Glenn Close But Yet So Far: Spooky Legal Thriller "Damages" (Rose Byrne Also Dwelleth Here)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOumcwJETo

Anything with Patty Hewes in it is worth watching.

― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Sunday, July 3, 2011 2:54 PM (6 hours ago)

Of all the things I have seen Turangalila be OTM about, he is rarely as OTM as when he is writing these things about Damages.

season really isn't grabbing me much at all, but I'll keep watching.

Am I missing this or is not on in Britain (yet)?

Hold on, it's started again? Yay.

re-watching this, it's funny how like the end of every single scene is a shot of someone lookin all, 'i am secretly plotting against you'

i had forgotten that gail-from-breaking-bad was the hired goon in this.

caught up. oh man, the obviously lower budget is really hurting this show. they can't even do establishing shots anymore!

also, can't help but feel like they had some a bunch of network notes telling them to dumb it down, especially the first episode where it seems everything gets repeated or overly explained.

OTOH, they probably got a note to have more scenes with Patty and Ellen together, which is definitely an improvement, since they've been getting less and less of those since season 1

still, vaguely feels like damages, you got your creepy stalkery dude, morally conflicted corporate villain, questionable major witness, ellen doing things that patty would do, etc.

Didn't know this was back on! s4 started in US last week by the looks of it. Gonna go catch up although I have zero recollection of the last season.

watching season 2 now, it's weird whenever they have greta van sustern on, normally on-air she has a permanent look of disgust or something, but when she's 'interviewing patty hewes' she's all smiley and personable.

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my sister is watching the second season of damages, because she's on a tim olyphant bender, but she never saw the first season. we've been gchatting and she's been saying things like "i don't think patty tried to kill ellen" and "patty is nice." this is what happens when you skip season one.

Lololololol

oh, horseshoe, your sister is doing it wrong!

i told her! little sisters, man.

Much as I love this show it's becoming a parody of itself, right? especially the trick shots on the latest ep that seemed to last about 20 mins - FBI on route to a bust... cut to bad guy's apartment... MORE FEDS.... MORE BAD GUY OMG HE DOESN'T SUSPECT... MOAR FEDS!! ... KNOCK ON BAD GUY'S DOOR HELLYEAHawwww it was all a trick. Totally called that from the start and it was painful. Only 24 should be allowed to do that.

Also I cannot take my eyes off the tiny pencil neck of Patti Hewes' therapist.

This season is not very good so far and it's making me sad.

yeah i just stopped watching after the first three episodes tbh

The patty ellen tension is toned way down which takes lots of the suspense away. Meanwhile, cosign on the whole "parody of itself" thing with tormented boss, out-of-control right hand man, lawyer going to get slowly sucked into dark world of corporate evil, etc. Meanwhile there's like zero ambiguity in the case itself, and the evil plots to kill people, threaten em, blow em up, whatever, started way too early and too big so its much more like a grisham novel or whatever and much less sort of an "omg this is getting dark" thing. So a big disappointment all around. Still watching though.

i half maybe given up after two. only r b rose byrne is making the third ep a possibility.

Ok this has now gone, tonewise, the way of very, very dark comedy. The twists have gotten more interesting, at least!

OK I just got into this series over last weekend and I'm already halfway through season 2. Not going to read the past posts here yet but I'm enjoying this so far.

i just watched the first 2 episodes
this show is freakin intense!
i don't know if i'll be able to manage

omg rrrobyn you HAVE TO.

I know I know... Like the only way it could be more tailor made for me is if it had spies or marines in it.

I just have to be really disciplined abt watching it because a) I have work to do and b) too much of it will turn me into a ball of weird tension. Basically the reasons I haven't watched all kinds of other shows that everyone says I need to watch (eg, the wire, the supranos, etc).

Like the only way it could be more tailor made for me is if it had spies or marines in it.

looool

haha srsly my fave tv drama wld be a cross btwn Battlestar, The Unit and this. Like if Law & Order took place in a slightly alternate future and the lawyers were all ninjas in a semi-rogue military operation.

that sounds delightful

you know what is a great Damages moment from the second season

SPOILERS

when Patty is questioning Michael's thirtysomething girlfriend about what on earth she's doing dating a teenager and the woman is all, i think we both know your son is not a child and Glenn Close sort of leans back a little and regards her like she's a bug and asks, "are you mentally ill?"

finally watching season 4 of Damages. it's not that bad, you guys. ellen is mysteriously a huge idiot all of a sudden, but whatevs. i think i would watch glenn close sit around and bore into people with her eyes for 45 minutes at a time.

Much as I love this show it's becoming a parody of itself, right? especially the trick shots on the latest ep that seemed to last about 20 mins - FBI on route to a bust... cut to bad guy's apartment... MORE FEDS.... MORE BAD GUY OMG HE DOESN'T SUSPECT... MOAR FEDS!! ... KNOCK ON BAD GUY'S DOOR HELLYEAHawwww it was all a trick. Totally called that from the start and it was painful. Only 24 should be allowed to do that.

Also I cannot take my eyes off the tiny pencil neck of Patti Hewes' therapist.

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this is totally otm though. i think i might have really low standards.

yo man why you gotta hate on Fisher Stevens

finally got around to finishing this past season. the lower budget and much crappier direction really hurt, but at least john goodman and dylan baker were great, as the villains usually are. ellen and patty were are good as ever, but the plots were not quite there...

i kinda wish Ellen had gotten more to do this season. also, that she cut off those bangs. the season might have been more emotionally striking if the guy who played the main soldier guy had more range as an actor, honestly

omg, fake ray fisk

Not reading this thread for fear of spoilers, but this show is great.

pilot was easily the best in awhile

also feel like glenn close has been her late 30s for about 30 years now

you're in for a treat!

have not read thread b/c i am approaching the end of a season 1 binge (on netflix)
consequently, my brain has turned into a paranoid mush and that mush is called "frobisher"
no idea how this is going to stretch out for 5 seasons, but am enjoying it one betrayal at a time

the first season is by far the best of the 3, so far, unfortunately.

first season is definitely the best, but i love all the seasons including the self-parodic fourth one. patty hewes means so much to me.

part of that makes me want to keep watching and part of it makes me want to stop before anything gets self-parodic because that is not my steez
(i will probably keep watching no matter what btw)

you have to watch it all!!! well you can do whatever you want, of course, but i think/hope you will enjoy this show a lot.

NO PRESSURE

i still haven't seen seasons 3 or 4, loved the first 2.

also want to note that katie is my favorite character so far
she looks like jodie foster, always wears nice clothes, and has only hurt herself so far (i think?)

i also like the way they treat people's relationships with their dogs, even if there has been some dog violence in the show. dogs have identities and the people relate with their dogs very differently, as people do.

Watched the first season with my wife, thought it was pretty ridiculous but enjoyed it. Watched season two with my wife, thought it was pretty ridiculous but not in a good way. Can't imagine watching any other season. Frankly, can't wrap my head around the fact that there even are future seasons.

please no spoilers but i am going to unbookmark just in case

this show has made me googly with paranoia, but not in a bad way just a funny way

i loved season one and kinda gave up halfway through season 2. season one was just so tense everything after is just...after.