http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/26/DAMAGES----Do-You-Regret-What-We-Did.aspx Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) is really having a crappy life right now. In the present timeframe, she’s sitting in Riker’s Island, arrested in the murder of her fiancé David (Noah Bean), and wondering where the hell she’ll get $1.5 million for bail (or at least the 10% needed to spring her loose). In the past timeline, where the bulk of DAMAGES takes place, Ellen and Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) are fighting an uphill battle with a suit wherein their prime witness Gregory Malina (Peter Facinelli) has vanished from mortal ken. Meanwhile … Remember that mysterious badass (Peter Riegert) who’s been floating around? He’s a former SEC investigator, who was the point man on the first investigation into Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) and who seems to have decided that evil flat out pays better. There’s about two characters in this show that only play for one side; I’m still not sure just who they are, but I’m pretty clear on who they’re not. At least, this episode. Despite the swirling vortex of b.s. that surrounds the characters and situations, this is the first episode in the series where it feels like things are narrowing to a point instead of spreading out into an all-encompassing entanglement of lies. The gaps between the timelines are narrowing, and there’s a sense of convergence between the plots. More to the point, Ellen has finally been allowed to become the character she’s been set up to be; Byrne has slipped in the flash and steel that everybody kept saying was there all along, and it’s a welcome change. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/26/DAMAGES----Do-You-Regret-What-We-Did.aspx 77 60