Damages: The Complete First Season

It was so fake! Someone tried to kill the attorney, the main character, and she doesn’t go to the police?! 🤔 instead she runs to her fiancée’s place with bloody clothes on the st. on a daylight without getting caught. Then her fiancé was killed and she still doesn’t call the police and run around the city again. Finally, police caught her and tells her “we know that you didn’t kill your fiancé”. Then the boss gets the charges dropped just talking to thenjudge!!! The boss is using her power to intimidate her employees and the employees are trying to impress her even though she fires them. Just too far away from real life!

This is without a doubt the very best TV series we have watched. Glenn Close is amazing. Ted Danson as the bad guy , a real bad guy. Rose Byrne excellent. This is only part 1 . As the series continues it gets better! William Hurt at his best . Lily Tomlin and Martin Short as more bad guys. Do not pass on this . John Goodman should have won an Emmy.

“Consider this carrot, believe me you don’t want to see the stick. “ Patty Hughes when talking to an important character.Patty Hughes delivers and puts evil men in their place. But in return, you need to expose yourself to a complex personality that believes the end justifies the means, always.Do you need help in how to cope with powerful women? Maybe Patty can help here.Did you like the movie “The Devil Wears Prada”? Then you will enjoy this, but keep sharp objects and guns away.Both Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are masters of their craft. Enjoy.

I've really enjoyed this show! It's a great drama with memorable and distinct characters, and you are always trying to guess whose side they are on and how they will respond to the current crisis.This is one of the only shows I have seen where there is no clear antogonist. You see into the personal lives of every character which makes they all seem human and gives reason for their actions. But on the other hand, they all lie and manipulate others...with varying degrees of fineness and collateral damage.The story is about a single big court case, and so in that regard it is fairly sequential show; you'll miss out if you start half way through. But like most shows of this nature, each episode contains sub-plots which usually come to a conclusion at the end, so it doesn't always end with cliffhangers every time. *cough*twentyfour*cough*If you are a fan of legal shows, or suspenseful drama, you will definitely like this show.

While the show rarely goes into the courtroom, or really covers anything in any legal depth, it is an entertaining set of series that includes some great drama.The show is slightly unusual in that two ends of a story unwind at the same time: you are given glimpses of the ending episode every week, with the main story providing the lead up to it. This works well.Having watched most series now, they were all good in their own ways, although the first was the best to me. In series one I liked Ted Danson a lot and his involvement really helped make the show. Glen Close played her character almost too well, and Rose Byrne starts season one strongly. Tate Donovan was great too.Worth a watch. I don't want to write any detail because it would all be spoilers.

I've watched Damages season one several times now and it is the best TV I've ever seen. It runs like a mystery movie, law show, blirbs of drama/comedy at times and some twisted plots that keep you on the edge of your seat. Try and watch the last episode without multitasking, its better to just stay glued to the screen the whole time so you catch everything.I admit I do not like William Hurt (in seasons 2-3) but I had to get over it. Glenn Close is just too bad_ss to miss and I like Rose Byrne too.This is a show people should be talking about at work and telling their friends about (much like how The Big Bang Theory got its ratings boost) but instead it was cancelled season 3 by FX and picked up by DirectTV for 2 seasons I believe. I have cable so I'm going to have to buy it on dvd or blu when season 4 comes out.If you like shows or films that make you think a bit then you'll enjoy this one.

Never watched this until we purchased this DVD. What an amazing show. We were on the edge of our seat throughout this entire show and just stunned that we have never watch the show before. A psychological thriller with lots of twists and turns you will find yourself glued to the screen.

I really enjoyed the series,but it cost me $50 to watch the whole series. Been with Amazon Prime for a long time, and really find it crazy having to pay for a show when I already pay for the service.

I was split between giving this three and four stars, because it starts off so well... and then tended to go downhill.Firstly, the pilot. Wow. This was so tightly written. From that first minute it had me enthralled as to what was going on. Starting at the end, with a murder, then going back six months to see how it unfolds is genius.Glenn Close in particular was enthralling as Patty Hewes, and Close embodied her with a quiet malevolence with the occasional glimmer of a softer side. But probably the star of the show, for me, is Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske -- purely because he's one of the few characters that feels complicated, likeable and feels like he undergoes any form of emotional journey throughout the first season.But after about episode 3, the pace starts to stall. Filler stories come in of family antics etc. One character faces leaving the law firm, and it adds nothing to the overall narrative. Now any show ever created tends to have arc plots and episode plots, so I feel bad criticising the show for this. But it was hard to stomach after the extremely focused storytelling of the first three episodes, and the attempts felt half-hearted.The show then kind of stumbles towards the end, and does pick up some pace again in the last few episodes. And while there are some good plot twists towards the end, the main overall arc feels unsatisfactory. The revelations that have been dangled for the season weren't revelations at all, and some plot devices (such as a stalker story) just make the viewer feel cheated because they were obvious filler.I think as a six episode season this could have been stunning. As it is, it has its highs and lows. It reminded me most of 24, and I think fans of that show will probably like this. At the price it is, I'd still highly recommend watching it. You could certainly do a lot worse for 13 episodes of TV.

Glenn Close is an illustrious actress with an imposing screen presence. But she has waited until 'Damages' to make her regular appearance on our television screens, delivering a modern and dramatic take on the traditional lawyer genre. In the vein of '24' and other modern series, Damages focuses on one court case, with many subplots and undercurrents.Patty Hewes (Close) is a leading and feared litigator. She is currently spearheading a civil suit against billionaire Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) whose company collapsed with 'accounting irregularities' leaving his employees without their pensions. Hewes hires recent graduate Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) who turns out to be more than a match for Hewes' manipulations and ploys. Parsons' involvement with Hewes will drag her family and friends deep into a web of corporate deceit and high stakes litigation.As the series draws to it's gripping close, it becomes clear to the viewer that everything you've seen on screen matters. There are no wasted scenes or screentime in this high-paced, intricate drama. An exciting and moden soundtrack makes this the best legal drama in years. And interestingly, we never see the inside of a courtroom!

Last winter we sat through all 5 years of '6 Feet Under' again.. Since we watched it first time nothing came along to equal a series in that style. I tried 'Brothers and Sisters' because Rachel (Brenda Chenoworth) Griffiths was in it; sadly it was EXTREMELY sugery and weak, more like a radio serial, with very static photography.But NOW we have discovered 'Damages'!Glenn Close was the initial draw, and is superb, but Rose Byrne is also excellent (and Australian like Rachel Griffiths but you'd never guess from her performance). And the 3 writers have created a women + women scenario for the main 2 characters, not unlike Cagney and Lacey many years ago, but these 2 are adversaries.The story is complex, told in 'time layers' back and forth, so you know in the first episode what you THINK has happened, but the full story is only brought up to date in the last episode, and the twists and turns are gripping. The cinematography is as good as any feature film, and combined with a great cast, you are GRIPPED by this series.I watched it all over one week!!100% recomended ~ televison does not get any better than this.

This is a great series, from first frame to final credits.I admit that I was completely taken into the glossy, glamorous, ultimately shallow world of the US legal system as depicted here - and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment.While I fully accept the comment that the show sometimes felt like an ongoing marketing campaign, on a perverse level, I actually felt that element added to its enjoyment. Moreover, neither the show nor the actors involved, ever appeared to take any of it too seriously.As for the Rainbow comparisons, I actually thought Rose Byrne was pretty good as the clever but extremely naive, rather pompous young lawyer, who makes the mistake of believing in her abilities just a little too much. And Glen Close makes a hugely enjoyable 'villain'.To any potential viewer, don't over-analyse, just sit back and enjoy!I've given it 5 stars because it was so entertaining, and on watching the series a second time, I loved it even more. Good television is a rare commodity in this reality/celebrity TV obsessed age, and I salute any series steers away from this sorry state of affairs.

I live in France & because we don't have Sky I was looking for series we might have missed. I came upon this rare gem when doing a search. My husband & I were captivated by the writing & the following 4 series were quickly ordered. Excellent scriptwriting, characters vicious, & well portrayed by the actresses & actors.