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Damages |
| Air Date : Jul. 24, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Details : Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée 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 complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes And Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes And Associates and begins an independent career. |
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Executive Producer : Mark A. Baker | |
| The first season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on July 24 2007 and concluded on October 23 2007. It consisted of thirteen episodes. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler along with Daniel Zelman each of whom served as executive producers and contributed seven scripts for the season including the premiere and the finale. Most of the season follows two different timelines. The primary timeline begins with Ellen Parsons' recruitment by Patty Hewes to Hewes And Associates and follows proceedings of a class action lawsuit against Arthur Frobisher by his former employees whom Patty represents. The initial episodes follow Patty's attempts to capture potential witness Gregory Malina through Katie Connor. The arc further details Malina's involvement with Frobisher's lawyer Ray Fiske and the pressure Patty brings to bear on Fiske on Malina's subsequent death. The narrative includes multiple flashforwards of the alternative timeline set approximately six months after Ellen's appointment until both timelines converge in the penultimate episode of the season. The alternative timeline details the attack on Ellen her arrest for the murder of her fiancé David Connor and the subsequent murder investigation. |
| The second season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on January 7 2009 and concluded on April 1 2009. It consisted of thirteen episodes bringing the series total to 26. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler along with Daniel Zelman each of whom served as executive producers and contributed seven scripts for the season including the premiere and the finale. The second season like the first follows two different timelines. The primary timeline follows Patty Ellen and Tom as the firm goes up against an energy company who have engaged in unethical practices. A former lover of Patty's Daniel Purcell brings the matter to her attention but then inexplicably backs out leaving Patty up against UNR CEO Walter Kendrick and his fierce lawyer Claire Maddox. Meanwhile Ellen works with the FBI to bring down Patty while also seeking revenge on Arthur Frobisher for his presumed role in her fiance's death. Ellen is unaware that Patty is suspicious of her and that Frobisher's criminal connections appear to extend to her new friend Wes. A second timeline takes place six months later when Ellen meets with an unknown person in a hotel room and subsequently appears to shoot them. |
| The third season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on January 25 2010 and concluded on April 19 2010. It consisted of thirteen episodes bringing the series total to 39. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler along with Daniel Zelman each of whom served as executive producers and contributed four scripts for the season including the premiere and the finale. The season picks up one year after the events of season two. Louis Tobin patriarch of the famously wealthy Tobin family has just confessed to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in Wall Street history and the U.S. Government has assigned Patty Hewes and Tom Shayes to find the Tobins' hidden money and uncover any evidence that other Tobin family members had prior knowledge of the fraud. Ellen Parsons has taken a job at the District Attorney's office but as the story unfolds she finds herself being pulled further and further back into Patty's orbit. Tom meanwhile learns that he unwittingly invested with Louis Tobin and has lost 70% of his net worth. He struggles to keep his personal issues from interfering with the case and with keeping his secret from Patty. |
| The fourth season of the legal drama series Damages premiered on the Audience Network an entertainment channel owned by DirecTV on July 13 2011 and concluded on September 14 2011. The season featured 10 episodes bringing the series total to 49. The fourth season takes place two years after the Tobin case. Ellen has moved on with her life. Now an attorney at her old mentor's firm she's content with her cases and colleagues. Deep down however she wants a bigger challenge. When she discovers her friend has been through a traumatic experience while working for High Star a private security firm hired by the U.S. government to carry out special missions in Afghanistan she suspects foul play and asks Patty for help. Patty knows that trying a case against High Star can make Ellen's career. Or ruin it. It was inspired by recent events and controversies surrounding Blackwater Security Consulting. |
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