Damages [** Spoilers **]

GhostInTheRuins

A new series called Damages started last night or rté. Anyone watch it? I thought it was good and it looks like it has a lot of potential. Basically it's about a high profile court case. It's nice to see Ted Danson in a good role since Becker. I'm actually looking forward to next weeks episode.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914387/

Mr E

Yeah its up to episode 8 in the states. Really enjoying it...

Crap timeslot on RTE though.....

fta keith

TmB wrote:

Yeah its up to episode 8 in the states. Really enjoying it...

Crap timeslot on RTE though.....

it will be on bbc1 on sunday nights maybe in the same time slot as medium when that finishes

chalkitdown1

Anyone keeping up with the American episodes?

I have to say, it's quite brilliant.

I really do hope Zeljko Ivanek(Ray) gets recognised for his work in this. He's been absolutely superb, particularly in Tuesdays ep(episode 11).

It's just such an intruiging show. The way the story is told in both the present and the past, with the flashbacks catching up with the present with each passing episode is done wonderfully. Keeps you guessing the whole time.You're constantly trying to join the dots, trying to figure out who did what. It's just an absolutely brilliant show.
Definitely the best new series I've seen this year. Just a pity it probably won't be renewed. The ratings on FX have aparently been terrible

Mr E

Good news for you then.... (Despite ratings)

Basq

I've been watching it and it's wonderful alright... but the whole Frobisher stuff somewhat bored me. I just want to see what happened on THAT day... and it's a wonderful format in that you have to keep watching until the end of the season until everything is revealed!

But am a bit behind probably. Probably on about episode 7 or 8 - will catch up this evening.

How will season 2 work though alright?

Mr E

I'm guessing a new case?
They have to wrap up this one this season.

Dudess

Stayed in last night and watched episode three. Fantastic. Looking forward to getting into it. Hope I can find the first two episodes somewhere. Ah it'll be easy enough to catch up I'd say. Glenn Close is brilliant in it.

ixoy

So is the whole season of this show just based around one case - a la "Murder One" years back?

Dudess

Yep. And then there's all this crazy flashback grainy **** (I know, I know, sorry for going overboard with the technical jargon ). It's absolutely intriguing! Well I missed the first two episodes but I'll find 'em somewhere.
Only thing though: Saturday night? Ridiculous. I was ill last night but I'm never usually in on a Saturday night. I don't think the Beeb is showing it til after Christmas. I wonder if Sky will get its mitts on it?

GhostInTheRuins

Yeah it's a terrible time slot for such a great show. I don't know what rte are thinking, but then again, that's nothing new.

chalkitdown1

Absolutely cracking episode last night. Only 1 more to go. That scene where the past catches up with the present was great. Love the way the colour 'n' everything changed to reflect this.

Basq

Balls... must catch up this weekend! :eek:

I must admit that i actually made myself wait until it was close to finishing up.. simply due to the relief i'm gonna have in watching it all unfold over a 5 - 6 hours catchup. Rather than the wait and revelations in each episode, only to have the next one open with '4 Months Earlier'! AARRGGHH!

grimm2005

What episode are rté on? never heard of this but am now intrigued. ill sky+ the rest of the rte eps and get the previous ones thru the usual channels

Basq

grimm2005 wrote: »

What episode are rté on? never heard of this but am now intrigued. ill sky+ the rest of the rte eps and get the previous ones thru the usual channels

RTE are showing episode 4 this Sunday.

It is very good though... definitely worth watching and i find the intro music incredibly groovy.

Oh.. and for people who want to know what the intro music is... listen to 'When I Am Through With You' on The VLA's MySpace

Dudess

Just to clarify: Sunday or Saturday?
What station is it on where it's nearly finished? FX is it?
Yeah, great intro tune. I've only seen one episode (totally by accident last Saturday night when I was stuck at home sick - yay for stomach bugs!) Thought it was absolutely fantastic - gonna be hooked!

steve 0

Taping it every week as I'm always out, loving it so far.
Bad news today on renewal, http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a77967/no-second-season-confirmed-for-damages.html

Dudess, its on RTE 1 Saturday nights around 11, after Tubridy.

chalkitdown1

Just watched the final episode. Man, what a fúcking ending! So many twists and revelations in 50 minutes of television. Brilliantly set up for a second season, too. Just a pity that it more than likely won't get one.

Best tv show of the year, for me. By far. Just a pity no-one watches it. :mad:

If this turns out to be the only season, I hope they submit it to the award shows as a mini-series, so It'll clean up. It certainly deserves to.

valor

this show is pretty cool, just finished episode 7

Mr E

Renewed for Season 2...

Killaqueen!!!

Watched a couple of episodes of this during the summer in America before it was aired here and I was looking forward to watching it. Pity I just never had the time cos, even from the 2 episodes I watched, I saw potential in it. Acting was good, but it's something you'd probably have to watch from beginning to end, every episode, to get whats going on.

I missed the start of the season so I never bothered to watch it again. Crap timeslot on RTE - even a bit more advertisement mightve got me to watch it.

chalkitdown1

Mr E wrote: »

Renewed for Season 2...

and season 3

I honestly thought this show was dead.

Fair play to FX.

Can't wait to see more of it.

GhostInTheRuins

Last episode is on tonight, fantastic first series so far.

Dudess

Started on BBC last night. Delighted. RTE was showing it on Saturday night - not a great time imo. I saw episode three and four on RTE and found it intriguing. Finally got to see the first episode on the Beeb last night. Absolutely superb stuff. Catch it if you can.

Dudess

Anyone watching this on BBC at the moment? Remarkable stuff. Final episode next week - cannot wait!

Basq

I'm ashamed to say I never finished it.. got 8 episodes or so in. And fell behind.. will finish it this weekend!

Loved what I saw though.

ixoy

basquille wrote: »

I'm ashamed to say I never finished it.. got 8 episodes or so in. And fell behind.. will finish it this weekend!

Surely this is an April Fool's joke? For shame Basquille! Good show and it worked right up to (and including) the final few moments.

Patti Hearst rocks.

steve 0

basquille wrote: »

I'm ashamed to say I never finished it.. got 8 episodes or so in. And fell behind.. will finish it this weekend!

Loved what I saw though.

Think there's something going around, finally watched the last 2 last night. Great finish, still managed to have a couple of twists despite catching up with its fragmented timeline. Looking forward to what they will have in store for the new series.

DeepBlue

ixoy wrote: »

Patti Hearst rocks.

Patty Hewes, surely?

Good show with a great cast and an ending that sets it up well for Season 2.

Dudess

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst

Sorry ixoy, but tis an interesting story - good excuse to post the link

Dudess

Well the finale was on BBC1 last night - absolutely superb! Things all seemed to be tied up, and while it was quite good, it was a tad disappointing as I thought there'd more excitement... obviously that was the desired effect as nothing could have prepared me for the big clanger at the end.
It's just a remarkable show - of Sopranos/24 calibre. I really hope it catches on. Shame it's not huge - it should be.

If you haven't seen it, get a hold of it - it really is something else...

GhostInTheRuins

Dudess wrote: »

Started on BBC last night. Delighted. RTE was showing it on Saturday night - not a great time imo. I saw episode three and four on RTE and found it intriguing. Finally got to see the first episode on the Beeb last night. Absolutely superb stuff. Catch it if you can.

It was a disgraceful slot for such an excellent show. I knew it was starting on bbc but I just couldn't wait that long or start watching from the beginning again.

Dudess wrote:

Well the finale was on BBC1 last night - absolutely superb! Things all seemed to be tied up, and while it was quite good, it was a tad disappointing as I thought there'd more excitement... obviously that was the desired effect as nothing could have prepared me for the big clanger at the end.
It's just a remarkable show - of Sopranos/24 calibre. I really hope it catches on. Shame it's not huge - it should be.

I agree, it should be a lot more popular than it is. Can't wait wait for series two!

MsMolly

have to say , was a tad disapointed by the finale of series 1. was expecting major twist of some sort.

what was all that about her at her babies grave, what significance did it have or did i miss a bit. i thought it was going to come out that the baby was fathered by frobisher or something. ellen turning on her in the end was no major shock, it wasn't as if she was loyal to her all along so her betraying her is not a huge twist.

thoroughly enjoyed the series though.

Dudess

The big twist isn't what you said at all - it's

what happened to make Ellen agree to help the FBI bring her down. The whole time, the audience was being led to believe that Patty ordered a hit on her, then it looked as if Patty definitely didn't and was ultimately a decent enough soul, especially seeing as her vulnerable, caring side was shown when Fisk committed suicide and when she went to visit her baby's grave - suddenly she didn't seem capable of such ruthlessness... So when it turned out that Patty actually did order a hit on her, it was absolutely shocking - and remember this was after Fisk killed himself.

I couldn't understand how a second series would work, but it makes sense now. Ultimately it was about a lot more than just the Frobisher case. What I loved was the way enough details were tied up but a few interesting new dimensions have been brought in to set the scene for the next series - e.g. the 1972 thing, Frobisher now - is he or isn't he?, the employee who he was supposed to be paying to get info, the other job that the bespectacled hitman has, Patty's son - definitely something dodgy about him... The 1972 thing is bound to have some significance all right. They'd hardly just throw it in there and leave it at that - unless the writers decide to do a Lost on it . MsMolly, I was thinking exactly what you were thinking, as was my mum - especially when I thought about the part where he asked her why she hated him so much - but that's probably the writers playing tricks on us again...

Never have I been so looking forward to a new series - and it's much too early to be even thinking about it...

dubmick

I have to say me and missus were getting a bit tired of this but the last episode was really good and it really set it up for the second series. Is it on in the States yet?

ElNino

Rumour has it that two more thirteen episode seasons have been ordered and that season 2 will start in the fall in the US.

Dudess

A later date than the first season which began last July. Makes sense. The ratings aren't anywhere near what was hoped for and deserved. Airing the show from autumn would probably be a better option for maximising viewing figures.

I can't understand why FX opted to air such a big name show from July. Maybe they thought the inclusion of Close and Danson in the cast would be enough of a selling point.

Basq

Sat down and finished the first season today.

Bit disappointed in the final few episodes to be perfectly honest as

although Dudess reckons Patty's "did she / didn't she" order the hit on Ellen was well done.. it really never convinced me.

As soon as Ellen asked Patti "had she regretted what they've done?" (leading to Fisk's suicide) and Patty watched in fear as Ellen said "she did" - it was obvious that Patty was then scared of Ellen revealing the circumstances surrounding Fisk's suicide. And her telling Ellen she could stay the weekend in her apartment just cemented my theory. Her anguish was well played but that moment between Ellen and Patty convinced me.

And throwing in Patty's baby somewhat threw me a little.. didn't know really what to make of it. I assumed if the baby died in 1974, she would have been the same age as Ellen.

A very good series but the final few episodes did somewhat let me down..

Good interview with the creators here though!

lostexpectation

just watch the last ep, the good guys are just as evil and manipulative,it was damn good that way, we 've seen a lot of that recently have we, who really are the good guys types of shows...

surely the only way to find out who davids killers were and to link it to frobisher was to go ahead with the trial and not settle, plus all the other illegal things that occurred

JP Liz

Ted Danson did a delicious job in the debut season of FX's dark Damages, and now the show has reeled in an equally tantalizing actor for the second cycle, arriving in early 2009. Oscar winner William Hurt will play a new client of Patty Hewes' — one who shares a personal as well as a professional past with Glenn Close's barracuda.

Series creators Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman say in a statement, "We are thrilled and honored to have William join Glenn Close on our Damages dream team. The fuse is lit, and with these two actors going head to head, the fireworks are sure to fly."

Before you ask, I will interject here that at this time, Danson's involvement in Season 2 has not been determined.

anotherlostie

I've just finished the boxset of this show and like many of you was blown away by the twists and turns in the show. It did sag a little towards the end, before Fiske's suicide, but picked up again. I was convinced mad Lila had commited the perfect crime in killing David and setting Ellen up for it, and I of course thought Frobisher's guys had tried to kill Ellen in the beach house. I wonder will the dodgy detective be back for season 2, as he never got his comeuppance.

Looks like I have something else other than Lost to look forward to in early 2009.