Suits Boss Talks Premiere's 'Darvey' Realization: 'The Story Is Not Over'

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8 years ago

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Wednesday’s Suits premiere.

Was Donna and Harvey’s kiss just a kiss, or the beginning of something more? According to Suits executive producer Aaron Korsh, it was both.

TVLINE | The kiss cliffhanger played out with Donna and Harvey realizing that they didn’t have any romantic feelings for each other. Are they being completely honest with each other and with themselves?
Probably not to some degree. The Harvey and Donna story, obviously, is not over after Episode 11. The push and the pull that they have with each other, no matter where it ends, is not finished. It’s not finished in the long run, and it’s definitely not finished for these back six [episodes].

Harvey has very strong feelings about infidelity and things like that. What Donna did, it touched on that, and even if he had feelings for her, it just messed him up. It probably would’ve been different if she’d have said to him, “Harvey, do we have feelings for each other? Should you break up with Paula, I want to say that.” I don’t think she could’ve done that. I think she tried that before, so the kiss is what she had to do for herself. But because it was an actual crossing of a physical boundary, and Harvey is who he is, it messed him up vis-à-vis his relationship with Paula. It didn’t allow for him to necessarily access what he’s really feeling.

TVLINE | Why hasn’t Harvey told Paula the whole truth about his past with Donna until now?
Because he’s not a fully evolved, emotional human being. [Laughs] He’s afraid to reveal the whole truth. One way you could look at it is that he knows he has feelings for Donna, and he knows if he tells the full story to Paula, they’re done. And he doesn’t even want to admit that to himself. You could also look at it like he thinks that if he tells Paula all these things after what Donna did, that it’s just going to mess up his relationship with Paula, and he doesn’t want that to happen so he’s not telling her [to] protect his relationship with Paula. The problem with that is: When you keep secrets that are boring a hole in your brain from the person that you’re in a relationship with, it’s going to take its toll in a different form or fashion. So he’s in a pickle. Usually, the way out of a pickle when you’re in a relationship is honesty and forthcomingness, but that’s not always easy to do.