She Knows

She Knows
Season 2
Episode 1
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Air date	June 14, 2012
Written by	Aaron Korsh
Directed by	Michael Smith
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Jessica: An allegation was made that Mike Ross never went to Harvard, or any other law school for that matter. So I had him checked out. Squeaky clean. Graduated top of his class. So I took him to dinner. I wanted to see what you saw in him that makes him so special. Harvey: And? Jessica: I get it. He's a total package. Maybe even the best of both of us. Harvey: I hope this doesn't mean you're gonna put me in charge of recruiting. Jessica: Not to worry. You are off the hook. Harvey, one more thing. He might have checked out clean, but I know that kid's full of shit. Because there may be a record of him graduating from Harvard Law, but there's no record of him graduating from any college anywhere on the face of the earth. So I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't know. Because I don't want to do what I would do if you did. And what you're going to do is fire that goddamn kid.

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She Knows is the first episode of the second season of Suits and the 13th overall. It first aired on June 14, 2012.

Overview

Mike Ross is entrusted to close a major lawsuit. Harvey must decide whether or not to defend Mike and his secret.

Synopsis

Jessica invites Mike to dinner, much like she has with other former first year associates who are now senior partners. Mike is nervous that Jessica had discovered that he is a fraud, until Harvey reassures him that being summoned to dinner by Jessica is good for his career. After a great evening that night, Jessica meets with Harvey at the office and, although she realized what it was that Harvey saw in Mike as a lawyer, tells Harvey to fire Mike because she had actually discovered that he was a fraud after Trevor Evans told her.

The next day, Mike happily walks into the office, now oblivious to the fact that he had been discovered. Harvey tells Donna that he has to fire him, else Jessica will, but when Mike walks in, he chickens out and is unable to. Instead, Harvey tells Mike that he is proud of him.

Jenny confronts Mike in the street about his kiss with Rachel, and that Trevor had told Jessica that he was not a Harvard graduate. She tells him that Trevor had told her about the kiss between Mike and Rachel.

Cast

Main Cast

• Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter
• Patrick J. Adams as Mike Ross
• Rick Hoffman as Louis Litt
• Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane
• Sarah Rafferty as Donna Paulsen
• Gina Torres as Jessica Pearson

Recurring Cast

• Rebecca Schull as Edith Ross
• Tom Lipinski as Trevor Evans
• Vanessa Ray as Jenny Griffith
• Max Topplin as Harold Gunderson

Guest Cast

• David Costabile as Daniel Hardman
• Natalie Krill as Sarah Hardman
• Joanna Douglas as Myra Harrison
• Tammy Isbell as Lesley Beckman

Cultural References

• When he thinks that Jessica has found out the truth about him and has thus invited him to dinner, Mike likens the situation to Joe Pesci being whacked in Goodfellas after he thought he was about to become a made man. Mike then quotes Henry Hill's "Karen? Where's the money, Karen?" line from the movie.
• Jessica tells Harvey that he and Daniel Hardman are cut from the same cloth, prompting Harvey to reply that it's why he doesn't like Hardman. He then proceeds to say "There can only be one.", causing Jessica to ask why he is quoting Highlander at a funeral.
• Edith Ross mentions the time when Mike ran away from home because his parents would not let him stay up to watch The Cosby Show; she also mentions Hansel & Gretel.
• Donna mentions John Boehner.
• Jeremy Lin is mentioned.

Trivia

• There is an extended version of this episode, including additional dialogue such as Mike asking whether his dinner with Jessica would warrant an upgrade from a cubicle to an office as well as him adding the "Put the gun down, Karen!" quote.
• Harvey's mother and brother are mentioned for the first time.
• Harvey mentions how a "friend" of his had a mother who never loved his father and that the mother cheated on the father during their relationship, which the child never forgave.

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