Suits season 8 Netflix FREE now for the biggest moments from morning TV SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up fornow for the biggest moments from morning TV When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Suits season 8 behind the scenes trailer Suits fans rejoice, the new season of the long-running legal series is back this week. Episode one of season eight will premiere in the US on the USA Network tonight, Wednesday, July 18. Season eight marks the first time the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle won’t be appearing in the drama as Rachel Zane since marrying Prince Harry earlier this year. A brand new character called Samantha Wheeler played by Grey’s Anatomy actress Katherine Heigl is set to be a huge payer in the upcoming season. SUITS SEASON 8, EPISODE 1 PREVIEW What time will Suits season 8, episode 1 drop on Netflix? Suits season eight episodes will be added to Netflix UK weekly. The show airs on Wednesday nights on the USA Network in the States so will be available the next day on Netflix. New episodes will be available to watch from 8am on Thursday mornings in the UK. Sp episode one will be available to watch on the streaming platform from 8am on Thursday, July 19. Episode two will be dropping on the site on Thursday, July 26 and so forth. SUITS SEASON 8 RELEASE DATE Suits season 8 is back this week This is the same format as other shows which are added weekly to Netflix like Riverdale, Designated Survivor and Better Call Saul. As a rule, 8am is usually the time that new shows are available on the streaming site in the UK, whether they are Netflix Originals or series from other networks. This is because of the time zone difference between the UK and Netflix’s California headquarters. New shows are added to the site at 12.01am Western Time and when it is midnight in San Fransisco it is 8am in London. WILL MEGHAN MARKLE RETURN TO SUITS? Season 8 will be dropping on Netflix weekly What will happen in Suits season 8? Suits season eight is settee pick up from the events of the last run which were a complete game changer for the direction of the show. Now that Rachel and Mike (Patrick J Adams) are gone Pearson Specter Litt will see some big changes. Speaking ahead of the premiere Sarah Rafferty who plays Donna Paulsen said: “Donna is going to be missing Rachel, that’s her best friend and Harvey’s (Gabriel Macht) best is Mike, so these characters are still really with us as we move forward and inform their choices that we made.” Gabriel Macht added: “There so much opportunity for these stories to continue to grow and develop and bring you a whole new world in a way.” DO HARVEY AND DONNA END UP TOGETHER? Sarah Rafferty in season 8 Suits: Mike Ross and Rachel Zane's love story in pictures Mon, March 26, 2018 Suits series 7: As Meghan Markle and Patrick J Adams prepare to exit the legal drama we take a look at Rachel Zane and Mike Ross' love story so far. Play slideshow USA Network 1 of 19 Suits: Mike Ross and Rachel Zane's love story in pictures<doc-sep>Suits season 8, episode 2 will be even more explosive FREE now for the biggest moments from morning TV SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up fornow for the biggest moments from morning TV When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Suits season 8 behind the scenes trailer What will happen in Suits season 8, episode 2? Episode two is called Pecking Order and will be airing in America on The USA Network on Wednesday, July 25. Netflix will be releasing the episode on the following day (Thursday, July 26) for British viewers to watch from 8am. A short summary for the next episode in season eight states: “Harvey (played by Gabriel Macht) and Donna (Sarah Rafferty) get their first taste of how Samantha (Katherine Heigl) operates. Alex (Dulé Hill) tries to impress Robert (Wendell Pierce).” Suits has also dropped a short promo for the forthcoming episode which is going to be an explosive one. The trailer starts with a confrontation between the firm’s chief operating officer Donna and Samantha. SUITS SEASON 8 RELEASE DATE “I am on this team now and I have got its best interests at heart,” Samantha tells Donna. But Donna is less than impressed and hits back: “Well, you’ve got a funny way of showing it.” Elsewhere, there is unrest in the firm as Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman) angrily tells Robert and Harvey: “You better pull up a seat for me at that table or I will break that whole goddamn thing in two!” Managing partner Robert in turn is seen blasting Samantha following Louis’ rant. “I asked you to help him not p*** him off!” Robert tells Samantha, who looks annoyed. Harvey also admonishes Samantha: “The next move you’re going to make behind my back is finding yourself a new job.” HOW MANY EPISODES ARE IN SUITS SEASON 8? Suits season 8, episode 2 will be even more explosive Suits season 8, episode 2 will be even more explosive As the title of the episode suggests, it looks like Samantha will be trying to climb up the ranks as she backstabs her colleagues. However, her Machiavellian backstabbing could lead to her downfall and put her job on the line if she continues down this path. The promo comes as Suits made its highly-anticipated return to screens this week following the exit of Meghan Markle and Patrick J. Adams. Episode one saw no-nonsense attorney Samantha Wheeler embedding herself in the newly-merged firm and putting noses out of joint in the process. Speaking about the joint departure of the long-standing characters, Rafferty told Today: “It was definitely hard to say goodbye but we’re a family, we still have relationships with these people outside of work which is great.” Reflecting on her Suits character, Heigl said: “She’s got this hidden past but she’s fierce and strong-willed and smart and a bit conniving and definitely has an agenda.” WHERE IS SUITS SEASON 8 FILMED? Samantha Wheeler clashes with Donna Paulsen in Suits season 8 Suits: Mike Ross and Rachel Zane's love story in pictures Mon, March 26, 2018 Suits series 7: As Meghan Markle and Patrick J Adams prepare to exit the legal drama we take a look at Rachel Zane and Mike Ross' love story so far. Play slideshow USA Network 1 of 19 Suits: Mike Ross and Rachel Zane's love story in pictures<doc-sep>SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight’s Suits Season 8 premiere. Suits 2.0 launched tonight with the season premiere of USA Network series’ eighth season, the first without original co-stars Patrick J Adams and Meghan Markle. The new opening sequence reflected the new setup — an ensemble legal drama led by Gabriel Macht and a regular cast featuring three original members, Macht, Rick Hoffman and Sarah Rafferty, and three new ones, Katherine Heigl and newly promoted Dule Hill and Amanda Schull. The Season 8 premiere established the battle lines at the newly merged Zane Specter Litt, with Harvey Specter (Macht) and Heigl’s Samantha Wheeler going at each other as part of a wager between Harvey and Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce) over who will be managing partner. And while the managing partner question was answered by the end of the premiere, with Harvey handing the reins to Robert, the episode put Alex and Katrina on a collision course as each had been promised — by Harvey and Robert, respectively — that they would become name partner next. In an interview with Deadline, Suits creator Aaron Korsh talks about the revamp and the impact of Samantha’s arrival, Wendell Pierce’s presence on the show, the conflicts that will be brewing in Season 8, possible new romance (and a baby? ), which characters’ family members will be making an appearance and will Adams’ Mike, Gina Torres’ Jessica, who is headlining her own spinoff series, or Abigail Spencer’s Scottie come back for a visit? Korsh also discusses attending the Royal Wedding between Markle and Prince Harry, the large Suits contingent there and the one guest he was stoked to meet there. Additionally, eight seasons in, Korsh also talks about when the legal series may end. DEADLINE: Let’s start with Robert Zane, who is very prominent in the season premiere and the second episode, and is now managing partner. Will Wendell Pierce be available with his Amazon series Jack Ryan renewed for a second season? Is he in the entire eighth season, at least the summer portion? Photo by: Shane Mahood/USA Network KORSH: Wendell, because he is such a great actor, is in tremendously high demand. If I could have Wendell, I would use him in every episode. Unfortunately, I can’t because he is in such high demand, but the people at Jack Ryan, Amazon and the production, have been incredibly generous with giving us Wendell as much as they have. So, he’s not in every episode, but he’s in most episodes. DEADLINE: I thought that the battle over who’s going to be managing partner would go on for a number of episodes. Why did you decide to resolve that right off the bat in the season premiere? KORSH: In Suits, as it often happens, just because that question is put to bed at the end of the first episode does not mean it will not rear its head again. So Harvey could change his mind and want to be managing partner again, but even in spite of that, even if it is Robert that’s going to be managing partner, they’re still going to disagree over the direction of the firm and decisions that need to be made within the firm, and just because Robert is managing partner doesn’t mean Harvey isn’t going to want to have his way. DEADLINE: What other conflicts will be dividing the partners for the rest of the season? We have Harvey’s promise to Alex that his name would go up on the wall next and Robert’s identical promise to Samantha. Photo by: Shane Mahood/USA Network KORSH: Obviously, they cannot both keep those promises, and that combined with the who’s running the firm, who’s really got the final say, regardless of who is technically managing partner, those things are going to be brewing throughout the season. But I would also say, unlike in some of the previous seasons, there isn’t necessarily just one overarching thing that is going on. This is almost a little bit more like a Season 1, where while all that stuff is going in in the background and definitely is always there, and we do build to a big brouhaha at the end of episode 10, there are a lot of other things that we have room to explore this year, and a lot of that has to do with Robert and Samantha and Alex and Katrina and obviously Harvey, Donna, and Louis. DEADLINE: You made the comparison to Season 1, and to me, having seen the first two episodes, it seems that the show is a lot more procedural this season, with more self-contained, case of the week episodes, like Season 1. Will that continue? KORSH: Look, it is possible that our most procedural episodes were in the first season. I would not describe, necessarily, episode 1 and 2 as that much more procedural, but there is, to some degree, more procedure. I would say, yes, there is, but if you look at Louis’ story in episode 2, it’s not really procedural. It’s a very personal story with Sheila about are they on the same page relationship-wise, and I think even the ones that are a little bit more procedural, they are designed to get to know how, for example, Samantha Wheeler operates. With the procedure in episode 2, Zane is trying to get Harvey to appreciate what he sees in Samantha Wheeler, because he’s made this promise to her. So, the procedure is a vehicle for that, which is a little bit of throwback to season 1. DEADLINE: Speaking of Louis and Sheila, will we have the first Suits baby soon? KORSH: Well, we’re trying. Let me put it this way, Nellie, we’re trying. DEADLINE: You mentioned Samantha Wheeler. It seems like she’s been positioned as Harvey’s new sparring partner. They don’t seem to agree on anything now but will they eventually resemble what Harvey and Mike had as a dynamic? KORSH: I’ve gotten a lot of questions over the last year of “how are you going to replace the bromance with Mike and how are you going to replace the romance of Mike and Rachel with someone or something like that?” To me, I don’t think of it as like anybody is replacing the dynamics of someone else, because they’re different. Harvey and Mike were, to me, like brothers, a big brother and a little brother because there’s a 10-year age difference. So, to me, Samantha Wheeler in no way can be like a little brother to Harvey. Having said that, their push and pull, I just think it’s going to be what it is. I hope to just be good. I don’t need it to replace something or not replace something, because I think it would be tough to replace Mike. It’s more just like instead of Mike, we have a myriad of other new relationships. I really like Samantha’s relationship with Robert Zane and what it does to illuminate his character that obviously they have some sort of history that you don’t know that we will reveal over time. I also like her relationship with Donna, over the course of the 10, and with Alex Williams. We’re basically setting up a competition between her and Alex, and who’s going to get their name up next, and they have a good push-pull. So I love the dynamic she brings. DEADLINE: Samantha and Alex’s rivalry resembles the first season of The Good Wife when Alicia and Cary competed for one opening. Will Samantha and Alex at one point realize that they’re competing for one spot? Photo by: Ian Watson/USA Network KORSH: Yes. They will. It’s going to be stages of that happening because I don’t think it’s that difficult for them each to realize that they’re rivals with each other because they’re basically in the same spot. Episode 1’s title is Right-Hand Man, my script coordinator came up with that title. I thought it was great because it has a triple meaning.<doc-sep>
Suits stars Gabriel Macht and Katherine Heigl Suits trailer promises a ‘steamy’ season 8 Episode one of Suits season eight will be broadcast by The USA Network tomorrow (Wednesday, July 18) in America. Netflix is expected to be dropping the season eight premiere the following day (Thursday, July 19) for British viewers. There will be another 16 episodes in season eight with the show taking a midseason break halfway through. Season eight will mark a change for the show with the joint departure of Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane and Patrick J. Adams as Mike Ross. Grey’s Anatomy actress Katherine Heigl will be joining the firm as bolshy attorney Samantha Wheeler and will be shaking things up with her brash style. SUITS SEASON 8 RELEASE DATE Ahead of season eight, The USA Network shared a short preview giving fans a taster of what’s to come. Speaking in the preview video, actress Sarah Rafferty - who plays Donna Paulsen - explained: “Donna is going to be missing Rachel, that’s her best friend and Harvey’s best is Mike, so these characters are still really with us as we move forward and inform their choices that we made.” She continued: “You could being Suits now with season eight, you could as a new viewer. But our loyal fans will still see their familiar friends, so it’s great.” Harvey Specter star Gabriel Macht added: “There so much opportunity for these stories to continue to grow and develop and bring you a whole new world in a way.” Meanwhile, Rick Hoffman, who portrays hothead lawyer Louis Litt, revealed that there would be a shift in his character and that he would change in the way he handled “certain situations”. WILL MEGHAN MARKLE RETURN TO SUITS? Gabriel Macht talks about Suits season 8 Katherine Heigl is joining as Samantha Wheeler in Suits season 8 Hoffman admitted that Louis and Harvey’s dynamic would also change now that Mike had left the firm. Newcomer Heigl described her character as “smart and charismatic” but confessed that Samantha was coming in to “stir the pot”. We can expect Alex Williams (played by Dulé Hill) and Harvey to be challenged by Samantha and even torn apart as she muscles her way into the firm. Suits creator Aaron Korsh previously said that Samantha would be challenging the “status quo” at the firm. Amanda Schull is going to be taking on a much bigger role as Katrina Bennett and fans will see how her role within the newly-merged firm will play out. DO HARVEY AND DONNA END UP TOGETHER? Sarah Rafferty talks about Suits season 8 Suits: Mike Ross and Rachel Zane's love story in pictures Mon, March 26, 2018 Suits series 7: As Meghan Markle and Patrick J Adams prepare to exit the legal drama we take a look at Rachel Zane and Mike Ross' love story so far. Play slideshow USA Network 1 of 19 Suits: Mike Ross and Rachel Zane's love story in pictures