In Suits‘ “Shake the Trees,” Harvey’s attempt to get Mike out of jail continues — but by the episode’s end, he’s hit a major snag. Plus, Louis tries to plan the perfect date for Tara, only for her to surprise him with a piece of information about her personal life at dinner.
Here are the best quotes from “Shake the Trees.”
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“Santa sure as hell didn’t put that thing under your tree last night.”
Sean: “A copy of Mr. Sutter’s trading program.”
Harvey: “Bullshit. He was in here trying to subpoena this thing last week and now it miraculously falls in his lap?”
Sean: “What are you implying?”
Harvey: “I’m implying I don’t know what you did, but Santa sure as hell didn’t put that thing under your tree last night.”
“Because I am a professional secretary, Louis. I’m not here to help you play hide the Litt with some strumpet.”
Louis: “Last night, I had the most amazing time with Tara. I know you’re both picturing it involved fantastic sex.”
Gretchen: “Nope.”
Donna: “Not a bit.”
Louis: “In any event, Tara and I have a date on Friday night, and I’m hoping it ends with our souls merging as one.”
Gretchen: “And I’m out.”
Louis: “What? Why?”
Gretchen: “Because I am a professional secretary, Louis. I’m not here to help you play hide the Litt with some strumpet.”
“What I think is, if you can’t figure out how to have a simple date with a woman who’s already agreed to go out with you, then maybe you don’t deserve to go out with her in the first place. How’s that for advice?”
– Donna to Louis
“What you don’t know is that I quit 20 minutes before I got arrested. And it was 20 of the most peaceful minutes of my entire life.”
Kevin: “Why are you so interested in my well-being?”
Mike: “Because I’m your friend and I was in your position. And I decided it was better to give it all up than to keep looking over my shoulder waiting for the ax to fall.”
Kevin: “What are you talking about?”
Mike: “You know I was a fraud, right? You know I did it for years. What you don’t know is that I quit 20 minutes before I got arrested. And it was 20 of the most peaceful minutes of my entire life.”
“He finally found someone who cares enough about the truth to help him find her.”
Judge: “You’ve had 12 years to locate the witness.”
Lawyer: “Not to mention that the day the execution is set is the day that their client just happened to suddenly remember the witness in the first place.”
Rachel: “He didn’t suddenly remember. He’s been saying it for 12 years. And he finally found someone who cares enough about the truth to help him find her.”
“Because then he wouldn’t be my guy.”
Rachel: “I don’t understand. Why can’t I use your guy too?”
Jessica: “Because then he wouldn’t be my guy.”
“Because when you do, I’ll owe you one, and if you don’t know it already, that’s like anyone else owing you 50.”
Stu: “Why is it anytime someone from your office comes to me, they’ve always got some kind of comment on my manners?”
Donna: “Maybe that’s a question you should be asking yourself. But I don’t have time to delve into why you’ll never do that because I need you to give Louis Litt access to your entire securities database.”
Stu: “Listen to me, I don’t know who the hell you are, but why exactly am I going to do that for you?”
Donna: “Because when you do, I’ll owe you one, and if you don’t know it already, that’s like anyone else owing you 50.”
“I can see by that look on your face you’re wondering who I am after all. Let me save you the trouble. I’m Donna, and I’m awesome.”
– to Stu
“She just held up a mirror. And the truth is, it never hurts to get a second opinion on how you treat other people.”
Louis: “Hey, Stu. What exactly did Donna say to get you to do all this?”
Stu: “She just held up a mirror. And the truth is, it never hurts to get a second opinion on how you treat other people.”
“If you want to let your father know that you’re not a little girl anymore, then show him you’re not afraid to ask him for a favor.”
Jessica: “I’ll see if there’s someone at the Newark DA’s office who can help us. If not, maybe Harvey knows someone.”
Rachel: “I know someone. My father went to law school with Jim Rogers, the Newark District Attorney.”
Jessica: “And you don’t want to go to your father because you don’t want to ask him for a favor.”
Rachel: “I don’t want him to keep seeing me as some little girl who’s always asking for help with something.”
Jessica: “Rachel, being a lawyer means you have to ask people for help, no matter who they are, which means if you want to let your father know that you’re not a little girl anymore, then show him you’re not afraid to ask him for a favor.”
“Well, I’ll try not to be too outrageous.”
Harvey: “Then I guess the next time you see me, I’m gonna be pretending to be outraged that you hadn’t notified us of your new witness.”
Sean: “And I’ll be pretending to be outraged at whatever bullshit you’re trying to pull.”
Harvey: “Well, I’ll try not to be too outrageous.”
“Tell me the son of a bitch’s name right now and I’m gonna freeze his assets by the end of the week.”
Donna: “The truth is, when you asked me for help, it wasn’t a great morning for me to be thinking about that kind of thing … I’ve been seeing someone for the last few months, and we broke up.”
Louis: “Tell me the son of a bitch’s name right now and I’m gonna freeze his assets by the end of the week.”
“Just because you were the one to break it off with her doesn’t mean that your heart wasn’t still broken.”
Donna: “It was my decision, Louis.”
Louis: “Well then, why were you so upset?”
Donna: “It’s the same thing it was with you and Sheila. Just because you were the one to break it off with her doesn’t mean that your heart wasn’t still broken.”
“People don’t always act rationally when they’re suffering. They look for someone to blame.”
Jessica: “People don’t always act rationally when they’re suffering. They look for someone to blame.”
Rachel: “Yeah, well, he’s blaming me.”
Jessica: “Yes, he is.”
Rachel: “And he’s wrong.”
Jessica: “I know. And that’s an easy thing to understand. But a harder thing to endure.”
Suits season 6 airs Wednesdays at 9pm on USA.
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