‘Suits’ season 6 summer finale reaction: Gina Torres on surprising exit
One of the reasons in our mind for the long-running success of “Suits” as a series has been its ability to keep the majority of its core cast together. While there has been a small cast of series regulars, they’ve all been there since roughly the beginning.
With that in mind, to lose someone like Jessica Pearson at this point is rather sad, even if you can say that this character has some sort of happy ending based on what happened with her in the closing minutes. After making the choice to leave the firm, she decided that she would try and look for a new start in Chicago with Jeff Malone, a character who she cared about, but one who was somewhat unattainable due to the stresses put on her from work.
We reported yesterday that the move for Gina Torres to depart the show (at least as a series regular) was one of her own doing. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly now in a new interview, she reacted further on the departure with the following comment:
“This has been something that Aaron [Korsh] and I have kind of been talking about and banting about for awhile. It’s absolutely a mutual thing. Well, he wasn’t that happy about it [Laughs], ‘cause we all love Jessica, but he’s been awesome, as has been USA, about letting me come home for awhile and tend to my life. So, it was really about what’s the best way to do this for the show. Certainly, it took a lot of different forms, but ultimately, I think we needed to keep it as open ended as possible because we love Jessica and we can’t stand the thought of never seeing her again. So, I think when viewers actually see this, they’ll feel sad — I hope — and maybe a little bit untethered, as will Harvey, but hopeful.”
Given the we see so many departures from shows that feel at times acrimonious / out of character, we’re glad ultimately with the way that this one shook down. We get a good sense that everyone involved was on board with the direction of the story, and we do think that we will see Jessica again at some point, even if it is not for a little while following what we saw in this episode.
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