Suits LA Rotten Tomatoes Score Sets Unfortunate Record For The Legal Drama Universe

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NBC’s Suits LA has broken an unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes record for the legal drama franchise. The upcoming Suits LA is the second spinoff from the nine-season USA Network show Suits, which became a record-smashing streaming sensation in 2023. The show’s previous spinoff was the political drama Pearson, which ran for one season in 2019. The new NBC series is set to follow the goings-on at the entertainment law firm Black Lane and the interpersonal relationships between the staff, which includes Ted Black (Stephen Amell), Stuart Lane (Josh McDermitt), Erica Rollins (Lex Scott Davis), and Rick Dodsen (Bryan Greenberg).

Rotten Tomatoes has now aggregated an official score for Suits LA from seven different critics’ reviews of the first three episodes. While this score could fluctuate as more reviews are added, at the time of writing, it has so far earned a bright green splat with a score of 43%. Critics’ average rating for the show has been a mixed 5.8 out of 10. This marks the worst Tomatometer score earned by any season in the franchise, as all 10 seasons of the other shows have earned Fresh scores.

One of these reviews came from ScreenRant‘s own Ana Dumaraog, who gave the show a 4 out of 10 and said that the spinoff is “devoid of the best things that made Suits a fan favorite.” Read an excerpt from her Suits LA review below:

Because Suits LA kicks off in absolute mayhem, it barely gets the chance to be fun. Even the banter that Korsh did so well in Suits is almost non-existent. It is heavy and dark from the get-go, with several plot twists, backstabbing, and even underdeveloped angst just in its first hour. Its storytelling is reminiscent of the latter seasons of Suits, when it felt like Pearson Hardman was always on the brink of collapse every episode. Sadly, that stretch of storytelling isn’t anyone’s favorite.

More to come…

Suits LA premieres on NBC on February 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, followed by weekly episodes on Sundays.

Source: Rotten Tomatoes