‘Suits’ Season 7 Spoilers: Dulé Hill Teases Role On The USA Network Series

Dulé Hill revealed that his character in the upcoming Season 7 of “Suits” has burdens of his own.

Hill plays the role of Alex Williams in the new season of the USA Network series. Alex is Harvey’s (Gabriel Macht) longtime friend, who currently works as a senior partner at Pearson Specter Litt’s rival law firm, Bratton Gould. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hill said that “in classic ‘Suits’ form,” Alex “comes with baggage.”

“As that bag starts open, we’ll start to see how it can really disrupt and create havoc within the ‘Suits’ world,” Hill teased. “[Alex] is a brilliant and talented corporate lawyer… but he comes with some strings attached.”

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hill will make his debut appearance as Alex in Season 7, episode 2, which is set to air on Wednesday, July 19. While it’s unclear how Alex will be introduced to the series, Jessica’s (Gina Torres) departure from Pearson Specter Litt and Louis’ (Rick Hoffman) recent breakup with Tara (Carly Pope) will seemingly push Harvey to reach out to Alex for help. It’s hard to tell, however, whether Alex will want something in return for the help he will render.

Plot details about the upcoming installment are being kept under wraps, but series creator Aaron Korsh revealed last March that Season 7, episode 1 will show the ramifications of Louis’ recent heartbreak. “What happened to Louis’ [romantic life] is going to affect his reaction to things in the beginning part of [next] season, certainly the first episode,” Korsh told TVLine at the time. “The notion of Harvey becoming managing partner is not something that Louis would go to the mattresses over, to use the ‘Godfather expression.’ The question is: When Harvey makes specific decisions from the position of managing partner that Louis disagrees with, how’s that going to go?”

During a Q&A with fans on Twitter last May, Korsh revealed that upcoming Season 7 premiere is both “funny” and “serious.”

"@mainglis9 Will Season 7 be more on the humourous or serious side?" I feel like 701 is funny and fun but also serious.
— Aaron Korsh (@akorsh9) May 30, 2017

When asked who’s in the opening scene, Korsh revealed that the first scene of the season features Harvey (Gabriel Macht). He also shared a line from the episode at the request of a fan.