Damages

The drama Damages follows Patty Hewes (played by Glenn Close), a ruthless New York lawyer, who will stop at nothing to win a high-stakes legal case. The episodes are often told through the eyes of her new associate Ellen Parsons (played by Rose Byrne).

Fast Facts

1. New episodes: On hiatus
2. Network: FX
3. First aired: July 24, 2007
4. Theme song: "When I Am Through With You" by The VLA
5. Creator: Daniel Zelman
6. Setting: New York, New York
7. Has been renewed for a second season

Cast Information

• Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
• Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons
• Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fisk
• Noah Bean as David Connor
• Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher
• Anastasia Griffith as Katie Connor
• Peter Facinelli as Gregory Malina
• Peter Riegert as George Moore

Reviews

"Yet despite smart dialogue and foreshadowing of conflict, there are doubts as to whether this is just another fictionalized legal show where the behavior is so unethical everybody should be disbarred by episode three."—Variety¹

"If FX doesn't renew this show, I'll be more disappointed than when Showtime canned Huff."—TV Squad²

"Close adds a generous helping of mommy issues, turning the best episodes of this thriller into Freudian nightmares."—Onion A.V. Club³

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