Closing a deal The Harvey Specter Way
Harvey the sharp suited and sharp minded Lawyer in ‘Suits’
One of our favourite TV series is “Suits”.
Closing a deal, the series is about a firm of tough top US lawyers. One of the main character’s is named Harvey Specter, played excellently by Gabriel Macht, who is a no nonsense sometimes ruthless closer of legal cases before they get to court. He does have a heart but wont let it generally interfere with his work . Whilst he can be ambitious, rough & tough and pitiless at times, occasionally he will chill and be mellow.
The other main character called Mike (played by Patrick J Adams) was hired as a junior lawyer by Harvey because of his photographic (eidetic) memory. However Mike did not go to any law school despite his legal skills and ability to memorise complex law documents. Harvey keeps Mike’s secret
However, my favourite character is the eccentric a senior law partner called Lewis (played so well by Rick Hoffman), who has wonderful expressive face and eyes, conveying anger, sadness and happiness in well measured scenes.
Here are some of Harvey’s memorable quotes from the series:-
1. Don’t point out your coinage. Use it.
2. You always have more bargaining power than you think.
3. I’m against having emotions, not using them.
4) I don’t pave the way for people. People pave the wave for me.
5) I don’t play the odds, I play the man.
6) Sometimes good guys gotta do bad things to make bad guys pay.
7) Don’t send a puppy to clean up it’s own mess.
8) It’s not bragging if it’s true.
9) Those would all be shades of I don’t give a ‘Sh*t.