Damages
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Damages

2007 | 5 Seasons | English | Thriller | A

The plot of the English TV Series, Damages, revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer, Patty Hewes and her newest protegee, recent law school graduate, Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complex relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center on the law firm, Hewes & Associates (located in New York City). Later, the seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship, as Ellen attempts to distance herself from Hewes & Associates, professionally and personally.

Cast: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Zeljko Ivanek, Noah Bean, Tate Donovan, Ted Danson, Anastasia Griffith, Marcia Gay Harden, Timothy Olyphant, William Hurt, Campbell Scott, Martin Short, Dylan Baker, John Goodman, Ryan Phillippe, Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, Daniel Zelman

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Season 1 (13 Episodes)

E1 - Get Me a LawyerEpisode 1

E1 - Get Me a Lawyer

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Patty hires Ellen despite Ellen having missed the interview. Ellen is assigned to the Arthur Frobisher case. Frobisher offers a settlement of $100 million, with the help of one of the foremen of the employees, Larry Popler. When the employees reveal that they had earlier decided to accept such an offer, Patty pretends to fire her second-in-command, Tom Shayes, for not having known about it. David proposes to Ellen. David's sister, Katie, reveals to Ellen that her upcoming restaurant is being financed by Frobisher. Ellen wonders if Patty hired her simply because of her relationship with Katie. Patty intimidates Katie, making her believe Frobisher is after her.

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E2 - Jesus, Mary, and Joe CockerEpisode 2

E2 - Jesus, Mary, and Joe Cocker

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At Ellen's birthday party, Katie gifts her a pair of Statue of Liberty bookends. In the light of Katie's appearance as a potential witness, Patty asks her clients to reject the settlement for the moment. Patty asks Katie to give her a complete and accurate account of her time in Florida. Still intimidated by Frobisher's people, and upon Patty's advice, Katie signs a confidentiality agreement with Frobisher. Katie finally admits to Patty that she lied earlier, and confides she had one night stand with Gregory Malina while in Florida. Patty offers Ellen a new apartment.

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E3 - And My Paralyzing Fear of DeathEpisode 3

E3 - And My Paralyzing Fear of Death

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When Patty and Ray Fiske are called by the judge regarding the Frobisher case, Patty is asked to provide a brief, documenting a substantial reason to continue with the litigation, by Friday. Patty receives a hand grenade, which has been mailed to her office. Seeing this as possible death threat, Patty takes a 24-hour protection. Patty has Tom investigate Gregory Malina. Patty's husband, Phil, has an accident, when he finds another hand grenade in his car. Ellen has to skip her engagement party when she gets stuck delivering the brief to the judge. Patty's son, Michael, informs his school counsellor about Patty's dream (in which she is assassinated) as if it were his. Patty has him transferred to a reform academy, when she discovers he planted the grenades.

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E4 - Tastes Like a Ho-HoEpisode 4

E4 - Tastes Like a Ho-Ho

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Katie perjures herself during deposition after Gregory intentionally provides her with incorrect information. Patty, knowing all along that Katie was never a viable witness, lets this happen so that Frobisher will withdraw his settlement offer. Patty also discovers that Gregory owned shares of Frobisher's company in 2002, and sold them on the same day Frobisher sold his. David tries to fend off advances from Lila, his patient's granddaughter. Tom explores alternative job opportunities.

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E5 - A Regular Earl AnthonyEpisode 5

E5 - A Regular Earl Anthony

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Patty's clients, disappointed by Frobisher's withdrawal of his settlement and the discrediting of Katie as a witness, decide to fire Patty and hire Tom as their attorney. Using the clients as leverage, Tom finally succeeds in negotiating a partnership with Patty. Katie reveals that she has been in contact with Gregory Malina after their first encounter in Florida.

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E6 - She Spat at MeEpisode 6

E6 - She Spat at Me

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Ellen contacts Gregory and tries to make him cooperate with the Frobisher case. Gregory tells Ellen that Frobisher's Florida meeting was not with his broker. Frobisher plans to have his biography written in order to clean up his image, but ends up getting drunk and physically assaulting the writer. Lila asks for David's help at her home and steals his keys.

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E7 - We Are Not AnimalsEpisode 7

E7 - We Are Not Animals

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Patty's firm subpoenas Gregory Malina in the Frobisher case. Fiske's failed attempt to cancel the subpoena causes him to advise Gregory to leave the city, and Gregory flees, despite Patty's attempt to convince him to appear at the deposition. Tom and Ellen think Patty suspects that Tom tried to hire Ellen while he was planning to start his own law firm. Patty offers her son Michael emancipation papers when he refuses to come home from reform academy.

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E8 - Blame the VictimEpisode 8

E8 - Blame the Victim

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Patty confronts Larry Popler, one of the client representatives, after she discovers he is leaking information to Frobisher. Larry agrees to help Patty from thereon. Frobisher confirms to Larry that Gregory Malina is still alive. Tom and Ellen meet George Moore, an SEC official involved in Frobisher's investigation. Ellen tries to help her father with an accident case he was involved in.

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E9 - Do You Regret What We Did?Episode 9

E9 - Do You Regret What We Did?

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George Moore provides Ellen with information about Frobisher's past criminal case in order to force Frobisher to settle the class action suit. Gregory visits Katie and explains why he provided her false information

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E10 - Sort of Like a FamilyEpisode 10

E10 - Sort of Like a Family

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After Frobisher quashes Patty's only lead against him ahead of the deposition, Ellen proposes to contact Moore again for further information, but Patty forbids her to do that. Ellen pursues Moore anyway and discovers that he hindered the SEC investigation. Patty fires Ellen for insubordination. Frobisher's wife files for divorce, and Patty uses this against him in the deposition.

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E11 - I Hate These PeopleEpisode 11

E11 - I Hate These People

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Patty offers Ellen her job back. Ellen declines but volunteers to keep helping Patty with the Frobisher case. Lila is back and bringing more havoc into David and Ellen's lives. Patty uses the newly acquired evidence to blackmail Ray Fiske, but offers him an ultimatum.

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E13 - Because I Know PattyEpisode 13

E13 - Because I Know Patty

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As the first season ends, Ellen is cleared of murder charges and Frobisher agrees to settle with his former employees. A surprising flashback reveals why Patty went to the cemetery at David's burial. While Ellen and Katie talk, Hollis Nye plays a role in Ellen's returning to work for Patty.

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Season 2 (13 Episodes)

E1 - I Lied, TooEpisode 1

E1 - I Lied, Too

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Patty is putting efforts into her new charitable foundation when she is approached by Daniel Purcell, a man from her past, who requests her to represent him. Working for two FBI agents now, Ellen encounters Wes Krulik at a group therapy meeting. She also visits Frobisher, who survived the attack on his life and is recovering under strong security. Patty tells Ellen about her still-born daughter Julia. Patty is called to Purcell's home when his wife is found dead.

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E2 - Burn It, Shred It, I Don't CareEpisode 2

E2 - Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care

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Patty takes Purcell's case. He tells her about a toxicity study of a chemical compound he conducted which yielded very negative results, which were suppressed by his firm. Patty initially transfers the infant-mortality case to Tom but then asks him to reject the case to help her in the Purcell case. Ellen tells Wes about her visit to Frobisher, upon which he advises her to stay clear of Frobisher. Wes is revealed to be following the Frobisher case very closely, including David's murder. Patty deliberately leaks information from her office to find out that Ultima National Resources is behind creation of toxic compound.

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E3 - I Knew Your PigEpisode 3

E3 - I Knew Your Pig

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FBI detectives ask Ellen to back off her investigation but she nonetheless decides to find how Purcell and Patty are related in the past. She uncovers that Purcell served as expert witness in two past trials of Patty, the first one seventeen years ago. Patty tells Ellen she had a liaison with Purcell on their first meeting. Ellen correctly deduces that Purcell is father of Patty's son Michael. Patty asks Purcell to undergo polygraph testafter his wife's murder investigation reveals a case of domestic violence. She has Purcell arrested in order to force him toretainher as his lawyer. Ellen gets a call from Katie who would like to meet her and her new boyfriend. In the meantime, two men working for Kendrick raid a reporter in West Virginia(Matthew Davis) who is investigating water toxicity for Purcell and take away his camera and cell phone. A man is shown pawning the ruby ring that belonged to Purcell's wife.

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E4 - Hey! Mr. Pibb!Episode 4

E4 - Hey! Mr. Pibb!

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While Patty works to clear Daniel Purcell of his wife's murder, Ellen and Tom head to West Virginia to gather information in the case against Ultima National Resources. Ellen and Tom locate a reporter that Daniel Purcell was in contact with, and the reporter gives them a sample of the water taken from Ultimas plant. Patty gives the sample to Daniel, who promises to test it and also testify against UNR. At a preliminary hearing, Daniel surprisingly changes his testimony when Patty puts him on the witness stand. Daniel is later revealed to have poured the sample water into the lake after accepting a bribe from Ultima.

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E5 - I Agree, It Wasnt FunnyEpisode 5

E5 - I Agree, It Wasnt Funny

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Ellen returns to Pattys apartment for a party to celebrate Toms tenth anniversary at the firm. Patty and her son Michael argue over the fact that Michael writes about his father, Daniel Purcell, in his college application essay. Ultima announces a proposed merger&amp

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E6 - A Pretty Girl in a LeotardEpisode 6

E6 - A Pretty Girl in a Leotard

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Patty wages a media war against Walter Kendrick, whom she believes to be responsible for Christine Purcell's murder. Kendrick wages war with his lawyer, Claire Maddox, and his sternest advisor Dave (Clarke Peters). Meanwhile, Ellen gets a step closer to tying Frobisher to David's murder.

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E7 - New York SucksEpisode 7

E7 - New York Sucks

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Furious at Patty for the new alliance with Arthur Frobisher, Ellen gives the FBI a new lead that could bring Patty down. In the process, however, loyal Uncle Pete (Tom Aldredge) ends up taking the fall.

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E10 - Uh Oh, Out Come the SkeletonsEpisode 10

E10 - Uh Oh, Out Come the Skeletons

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As Patty ramps up the pressure on UNR, her foes start to crack. Meanwhile, Wes and Ellen's relationship takes a new turn, and the FBI investigation of Patty takes a shocking twist.

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E12 - Look What He Dug Up This TimeEpisode 12

E12 - Look What He Dug Up This Time

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Ellen convinces the FBI to radically change their approach in the investigation. Meanwhile, Daniel Purcell re-enters Patty's life and becomes critical to her case against UNR.

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E13 - Trust MeEpisode 13

E13 - Trust Me

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Patty goes to extremes to win her case against UNR, as Ellen's season long quest for revenge builds to an explosive conclusion. Patty discovers that Ellen has been working with the FBI to build a case against her and she decides to frame Ellen for bribing a judge. The recurring images of Ellen shooting Patty are finally clarified.

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