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Josh McDermott from The Walking Dead plays a lead actor Stuart Lane in Suits LA. He has no beard in TWD. Yet in LA he wears a beard that looks like it belongs on a redneck from Georgia. The beard is anachronistic on a high priced LA lawyer. As for Steven Amell, a great guy and great actor, he needs better scripts and more layers around to consult on the scripts. As an attorney in LA, I can say the story lines are not resonating with me at all. Plus I don't like the LA / NY flashbacks. I don't like the criminal law and entertainment law juxtapositions. I think the way to go would be to use actual entertainment headlines for the basis for scripts such as Scarlett Johansson v Disney; Casey Afleck employment law accusations; Brittany spears conservatorship case; Alec Baldwin accidental shooting on set case; union issues at Netflix; get into some real legal issues. Tim Cruise divorce. Ben Afleck alcoholism; Martha stewart insider trading; tension naturally arises from long work hours. Competition among lawyers; real competition. Kevin loses a big motion and his colleague wins a big motion. The pelligrini story line is awful. Let it die. Also I don't like the father / son story line. Most lawyers have integrity - contrary to how things are portrayed on TV. In this show all the lawyers sre faking it and posturing. There is a lot of arrogance. That would not fly in real life. There is a lot of useless dialogue. Not interesting. Not intelligent. Not authentic. Aesthetically the show is fine. Shave mcdermott, and bring in real corporate, entertainment, freedom of speech, and immigration law story lines, more relevant to Los Angeles legal landscape.

I worried that Jensen would be Dean and I would have been disappointed. But Jensen has acting chops. The similarity with Supernatural is Jensen plays the big brother. The dissimilarity is that Justin Hartley (Colter) brings his own dynamic and it feels real. This show needs more opportunities for Colter to show emotions with people in long term relationships and not just a person of the week; or the analyst; or the ladies at base.

Finally we see Colter in an emotional conundrum which is interesting.

The Reenie relationship could also be interesting but her role is written to be a little too transactional at this stage. I hope they put more personal / romantic tension there.

The problem with Jensen is he is a scene stealer. I saw there was an effort to make him the supporting actor. It's a strong pairing. The question is can Justin Hartley's ego ( it would be hard for any lead actor) make room for everything that is Jensen Ackles? It will upgrade the show, but Jensen will get a lot of fan love. But so will justin Hartley because this relationship brings the ability for him to be more multifaceted, gives him more depth, allows for more emotional scenes. They had great chemistry .