Damages

High-powered attorney Patty Hewes takes on the most difficult cases... and is as much a danger to her employees as anyone.

, DirecTV's Audience Network

Current Season: 5 - Total Episodes: 35
Highest Rated: Ep 8, Season 4

B+

“But You Don’t Do That Anymore”

by Joshua Alston September 12, 2012 -

Ellen completes her metamorphosis and Patty pays the ultimate price for her ambition in a solid, but flawed series finale.

“I Like Your Chair”

by Joshua Alston September 5, 2012 -

The series' penultimate episode sheds light on Rutger's dealings, but doesn't quite get up to speed for the finale.

“I’m Afraid Of What I’ll Find”

by Joshua Alston August 29, 2012 -

A solid piece-moving episode hustles all the dominoes into a row before the final two episodes.

“The Storm’s Moving In”

by Joshua Alston August 22, 2012 -

A shocking revelation from Patty turns the season—not to mention the entire series—on its head.

Ep. 10, Season 5
“But You Don’t Do That Anymore”
Ep. 9, Season 5
“I Like Your Chair”
Ep. 8, Season 5
“I’m Afraid Of What I’ll Find”
Ep. 7, Season 5
“The Storm’s Moving In”

Features Reviews

Season

newest oldest

"Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care"
Episode 2

-
B
"I Lied, Too"
Episode 1

nothing like a good infant mortality case!
-
A-

"The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat"
Episode 13

-
B
"You Were His Little Monkey"
Episode 12

-
B
"All That Crap About Your Family"
Episode 11

-
B-
"Tell Me I'm Not Racist"
Episode 10

-
B
"Drive It Through Hardcore"
Episode 9

-
C+
"I Look Like Frankenstein"
Episode 8

-
B-
"You Haven't Replaced Me"
Episode 7

-
A-
"Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck"
Episode 6

-
B
"It's Not My Birthday"
Episode 5

-
B
"Don't Throw That at the Chicken"
Episode 4

-
B-
"Flight's at 11:08"
Episode 3

-
B
"The Dog Is Happier Without Her"
Episode 2

-
B+
"Your Secrets Are Safe"
Episode 1

-
A-

“Failure Is Lonely”
Episode 10

-
A-
“There’s A Whole Slew Of Ladies With Bad Things To Say About The Taliban”
Episode 9

-
A-
“The War Will Go On Forever”
Episode 8

-
A
“I’m Worried About My Dog”
Episode 7

-
B
“Add That Little Hopper To Your Stew”
Episode 6

-
A-
"We'll Just Have To Find Another Way To Cut The Balls Off Of This Thing"
Episode 5

-
C
"Next One's On Me, Blondie"
Episode 4

-
B-
"I'd Prefer My Old Office"
Episode 3

-
B
"I've Done Way Too Much For This Girl"
Episode 2

-
B+
"There's Only One Way To Try A Case"
Episode 1

-
B+

“But You Don’t Do That Anymore”
Episode 10

Ellen completes her metamorphosis and Patty pays the ultimate price for her ambition in a solid, but flawed series finale.
-
B+
“I Like Your Chair”
Episode 9

The series' penultimate episode sheds light on Rutger's dealings, but doesn't quite get up to speed for the finale.
-
B
“I’m Afraid Of What I’ll Find”
Episode 8

A solid piece-moving episode hustles all the dominoes into a row before the final two episodes.
-
B
“The Storm’s Moving In”
Episode 7

A shocking revelation from Patty turns the season—not to mention the entire series—on its head.
-
C
“I Need To Win”
Episode 6

A quietly heartbreaking episode chronicles Patty and Ellen's ongoing disintegration.
-
A-
“There’s Something Wrong With Me”
Episode 5

Patty and McClaren get humanizing stories in an episode that suggests this season's resolution won't be clear-cut.
-
B-
“I Love You, Mommy”
Episode 4

A decent episode explores how much Patty and Ellen are willing to sacrifice to gain the upper hand in the McClaren case.
-
B
“Failure Is Failure”
Episode 3

The fifth season kicks into high gear as Patty and Ellen dig deeper into their clients' stories.
-
A-
“Have You Met The Eel Yet?”
Episode 2

McClaren's own secrets begin to leak and Ellen proves her own worst enemy in an intriguing episode.
-
B+
“You Want To End This Once And For All?”
Episode 1

The final season premiere pits Patty against Ellen at last, but is the case worthy of the showdown?
-
B-

FX at the TCA winter press tour: (Almost) everybody loves John Landgraf until he promises years of Anger Management
If there’s one constant of Television Critics Association press tours, it’s this: TV critics and reporters love FX president John Landgraf.
-
The Golden Globes also like Lincoln, but prefer The Newsroom to Mad Men
And also several nods for Homeland and Django Unchained, so it’s not all bad.
-
Lily Tomlin on Robert Altman and knowing Tom Waits on a soul level
“I thought getting famous was a drag.”
-
Marcia Gay Harden on her favorite character and working with Clint Eastwood
“If I saw huge bugs outside my window, bugs as big as a tree, I might think the end of the world was coming, too."
-
Zeljko Ivanek on Damages, Lost, and playing the good guy for a change
“Pushing Gary Oldman into the pigs is about as good as it gets.”
-
Introducing Glee: The New Class
Introducing Glee: The New Class. Also: Louis C.K. in late night and Jenna Hamilton in a web of lies.
-
The X Factor returns to TV, loaded for bear
The X Factor returns for another season, having stocked up on Britney Spears and Demi Lovato in the singing competition judge arms race. Also: Damages ends its run.
-
Football is back, finally giving you something to awkwardly discuss with your dad again
Football is back! Grrrrr! Argh! Men crashing into each other! Oblong spheroids flying through the air! Things! Also: Bill Clinton, tennis people, and Amy Adams' first Oscar nomination.
-
Clarke Peters on Red Hook Summer, Treme, and performing with a purpose
“Art is just as important in your society as economics is and as politics is. And if it’s not serving that purpose, then it’s just a wank.”
-
Futurama ends another season by turning everyone into animals, just like Webster that one time
Futurama ends its latest season with the strangest episode concept we've heard in a while, which is saying something. Also: Paul Ryan is here to whisper sweet nothings in your ear.
-
So You Think You Can Dance just keeps giving you reasons to stew about not being married to Natalie Portman
So You Think You Can Dance pulls in a famous choreographer ringer, but all we want to talk about is his even more famous spouse. Also: Futurama does a heist movie parody.
-
Stop wondering why the rivers have all turned to blood, and start watching The CW's Oh Sit!
If you've been wondering why all that blood was raining from the sky, wonder no more! Oh Sit! is here, and it's taking names. Also: Spend three-and-a-half hours with D.W. Griffith!
-
NBC is betting what you'll want after lots of Olympics coverage is a sad Matthew Perry
NBC decides to follow up the Olympics with a new sitcom about Matthew Perry in grief counseling, which sounds like a good time. Also: How will Dallas cliffhang its season?
-
Check out Hit & Miss before you have to miss it (hee, hee)
There are only six episodes of Hit & Miss, so please enjoy the transsexual assassin show while you still can, people! Also: The Olympics, evil men from Dallas, and the end of Lawrence Kasdan's career.
-
Top Chef Masters returns with another season and, presumably, yet another format
Top Chef Masters returns to give you yet another food show to watch this summer. Also: You will contract Olympics fever. The British will make sure of this.
-
Emmys hate many of the things you like, really like Downton Abbey
The Emmy nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles. They mostly liked good things, but some of the things they liked were not as good.
-
Help us shake some dust, as we begin our look at Carnivàle season two
We almost canceled the show before HBO did, but here comes Carnivàle, season two, for your TV Club Classic pleasure. Also: Inside Men concludes, and TCM celebrates Andy Griffith.
-
Damages begins its final season with around 63 percent more Ryan Phillippe than usual
Damages is back for its final season, and it's brought Ryan Phillippe along for the ride. Also: Chloe Sevigny plays a transsexual contract killer! We are not making this up.
-
How Girls challenges the masculine expectations of “good TV”
Lena Dunham’s much-contested series isn’t trying to fit into a male worldview, and some people are not okay with that.
-
The Critics' Choice Television Awards offer glimpse of magical world where Community is the most-nominated show on TV
A trip through the looking glass.
-
BuzzKill
A struggling writer has his fortunes changed by a serial killer in this insufferable indie fluff.
-
American Horror Story to completely ditch season one characters, story, do something new in season two
Regardless of what you thought about the show’s quality, pretty much everybody who watched American Horror Story from beginning to end could agree on one thing: It burned through story like only a Ryan Murphy show can.
-
The best TV series of 2011: The ballots
Who voted for which series? Which shows barely made the cut? And which less-heralded shows do you need to start DVRing? Read on.
-