What did Suits LA creator Aaron Korsh say about the making of his law drama spin-off? Details explored 

Aaron Korsh's hit legal drama Suits spin-off series, Suits LA, is scheduled to debut on February 23, 2025, and its creator recently dived into the story of its inception.

Suits, which debuted in 2011, follows the story of Mike, a Harvard dropout with a photographic memory, who Harvey Specter brings into his law firm and passes him off as a Harvard graduate.

Suits LA stars Stephen Amell, Josh McDermitt, Bryan Greenberg, and Lex Scott Davis in the titular roles and will follow the story of criminal lawyer Ted Black, who sets up his law firm in Los Angeles after running from his past in New York years ago.

More on Suits LA's inception story, as revealed by Korsh in our story.

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Aaron Korsh wrote Suits LA after its original show's resurgence on Netflix

Aaron Korsh's American legal drama Suits premiered in 2011 and concluded in 2019 after nine seasons. The show gained a wider fan base when it was included in Netflix, in 2023.

The original show enjoyed steady ratings but the Netflix premiere in the United States made it a worldwide phenomenon, and many new people 'discovered' it, during the pandemic, and binged on the show.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Korsh recalled how he got messages from old acquaintances saying their family members were enjoying Suits:

"Once it was the seventh or eighth text I got within two weeks, I was like, 'This is a weird coincidence."

This was the push he needed to create Suits LA, a spin-off series of the original show. According to Korsh, the Suits LA script was initially not set in the same universe. Instead, it was about agents in Hollywood. However, NBC initially wasn't open to the idea:

"It was originally meant to be a new universe [about] agents in Hollywood... NBC passed on developing that show.''

After Suits' resurgence, NBC called Korsh again, to work on his previous script and fit it into the Suits universe:

"They were like, 'Look, if we bring this script into the Suits universe, we can do it,'... And I thought it was a great idea."

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Korsh reveals the no-curse policy for Suits LA

"Godda*nit" was a favorite expression on Suits, liberally laced all through the episodes of the original show (flashback to a cursing Harvey, furious over a case and banging the table as he mouths the word!). However, it seems NBC has new rules for Suits LA, as discussed by Korsh in an interview with Entertainment Weekly:

"We are limited to three 'godda*nits' per episode."

He added:

"They cannot curse, they can't say 's***,' they can't say 'f***.' So, you will hear some 'godda*nits,' but you won't hear as many as you heard [on Suits]."

While the curse-word was featured on the original show to a large extent, it seems like Suits LA will go alow on the usage of such expressions. However, that doesn't mean it will tone down the harshness and intensity of the cases at hand.

Stephen Amell reveals that mostly it is his character who'll use this kind of language on the show. The actor told Entertainment Weekly:

"And they're [godda*nits] all reserved for me."

He added:

"I was actually filming a scene the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and we had a couple of takes where there was no 'godda*n,' and I threw in a 'godda*n,'... I noticed that on the original, I liked it a lot — if you're not going to lean into it, what are you going to do?"

Tune into Suits LA on February 23, 2025, to keep a count!

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