Damages- Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care.

Creepy Wes opens this episode with "Ellen, people like you an me only have two options forgiveness and revenge".

Cut to Six months later an Ellen fires two bullets into who ever it is she is talking too. Question one of the season so far, Who did Ellen shoot? The list of suspects ranges from no one all the way to Hollis Nye the Defense attorney who talked her into working with the FBI. If in fact they are the FBI. Svetlana thinks its her counselor the one who looks like a Klingon but I doubt that very much.

Patty meanwhile is at Daniel Purcell's side helping him after his wife's murder. Personally I don't trust him as far as I could throw him and he is one heavy dude so that wont be far. The look on Ellen's face when Patty hands over the Infant mortality case to Tom is class.

Purcell then tells Patty the files he sent her was a mistake on his part. My take on this is that Daniel needs Patty for one thing only and that's to beat the murder rap, something is not quite right here, sending files that could bring down an industry to the biggest most ruthless lawyer in New York. He is stringing Patty along, so what is his hidden agenda? and lets face it, you would have to be one super smart cookie to out do Patty Hewes. How many episodes before she is two steps ahead of him? my guess not many.

The FBI decide that they might be able flip Tom into helping them bring down Patty. Flip as in set him up for a fall then offer to drop the charges in exchange for his help. So the case that was meant to get Patty becomes the case to get Tom on side.

Scene of the season so far inc....
Tom is sat in Patty's office with Patty. Enter Ellen.

Ellen: You said you wanted to see me?

Tom picks up a brown envelope from Patty's desk and hands it to her.

Ellen: What is this?
Patty: Its a photograph....(pause for effect)...turns out someone we know has been keeping a secret!

The worry on Ellen's face is brilliant. I actually shifted closer to the TV at this point very tense. Ellen opens the envelope as she does so, the camera flicks between her an Patty. For me it was a oh my god moment. Turns out Tom's wife is having a baby. How I laughed with the actors in that scene it was so awesomely played.

We are then introduced to Wayne Sultry and Claire Maddox. Wayne needs Claire's help to retrieve the files Patty has in her office. Claire Maddox is the lawyer that will go up against Patty this season.

We then discover that Creepy Wes really is a creep. He opens his locked cabinet in his apartment to reveal a stash of guns an ammo and lets not forget all the newspaper clippings of the Frobisher case, and even a news clipping of David who died way back in Season One. So how long has he been following Ellen?

Then we find out the gun that Ellen was shooting was provided by Tom. It could be an important scene, it lasts less than twenty seconds an time jumps straight back to current day after its happened. Its over very quick, almost seems random but I thought it was important enough to mention.

In this episode we find out Patty bugs her own offices. I mean how cool is that! This is how Patty learns of the pay off between Tom and the FBI set up. Patty calls Tom and stops him from making the pay off. Saving him just in time. The FBI are now suspicious of how Patty knew to drop the case.

First Blood to Maddox in the Hewes V Maddox season long fight. Claire brilliantly gets a court order to seize the files Patty has at her office. The Judge she chooses to go to who signs the order, with out any questions what so ever, even demands she give him the pen an signs with out reading it. Clearly someone Patty destroyed or humiliated earlier in her career. Unwittingly though Claire just fell right into Patty's trap. So were all square for now. The Police show up at Patty's office with the Order, Patty looks and says "Claire Maddox" Now Patty has someone to go after.

How many offices does Ellen have? Something there for you all to keep a look out for.

Patty visits a very angry Purcell as he screams at her: "You screwed me Patty! Earl Jakobi works for the Oil industry, he is in the pockets of the energy companies."
This is of course what Patty had known all along. She knew he would leak the information. And in doing so would expose the people trying to keep Purcell quite by murdering his wife. It turns out those people are Ultima National Resources where Claire Maddox is Head Counsel.

Quote of the week: Patty to Ellen. "Oh you have to be careful Ellen everyone is trying to play an angle" Over Ellen bringing in the now dropped Infant Mortality case.

The final scene is in a car at night and its Purcell an Claire Maddox! She asks: "Did you tell anyone about us?"
"no" He replies.

It ends there. Damages will be back this Sunday BBC 1 10.20pm.