A brilliant college dropout and a top lawyer form a secret partnership, navigating high-stakes legal drama with brisk, witty banter.
Pulpy and intimate, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix.
Some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
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While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
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