![]() The gritty behind-the-scenes violence that’s long been a staple of Damages, especially now that it’s uncensored on premium cable, has also been increased as well. Previous seasons of the show have taken their shots at scandals inspired by Bernie Madoff and Blackwater this final season ups the ante by conflating a banking scam with the murky legality of a WikiLeaks-like website. They’re the real master manipulators, not Patty, who in the second episode of the season tricks Ellen into removing a judge who’s actually on her side. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman are known for their red herrings. This scene, after all, is one of the show’s many flash-forwards (three months into the future), and while it certainly looks as if Ellen is dead, pushed from the roof of a building, possibly at Patty’s behest, creators Todd A. “If she’s missing,” says Patty, staring them down with a cruel-looking poker face, “I guess we’ll never get a chance to find out.” Those tuning in for the fifth and final season of Damages, however, can rest assured that they will. ![]() ![]() Her former protégée, Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne), now her courtroom rival, has gone missing, and the detectives want to know what she was going to say. The legendarily ruthless Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) has been hauled out of her apartment in handcuffs and is under interrogation. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |