The first season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on July 24, 2007 and concluded on October 23, 2007. It consisted of thirteen episodes. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler along with Daniel Zelman, each of whom served as executive producers and contributed seven scripts for the season, including the premiere and the finale.
Most of the season follows two different timelines. The primary timeline begins with Ellen Parsons' recruitment by Patty Hewes to "Hewes & Associates" and follows proceedings of a class action lawsuit against Arthur Frobisher by his former employees, whom Patty represents. The initial episodes follow Patty's attempts to capture potential witness Gregory Malina through Katie Connor. The arc further details Malina's involvement with Frobisher's lawyer Ray Fiske and the pressure Patty brings to bear on Fiske on Malina's subsequent death.
The narrative includes multiple flashforwards of the alternative timeline, set approximately six months after Ellen's appointment, until both timelines converge in the penultimate episode of the season. The alternative timeline details the attack on Ellen, her arrest for the murder of her fiancé David Connor, and the subsequent murder investigation.
Release Date
Jul 24, 2007
Episodes
13 episodes
CAST
Glenn Close
Patty Hewes
Rose Byrne
Ellen Parsons
Tate Donovan
Tom Shayes
Ted Danson
Arthur Frobisher
EPISODES
1
Get Me a Lawyer
Jul 24, 2007
2
Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker
Jul 31, 2007
3
And My Paralyzing Fear of Death
Aug 7, 2007
4
Tastes Like a Ho-Ho
Aug 14, 2007
5
A Regular Earl Anthony
Aug 21, 2007
6
She Spat at Me
Sep 4, 2007
7
We Are Not Animals
Sep 11, 2007
8
Blame the Victim
Sep 18, 2007
9
Do You Regret What We Did?
Sep 25, 2007
10
Sort of Like a Family
Oct 2, 2007
11
I Hate These People
Oct 9, 2007
12
There's No 'We' Anymore
Oct 16, 2007
13
Because I Know Patty
Oct 23, 2007
Details
Language
English
Country
Production
Network
Metadata
TMDB ID
14681