Damages

After Patty (Glenn Close) handpicks Ellen (Rose Byrne) to be a first-year Associate at the high- profile law firm, Hewes & Associates, life will never be the same for either one of them. Ellen, newly-engaged to her boyfriend David Connor (Noah Bean), is thrilled to join the ranks and be trained under Patty and Patty's trusted Senior Associate, Tom Shayes (Tate Donovan). But Ellen soon realizes that the price of success may be much higher than what she's willing to pay. Currently, the focus of Hewes & Associates attention is a class action lawsuit targeting the allegedly corrupt Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson), one of the country's wealthiest CEOs. Patty, on behalf of her clients, is attempting to bankrupt and personally destroy Frobisher. As Patty battles with Frobisher and his attorney Ray Fiske (Zljko Ivanek) Ellen Parsons will be front and center witnessing just what it takes to win at all costs.

When Ellen (Rose Byrne) and David (Noah Bean) gather with family to celebrate their recent engagement, Katie (Anastasia Griffiths) reveals her paranoia surrounding her involvement in the Frobisher (Ted Danson) case and her safety. Trying to alleviate her fear, Ellen assures Katie that they can trust Patty (Glenn Close) to help them, but when she brings Katie to the office, things do not go the way she anticipated. Ellen confronts Patty about her meeting with Katie and begins to wonder how much she trusts her new boss. Meanwhile, Arthur Frobisher begins to weigh his options when he notices his family is being affected by his tattered image in the media.

When Patty (Glenn Close) and Ray Fiske (Ivanek Zeljko ) are called in by the Judge about the Frobisher case, Patty is asked to come up with a substantial reason to continue with their litigation by the end of the week. Looking for clues, Patty and Tom (Tate Donovan) learn about Katie's (Anastasia Griffiths) new friend. Meanwhile, Patty fears for the safety of her family when her life is threatened and she is forced to take a closer look at her son, and Ellen (Rose Byrne) is entrusted with a responsibility that may help her professionally but conflict with her personal life.

While down in Florida for business, Katie (Anastasia Griffiths) partied the night away in one of Florida's hippest nightclubs and saw something she shouldn't have - Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) with an unknown man in a parking lot.

Frobisher (Ted Danson) pushes Ray Fiske (Zeljko Ivanek) to take a more aggressive approach with Patty (Glenn Close), who is on shaky ground with the clients. Tom (Tate Donovan) reckons with his own career options and seeks the advice of an outspoken friend (Donal Logue).

Patty cautiously pursues Gregory eager to learn his secrets before it's too late. An emboldened Frobisher attempts to salvage his legacy with an unconventional strategy. Lila ominously reappears in David's life further testing his relationship with Ellen.

The Frobisher case now hinges on Gregory Malina's deposition which has Patty committed to keeping him safe from the nefarious forces of the opposition. Ellen and Tom are keeping something from Patty who they fear might be manipulating them.

With the key witness missing and Frobisher's camp taking extra measures to keep the momentum, Patty must find a new strategy for the case. Ellen gets blindsided when her parents show up with troubling news.

Both sides continue to fight for the upper hand as the mystery behind Gregory's disappearance deepens. With Frobisher's deposition nearing, he and his team bring on a secret weapon, while Ellen unearths information that could have serious impact on the case.

Titans collide as Patty and Frobisher square off in his deposition. Ellen has been relegated to the sidelines where she contemplates a few risky moves that might get her back in the action.

Pressure from the trial is talking its toll on Patty and Frobisher alike, as both sides intensify their tactics despite potentially dire ramifications. Ellen's secret information could be a huge help to Patty, but will the reward justify the risk?

The story of Ellen's incarceration for David's murder converges with the tumultuous events surrounding Patty's efforts to take down Frobisher Written By: Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman Directed By: Mark Piznarski.

The season comes to its shocking conclusion.

Fresh off her legal victory over billionaire CEO Arthur Frobisher, Patty is taking a break from the law and pouring her energies into her new charitable foundation. But when Patty receives a call from Daniel Purcell, a man from her past, she finds herself entangled in a case with personal and professional repercussions, the likes of which she could never have imagined.

Patty begins to suspect there's more to Daniel Purcell's case than simple murder. Meanwhile, Ellen secretly assists the FBI in their attempt to flip Tom Shayes and use him against Patty.

As Patty pieces together the murder of Daniel Purcell's wife, she begins to suspect Purcell himself of withholding vital information. Meanwhile, Ellen uncovers a decades old secret from Patty and Purcell's past.

While Patty works to clear Daniel Purcell of any wrongdoing in his wife's murder, Ellen and Tom head down to West Virginia in hopes of gathering vital information in the case against Ultima National Resources.

Patty begins to suspect Ellen's motives for returning to the firm. Meanwhile, Patty's on a mission to stop a corporate merger that she believes is connected to Christine Purcell's murder.

Convinced that Walter Kendrick is responsible for Christine Purcell's murder, Patty uses the media to wage war. Meanwhile, Ellen gets one step closer in her attempt to link Frobisher to David's murder.

As new tension develops between Ellen and Patty over how to proceed in the case against Ultima National Resources, Ellen provides the FBI with a new lead to bring Patty down.

As she copes with mounting pressure, Patty begins to unravel Walter Kendrick's energy scheme. Meanwhile, Arthur Frobisher's past will come back to haunt him.

As Patty goes on the offensive against the FBI, Ellen discovers troubling news about the investigation. Meanwhile, Patty's husband gets an intriguing offer.

As Patty increases the pressure in her case against UNR, the opposition finally starts to show its cracks. And while Wes and Ellen's relationship heads in a new direction, the FBI investigation into Patty takes a shocking turn.

While Claire Maddox risks everything to oust CEO Walter Kendrick, Ellen discovers a dark secret about Patty's personal life.

Ellen convinces the FBI to radically change their approach in the investigation. Meanwhile, Daniel Purcell (William Hurt) re-enters Patty's life and becomes critical to her case against UNR.

Patty goes to extremes to win her case against UNR, as Ellen's season long quest for revenge builds to an explosive conclusion.

Patty Hewes has been appointed by the U.S. government to recover billions of dollars lost to the largest investment fraud in Wall Street history. The new case pits Patty against the powerful Tobin family, which includes Joe Tobin, Marilyn Tobin, and the family's trusted attorney Leonard Winstone. Meanwhile, Ellen Parsons adjusts to the challenges of her new job, and life, away from Patty Hewes.

Patty Hewes digs deeper in the secrets of the Tobin family. Meanwhile, Ellen Parsons provides valuable assistance to Tom Shayes.

Patty Hewes races to prevent a key witness in the Tobin case from fleeing the country. Ellen learns a dark family secret.

Patty Hewes grills Louis Tobin about his fraud while Joe Tobin is faced with a decision that will determine his family's fate forever.

Patty Hewes squares off with the D.A. over access to a key witness. A job candidate at Hewes & Shayes asks Ellen for insight into Patty.

Under pressure to make progress in the Tobin case, Patty strikes a bargain with an unlikely source. Ellen uncovers new evidence about Louis Tobin's death as Tom starts to crack from his financial woes.

Patty sends Tom out of the country to follow the money trail of the Tobin fraud. Ellen must choose between her new boss and Patty. Leonard Winstone leaves the city under mysterious circumstances.

When Carol Tobin vanishes, Patty and Ellen have to track her down. Arthur Frobisher returns to launch his new Foundation.

Patty tracks down Carol Tobin and forces her to reveal the truth about Thanksgiving. Ellen's family life is turned upside down. Frobisher begins to make his movie.

Patty faces a professional disaster when her clients want her thrown off the Tobin case. A risky move by Tom Shayes could cost Ellen her job with the D.A.

When her star witness is arrested, Patty strikes an unusual deal with the D.A.'s office. Arthur Frobisher shows off, and reveals a little too much of his past.

Patty and Ellen set out to tear the Tobin Family apart. When Tom Shayes' job and marriage unravel, he strikes up a deadly alliance.

Season Finale. Ellen and Tom take matters into their own hands in an attempt to win the Tobin case as Patty Hewes is haunted by the true price of her success.

As Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) prepares to sue a multinational drug maker, Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) asks high school classmate Chris Sanchez to help expose a private security firm's illegal actions in Afghanistan. But as Chris hesitates while seeking help in dealing with his haunting memories, the company's powerful CEO is working behind the scenes to make sure that the truth is never revealed.

After Chris Sanchez's agreement to testify convinces her bosses to pursue a lawsuit against High Star Security, Ellen (Rose Byrne) discovers that they caved under pressure and reneged on the deal. But as Chris finds himself the target of what he's led to believe are Islamic extremists bent on avenging the death of a fellow Afghani fighter, Ellen must consider turning to Patty (Glenn Close) for help.

As Ellen (Rose Byrne) returns to the Hewes & Associates office to pursue her lawsuit against Howard Erickson (John Goodman), Patty's (Glenn Close) search for her missing son leads to Boston. To silence Chris Sanchez (Chris Messina), Erickson authorizes his henchmen to use whatever means necessary to make sure he won't deliver any damaging testimony in the lawsuit.

While being held hostage in Afghanistan, Chris (Chris Messina) sends a local operative to New York with a message for Ellen (Rose Byrne). As Patty (Glenn Close) enlists an old mentor to help with the case, news of a mysterious fifth member of the team that was on the disastrous High Star mission forces CEO Howard Erickson (John Goodman) to consider drastic measure to protect himself and his company.

As CIA operative Jerry Boorman looks to stop Ellen's (Rose Byrne) depositions once and for all, High Star CEO Howard Erickson (John Goodman) turns to a Defense Department contact to stop the release of incriminating confidential files. Meanwhile, as she is working alongside Ellen, Patty (Glenn Close) worries about her granddaughter's unexplained illness.

As she fights to see the imprisoned Nasim Marwat, Ellen (Rose Byrne) closes in on a CIA cover up of an illegal intelligence mission in Afghanistan that could bring down High Star Security CEO Howard Erickson (John Goodman). And as she and Patty (Glenn Close) look to exonerate Nasim, Ellen offers a reporter the story of a lifetime in exchange for his help locating the missing Chris Sanchez (Chris Messina).

As Howard Erickson (John Goodman) looks to bury the truth about a botched mission in Afghanistan, Ellen (Rose Byrne) and Patty (Glenn Close) seek a source inside the CIA who could help in their lawsuit against him and his company. And as Patty uses her class action suit against a French pharmaceutical giant to get the information she and Ellen need, Erickson returns to Afghanistan to ensure that Chris Sanchez (Chris Messina) will never talk.

As she sends a reporter to Afghanistan to find Chris, Ellen (Rose Byrne) teams up with Patty (Glenn Close) to depose Howard Erickson (John Goodman). Meanwhile, when his French girlfriend uncovers the truth about an intelligence asset he's been hiding in New York, Jerry Boorman (Dylan Baker) takes drastic measures to protect himself and the CIA.

As Chris Sanchez's life hangs in the balance, Jerry Boorman's (Dylan Baker) offer to sell out Howard Erickson (John Goodman) in order to protect the Afghan boy he's keeping in a CIA safe house leaves Ellen (Rose Byrne) and Patty (Glenn Close) facing an important decision about the future of their lawsuit against High Star.

As Ellen (Rose Byrne) moves to settle her lawsuit against High Star in exchange for Chris Sanchez's (Chris Messina) safe return, her plans are upended by Patty's (Glenn Close) surprise legal action against Howard Erickson (John Goodman). And while Ellen wants to put the suit behind her, rogue CIA agent Jerry Boorman (Dylan Baker) redoubles his efforts to destroy Erickson as he fights to hang on to his Afghan son.

Already on opposite sides of Michael Hewes's custody suit against his mother, Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) prepare to face off in court after a cyber-hacker's revelations about insider trading expose damaging personal information that push an informant over the edge.

As they square off in a wrongful death lawsuit against cyber-hacker Channing McClaren, Ellen (Rose Byrne) worries that her mentor's close relationship with the judge will give Patty (Glenn Close) an unfair advantage. But while she tries to level the playing field even as she begins to doubt McClaren's honesty, Ellen is reminded of how manipulative Patty can be.

Patty (Glenn Close) looks to prove that Rachel Walling's late mother committed suicide after meeting with cyber-hacker Channing McClaren. And as Ellen (Rose Byrne) struggles to defend the shadowy McClaren, she's surprised to learn of her mother's problems at home.

Ellen (Rose Byrne) and Patty (Glenn Close) face off in a bidding war after a mysterious computer hacker offers them information pertaining to the McClaren wrongful death lawsuit. Meanwhile, family drama dogs Ellen after her mother leaves her husband.

As she and Ellen (Rose Byrne) look to exploit the documents offered by a computer hacker, Patty (Glenn Close) secretly pressures a government investigator to provide confidential information to help her case. Meanwhile, Channing McClaren's shadowy past returns to haunt him.

A surprise witness threatens to call into question Channing McClaren's account of the night Naomi Walling committed suicide. Meanwhile, Ellen's (Rose Byrne) assistant approaches Patty (Glenn Close) with an unwelcome development in a case they argued years ago.

As Channing McClaren learns that a murdered computer hacker was paid for information about the late Naomi Walling, Patty (Glenn Close) and Ellen (Rose Byrne) take a tense trip to Maine to interview an expert witness whom they hope can shed some light on insider trading practices at Princefield Investments. Meanwhile, Chris Sanchez (Chris Messina) discovers that the Army is redeploying mentally unstable soldiers to Afghanistan.

As Patty (Glenn Close) threatens to expose the insider trading by Channing McClaren's leading financier, Chris Sanchez (Chris Messina) uses McClarenTruth to release information charging the Army with redeploying mentally ill soldiers. Meanwhile, Ellen (Rose Byrne) gets closer to identifying the man she suspects Patty sent to kill her.

As they prepare to face off in court, Ellen (Rose Byrne) seeks protection from the hit man she believes Patty (Glenn Close) sent to kill her. While Ellen is forced to intervene in the collapse of her parents' troubled marriage, the case against Channing McClaren threatens to destroy both McClarenTruth and Princefield Investments.

While looking to use Michael Hewes’ custody hearing to bring down Patty, Ellen is double crossed by a key witness in the McClaren trial. Meanwhile, Chris tries to protect the source that exposed the military’s redeployment of mentally ill soldiers.