Suits began with Mike Ross accidentally stumbling into a job interview with Harvey Specter, a recently promoted senior partner at a prestigious New York City law firm, and securing the job without having a law degree. Although Mike didn't graduate from Harvard, he was still the best candidate Harvey had seen all day, so he felt inclined to offer him the position. After witnessing the peculiar story play out onscreen during the pilot, some viewers must wonder if the premise of the USA Network series is inspired by a true story, or if the characters of Mike and Harvey are based on real-life people.

Suits premiered in 2011 and ran for nine seasons on the USA Network, with its series finale airing in September 2019. The procedural drama series starred Gabriel Macht as Harvey, Patrick J. Adams as Mike, Rick Hoffman as Louis Litt, Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane, Sarah Rafferty as Donna Paulsen,...