Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Suits LA Episode 7.With Lester's () trial wrapped up on , it's time for Ted () to focus on the future. Of course, since this is Ted, that actually means doing a victory lap first. The celebrations are unfortunately cut short when he finds out his client, , played by the actor himself, has died. (The real-life actor passed away in August of last year, when Suits LA was in production.) Ted joins up with Rick () for some memorial drinks and hatches .

As Ted and Rick bond, Stuart () finds himself defending a Hollywood fixer by the name of David Bowie (). No, he's not that David Bowie, and yes, that joke is made as soon as he is brought up in the Railsback Lane staff meeting. Unfortunately for Stuart, this David Bowie is less interested in helping him build a defense and more interested in getting Samantha () to publicly save his reputation. Elsewhere, Erica () plots to keep Kevin () in Los Angeles, and Leah () faces a career crossroads. Meanwhile, in the past timeline, .

Ted and Rick come up with the stellar idea to get John Amos a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after a half-dozen Old Fashioneds at the iconic Musso and Frank Grill. The drinks also lead to a hilariously drunk Rick teasing his former mentor and . The audience is teased by a mysterious drunken request Rick makes to Erica, but first, he and Ted have to secure that star.

after Ted exploded on the Walk of Fame rep () after he admitted he'd never seen . Rick is able to pull the negotiations back from the brink and get John on the list for a star, but that doesn't stop Ted from exploding on him as well. Another flashback helps Ted realize that . He calls Rick to apologize, and the former colleagues are able to patch things up. They had their moments to remember John by watching one of his most famous episodes of Good Times (the request to Erica); Ted watches with Kevin while Erica joins Rick at his office, and Suits LA pays tribute to their famous castmate.

Lester's trial concluding also means that , though Ted leaves the door open for his return any time he wants. Before Kevin packs his bags, Erica asks for his help in tracking down an old friend of her mother's for the older woman's upcoming birthday. It takes Kevin only a few hours to find the missing friend, and the case leads him to meet Erica's mother, played by. The two hit it off immediately, and Anita tells Erica during their pre-birthday dinner that she could tell Kevin is still mourning his dead wife and needs something to liven him back up again.

Erica decides that giving Kevin a push to stay in LA is exactly what both of them need. However, Kevin can't leave New York because he's still running the investigation firm that his deceased father had left him. Said firm saved him after he got kicked out of the FBI (), and he couldn't give it up yet. Is this the last we'll see of Kevin? Probably not. But it does seem like he's saying farewell for now.

Stuart takes his potential new client's request to Samantha, who promptly tells him to shove it. She doesn't get her hands dirty with criminals. by pointing out that Samantha is no better than Ted with her self-righteousness. If she isn't willing to say three sentences into a microphone to help one of his clients when both of their names were on the wall, then he doesn't understand why he sold out Ted to join forces with her.

Samantha takes what Stuart said to heart, but she doesn't back down. After a pep talk from Ted, , but she won't make a public statement — and she won't take responsibility for the chip on Stuart's shoulder about his chosen line of work. It turned out that all Stuart needed was the offer for her to back him up.

Leah has things of her own to celebrate in this episode, especially after landing her first client, Tina (), from the second episode. After reading Tina's new script, Leah determines that she could write a better one and asks Rosalind () for a sabbatical to try it. Rosalind comes in harsh and says that Leah needs to figure out what she actually wants to do with her life — but she also gives her two days to think about it. The junior lawyer takes her already-completed spec scripts to Rick under the guise that she is trying to get a potential new client representation because Ted's firm has a conflict. Rick offers some brutal feedback after he takes a look at the scripts, not knowing they were Leah's, and says that her client/friend should stick to giving feedback because it isn't the same as being a talented writer.

Props to Leah for being able to hear what Rick was saying without letting it destroy her. She may not be the writer she dreamed of being, but . She has Tina sign a letter of engagement and tells her how to get her script to the next level. That's not typically what an entertainment lawyer is for, but Leah embraces her talents and makes a stand for the kind of influential lawyer that she wants to be.

It's time for another tense father-son interaction in the 2010 storyline. Ted's father () comes back to his son for help after receiving a targeting letter from the U.S. Attorney's office. Pellegrini () discovers that Ted's dad had done something illegal and used it to extort him into offering Ted that job in the pilot. When Ted didn't take the bait, Pellegrini handed Ted's dad over to the feds. Now, .

Ted's alternative plan is to have his father testify against Pellegrini. It would allow Ted to get him immunity, help the Pellegrini case, and save Ted's career. The drawback is that it will put Ted's father right in Pellegrini's crosshairs, and we've seen multiple people suffer horrific fates for turning on the mobster. He refuses to take the stand because he's scared, which means Ted's case is weakened and he'll be forced to leave the U.S. Attorney's office once the Pellegrini trial concludes. , and there are still many unanswered questions about how all of this will lead to Eddie's () death and Ted leaving for Los Angeles to sign and as clients.

Suits LA continues Sundays at 9 PM on NBC. Episodes are available the next day on Peacock.