s over. It won’t be that. We’re not walking away from the real stakes that we set up,” Adams says. “But it’s also not as black and white as ‘This is what it is, therefore you’re fired.’ It’s gonna get more complicated.”

NEXT: Harvey Specter

USA’s Suits returns for its second season on June 14, and whether you already know the joy of viewing the artwork on the walls of Harvey Specter’s office or not, the video below is for you. It begins with a recap of season 1 for the newbies, and shows you how Mike Ross (SAG Award nominee Patrick J. Adams), a man with a photographic memory but no law degree, ended up being hired by Specter — one of New York’s best and best-dressed legal closers played by Gabriel Macht — to work at a firm that only employs Harvard alums. It also reminds you of the big cliffhanger — Mike’s pissed off, former best friend Trevor (Tom Lipinski) showing up unannounced to inform Mike’s boss Jessica (Gina Torres) that he needs to tell her something about Mike that Harvey hasn’t. Then, we all get a sneak peek at scenes from the season 2 premiere. We learn that Jessica will ask Mike to dinner, which obviously makes both Mike and Harvey nervous. Harvey, unable to get a straight answer out of Jessica about her sudden interest in Mike, does something brilliant: He tells his rival Louis (Rick Hoffman) about it — we suspect so Louis will do some snooping. (I didn’t realize how much I’d missed Hoffman’s delivery.) READ FULL STORY »