Damages - Season 1

Damages - Season 1

Season 1

The first season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on July 24, 2007 and concluded on October 23, 2007. It consisted of thirteen episodes. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler along with Daniel Zelman, each of whom served as executive producers and contributed seven scripts for the season, including the premiere and the finale. Most of the season follows two different timelines. The primary timeline begins with Ellen Parsons' recruitment by Patty Hewes to "Hewes & Associates" and follows proceedings of a class action lawsuit against Arthur Frobisher by his former employees, whom Patty represents. The initial episodes follow Patty's attempts to capture potential witness Gregory Malina through Katie Connor. The arc further details Malina's involvement with Frobisher's lawyer Ray Fiske and the pressure Patty brings to bear on Fiske on Malina's subsequent death. The narrative includes multiple flashforwards of the alternative timeline, set approximately six months after Ellen's appointment, until both timelines converge in the penultimate episode of the season. The alternative timeline details the attack on Ellen, her arrest for the murder of her fiancé David Connor, and the subsequent murder investigation.
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DatesJuli 24, 2007 - Okt. 23, 2007
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Episodes

Get Me a Lawyer
Season 1Episode 160 min

Get Me a Lawyer

Hot-shot, high-stakes, New York City attorney Patty Hewes hires a new associate, the bright, ambitious, but somewhat naive Ellen Parsons, to help her as she tries to ruin billionaire Arthur Frobisher. Hewes represents a group of employees who are suing Frobisher in a class-action suit after he sold his company, leaving the employees financially devastated. Ellen is unaware that her best friend, Katie Connor, and the younger sister of her fiancé David, is working for Frobisher who is financing her new restaurant opening. Flashing forward eight weeks in the future: a man is found murdered, and Ellen, wandering the streets covered in blood, becomes the prime suspect.

Juli 24, 2007
Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker
Season 1Episode 260 min

Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker

After Katie is prepped to testify in the case against Frobisher, Patty suspects she's withholding key information that could undermine her credibility on the witness stand.

Juli 31, 2007
And My Paralyzing Fear of Death
Season 1Episode 360 min

And My Paralyzing Fear of Death

As a bomb threat puts Patty and her family on edge, Ellen's loyalty to the firm is tested when she must choose between delivering a brief to an important judge and attending her own engagement party.

Aug. 7, 2007
Tastes Like a Ho-Ho
Season 1Episode 460 min

Tastes Like a Ho-Ho

Though sure that she's ready to help nail Frobisher, Katie sees that she's been used after the accuracy of her deposition is called into question.

Aug. 14, 2007
A Regular Earl Anthony
Season 1Episode 560 min

A Regular Earl Anthony

As Tom faces a decision between a lucrative partnership at a big firm and taking over the Frobisher lawsuit, Ellen and David's long hours at work jeopardize their relationship.

Aug. 21, 2007
She Spat at Me
Season 1Episode 660 min

She Spat at Me

With the case pushing Ellen and David's relationship to a breaking point, Gregory Malina comes under increasing pressure to testify.

Sept. 4, 2007
We Are Not Animals
Season 1Episode 760 min

We Are Not Animals

As Fiske works to keep Gregory Malina from being deposed, Patty sows seeds of doubt between Tom and Ellen while working to get her son to come home from a reform academy.

Sept. 11, 2007
Blame the Victim
Season 1Episode 860 min

Blame the Victim

As Patty tries to contain the damage caused by Gregory Malina's sudden disappearance and an insider who's leaking privileged information to Frobisher, Ellen's attentions are diverted by her own father's pending legal troubles.

Sept. 18, 2007
Do You Regret What We Did?
Season 1Episode 960 min

Do You Regret What We Did?

As the Executive looks to force a settlement by providing Patty's team some critical information, Gregory Malina emerges from hiding to apologize to Katie and testify against Frobisher.

Sept. 25, 2007
Sort of Like a Family
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Sort of Like a Family

Patty Hewes and Frobisher prepare for his deposition but he beats her to the punch by holding a press conference and telling all about the car accident he had 25 years ago. Patty tells Tom that Ellen is only useful to them as long as Gregory Malina is alive. When she learns he is dead she tells Ellen she is off the Frobisher case. When Ellen ignores Patty's direct orders not to contact George Moore, she finds herself out of a job. In the flash forward, Tom is still unable to locate Patty and Ellen tells him the identity of the person who tried to have her killed.

Okt. 2, 2007
I Hate These People
Season 1Episode 1160 min

I Hate These People

Though she refuses Patty's offer to come back to work, Ellen does agree to return to press Moore for more information that could help nail Frobisher.

Okt. 9, 2007
There's No 'We' Anymore
Season 1Episode 1260 min

There's No 'We' Anymore

Ray Fiske's suicide prompts Frobisher to unleash everything he has in order to gain control of evidence that could undermine him in court.

Okt. 16, 2007
Because I Know Patty
Season 1Episode 1360 min

Because I Know Patty

As Ellen uses the Malina videotape to fight the charges that she killed her fiance,  Patty engineers a confrontation with Frobisher that brings the lawsuit to a dramatic conclusion.

Okt. 23, 2007

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