Synopsis
Damages (2007), Season 1 is a legal thriller you can watch online on iFILM — thirteen episodes that introduce attorney Patty Hewes and the young associate who walks into her orbit.
Fresh out of law school, Ellen Parsons takes a job at Hewes & Associates just as Patty pushes a class-action suit against billionaire Arthur Frobisher, brought by employees he wiped out. From the start the season splits in two. One timeline tracks the case; the other flashes forward six months to a bloodied Ellen and her arrest for the murder of her fiancé. The show keeps cutting between them, and you don't learn how the roads meet until the second-to-last episode. Witnesses vanish, depositions buckle, and trust between the two women turns into currency.
Glenn Close won an Emmy for Patty, and it shows — the character is exactly as charming as she is dangerous. If you like a slow-burn mystery where the suspense lives in the chronology rather than in gunfire, this season earns the hours. Stream Damages Season 1 online on iFILM.
13 episodes
S1·E1Get Me a Lawyer
Attorney Patty Hewes hires a new associate, Ellen Parsons, to help her as she tries to ruin Arthur Frobisher. Hewes represents a group of employees that are suing Frobisher after he sold his company, leaving the employees devastated. Ellen is unaware that her best friend, Katie Connor, is working for Frobisher.
S1·E2Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker
Ellen convinces Katie to testify against Arthur Frobisher, which has him considering drastic measures. Patty begins to question if Katie is giving honest and accurate testimony.
S1·E3And My Paralyzing Fear of Death
Patty receives a mysterious threat at her office that could destroy her case against Arthur Frobisher. Ellen continues to struggle with the demands of her new job at Hewes and Associates.
S1·E4Tastes Like a Ho-Ho
Katie is getting ready for her upcoming deposition in the Frobisher case while Gregory withholds information that could be even more important that Katie's.
S1·E5A Regular Earl Anthony
Tom Shayes considers his options as Patty continues to strain to keep her clients happy. Arthur tells Ray that he needs to put more pressure on Patty to make the case go away.
S1·E6She Spat at Me
Patty tries to find out what Gregory knows about the case. Arthur Frobisher tries a new strategy to save his family and his money. David and Ellen have strains on their relationship as Lila tries to reenter David's life.
S1·E7We Are Not Animals
Tom and Ellen think that Patty is trying to control them so they decide to make an alliance and keep information from her. Patty must keep Gregory Malina secure until his deposition because her case will fall apart without it.
S1·E8Blame the Victim
Ellen gets some bad news from her parents. Arthur Frobisher and his team do everything they can to keep things going their way while a witness remains missing.
S1·E9Do You Regret What We Did?
Patty Hewes and Arthur Frobisher continue to struggle for dominance as the deposition nears.
S1·E10Sort of Like a Family
Ellen tries to get herself back into the mix as Patty and Frobisher fight it out at the deposition.
S1·E11I Hate These People
Patty offers Ellen her job back, however, Ellen declines but volunteers to keep helping Patty with the Frobisher case. Lila is back, and bringing more havoc into David and Ellen's lives. Patty uses the newly acquired evidence to blackmail Ray, and offers him an ultimatum.
S1·E12There's No 'We' Anymore
Patty finally posts bail for Ellen as Frobisher learns about a tape made by Gregory Malina that could ruin him.
S1·E13Because I Know Patty
Ellen talks Patty into defending her in exchange for the Gregory Malina videotape.
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