Damages
Don't Throw That at the Chicken
TV Flash files “Don't Throw That at the Chicken” as hour 30 of 59 in the TV Flash guide — Damages (2007–2012) on FX/Audience, season 3, episode 4, aired 2010-02-15, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E04: listed hour 30 of 59 in the Damages guide, hour 4 of 13 in season 3. It aired 2010-02-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Flight's at 11:08” (S03E03). Next is “It's Not My Birthday” (S03E05).
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Patty Hewes wants to know why Louis Tobin called Danielle Marchetti on that fateful Thanksgiving day he told his family about his Ponzi scheme. She is concerned that once Tobin is sentenced, he will have no interest or reason to cooperate with her as she tries to find any money he may have hidden. The DA agrees to a one day delay in the sentencing and he's brought in for furthering questioning. The DA asks Ellen to sit in on the interview. Louis Tobin is also concerned about reports that his son Joe is drinking again and tells the family lawyer, Leonard Winstone, to do something about it. He also also a plan for dealing with his planned sentencing. Patty Hewes has lunch with her son Michael, whom she's not seen for awhile. He seems to have adjusted to life as an adult but isn't entirely truthful with her. Ellen confronts her sister about what she found in her bag. In a flash forward 5 months into the future, the NYPD detectives tell Patty what they know about Tom Shayes.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Don't Throw That at the Chicken sit in the Damages guide?
S03E04 is listed hour 30 of 59 — hour 4 of 13 in season 3, season 3 episode 4.
When did Damages S03E04 air?
Don't Throw That at the Chicken aired 2010-02-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Damages a procedural I can sample any week?
No. Nonlinear seasons keep the betrayal already in the room. The associate walks in anyway — psychological bloodsport, not a tidy verdict.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Glenn Close's Patty Hewes bills loyalty as a weapon and smiles like a closing argument. Damages shuffles time so the betrayal is already in the room, then sends Rose Byrne's associate walking in anyway. Legal television as psychological bloodsport, not a tidy verdict.
Flash: Glenn Close smiles like a closing argument and the timeline is already fractured. Patty Hewes takes a young associate under her wing as cases turn into moral bloodbaths — loyalty billed as a weapon, betrayal already in the room. Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman's series (2007–2012) made Rose Byrne's Ellen walk in anyway. Tate Donovan, Željko Ivanek, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden orbit a legal thriller that shuffles time so the knife is always twisting. Close won multiple Emmys for Patty.…
Filed against
- Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
Glenn Close's Patty Hewes billed loyalty as a weapon on Damages — a smile like a closing argument, time shuffled so the betrayal is already in the room, Rose Byrne's associate walking in anyway. Legal television as psychological…
- Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons
Rose Byrne’s Ellen Parsons walked into Damages already betrayed — 2000s catalog legal bloodsport, Glenn Close’s smile as a closing argument, then Physical and Mrs. America turning the same nerve into aerobics empire and ERA combat. TV…
- Tate Donovan as Tom Shayes
Tate Donovan bled Damages as Tom Shayes — Glenn Close's Patty Hewes billing loyalty as a weapon, time shuffled so the betrayal is already in the room, legal television as psychological bloodsport. Not a tidy verdict. TV Flash files him as…
- Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske
Zeljko Ivanek’s Ray Fiske bled Damages from inside the firm — Glenn Close’s Patty Hewes billing loyalty as a weapon, time shuffled so the betrayal is already in the room, Rose Byrne walking in anyway. Legal television as psychological…
- William Hurt as Daniel Purcell
William Hurt’s Daniel Purcell walked Damages as prestige guest weather — Glenn Close’s Patty Hewes billing loyalty as a weapon, time shuffled so the betrayal is already in the room, Rose Byrne’s associate walking in anyway. Legal…
- Marcia Gay Harden as Claire Maddox
Marcia Gay Harden billed loyalty as a weapon beside Glenn Close on Damages as Claire Maddox — legal television as psychological bloodsport, time shuffled so the betrayal is already in the room, Rose Byrne walking in anyway. A…