Damages: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]

Overview

Several of the production people responsible for The Sopranos were also behind the equally quirky FX network series Damages. Glenn Close, who'd been asked to star in this series on the strength of her work as police captain Monica Rawling on another FX offering, The Shield, was cast as barracuda-like Manhattan power attorney Patty Hewes. As ruthless and calculating as the high-profile criminals that she went after in court, Patty spent most of the series' first season pursuing a class-action suit against billionaire Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson), a shady Ken Lay-style corporate CEO. It was clear from the get-go that Frobisher was willing to do anything to stop Patty in her tracks, possibly even including ordering a few murders. The first-season storyline literally began at the end, as Patty's idealistic prot?g?e Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne), half-naked and caked with blood, ran through the streets of New York (were the show was filmed) and made a beeline for her office, where her first words were "I need a lawyer!" The rest of the season built up to this crucial moment, with what series creator Todd Kessler described as the inevitability of a Greek tragedy. (It was planned for Patty Hewes to handle a different case in each successive season, each introduced with a similarly tantalizing "teaser.") Throughout the drama, the thin line between "hero" and "villain" grew progressively thinner, in the tradition of The Shield. In addition to Glenn Close and Rose Byrne, the regular cast included Tate Donovan as Patty's much-maligned subordinate Tom Shayes and Zeljko Ivanek as sly defense attorney Ray Fiske. Debuting July 24, 2007, on FX, Damages was also briefly carried by MyNetwork TV beginning August 1 of that year.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/26/2019
UPC:	0683904633361
Original Release:	2007
Rating:	TV-MA
Source:	Sony Pictures Home
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	46:17:00
Sales rank:	23,018

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Glenn Close	Patty Hewes
Rose Byrne	Ellen Parsons
Tate Donovan	Tom Shayes
Ted Danson	Arthur Frobisher
Zeljko Ivanek	Ray Fiske
Anastasia Griffith	Katie Connor
Noah Bean	David Connor
Philip Bosco	Hollis Nye
Michael Nouri	Phil Grey
Peter Facinelli	Gregory Malina
William Hurt	Daniel Purcell
Timothy Olyphant	Wes Krulik
Marcia Gay Harden	Claire Maddox
Zachary Booth	Michael Hewes
Glenn Kessler	L.J. Werner
Mario Van Peebles	Randall Harrison
Tom Aldredge	Uncle Pete
David Costabile	Rick Messer
Maya Days	Rosario Ortiz
Carmen Goodine	Lila DiMeo
Peter Riegert	George Moore
Brett Cullen	Wayne Sutry
John Doman	Walter Kendrick
Paige Turco	Christine Purcell
Darrell Hammond	The Deacon
Clarke Peters	Dave Pell
Tom Noonan	Det. Vic Huntley
Campbell Scott	Joe Tobin
Martin Short	Leonard Winstone
Lily Tomlin	Marilyn Tobin
Len Cariou	Louis Tobin
Keith Carradine	Julian Decker
Michael Laurence	Homeless Man
Ben Shenkman	Curtis Gates
John Goodman	Howard T. Erickson
Chris Messina	Chris Sanchez
Dylan Baker	Jerry Boorman
Derek Webster	Anthony Carter
Judd Hirsch	Bill Herndon
Fisher Stevens	Therapist
Bailey Chase	Sean Everett
Griffin Dunne	Dean Gullickson
Aref Farraj III	Young Middle Eastern Boy

Technical Credits

Glenn Kessler	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Daniel Zelman	Executive Producer
Lori Jo Nemhauser	Producer