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Suits LA is nearly here!

In the upcoming series, Stephen Amell stars as “Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York, has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles,” according to an official synopsis. 

“His firm is at a crisis point, and in order to survive he must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career,” the description continues. “Ted is surrounded by a stellar group of characters who test their loyalties to both Ted and each other while they can’t help but mix their personal and professional lives. All of this is going on while events from years ago slowly unravel that led Ted to leave behind everything and everyone he loved.”

In the new trailer for the highly-anticipated series, Ted wastes no time getting down to business as he offers a new contract to potential client Dylan Pryor (Victoria Justice). 

“You don’t represent me. I need someone with confidence. And you just seem a little sheepish to me,” she counters but Ted still claims he’s “the best attorney in the country.”

Meanwhile, Rick Dodsen (Bryan Greenberg) informs his coworker Erica Rollins (Lex Scott Davis) that “Ted is making you and me co-heads of entertainment.” 

“Come again?” Erica responds before indicating that she will come out on top and he replies, “You being on top of me. That’s a fantasy, it’s never gonna happen.”

“We’ll see about that Ricky,” she teases.

Ted then admits “it’s different out here” in Los Angeles, adding, “People lie. They cheat. They do whatever they can to win.” 

The trailer concludes by teasing the connection between Ted and Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) from the original series. The men are seen together in a throwback photo.

“I never liked him,” Kevin (Troy Winbush) tells Ted. “The only person I knew cockier than you.”

“That’s exactly why I liked him,” he replies.

Macht, 53, is set to reprise his role for a three-episode appearance in the reboot. The actor shared a video of his outfit — a dress shirt with the initials “H.S.” stitched into it and shoes with the name “Harvey” printed on the soles — on Instagram on Nov. 20.

“When an old friend is in need… it’s time to take care of things and make those very ‘things’ right,” he captioned the post.

Amell, 43, teased the connection between the characters in an interview with Entertainment Weekly last month.

“You’ll notice behind my desk that there’s a picture of a young Ted Black with what can only be a young Harvey Specter [Gabriel Macht], so there’s clearly a history between the characters,” he shared.

“We came up together in the D.A.’s office. So if I was going to have anyone [from the original cast] come back, I would want it to be Gabriel,” he continued. “I would really hope that that happens, because I am very much a fan of his character and I think that that dynamic would be something that the viewers would really enjoy.”

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Suits LA premieres Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.