Genderbent fic! Donna/Rachel! This episode was a delight. Except I wish, I wish TPTB would stop milking the Rachel/Mike. Have them date (I support them dating!) or don't (I support them as research bros!), but all this ~drama is just really...formulaic and frustrating.

I actually loved the Louis scenes in this one. I NEEDED them. All last season I felt like Louis was just this stock, despicable buffoon character. It was difficult to see why Jessica would keep him on and why Harvey would consider him a worthy adversary (and the show consider him a worthy foil for Harvey Specter) if all he ever did was twirl his moustache and try to steal other people's credit/clients/subs associates.

Especially since...is Louis supposed to be coded as closeted? I know there were some jokes about ex/fake wives in s1, but can't remember whether they were framed in a "Louis is a womanizer no woman will have" or a "Louis has no interest in ~women~" kind of way, and it was making me very unhappy that if so, they were using it as just one more way of making him a stock villain, rather than an actual layered character.

Argh! Feelings! Anyway, YMMV, and wow, s2 has started off with a bang. \o/