Damages - season 3 thread

A solid opener for the new season. The only reason I tuned in during the first season was due to me being in love with Rose Byrne, but it's easily one of the best shows on TV.
 

I saw the opening car crash coming a mile away, yet it still made me jump for some reason. Too bad about Tom, one of the few truly likable characters on the show. I loved the use of foreboding music and overall mood of the episode. It really had a sinister vibe the likes of which I haven't felt in any of the other episodes to date. I'm not too fond of the ex-24 girl being among the cast. Never cared for her.

Yeah, I did not expect seeing that coming with Tom. At first, I would thought he tried to kill Patty after deciding not to put up with her crap anymore. Just sad to see him in a body bag, then flashing back to when he is seeing his name being put on a wall.

I'm hoping for this being a better season than the last one.

Interesting symmetry with season 1, isn't it? Patty sitting in a police interrogation room instead of Ellen. The police find the body of someone close to Patty instead of someone close to Ellen. They think Patty's lying instead of Ellen. I wonder how far the parallels will extend.

Casting Martin Short as the family lawyer is brilliant.

So far, so great.  Love this show.

I thought Martin Short was BRILLIANT in his role.  I really think that was an incredibly strong cast move, and it really played well for the show.  Loved it.  

 

The problem with Damages though is at this point it's hard for me to watch.. week by week.  Some shows, I can do it because it hits right in my schedule/wheelhouse.. like Dexter.  But Damages is one of those shows I need to digest in gulps, so off of DVD, or after I have 4-5 saved up in my DVR, that's when I can go through a rush of two or three episodes at a time.   :)  I'll join back in two months ;)

But I do love the show.  And what a great start.

Patrick, what's up with the tiny font lately?

I do the same thing.  But, I like to watch the premiere to get me interested.  I probably won't watch for 3.5 weeks and then I'll gobble up a bunch.

That's the only way to watch ANY serialized show as far as I'm concerned.  Unfortunately it doesn't always work out that way.

The only problem with the "save up episodes or watch on DVD" approach is that if too many people do it, the week-to-week ratings won't be good enough to keep the show on the air. 

Regards,

Joe

Does anyone think Ellen may have something to do with Tom's death? 

I think it's safe to say she had some kind of involvement, whether she knew it or not.

So they are leading us to believe that Ellen & Tom had a thing going...you have to wonder if it is even a sexual thing or if there is more to it than that.

Are we to believe that Tom really put EVERYTHING in that fund?  Little investment advice for you there Tom...don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Loved the last scene at the airport. The look on Martin Short's face was great. Any sympathy I may have had for Joe Tobin went out the window when he decided to let Marquette die. Speaking of which, it's nice to see Madchen Amick again. She doesn't look like she's aged much from her Twin Peaks days. It was also good to see Sarah Wynter pop up for a brief moment. I was a little surprised that it took Tom so long to put two and two together with the ice, as I thought he'd know as soon as he looked at it through the window. Can't say I haven't had a brain fart like that before though, so whatever. Oh, and there was a brief mention of Wes. Too bad Timothy Olyphant didn't come back this season.

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I knew Louis Tobin would put a hit out, what I did not know that it would be himself.

Not really a fan of seeing Michael back, and how he lied to Patty about his relationship with Jill.

It tickles me no end how clever the series creators have been in transforming the Madoff scandal into something as pulpy and entertaining as the Tobin saga. The real-life story is pretty dramatic, but not nearly as much fun.

Wow, Ellen is turning into her own version of Patty.

With the way it's going, this may very well turn out to be my favorite season of the show. It just gets better and better.

Yeah, great season...but they're all great.  Not sure they could ever top season 1 though...that's still my favorite.

One thing that still really puzzles me about this season is the Keith Carradine character.  Why is he there?  I can't imagine they bring in Keith Carradine to be an interior decorator and have no impact on the main story???

I see two possibilities (and they're not mutually exclusive). First, he's a new love interest for Patty; in his first scene, he tried to pick her up. Second, since he came as a referral from Wallace Shawn's white collor crook, it's a safe bet that there's something "off" about him.

Pure speculation: Maybe he'll turn out to be someone else who lost money with Tobin. There are plenty of them, after all.

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She always was. That's why they can't seem to stay away from each other. It's funny because Patty only hired Ellen to get to her future sister-in-law. She (Patty) also ended up with a lot more than she bargained for.

While the new associate looks like lamb to the slaughter/in the lions' den/whatever (take yer pick), anyone else thinks that she may surprise us yet?

I much much prefer this season to the second one, but they're all exceptional TV.

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Edited by Holadem - 3/11/10 at 11:18am

Well, it's now all about how much Ellen can influence Jacob.. er.. whoever his name is in this show ;)

Good ep this week. 

I'm loving how Patty and Ellen are using Alex as a pawn in their mental tug of war. It would be nice to see her catch on and what her reaction will be, though it may not continue now that they've teamed up.

Martin Short is turning out to be a very inspired bit of casting. Interesting new angle with him in the most recent episode, but my favorite moment so far was when he was staring at himself on the store TV screens a few weeks back. Aside from playing with expectations, that little scene said a lot about what type of person his character is.

I just caught up on all the episodes. I am loving this season so far, and very intrigued to see what really happened to Tom. Now we know it was not the person at the door, when he opened it.

I wonder how Frobisher is going to fit into all this.

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I'm guessing Tom went behind Patty's back to try and recover some of the money he lost...which leads to his eventual demise (would Patty try to have him killed if she found out?  I don't think so).

As for Frobisher, I'm not sure, but I'm wondering if they just brought him back to keep him in the viewer's mind as perhaps a permanent fixture on the show from now on.  I'm more curious as to how Keith Carradine plays into all of it.

There has to be a dramatic reason to have Frobisher on the show.
 

They sure know how to ratchet up the tension.. so now we know a bit more about where the money might be, but I'm also with the above.. how does Keith Carradine fit in?  And what is in her walls?  :)

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The money, obviously!

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I was hoping like crazy that they wouldn't off Tessa. That absolutely solidified the Tobins as my most hated villains in anything I've watched in quite some time. I'm still fuming. Can't wait for the remaining two episodes and hopefully some major comeuppance for them.