Michael Ross(Patrick J. Adams) did not have much going on his life after his admission from Harvard was rescinded because of something that his best friend did in college. He was living in his best friend’s apartment in New York City, while he made some money by taking the bar exam for people, and occasionally making some drug runs for his best friend who was a dealer for some extra cash. But when one of the drug runs goes wrong he someone how manages to sneak his way into an interview for an associate job for one of the top law firms in NYC. But the first thing that happens when he walks into the interview is that the marijuana from his briefcase all falls out onto the floor. Instead of snitching on Mike right away Harvey Specter(Gabriel Macht) a partner at the law firm hears him out and is quite impressed by his photographic memory and even hires him. I don’t know what is going on in Harvey’s head because he said he wanted a special candidate but no one thought he would go with someone who is not a lawyer rather someone who never even graduated college.

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Mike joins Pearson Hardmen one of the most elite corporate law firms in NYC and has to find a way to make everyone believe that he graduated from Harvard and on top of that make them believe that he was an actual lawyer. Mike impresses everyone as he is able to retain so much information so when it comes to finding a precedent for a case Mike is the one that any of the partners at the firm would want to go to for help because he is always able to come through for them.

Since Mikes’s secret is so big it becomes increasingly difficult for the firm to keep the secret in as more and more people either figure out his situation or have to be told about his situation. One of the toughest people that they had to keep the secret from was Louis Litt(Rick Hoffman) a stubby short-tempered lawyer who is always sticking his nose where it shouldn’t be. When he finds out about Mikes’s secret he uses it to get his name on the name of the firm. Many relationships in the show are torn apart because of the Mikes secret which could potentially ruin many lives if it got out.

Mike Ross and Harvey Specter

It is quite crazy to believe that someone with a photographic memory and a good heart is able to become an amazing lawyer. Any lawyer that comes across Mike Ross can tell how amazing of a person he is, and even see his special gift to be a lawyer.