http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/24/DAMAGES----Because-I-Know-Patty.aspx All right, boys and girls, after three months of high-tension, plot-twisting drama, it’s the end of the line for DAMAGES … except it looks a whole lot like the beginning. Ellen (Rose Byrne) gets attacked by a mysterious henchman in Patty Hewes’ (Glenn Close) apartment, and accidentally kills him in the struggle. You would think that would be the murder she’s arrested for, but no; nobody’s found that body yet, thanks to the other henchmen apparently working for Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson), who now has lots more to worry about than the stock fraud lawsuit that started this whole mess. But, there’s more than one group of henchmen running around, and one of those groups works with Hollis Nye (Philip Bosco), the avuncular attorney Ellen almost took a job with when the whole thing started. He’s helping Patty, who Ellen has, well, blackmailed into being her defense attorney, using a videotape made by Gregory Malina (Peter Facinelli) as leverage. Meanwhile, the lead henchman who was in on David’s (Noah Bean) murder turns out to be a NYPD detective who is moonlighting. But wait, what’s this? Last episode or so, Patty vamoosed out of sight to her beach house, then to a graveyard, but who she was visiting wasn’t clear. Now, a brief flashback to the 1970s indicates that the plot belongs to Patty’s first child, a stillborn daughter. Hold onto your seats, because we now fast-forward 30 years to a different flashback, where it appears that Frobisher and the now-deceased George Moore (Peter Riegert), a former SEC investigator, have known each other for 40 years. Jump forward again: Patty manages to get the charges dropped against Ellen, and Ellen tells Patty where Malina’s tape is. Irony of ironies, it was hidden in the bookend that was used to kill David, so Tom (Tate Donovan) retrieves it from evidence. At this point, we’re only 29 minutes into a 68 minute show. Good God, I’m tired already. 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/2007/10/24/DAMAGES----Because-I-Know-Patty.aspx 77 60