Skip to content

Top Navigation

EW.com EW.com
    • All TV
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Reunions
    • Recaps
    • What to Watch
    • Winter TV
    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Family
    • Horror
    • Reality
    • Sci-fi
    • Thriller
    • All Movies
    • Movie Reviews
    • Trailers
    • Film Festivals
    • Movie Reunions
    • Movie Previews
    • All Music
    • Music Reviews
    • All What to Watch
    • What to Watch Podcast Episodes
    • TV Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • All BINGE
    • EW's Binge Podcast Episodes
    • Recaps
    • Survivor
    • This is Us
    • RuPaul's Drag Race
    • Stranger Things
    • The Boys
    • The Blacklist
    • The Walking Dead
    • Better Call Saul
    • All The Awardist
    • The Awardist Podcast Episodes
    • Oscars
    • Emmys
    • Golden Globes
    • SAG Awards
    • Grammys
    • Tony Awards
    • All Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Author Interviews
    • All Theater
    • Theater Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • Gaming
    • All Events
    • Comic-Con
  • Celebrity
  • Streaming

Profile Menu

Your Profile

Account

  • Join Now
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletter
  • Manage Your Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Give a Gift Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Logout
Login
Subscribe

Explore EW.com

EW.com EW.com
  • Explore

    Explore

    • A guide to The Last of Us Easter eggs

      A guide to The Last of Us Easter eggs

      From the Uncharted lighter to the giraffe plushie. Read More
    • 2023 Oscars predictions: See who will win at the 95th Academy Awards

      2023 Oscars predictions: See who will win at the 95th Academy Awards

      From Brendan Fraser and Angela Bassett to a potential upset in Best Actress, see who EW thinks will win at the 2023 Oscars. Read More
    • Meet the cast of Survivor 44

      Meet the cast of Survivor 44

      Here are the 18 contestants who will be vying for $1 million. Read More
  • TV

    TV

    See All TV
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Reunions
    • Recaps
    • What to Watch
    • Winter TV
    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Family
    • Horror
    • Reality
    • Sci-fi
    • Thriller
  • Movies

    Movies

    See All Movies
    • Movie Reviews
    • Trailers
    • Film Festivals
    • Movie Reunions
    • Movie Previews
  • Music

    Music

    See All Music
    • Music Reviews
  • What to Watch

    What to Watch

    See All What to Watch
    • What to Watch Podcast Episodes
    • TV Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
  • BINGE

    BINGE

    See All BINGE
    • EW's Binge Podcast Episodes
    • Recaps
    • Survivor
    • This is Us
    • RuPaul's Drag Race
    • Stranger Things
    • The Boys
    • The Blacklist
    • The Walking Dead
    • Better Call Saul
  • The Awardist

    The Awardist

    See All The Awardist
    • The Awardist Podcast Episodes
    • Oscars
    • Emmys
    • Golden Globes
    • SAG Awards
    • Grammys
    • Tony Awards
  • Books

    Books

    See All Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Author Interviews
  • Theater

    Theater

    See All Theater
    • Theater Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • Gaming
  • Events

    Events

    See All Events
    • Comic-Con
  • Celebrity
  • Streaming

Profile Menu

Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
Your Profile

Account

  • Join Now
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletter
  • Manage Your Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Give a Gift Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Logout
Login
Sweepstakes

Follow Us

  1. Home
  2. TV
  3. Suits' Meghan Markle & Patrick J. Adams film Mike & Rachel's wedding (See the dress!)

Suits' Meghan Markle & Patrick J. Adams film Mike & Rachel's wedding (See the dress!)

Meghan Markle is set to marry Prince Harry on May 19, but before she bids her series farewell, she'll head down the aisle with Patrick J. Adams in the season 7 finale of 'Suits'
ZvF4pJa8_400x400
By Chancellor Agard March 29, 2018 at 07:30 PM EDT
Skip gallery slides
FB

1 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

A well-suited wedding

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

For most TV shows, losing two original cast members would be a series-ending crisis. But for Suits, the prospect of saying adieu to stars Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle at the end of season 7 presented the long-running legal drama with the perfect opportunity to pull the trigger on something that's been in the making since former fake lawyer Mike Ross (Adams) told then paralegal Rachel Zane (Markle) he loved her in the show's pilot. Yes, we're talking about a wedding!

EW has your exclusive first look at Mike and Rachel's nuptials, which will play out over the USA drama's two-hour season 7 finale (airing April 25 at 9 p.m.). Click through to find out more about Adams and Markle's big farewell.

1 of 9

Advertisement
Advertisement

2 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Mike (Patrick J. Adams) and Rachel (Meghan Markle)

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

With Adams and Markle leaving the series at the end of season 7, it was finally time for Mike and Rachel to get their fairy-tale ending.

"I was pretty happy with that because I know we do a lot of bittersweet things on the show, and it just felt good to give them a really good send-off," series creator Aaron Korsh tells EW.

Gabriel Macht, who plays Harvey Specter, adds: "I think Aaron and the writing staff really did a great job with creating this idea of we're going to finish this romantic story with the most celebratory moment in their lives thus far."

2 of 9

3 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Mike and Rachel 

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

The wedding also serves as a reward for fans who have followed their characters' romance for almost seven years. Mike and Rachel have been engaged since season 4 and almost got married in season 5, but they decided to postpone the wedding until after Mike's release from jail. However, Mike's been free (and a bona fide lawyer!) for a while now and there's been little movement toward their big day.

"We've been putting this damn thing off for a while within the show, and we knew it and we wanted to get to it," says Korsh. "Things always seemed to supersede it, which I think sometimes happens in real life when two people want to get married."

In the finale, an unexpected twist forces the wedding to become a priority for Mike and Rachel.

3 of 9

Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

4 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and Mike

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

While the wedding is all about Mike and Rachel, Adams' departure also means the end of Suits' central bromance between Mike and Harvey, the maverick lawyer who hired him — a fact that Adams and Macht were not going to let get lost among the flowers and cake. On the day of production, the actors pitched the idea of adding a classic improvised Mike-Harvey banter scene before the ceremony, which ended up making the cut.

"We didn't want it to be so saccharine and just too sentimental," says Macht, explaining the genesis of the moment. "The way these guys would deal with each other would be to give it to each other right before Mike walks down the aisle."

4 of 9

Advertisement

5 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Harvey and Donna (Sarah Rafferty)

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

"I remember the way it was written there was a nod to Mike and Rachel's union, but there was also sort of this nod to the best man and maid of honor moving forward," says Macht. "There’s a bit of mystery with that moment…. It's so enigmatic, and just the idea that they would be walking down the aisle together, it just seemed like a metaphor for moving forward. Is this where these two are going to end up? Who knows! We don't know until we get the script."

5 of 9

6 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Donna and Mike 

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

"I was totally moved and I felt like the whole sequence does a really good job," says Korsh. "I'm moved to tears [watching it], and then later I have a lot of joy but I also have sadness that these people are leaving."

6 of 9

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

7 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Harvey

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

Korsh was blown away by how well everything came together. "When I walked in the room, I was like, 'This is unbelievable.' It was just amazing and magical. And there were all these people walking around in tuxedos. It was amazing," he says.

7 of 9

Advertisement
Advertisement

8 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Harvey and Donna 

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

It seem as though Donna and Harvey have definitely moved past that post-kiss awkwardness (if the ending of the midseason finale didn't make that clear enough).

8 of 9

Advertisement

9 of 9

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Robert (Wendell Pierce) and Laura Zane (Megan Gallagher)

Suits - Season 7
Credit: Ian Watson/USA Network

In addition to Rachel's parents, you can expect to see a few more familiar faces at the ceremony.

9 of 9

Advertisement
Advertisement
Replay gallery

Share the Gallery

Pinterest Facebook

Up Next

  • By Chancellor Agard @chancelloragard

    Share the Gallery

    Pinterest Facebook
    Trending Videos
    Advertisement
    Skip slide summaries

    Everything in This Slideshow

    Advertisement

    View All

    1 of 9 A well-suited wedding
    2 of 9 Mike (Patrick J. Adams) and Rachel (Meghan Markle)
    3 of 9 Mike and Rachel 
    4 of 9 Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and Mike
    5 of 9 Harvey and Donna (Sarah Rafferty)
    6 of 9 Donna and Mike 
    7 of 9 Harvey
    8 of 9 Harvey and Donna 
    9 of 9 Robert (Wendell Pierce) and Laura Zane (Megan Gallagher)

    Share & More

    Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message
    EW.com

    Magazines & More

    Learn More

    • Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
    • Advertise this link opens in a new tab
    • Content Licensing this link opens in a new tab
    • Accolades this link opens in a new tab

    Connect

    Subscribe to Our Newsletter
    Meredith© Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Privacy Policythis link opens in a new tab Terms of Servicethis link opens in a new tab Ad Choicesthis link opens in a new tab California Do Not Sellthis link opens a modal window Web Accessibilitythis link opens in a new tab
    © Copyright EW.com. All rights reserved. Printed from https://ew.com

    View image

    Suits' Meghan Markle & Patrick J. Adams film Mike & Rachel's wedding (See the dress!)
    this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.