The 9 Best Darvey Episodes of ‘Suits’ (PHOTOS)
1. Harvey Specter & Donna Paulsen
Obviously, we’d be taken to litigation if these two didn’t top the list, but it’s an easy win. Even though Harvey may have thought he was the alpha when it came to slick legalese and perfectly tailored togs, Suits fans know that behind this best-dressed and emotionally messy man was an even greater woman. And it was Donna all along. Starting off as Harvey’s legal secretary and impressing her way to the top as COO of Specter Litt Wheeler Williams, the two eventually tied the knot in the series finale. The brainy powerhouse brought so much g.d. chemistry to the table from the get-go that fans were in a frenzy to see #Darvey pair up starting with the pilot.
“I have always felt that we should wait as long as possible to put them together,” Macht told us back in 2019 after they finally hooked up in the Season 8 finale. Totally worth it. Following years of near-misses, can-opener in-jokes, and other lovers, Harvey—shook by managing partner Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce) sacrificing his own career to keep them from going to prison for breaking client confidentiality—showed up at Donna’s door a different man.
Finally ready to face the reality of what he could have lost, Harvey was no longer able to deny that his former longtime executive assistant (whom he slept with once in 2003, during a brief interlude when they weren’t colleagues) was his forever person. In a silent, sexy move, she led him into her apartment and it was HOT. “We talked a lot about the moment when he came to the door,” Rafferty recalled with the same frank, Brené Brown–ish wisdom we’ve come to expect from her witty alter ego. “And we decided that it would be wordless. Harvey comes to the door, she sees in his face that he has changed—like he’s different than he has ever been—and that is why she [pulls] him in.”
Grabbed us too, and they still haven’t let us go.
“The Other Time” (Season 3, Episode 6)
The flashbacks alone are enough to make this a must-see for any Darvey fan, especially considering what happened between them (it involved whipped cream) when they thought they wouldn’t be working together again.
“Intent” (Season 4, Episode 15)
Their conversation, full of apologies and that very important L word, is one of the most memorable ones between them of the series.
“Not Just a Pretty Face” (Season 4, Episode 16)
It’s another episode that offers fans a chance to revisit Harvey and Donna’s past, including their first meeting.
“Blowback” (Season 5, Episode 11)
Donna returned to Harvey after leaving him to work for Louis at the beginning of the season because only she could help him with Mike’s case.
“Home to Roost” (Season 7, Episode 6)
It’s one of those episodes that addressed Harvey and Donna’s complicated feelings for one another; in this case, hers after he told her he was seeing Paula. It was one of the few times she didn’t see something coming.
“Donna” (Season 7, Episode 10)
What better way to figure out if you have feelings for someone than with a kiss? And what crueler way to end a midseason finale than with said kiss? At least now, you can immediately see what happens next with …
“Hard Truths” (Season 7, Episode 11)
There might not have been a happy ending for Harvey and Donna after the kiss, but this episode did include the much-needed fallout of her move.
“Peas in a Pod” (Season 8, Episode 14)
It might have been a brief moment, but Harvey finding out about Thomas was one of the key moments that led to the ending of the finale.
“Harvey” (Season 8, Episode 16)
That last scene. Finally. Enough said.
(If that’s not, then Harvey finally realized what everyone had been telling him for years — how much Donna means to him — and did something about it.)
The ninth and final season of Suits is almost upon us, and Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and Donna (Sarah Rafferty) are finally together.
But before we tune in to see what the show and the characters are like now that they’re a couple, let’s take a look back at some key episodes over the first eight seasons that led up to that big finale moment in February, from flashbacks to important conversations.
Click through the gallery above to see TV Insider’s picks for the best Darvey episodes over the years.
Suits, Ninth and Final Season Premiere, Wednesday, July 17, 9/8c, USA
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