Suits features strong sexual content (frequent hookups, affairs, the show's relationship culture generally), pervasive moral relativism in its legal ethics, and strong language throughout. The positives: genuine themes of loyalty, excellence, and friendship; Mike's redemption arc has real substance; the show's depiction of the cost of deception is often cautionary even when not intentionally so. 42/100 Caution — mature adults with high content tolerance only.
Suits (USA Network, 2011-2019; Netflix, 2023-present) follows Harvey Specter, a top Manhattan lawyer, and Mike Ross, a college dropout with a photographic memory who poses as a Harvard Law graduate to work at Harvey's firm. The show ran for nine seasons on USA and then became a phenomenon when it hit Netflix in 2023, generating record streaming numbers years after its original run — propelling a spinoff, Suits LA (2025).
The show's appeal is real: Harvey and Mike are genuinely compelling characters, the legal drama is fast-paced and witty, and the loyalty between characters — particularly Harvey and Mike's partnership — has genuine emotional weight. The show knows how to make you care about its characters even when their behavior is indefensible.
Sexual content. Suits features frequent hookups, an ongoing affair (Harvey and Donna's complicated history), and a relationship culture that treats casual sexual relationships as completely normal. The show is not gratuitously explicit but sexual content is recurring and normalized. This is the primary content concern.
Moral relativism. The central premise — Mike is a fraud, and the show asks you to root for him to maintain the fraud — requires the audience to accept a morally relativistic frame. The legal ethics in Suits are consistently elastic: characters lie to courts, manipulate evidence, and treat ethical rules as obstacles rather than principles. The show occasionally depicts consequences but generally treats this as part of the game.
Language. Pervasive throughout. Not the worst in prestige TV but consistent.
The loyalty between Harvey and Mike — including Harvey's willingness to sacrifice significantly for his people — is genuinely admirable and reflects something close to biblical friendship (Proverbs 17:17). The show depicts excellence and hard work as real virtues. Mike's deception ultimately costs him and those around him in documented ways, making it at least partially cautionary. Available on Netflix. See our Christian TV Reviews hub and compare with The Good Place for another secular show with genuine ethical engagement.