If the overall plan was to eventually incorporate other characters from “Suits” into the overall story arc of “Pearson,” the initial seeds were there. Harvey and Louis are both featured over two phone calls and Donna is briefly mentioned as well. Ultimately, Korsh left it up to Arkin as the executive producer of “Pearson” to decide how much overlap the two shows should have right out of the gate. Korsch told TV Guide the following:
“I would leave it to (Arkin) to kind of decide what he wants to do moving forward, but I could see any one of these characters either temporarily. Permanently might be a little bit more difficult, that’s from my point of view. If he wanted to do what I would support it.”
For fans of the later seasons in “Suits,” there was also a chance that Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce) and Katrina Bennett (Amanda Schull) could have made appearances, given their sordid history with Jessica. Another addition could have added some much-needed fireworks to the struggling spinoff, with Korsch adding a little wishful thinking:
“I would think it would be interesting to see Samantha Wheeler go over there, because I’d love to see a scene between Samantha and Jessica. I just think it would be great.”
Played by Katherine Heigl, Samantha Wheeler was a merciless lawyer serving as Zane’s top adviser at the competing law firm of Rand, Kaldor & Zane. Seeing Jessica and Samantha sparring again in “Pearson” may have been the spark the show needed.
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