Fortunately, Ted is not facing the demons of his past alone.

After a tragic death defined the previous episode, episode 8 opens up with more tragedies.

The team at Black & Associates is ready to face down whatever comes their way together.

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However, the episode is primarily laying the groundwork for the final two episodes of season 1.

Meanwhile, the flashbacks have been building towards the most important parts of the finale.

In addition, thetease that Gabriel Macht would be appearing in multiple episodesis finally coming to fruition.

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Unfortunately,Suits LAhasn’t done a lot to properly avoid these comparisons.

Ted seems like a cheap knock-off of Harvey Specter.

Stuart Lane feels like a less fun version of Louis Litt.

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New episodes ofSuits LAair each Sunday at 9pm ET on NBC.