Damages
It's Not My Birthday
TV Flash files “It's Not My Birthday” as hour 31 of 59 in the TV Flash guide — Damages (2007–2012) on FX/Audience, season 3, episode 5, aired 2010-02-22, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E05: listed hour 31 of 59 in the Damages guide, hour 5 of 13 in season 3. It aired 2010-02-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Don't Throw That at the Chicken” (S03E04). Next is “Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck” (S03E06).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Louis Tobin's suicide is ruled a heart attack though no one really believes that to be the case. Danielle Marchetti is now out of her coma and the DA and Ellen offer her immunity from prosecution if she tells all that she knows about Tobin. Joe Tobin tells her in no uncertain terms what he expects of her. Patty suggests that she plead the 5th. Louis' daughter Carol doesn't take the news that her father committed suicide very well and pays Danielle a visit. Louis' relationship with Danielle is explained as is his reason for wanting to get her out of the country. Ellen meets her old friend Josh who is now a crime reporter. Meanwhile, Patty interviews a candidate, Alex Benjamin, for an associate position and suggests she should speak to Ellen first. In a flash forward 5 months into the future, more of Tom Shayes situation is revealed.
Viewer FAQ
Where does It's Not My Birthday sit in the Damages guide?
S03E05 is listed hour 31 of 59 — hour 5 of 13 in season 3, season 3 episode 5.
When did Damages S03E05 air?
It's Not My Birthday aired 2010-02-22 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.…
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- 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…