Suits LA: Release date, cast and everything we know

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NBC is preparing to launch the next chapter of Suits franchise with Suitable for LA in 2025, and it brings with it an exciting new cast and story.

After Suits shot back to stardom with its Netflix release, NBC began work on a new series in the legal drama universe.

Suitable for LA will set aside New York for Los Angeles and feature an all-new cast, off-shooting from the original series akin to NCIS and Law and order universes.

Find out about Suitable for LA is secret Suits Season 10 in disguise.

When is Suits LA coming out?

Stephen Amell as Ted Black in Suits LA
NBC

As confirmed by NBC, Suitable for LA will officially premiere its first episode on Sunday, February 23 at 9:00 PM ET/PT.

Much like other NBC series, new episodes of Suitable for LA is expected to arrive at the Peacock the day after it goes live.

As such, new episodes will air on NBC every Sunday (starting Sunday, February 23) before coming to Peacock the following Monday (starting Monday, February 24).

The exact episode counts for Suitable for LA has yet to be announced, making it unclear when the Season 1 finale of the legit spin-off will air.

Who Will Appear in Suits LA?

Leads the responsibility for Suits spin-off is Arrow stars Stephen Amell as Ted Black, a former New York prosecutor who now heads a Los Angeles law firm specializing in criminal and entertainment cases.

Joining Amell as co-founder of Black Lane Law is The Walking Dead actor John McDermitt as Stuart Lane, a powerful, focused and self-absorbed lawyer.

Ricky Stanicky actress Lex Scott Davis will be another series regular, Erica Rollins, described by NBC as one “knowledgeable and strong-willed rising star in the company.”

This is how you do it in America Actor Bryan Greenberg will play Rick Dodsen, the protégé of Black, who is on the way to a promotion and finds himself in conflict with rival Rollins.

joins LA spin-off in a recurring role, Suits star Gabriel Macht (better known as Harvey Specter) will reprise his role in a three-episode story arc.

Right now Macht is the only one Suits veteran confirmed to reprise his role, but perhaps Harvey will offer updates on the original cast of characters and actors, along with Litt Wheeler Williams Bennett as a company.

Many will undoubtedly be eager to know what Patrick J. Adams’ Mike Ross has been up to in Seattle after leaving Suits as a series regular in Season 7.

Good Times star John Amos (who tragically died at age 84 this year) will play his final role as himself in the Suits LA pilot, according to Deadline.

The full cast of Suitable for LA as confirmed so far can be seen below:

  • Stephen Amell – Ted Black
  • Josh McDermitt – Stuart Lane
  • Lex Scott Davis – Erica Rollins
  • Bryan Greenberg – Rick Dodsen
  • Troy Winbush – Kevin
  • Alice Lee – Leah
  • Rachelle Goulding – Samantha
  • Azita Ghanizada – Roslyn
  • John Amos – himself
  • Gabriel Macht – Harvey Specter

What will Suits LA be about?

The center of the Suitable for LA is Black Lane Law, a firm representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles and specializing in entertainment and criminal law, founded by former federal prosecutor Ted Black and his close friend Stuart Lane.

When Suitable for LA begins, Black Lane Law will be at a crisis point and Ted Black will be forced to step into a role he had avoided his entire career to save it.

According to the show’s logline, Stephen Amell’s Suitable for LA lawyer will be surrounded by characters to “test their loyalty” to each other, all the while, in classical Suits fashion that blends their personal and professional lives.

In the meantime, the series will watch “events from years ago slowly unravel” which explains why Ted chose it “leave behind everything and everyone he loved.”

The description of past events that unravel seems to suggest so Suitable for LA will feature a flashback story alongside its present-day narrative, something Amell is more than familiar with after starring in many seasons of Arrow flashbacks.

Ted Black was once a prosecutor in New York, where Harvey Specter used to work in the District Attorney’s office. Perhaps the legal powerhouses will have a convoluted past that leads to the original Suits star to show face in California for his three-episode storyline in the upcoming spin-off.

What is still unclear about Spectre’s Suitable for LA the return is whether he will land on the same or opposite side of Black in the courtroom. These days, Specter has left his Big Apple corporate litigation days behind to keep an eye on the little guy in Seattle, so it’s easy to imagine him taking on the wealthy clients Black will represent.

But alongside the overall narrative, fans should expect to see plenty of stand-alone cases in Suitable for LAas Black Lane Law takes over the world of entertainment law.

Like the series premiere will have John Amos as himself, presumably as a client at Black Lane Law, Suitable for LA will have plenty of room for Hollywood cameos everywhere, either as clients in the firm or opposition in cases.

Suitable for LA premieres Sunday, February 23rd on NBC.