Final month, roughly 5 years after Fits ended its nine-season run on USA Community, Gabriel Macht reprised Harvey Specter on Fits LA, which is working on NBC. This was the primary of his three visitor appearances lined up, with the remaining two occurring these subsequent couple Sundays on the 2025 TV schedule. Macht has now defined why he determined to revisit Harvey for this new collection, however he additionally shared one thing that has me involved about ever seeing him on LA once more.
Macht was introduced to be stopping by Fits LA final November, and Aaron Korsh, who created each collection, defined that when NBC wished “one unique member” to seem, Harvey “made essentially the most sense” for the story. Now clearly that wouldn’t have been doable had Macht not agreed to do it, however upon studying from Korsh it was envisioned for Harvey to have been buddies with Stephen Amell’s Ted Black again in 2010, plus the LA staff prepared to accomodate his schedule, hen was on board. Because the actor advised THR:
I assumed in regards to the house wherein Fits LA is offered and I assumed, “You recognize what? I may give one thing again to the followers as a result of they’re so, so hungry for extra of this character. And if I can help the present in my approach and produce some eyes to it, that could be a very nice factor to cross the baton.” And that’s the way it all took place. All of it labored out. They labored out a solution to make it make sense for my household, and right here we’re.
Fits LA’s flashback storyline takes place one 12 months earlier than the unique Fits started, that means Harvey Specter hasn’t met Mike Ross but and he’s nonetheless overflowing with cockiness. However he was additionally searching for the individuals near him, and that included Ted Black, with whom he performed on the identical baseball staff. So after talking together with his contacts on the NYC DA’s workplace, he knowledgeable Ted that there was somebody in his workplace working for Pellegrini, the mob boss Ted was making an attempt to place away.
Judging by the preview for this Sunday’s episode, my want to see Harvey within the current day on Fits LA has been granted. Past that, it’s unclear what’s in retailer for the character in his subsequent two episodes, however going off what Gabriel Macht mentioned later within the interview, which may be the final we see of him within the spinoff. This was his response when requested if he was open to returning to the position once more:
I feel it was the correct solution to come again, and it’s the correct solution to depart it proper now. I feel I used to be right here, actually, to cross the baton to Fits LA, however they’re up and working and these guys are stable. They’ve acquired some good writing; there’s some good tales. There’s undoubtedly followers who’re going to stick with the present. I don’t suppose they want me again. However by no means say by no means! If the chance comes the place it is sensible — once more, I’ve acquired plenty of completely different pursuits and plenty of ventures happening.
Look, I perceive that Fits LA is right here to observe Ted Black and his supporting forged of characters, together with Lex Scott Davis’ Erica Rollins, Josh McDermitt’s Stuart Lane and Bryan Greenberg’s Rick Dodsen. That shouldn’t change, and the unique Fits forged already had 9 seasons to shine. I additionally perceive that Gabriel Macht is protecting busy today with different endeavors, like his Bear Combat Whiskey model and creating “little quick narratives.”
However on the similar time, I’d hope that the door doesn’t completely shut on Harvey Specter showing on Fits LA once more. Relying on the place this three-episode arc takes us with him, my fingers are crossed that sometime he may reappear on the spinoff, ideally nonetheless within the current day. That’s assuming, in fact, that Fits LA lasts previous one season, and it does find yourself working for a number of seasons, I’d even be wonderful with Macht returning a number of years down the road fairly than drive him into Season 2.
The excellent news that Gabriel Macht isn’t the one Fits alum who’s going to seem on Fits LA. Rick Hoffman is about to reprise Louis Litt, and David Costabile will return as Daniel Hardman. There are six episodes left to go on this debut season, which air Sundays at 9 pm.