Damages - I lied too. Episode 1

Yes are favourite lawyer Patty Hewes is back! Just how will she handle herself now that Ellen is teaming up with the FBI to bring her down. The scheming litigator is launching her charity an pretending to make nice with the world. Leaving you wondering what the hell happened? Surely Patty didn't get a conscience. Don't worry she didn't.

The episode opens with Ellen holding a mysterious person at gun point. Couldn't help but notice it looked like she was drinking a urine sample in this scene. While Patty is on TV with Regis an Bimbo promoting her charity work with Sam Arsenault. We find out that Ellen is in grief counselling with a grief counselor who looks like a Klingon. There is no way on gods green earth that thing is human. Patty is having Ellen followed. So lunch meetings in broad daylight with the feds is probably not the best idea. You really couldn't make it anymore obvious, why not just ask Ellen to wear a FBI coat to work! The scene is wonderful as Patty has a sly smile when she instructs Pete to keep watching Ellen.

"I'm concerned about her well being" ....like hell she is.

Then comes the news that Sam Arsenault is withdrawing his money from her charity. Angry, Patty goes to see Sam Arsenault to ask why. While he is feeding her some bullsh*t story about his past, you can see Patty is already looking round the office for something to destroy....Enter Lily his daughter. The laughter in Patty's eyes tells you that little girl is going down! Again the scene is wonderful.

Sam: "Lily has earned herself a spot at Yale"
Patty: "oh that's quite an accomplishment"

You have to watch the episode a second time to get the sarcasm on the last comment. One of the things about Patty, is if you don't know her well enough you can miss stuff like that.
Patty is having nightmares this episode, I suspect its about the rising price of bread an milk or what ever it is she dreams about. We also see an appearance from Ray Fisk this episode as well, which even though was a bit over the top it was still quite funny to watch.

Meanwhile Daniel Purcell an old friend/lover/foe of Patty's from the past has a break in on his hands. The old man runs down the stairs with a poker! I mean a poker! what the f*ck were they thinking, who in America does not have a gun? One person Daniel Purcell. No wonder Patty dumped him. What a dumb ass. Purcell will be Patty's new case this season boy has she got her work cut out for her.

Sam Arsenault phones Patty to beg to get back in on the project as his daughter has been busted with a load of coke and the newspaper Patty is reading has a great headline. Obviously the whole set up is Patty at her best.

Ellen an Frobisher's paths clash again this time at the hospital where he is being kept. Ellen has to take the identity of his wife just to get in the same room as the sleeping Frobisher. The scene lasts ages an nothing seems to happen. My house maid Svetlana thinks she was tossing him off but they couldn't show it for obvious reasons.

That Klingon counselor is in this episode three times. That's three scenes to many in my opinion. Poor Ellen like its not enough she is trying to prove Frobisher killed David and bring Patty down she now has a stalker called Wes "It was only fifteen blocks" who says that a lot. Clearly never heard of taking a cab then.

At the end of the episode Patty takes the case the FBI set up to bring her down. However she may not follow through on it as Daniel Purcell's wife has been murdered. Also Ellen shoots the mysterious person she has at gun point. So the fun has only just begun! stay tuned for more Damages next Sunday.