Set in New York's world of high stakes litigation, Damages follows the lives of Patty Hewes, the nation's most revered and most reviled litigator, and her bright, ambitious protégée Ellen Parsons as they become embroiled in a class action lawsuit targeting Arthur Frobisher, one of the country's wealthiest CEOs. As Patty battles Frobisher and his attorney, Ellen learns what it takes to win at all costs -- and that lives, not just fortunes, are at stake.The series premiered on July 24, 2007 on FX and aired for three seasons before moving to the DirecTV channel Audience Network in 2010, airing for two further seasons, and concluding in 2012.
Hot-shot, high-stakes, New York City attorney Patty Hewes hires a new associate, the bright, ambitious, but somewhat naive Ellen Parsons, to help her as she tries to ruin billionaire Arthur Frobisher. Hewes represents a group of employees who are suing Frobisher in a class-action suit after he sold his company, leaving the employees financially devastated. Ellen is unaware that her best friend, Katie Connor, and the younger sister of her fiancé David, is working for Frobisher who is financing her new restaurant opening. Flashing forward eight weeks in the future: a man is found murdered, and Ellen, wandering the streets covered in blood, becomes the prime suspect.
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s01e02Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker2007-08-0101:00⌄
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Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker
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2007-08-01 ·
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After Katie is prepped to testify in the case against Frobisher, Patty suspects she's withholding key information that could undermine her credibility on the witness stand.
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s01e03And My Paralyzing Fear of Death2007-08-0801:00⌄
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And My Paralyzing Fear of Death
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2007-08-08 ·
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As a bomb threat puts Patty and her family on edge, Ellen's loyalty to the firm is tested when she must choose between delivering a brief to an important judge and attending her own engagement party.
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s01e04Tastes Like a Ho-Ho2007-08-1501:00⌄
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Tastes Like a Ho-Ho
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2007-08-15 ·
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Though sure that she's ready to help nail Frobisher, Katie sees that she's been used after the accuracy of her deposition is called into question.
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s01e05A Regular Earl Anthony2007-08-2201:00⌄
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A Regular Earl Anthony
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2007-08-22 ·
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As Tom faces a decision between a lucrative partnership at a big firm and taking over the Frobisher lawsuit, Ellen and David's long hours at work jeopardize their relationship.
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s01e06She Spat at Me2007-09-0501:00⌄
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She Spat at Me
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2007-09-05 ·
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With the case pushing Ellen and David's relationship to a breaking point, Gregory Malina comes under increasing pressure to testify.
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s01e07We Are Not Animals2007-09-1201:00⌄
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We Are Not Animals
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2007-09-12 ·
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As Fiske works to keep Gregory Malina from being deposed, Patty sows seeds of doubt between Tom and Ellen while working to get her son to come home from a reform academy.
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s01e08Blame the Victim2007-09-1901:00⌄
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Blame the Victim
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2007-09-19 ·
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As Patty tries to contain the damage caused by Gregory Malina's sudden disappearance and an insider who's leaking privileged information to Frobisher, Ellen's attentions are diverted by her own father's pending legal troubles.
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s01e09Do You Regret What We Did?2007-09-2601:00⌄
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Do You Regret What We Did?
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2007-09-26 ·
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As the Executive looks to force a settlement by providing Patty's team some critical information, Gregory Malina emerges from hiding to apologize to Katie and testify against Frobisher.
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s01e10Sort of Like a Family2007-10-0301:00⌄
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Sort of Like a Family
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2007-10-03 ·
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Patty Hewes and Frobisher prepare for his deposition but he beats her to the punch by holding a press conference and telling all about the car accident he had 25 years ago. Patty tells Tom that Ellen is only useful to them as long as Gregory Malina is alive. When she learns he is dead she tells Ellen she is off the Frobisher case. When Ellen ignores Patty's direct orders not to contact George Moore, she finds herself out of a job. In the flash forward, Tom is still unable to locate Patty and Ellen tells him the identity of the person who tried to have her killed.
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s01e11I Hate These People2007-10-1001:00⌄
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I Hate These People
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2007-10-10 ·
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Though she refuses Patty's offer to come back to work, Ellen does agree to return to press Moore for more information that could help nail Frobisher.
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s01e12There's No 'We' Anymore2007-10-1701:00⌄
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There's No 'We' Anymore
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2007-10-17 ·
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Ray Fiske's suicide prompts Frobisher to unleash everything he has in order to gain control of evidence that could undermine him in court.
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s01e13Because I Know Patty2007-10-2401:00⌄
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Because I Know Patty
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2007-10-24 ·
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As Ellen uses the Malina videotape to fight the charges that she killed her fiance, Patty engineers a confrontation with Frobisher that brings the lawsuit to a dramatic conclusion.
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