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Netflix’s Reedited Suits Episode Explained By Producer-TGN

Summary

  • Suits has become the most viewed acquired titles on streaming, with a combined 3.1 billion minutes streamed on Netflix and Peacock in a single week.

  • There’s a difference between the Suits pilot on Netflix and Peacock, with the Netflix version being slightly longer, including about 10 minutes of extra footage.

  • While both versions effectively lay out the show’s premise, the longer cut on Netflix makes sense since it caters to a global audience, while Peacock caters only to the US.

The show’s executive producer explains why Netflix’s version of the Suits pilot is different from what is on Peacock. USA Network’s legal drama is making waves on streaming ever since it arrived on Netflix. It garnered a combined 3.1 billion minutes streamed from both Netflix and Peacock between June 26 to July 2, making it streaming’s most viewed acquired title for a single week. Viewers may not be aware, however, that there’s a difference between the Suits pilot on Netflix and Peacock.

In a new interview with TV Line nearly four years since Suits ended with season 9, executive producer Gene Klein explains the discrepancy. According to him, it has to do with what USA Network allowed them to do when filming the show’s first episode. Read his full quote below:

I didn’t know that. I knew there were different versions. The slightly longer version has been on Netflix, internationally, and we’ve known that it’s out there. So it’s not exactly a surprise. USA, at the time, was willing to let us have a long pilot, but they weren’t willing to let us go that long. But they told us at the time that that one was fine for selling internationally. The difference is a few scenes and trimming scenes, and Aaron worked really hard to get those minutes out, but we’re not exactly surprised that it’s out there.

Which Suits Pilot Is Better, Netflix’s or Peacock’s?

For context, Netflix’s version of the Suits pilot slightly longer clocking in at 81 minutes versus the one that’s on Peacock at 72 minutes. However, it shouldn’t really matter which iteration new viewers watch. Both feature the big narrative beats of the outing, effectively laying out the show’s whole premise. It makes sense, however, that the one on Netflix has the longer cut of the premiere based on Klein’s explanation. Netflix is a global streamer, which means that it caters to multiple territories around the world. Meanwhile, Peacock only caters to the US — at least for now.

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In the episode, New York’s best closer, Harvey Specter, hires a fake but highly capable lawyer, Mike Ross, as his new associate. While the Suits pilot clearly sets them up as the show’s primary leads, it is also able to establish all the other characters in the ensemble such as Louis Litt, Jessica Pearson, Donna Paulsen, and Rachel Zane. They are the core cast of the legal drama until several of them exit the project one by one due to different reasons. From the get-go, however, it’s clear that they have great chemistry with each other.

Considering the renewed success of Suits on Netflix, questions about whether it will result in a revival project have started going around. Klein mentioned that he won’t be completely surprised if he gets a call about the matter. However, he also manages people’s expectations by saying that there is currently no concrete indication that this will be happening anytime soon. If the proposed Suits revival doesn’t feature the complete cast, then it’s arguably for the best to not do it.

Source: TV Line