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- FX
- Jul 24, 2007
- FX
- Jul 24, 2007
Summary Damages is a legal thriller set in the world of New York City high-stakes litigation. The series, which provides a view into the true nature of power and success, follows the turbulent lives of Patty Hewes, the nation's most revered and reviled high-stakes litigator, and her bright, ambitious protégé Ellen Parsons. They become embroiled ...
- FX
- Jul 24, 2007
- FX
- Jul 24, 2007
Summary Damages is a legal thriller set in the world of New York City high-stakes litigation. The series, which provides a view into the true nature of power and success, follows the turbulent lives of Patty Hewes, the nation's most revered and reviled high-stakes litigator, and her bright, ambitious protégé Ellen Parsons. They become embroiled ...
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Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
75
81% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
15% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It's Close who makes "Damages" a series to contend with.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 83 User Ratings
8.7
90% Positive
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6% Mixed
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4% Negative
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 83 User Ratings
8.7
90% Positive
75 Ratings
75 Ratings
6% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
4% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
I really liked the show, but one thing about it made no snese.
Patty Hewes was a bastard to work for.
Tom and Ellen, worked for her, were treated like dirt, and had other offers from other law firms.
SO WHY DIDN'T THEY QUIT AND GO TO WORK FOR THEM?
I know this is only a tv show, fiction, but that part made no sense.
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SEASON 1
This is an excellent series, though confusing at times with flash forwards as well as flashbacks. Glenn Close is superb as Patty Hewes, the focus of the show. The show focuses on the interplay of Hewes and her young protege Parsons. The personalities of these two and how they interact is at the core of the action focus of the show. Hewes is a cold, logical, realistic, cunning and intelligent person whose focus is on achieving power and success at the cost of emotional relationships with others. Parsons admires Hewes and wants to emulate her success, but Parsons is more "normal" meaning emotionally involved with others and love relationships. Parsons tries to have it both ways, combining work success with love of others, but her failure in work is due to her emotion just as Hewes' success is due to her emotionless objectivity. The action is enough to attract the usual viewer, while the psychological aspects of the personalities are an added bonus for the viewer who can appreciate this.
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SEASON 1
Nearly everything is done right, most conspicuously in the casting of Glenn Close as Patty Hewes.
An impressively constructed thriller and an intriguing, timely exploration of what people at the apex of society will do to hold on to their power.
Who's a villain and who's a hero here? Can you tell the pawns from the players? All excellent questions as we become absorbed in FX's latest thrill ride.
Damages offers two superb performances by old pros Glenn Close and Ted Danson.... One thing it doesn't have: a compelling main character. It's a doughnut show: lots of sweet, satisfying goodness around the edges, nothing in the middle.
Wow this show is overrated by dorks who don't get HBO or SHO. This is horribly derivative of The Devil's Advocate (entire scenes, small ones, but entire scenes are ripped off) and The Firm (the book more than the TomThetan abortion). It's still engrossing, but telegraphs deceit, etc way too far in advance. There have been dozens of movies and even a few tv shows that did the "playing from ahead" conceit much better. Also, Glen Close's character is so far out there, it becomes less "love to hate" and more "how the ... is this remotely realistic?" Another crappy wanna be premium channel show from FX. Great job fox!
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SEASON 1
Except for a couple of the tertiary characters, most of the performances are contrived. Many of the plot elements seem pointlessly oblique. I grew tired of being teased after 2 episodes when nothing seemed to be moving forward.
Glenn Close's character seems bi-polar and not particularly believable. Ted Danson was ok. Many of the other main characters are just too cute.
The graphic violence and drug use don't do anything to drive the story forward and in my opinion are a cop-out for the writers. I get that Patty (the main character) is slimy-- you don't have to murder a dog to make me believe that.
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SEASON 1
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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