Damages Summary
Genres: Drama
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
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