SUITS has been in the headlines in the last couple of years after one of its alumni married into the British Royal Family.
And now it's ninth and final series is due to be released very soon. Here's what we know so far…
What's the Suits season 9 UK release date?
Although we know the ninth season will be premiering across the pond on USA Network on Wednesday July 17, we are yet to have an official UK release date for the new series.
However, if this season follows the pattern of the previous series, fans can expect to be watching the new series by the end of the summer.
Each season of the show usually premieres in either June or July and ends by the spring of the following year.
So if this series of Suits follows suit, it'll be on our screens by the end of July, hopefully!
Who's in the cast?
Good news is we can expect to see most of the cast regulars that we know and love so well.
Including Harvey Specter (played by Gabriel Macht), Donna Paulsen (played by Sarah Rafferty), Louis Litt (played by Rick Hoffman) and Alex Williams (played by Dule Hill.)
And Hollywood star Katherine Heigl will also be reprising her season 8 role of feisty Samantha Wheeler.
Show creator Aaron Korsh put to bed speculations about which original cast members would be rejoining the finale, he told Deadline:
"As of this minute, I don't know which of our old original cast will be back and which won't because we're so early in the season.
"I can tell you that those things in the papers, I have no idea what they're talking about."
He continued: "I have not arranged for millions of dollars to be donated to anything on behalf of anyone, so that I can tell you. But as far as the original people coming back including Jessica (Gina Torres)
"We're so early in the season that we haven't formulated what we want to do, so we can't reach out to people before we know what we want to do."
Will Meghan Markle be in it?
Unfortunately Meghan quit the show after series 7 in 2017 in order to marry Prince Harry.
And now that the Duchess of Sussex is married and just welcomed first child Archie, the creator of Suits, Aaron Korsh, didn't think it's looking likely that Meghan will make a return appearance.
Speaking to Deadline in January, he said: "I would love it, but I think it’s pretty close to zero."
He went on to say that the show is: "Not currently pursuing asking Meghan to leave her position with the royal family and join us."
Adding: "We love her, we wish her well but I don’t think that’s happening."
Why did Meghan Markle leave Suits?
Meghan Markle famously left her role of paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane after the seventh season in order to marry Prince Harry.
When she left the programme, Rachel had just tied the knot with Patrick J. Adams' character Mike Ross in the finale.
The characters of Mike and Rachel left the law firm at the end of the seventh season, and moved to Seattle to enjoy their happy ending.
Show creator and showrunner Aaron Korsh said of the wedding scene: “I think we had to do this. It's something that we owed and had to do.
“Obviously, I'm so happy for Meghan in her personal life and that it landed sort of similarly. It just happens.”
And in a case of art reflecting life, their on-screen nuptials aired in April 2018 just weeks before Meghan's real-life wedding to Harry.
How many episodes will there be in Season 9 and is there a trailer?
Suits enthusiasts aren't going to want to hear this – it's set to be the shortest series ever.
The ninth season will have a mere ten episodes – sex less than the prior seven series.
Though closer to the original series which had just 12 episodes.
You can check out what's in store in the show's official trailer here:
Is this the last series of Suits?
Unfortunately for diehard Suits fans, this will be the last season of the show.
Television executive Chris McCumber released a statement saying: "Suits has played an instrumental role in our network’s DNA for nearly a decade.
“I and everyone at USA Network sincerely thank Aaron Korsh, our partners at UCP and the entire Suits family for their tremendous creativity, devotion and support over a truly amazing run.”
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