thebeez53 Just like Dexter, which I loved for much of its run, I truly loved Damages for the first three seasons. Stayed with it, and was disgusted with the ending. So absolutely no comeuppance for Patty Hewes. As Gordon Gekko uttered "greed is good" and so must be evil. She is its personification, and there she is, dressed similarly to Cruella DeVille at the very end. The only thing that may have been a disappointment is that she doesn't appear to be on The Supreme Court. And just like Dexter, a good show was ruined in the later years. I hate that I have "stick to itiveness". Should have quit after Season 3.

chrisprice-02515 Season 1 gripped me and each ending lured me into the next episode. My thirst for justice hooked me and being a sucker for a resolution meant I had to keep faith. The great camera work and competent acting earned my loyalty enough to see me through to season 2. Unfortunately I would have been happy to walk away at the end of season 1. I got a little closure and, even if my conclusions were wrong, I wasn't going to pine for more revelations.So season 2 had to convince me to stay and with episode after episode becoming bleaker and bleaker I was running out of reasons to watch. It wasn't just that no one had an ounce of moral fibre, or humanity looked so jaded, the evil just got boring and all the little devices got jarring. Another side plot would have added a dimension but all we got was more of the same, burying all my passion beneath a plot I had no desire to bear.But what really did it for me was that vindictive, calculating Ellen just wasn't believable and I got sick of hearing her swallow that scotch or whatever it was supposed to be. What is it with this type of programme and drinks? The gold standard is Breaking Bad but Damages is pretty run of the mill in comparison.I'm not hard to please and season 1 would get an easy 8 but I fear 6 would be generous if I'd felt the need to endure season 2 to the end. I'm a little sad because the production was great and the plot had potential.

SnoopyStyle Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) is a high power litigation attorney and hires law school graduate Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne). Patty is morally questionable and her motives are murky. Ellen would find her way through a maze of lies and byzantine relationships. The cases are long, involving and takes whole season to deal with.This show has three noteworthy things; misdirections, the flashback/jump-forward structure, and Glenn Close. The story has many jump-forwards in time to preload the show with tension. This leads to the other characteristic of the show which are misdirections. The show is full of them. The characters have many surprises. There is one unsurprising thing. It is the amazing Glenn Close. Not to be mean to Rose Byrne, but Glenn Close is the star of the show. Her character is already an amazing complex role. Glenn has the skills to pull it off. After all, she's the bunny boiling babe.

artpf A law school graduate becomes the protégée of a successful high-stakes litigator.Given the largely positive reviews for this show, I was looking forward to seeing it.What I found was a derivative piece of garbage that uses shock value (swear words included) in place of good writing.Plus, to add insult to injury, Glen Close is exceedingly harsh to look at. Her face is pulled back so tightly you almost think she's got a knot of skin tightly wound under what is clearly a hair weave.The only positive I could illicit is that it's shot well, the costuming is kewl and it moves fast.Thanks be to God!