The FX original series Damages is kind of like Lost, only it takes place in law offices instead of a tropical island.
The basics of the show are thus: billionaire Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) has been cleared by the Feds in the “Enron-style” meltdown of his company. A prominent New York attorney (Patty Hewes, played by Glenn Close) is leading a civil case against Frobisher on behalf of his former employees. We enter the show as a young, “just out of law school” attorney (Ellen Parsons, played by Rose Byrne) is entertaining offers from Hewes and Ellis Nye, another New York attorney. Ellen takes the job with Hewes… and her life is changed forever.
This might sound fairly straightforward so far… but soon lies are told, conspiracies are hatched, and no one is as good or honest as they seem. Double-crosses pile up and turn in to triple-crosses and quadruple-crosses. People you think are the good guys turn out to be bad. And the people you initially want to hate turn out to be kind of nice. Like Lost, the show poses questions, and then answers them the next week… only to ask 50 more questions in return. And you have to pay attention when you watch this show: questions may be answered in subtle ways, such as seemly innocent phone calls, peices of paper left here or there… or a single drop of blood.
The show is nearing the end of season 1, but you can still catch up if you’d like. FX is running a 12-hour marathon on October 20th beginning at 8PM. So fire up the DVR and catch one of the best new shows on TV!