As Ellen finds out that Patty has received the Prince Field information, she tells the new judge and Patty is forced to give Ellen the information. This gives Patty no leverage on the case. When questioning Naomi's daughter Patty finds out that Naomi and McClaren possibly had a sexual relationship, and so Patty goes to the media and accuses McClaren of rape.
This results in both Ellen and Patty being given a gag order. Soon after, McClaren offers Naomi's daughter a settlement and she wants to take it. Yet, Ellen and Patty team up to give false evidence so that the settlement isn't took and the case continues. As Ellen and Patty are both given time to ask questions to a doctor but would have to travel to him.
Once the interview is over, Ellen finds out that her flight is cancelled and so Patty invites her onto her private flight, which has been delayed. While waiting in the airport, Ellen and Patty discuss the attempted murder of Ellen and the confession that Patty made.
However, Patty says that the accusation was false and that the confession was a lie because she was at gunpoint. Rutger Simon is revealed as to be the one who intentionally leaked Naomi Walling's personal e-mails, hoping to implicate McClaren as the leaker so he can be take control of the McClarentruth.
Simon convinces Patty Hewes to become an investor in the site when he takes over in exchange for his testimony against Channing McClaren, Helmut Torben, and Bennett Herreshoff. Patty subsequently informs Ellen of her intention to call Simon as a witness for the Plaintiff. In a meeting with Torben and Herreshoff, Simon informs them that he intends to testify against Channing McClaren, and promises not to implicate either of them in in his testimony. After booking an emergency flight out of the country to Dublin, Simon is killed by hitmen hired by Herreshoff and Torben.
On the day of the trial, shortly before opening arguments, Patty Hewes is informed that Simon has left the country. Because Simon was Patty's only valuable witness she drops the lawsuit. Later on Patty suggests that she intentionally gave Ellen her witness list early to see how Ellen handled the information.
Patty knew Ellen would share the information with Torben, who would have Simon killed, thus proving in Patty's eyes that Ellen would not be who she was without her. Attention then turns to the custody case, and Ellen has the blood, which was on the card she had with her the day she was attacked, tested to find the identity of Patrick the murderer.
Ellen hires a man to track and find him. She offers Patrick immunity if he was to testify against Patty. He agrees.
The story has now caught up to the future shown in the premiere and Ellen is shown walking to her office through the ally. The scene then cuts to Patrick and the spy in Ellen's office, saying how Ellen is two hours late. They ring up the detectives and have Patty arrested.
As the two men search the roof, they discover Ellen unconscious in the ally below. As they seem to run down to help her, only one does as Patrick goes back to the office to find Michael who has just arrived. As Ellen is being brought too, a scan picture is found in her bag, revealing she is pregnant. Once awake, Ellen goes back to her office to find Michael dead, having being shot by Patrick. Patty is told about this in a mimed scene.
At the end of the series finale, the final scene takes place 'a few years from now' showing Patty entering a shop to find Ellen and her daughter. In her limo, Patty has a vision of Ellen coming to thank her for everything she has done. Instead, Ellen walks away, telling her daughter that she knew "that woman" back when she was a lawyer. Ellen walks with her daughter and tells her that they're going to visit her dad at the VA the Department of Veterans Affairs which means the child's father is Chris Sanchez.
The scene ends with a closeup on Patty's face; she sits with a stoic expression on her face in silence. The series details the mentor-protegee relationship between high-stakes attorney Patty Hewes Glenn Close and newly graduated attorney Ellen Parsons Rose Byrne.
During the first three seasons Tom Shayes Tate Donovan acts as Patty's associate, right-hand man and later partner. Michael Nouri stars in the first two seasons as Patty's husband Phil Grey, and makes periodic guest appearances in subsequent seasons due to their characters' separation. Zachary Booth stars throughout the series as Patty's damaged son, Michael Hewes. The second season found Patty and her firm inadvertently thrown into a massive case against the billion dollar-worth energy corporation Ultima National Resources UNR.
William Hurt played Daniel Purcell, a mysterious man from Patty's past who initiates the case and puts it in Patty's hands. On the personal front, Anastasia Griffith returned as Ellen's friend Katie Connor, who helps her in taking down Frobisher, while Timothy Olyphant played a man in grief counseling who bonds with Ellen under ambiguous motives.
The third season, inspired by the Bernie Madoff scandal, tracked Patty's aggressive pursuit of bringing down the disgraced Tobin family after they were revealed to be a part of a Ponzi scheme that ripped off millions of citizens. Campbell Scott played Joe Tobin, the shamed but ultimately spoiled and selfish youngest son of the family.
Martin Short played the family's longtime trusted lawyer Leonard Winstone who finds his place in this family changes as the Tobins reveal their true colors. Lily Tomlin special guest starred throughout the season as the secretive matriarch Marilyn Tobin, while Len Cariou appeared as the patriarch of the family blamed for all of the fraud and conspiracy. Returning recurring actors in prominent roles were Ted Danson, and also Timothy Olyphant in a single guest appearance. Wallace Shawn also made a notable guest appearance.
The fourth season, the first without Tate Donovan, followed a wrongful-death suit filed against a military contractor over a mysterious incident in a war zone. John Goodman played Howard Erickson, the CEO of the shadowy military contractor who becomes the defendant against Patty and Ellen over the corruption that occurred in the war zone.
Chris Messina played Chris Sanchez, an old high school friend of Ellen's and a decorated soldier suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. The fifth and final season pitted Patty and Ellen against one another in court, with the case surrounding the suit of the founder of a WikiLeaks type of website, Channing McClaren, played by Ryan Phillippe.
Jenna Elfman played Naomi Walling, the investment bank employee whose daughter Rachel Alexandra Socha sues McClaren after he releases Naomi's personal information along with the financial records she leaked to him - leading to Naomi's suicide in reality, she was murdered and the suicide faked.
John Hannah played Rutger Simon, the gatekeeper of McClaren's website who is devoted to exposing fraud and corporate misconduct. Returning recurring actors in prominent roles were Judd Hirsch and Chris Messina. Notable recurring characters during the fifth season were played by Victor Garber, M.
And if you want to see some prime, grade-A Acting, well, you could do a lot worse. And for those without access to DirecTV, worth the wait.
For its first season, Damages was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards, along with six other nominations. Co-creators Todd A. Close won the award in her category. For its third season, Damages earned its most acting nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. For the first time, Damages was unable to win a major Primetime Emmy despite their success in the nominations, as Glenn Close lost for the first time in her category, losing to Kyra Sedgwick.
For its fifth and final season, Glenn Close received her third Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress — Television Series Drama, after being absent the previous two years. The series premiere on July 24, drew 3. Season Two premiered with only 1. Despite the show's low ratings, FX picked up and secured the program for a third season.
John Landgraf hoped the show would continue on the air following its third season; after taking into account the encore presentations and "extraordinary" DVR numbers, the ratings appeared to be quite good.
The third season premiere, which aired on January 25, , only managed to draw in 1. Due to the low ratings and high costs, it was speculated early that Season 3 might be the last season of Damages. Other outlets were also approached about sharing the cost of a new season. However, no other network opted to pick it up, leaving Audience Network as the new broadcaster. Season one through three ran until the season 4 premiere on July 13, The first four seasons have been released on DVD in regions 1, 2, and 4, while only first season has been released on Blu-ray Disc.
Motion to dismiss the wait for the final season of Damages : granted! Tonight the legal thriller returns to action DirecTV, 9 p. Before you tune in, read what Close told EW about season 5. They set the bar so high with the first season. For me, from one season to the other, Patty just got more and more complex.
Then again, I gave into it as well. You see more facets of Patty in this final season than you do in all four that came before. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Trailer Damages: The Complete First Season. Damages: Season 5. Damages: Season 2. Damages English Trailer 1. Damages: Season 1. Promo Photos Top cast Edit. Glenn Kessler Agent L. Werner as Agent L. Werner …. Glenn Kessler Todd A. More like this. Watch options.
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