Damages, a legal drama television series, premiered in United States on July 24, 2007 on the cable network FX.[1] The series, created and produced by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler with Daniel Zelman, revolves around Patty Hewes (Glenn Close), a senior partner in New York-based law firm Hewes and Associates, and her protégée Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne). The series involves high-stakes litigation with class action lawsuits involving severe damages.
The first season of the series debuted on July 24, 2007[1] and consisted of thirteen episodes concluding on October 23, 2007.[2] The second season was delayed due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, and premiered on January 7, 2009.[3] The season, again consisting of thirteen episodes, ended on April 1, 2009. The third season premiered on January 25, 2010 and aired its finale on April 19, 2010.[4] On July 19, 2010, DirecTV announced that, after months of negotiation, Damages would be picked up for two additional seasons consisting of ten episodes each to be aired on the Audience Network beginning in 2011.[5]
Every episode title is a line of dialogue spoken by a character in the episode. During the course of the series, 59 episodes of Damages aired, between July 24, 2007, and September 12, 2012.
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeason 1 (2007)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Get Me a Lawyer" | Allen Coulter | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | July 24, 2007 | 3.66[6] |
| 2 | 2 | "Jesus, Mary, and Joe Cocker" | Greg Yaitanes | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | July 31, 2007 | 2.93[6] |
| 3 | 3 | "And My Paralyzing Fear of Death" | John David Coles | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | August 7, 2007 | 2.06[7] |
| 4 | 4 | "Tastes Like a Ho-Ho" | Larry Trilling | Mark Fish | August 14, 2007 | 2.12[7] |
| 5 | 5 | "A Regular Earl Anthony" | Jean DeSegonzac | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman & Mark Fish | August 21, 2007 | 2.15[8] |
| 6 | 6 | "She Spat at Me" | Mario Van Peebles | Mark Fish | September 4, 2007 | 3.55[7] |
| 7 | 7 | "We Are Not Animals" | Dan Attias | Aaron Zelman | September 11, 2007 | N/A |
| 8 | 8 | "Blame the Victim" | Guy Ferland | Willie Reale and Davey Holmes | September 18, 2007 | 1.70[8] |
| 9 | 9 | "Do You Regret What We Did?" | Thomas Carter | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | September 25, 2007 | 1.17[8] |
| 10 | 10 | "Sort of Like a Family" | Timothy Busfield | Mark Fish & Jeremy Doner | October 2, 2007 | N/A |
| 11 | 11 | "I Hate These People" | Ed Bianchi | Adam Stein | October 9, 2007 | N/A |
| 12 | 12 | "There's No 'We' Anymore" | Mario Van Peebles | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | October 16, 2007 | 1.38[9] |
| 13 | 13 | "Because I Know Patty" | Todd A. Kessler | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | October 23, 2007 | 1.69[8] |
Season 2 (2009)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "I Lied, Too" | Todd A. Kessler | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | January 7, 2009 | 1.72[10] |
| 15 | 2 | "Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care" | Jean de Segonzac | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | January 14, 2009 | 1.14[11] |
| 16 | 3 | "I Knew Your Pig" | Constantine Makris | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | January 21, 2009 | 0.76[12] |
| 17 | 4 | "Hey! Mr. Pibb!" | Mario Van Peebles | Aaron Zelman | January 28, 2009 | 1.03[13] |
| 18 | 5 | "I Agree, It Wasn't Funny" | Tate Donovan | Mark Fish | February 4, 2009 | 0.85[14] |
| 19 | 6 | "A Pretty Girl in a Leotard" | Greg Yaitanes | Adam Stein | February 11, 2009 | 0.94[15] |
| 20 | 7 | "New York Sucks" | Matthew Penn | Jeremy Doner | February 18, 2009 | 0.86[16] |
| 21 | 8 | "They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney" | Michael Pressman | Aaron Zelman | February 25, 2009 | 0.89[17] |
| 22 | 9 | "You Got Your Prom Date Pregnant" | Ed Bianchi | Mark Fish | March 4, 2009 | 0.97[18] |
| 23 | 10 | "Uh Oh, Out Come the Skeletons" | Tate Donovan | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | March 11, 2009 | 0.70[19] |
| 24 | 11 | "London. Of Course" | Andy Wolk | Todd A. Kessler & Daniel Zelman | March 18, 2009 | 0.63[20] |
| 25 | 12 | "Look What He Dug Up This Time" | Matthew Penn | Daniel Zelman & Glenn Kessler | March 25, 2009 | 0.89[21] |
| 26 | 13 | "Trust Me" | Todd A. Kessler | Glenn Kessler & Todd A. Kessler | April 1, 2009 | 1.05[22] |
Season 3 (2010)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Your Secrets Are Safe" | Todd A. Kessler | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | January 25, 2010 | 1.43[23] |
| 28 | 2 | "The Dog is Happier Without Her" | Matthew Penn | Aaron Zelman | February 1, 2010 | 1.02[24] |
| 29 | 3 | "Flight's at 11:08" | Tony Goldwyn | Mark Fish | February 8, 2010 | 1.08[25] |
| 30 | 4 | "Don't Throw That at the Chicken" | Matthew Penn | Jeremy Doner | February 15, 2010 | 0.87[26] |
| 31 | 5 | "It's Not My Birthday" | Daniel Zelman | Adam Stein | February 22, 2010 | 0.81[27] |
| 32 | 6 | "Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck" | Timothy Busfield | Aaron Zelman & Mark Fish | March 1, 2010 | 0.97[28] |
| 33 | 7 | "You Haven't Replaced Me" | Glenn Kessler | Todd A. Kessler | March 8, 2010 | 0.92[29] |
| 34 | 8 | "I Look Like Frankenstein" | Chris Terrio | Daniel Zelman | March 15, 2010 | 0.97[30] |
| 35 | 9 | "Drive it Through Hardcore" | Tate Donovan | Glenn Kessler | March 22, 2010 | 0.93[31] |
| 36 | 10 | "Tell Me I'm Not Racist" | David Tuttman | Todd A. Kessler | March 29, 2010 | 0.65[32] |
| 37 | 11 | "All That Crap About Your Family" | Matthew Penn | Daniel Zelman | April 5, 2010 | 0.75[33] |
| 38 | 12 | "You Were His Little Monkey" | Timothy Busfield | Glenn Kessler | April 12, 2010 | 0.76[34] |
| 39 | 13 | "The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat" | Todd A. Kessler | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | April 19, 2010 | 0.91[35] |
Season 4 (2011)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "There's Only One Way to Try a Case" | Todd A. Kessler | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | July 13, 2011 |
| 41 | 2 | "I've Done Way Too Much for This Girl" | Todd A. Kessler | Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-House | July 20, 2011 |
| 42 | 3 | "I'd Prefer My Old Office" | Nick Gomez | Jason Wilborn | July 27, 2011 |
| 43 | 4 | "Next One's on Me, Blondie" | Timothy Busfield | Joe Weisberg | August 3, 2011 |
| 44 | 5 | "We'll Just Have to Find Another Way to Cut the Balls Off of This Thing" | David Tuttman | Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-House | August 10, 2011 |
| 45 | 6 | "Add That Little Hopper to Your Stew" | Timothy Busfield | Jason Wilborn | August 17, 2011 |
| 46 | 7 | "I'm Worried About My Dog" | Glenn Kessler | Josh Payne | August 24, 2011 |
| 47 | 8 | "The War Will Go on Forever" | Nick Gomez | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | August 31, 2011 |
| 48 | 9 | "There's a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the Taliban" | David Tuttman | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | September 7, 2011 |
| 49 | 10 | "Failure is Lonely" | Glenn Kessler | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | September 14, 2011 |
Season 5 (2012)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 1 | "You Want to End This Once and For All?" | Matthew Penn | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | July 11, 2012 |
| 51 | 2 | "Have You Met the Eel Yet?" | Colin Bucksey | Hans Tobeason | July 18, 2012 |
| 52 | 3 | "Failure is Failure" | Jean de Segonzac | Arthur Phillips | July 25, 2012 |
| 53 | 4 | "I Love You, Mommy" | Marcos Siega | Jason Wilborn | August 1, 2012 |
| 54 | 5 | "There's Something Wrong With Me" | Tate Donovan | Hans Tobeason | August 8, 2012 |
| 55 | 6 | "I Need to Win" | Daniel Zelman | Josh Payne | August 15, 2012 |
| 56 | 7 | "The Storm's Moving In" | Tate Donovan | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | August 22, 2012 |
| 57 | 8 | "I'm Afraid of What I'll Find" | Ken Girotti | Hans Tobeason | August 29, 2012 |
| 58 | 9 | "I Like Your Chair" | Steve Shill | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | September 5, 2012 |
| 59 | 10 | "But You Don't Do That Anymore" | Glenn Kessler | Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman | September 12, 2012 |
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