Damages
I Agree, It Wasn't Funny
Season 2, Episode 5 · Aired 2009-02-04
Synopsis
Having been humiliated in open court when Daniel Purcell recanted his testimony, Patty decides she is going to go after Walter Kendrick and UNR. The first step is to stop a merger UNR is contemplating. Patty has a good case to put to Federal officials but she is outmaneuvered. Ellen weighs accepting a dinner invitation at Patty's apartment; this would be her first time there since the attempt on her life. Her FBI handlers want her to go and wear a wire. When Ellen later tells them she is being followed, they tell her the sting may be over. Uncle Pete believes that Ellen is the biggest threat against Patty suggests that she something about it. He also gets her more information about the infant mortality case. We learn the identity of Ellen's attacker. Daniel Purcell puts his house up for sale and in flashbacks, the identity of his wife's killer is revealed.
In the series
This episode is part of Damages (2007–2012) on FX/Audience.
Patty Hewes will destroy you — and the timeline is already fractured.
Key cast
- Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
- Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons
- Tate Donovan as Tom Shayes
- Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske
- William Hurt as Daniel Purcell
- Marcia Gay Harden as Claire Maddox