I think the pov of season 1 is so different ...Harvey is a lot less emotionally accessible in season 1, so Mike ends up carrying a lot of that weight. But they've made Harvey more vulnerable in season 2 and opened up the narrative pov so much that the dynamic feels so different.
(Also, Mike iss a hypocrite because of this stupid "pretend to be a lawyer plot" that we're now stuck with....if we had another reason for the main partnership of the show to have clicked we'd be in a much better place with this character. Oh well. Can't be fixed now I guess...)
It's not that I mind the pretend to be a lawyer thing that much - I mean, obviously that is right there in the premise - but the way he wants to have that and not deal with the possible consequences, like how he wants to tell Rachel because he doesn't want his whole relationship built on a lie, except, well, IT IS built all on a lie, and one he wants to keep telling the world at large, so... either commit to it or give it up, but wanting to pick and choose is irritating, because the consequences don't just affect him.
I think a little of my frustration with all of this is the fact that Harvey and Mike are both the architects of this disaster but Harvey's got over a decade on Mike and *should* have known better. Harvey's worked very hard to get success so why did he think it would be a good idea to just hand the keys to the kingdom over to Mike?
They've hinted that Harvey sees himself in Mike but there has to be some kind of crazy-ass reason Harvey would have let this happen instead of just sending the kid to school like he should have (and is what Jessica originally did with Harvey when she found him the mailroom).
Of course, I may be asking too much of the show but I'd rather there is a real reason Harvey did this, rather than just "we need a premise" for the show. (Contrast: We know Mike did this because he'll take the easy way out every. damn. time.)
I agree, but once Harvey agreed to it for whatever reason, he at least knows that he has to stick it out, or it will ruin him and now Jessica as well if they don't.
I mean, I would like to know what Harvey was smoking when he agreed to it, but I think it IS just a matter of 'that's the premise of the show,' and they thought they were clever for putting a twist on a legal drama, but it's a twist I feel is unnecessary? Like, I feel the show would be just as entertaining if the stakes were lower - if it was just that Mike didn't go to Harvard, rather than that he never went to law school at all - because the office politics and legal shenanigans are so entertaining. I feel like every time Mike's secret comes up, it just drags the show down.
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This is based on watching all of 3 episodes now, but it's how I feel.
Yeah...I realize I'm seriously invested in this show so I've got a lot of, "oh god why did you [i.e. writers and showrunners] do this to me?!" to work out.
I think the pov of season 1 is so different ...Harvey is a lot less emotionally accessible in season 1, so Mike ends up carrying a lot of that weight. But they've made Harvey more vulnerable in season 2 and opened up the narrative pov so much that the dynamic feels so different.
(Also, Mike iss a hypocrite because of this stupid "pretend to be a lawyer plot" that we're now stuck with....if we had another reason for the main partnership of the show to have clicked we'd be in a much better place with this character. Oh well. Can't be fixed now I guess...)
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They've hinted that Harvey sees himself in Mike but there has to be some kind of crazy-ass reason Harvey would have let this happen instead of just sending the kid to school like he should have (and is what Jessica originally did with Harvey when she found him the mailroom).
Of course, I may be asking too much of the show but I'd rather there is a real reason Harvey did this, rather than just "we need a premise" for the show. (Contrast: We know Mike did this because he'll take the easy way out every. damn. time.)
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I mean, I would like to know what Harvey was smoking when he agreed to it, but I think it IS just a matter of 'that's the premise of the show,' and they thought they were clever for putting a twist on a legal drama, but it's a twist I feel is unnecessary? Like, I feel the show would be just as entertaining if the stakes were lower - if it was just that Mike didn't go to Harvard, rather than that he never went to law school at all - because the office politics and legal shenanigans are so entertaining. I feel like every time Mike's secret comes up, it just drags the show down.
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This is based on watching all of 3 episodes now, but it's how I feel.
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