# "Damages" is back, Jan. 25, 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damages-is-back-jan-25-2010/526402 "2010-01-25T19:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damages-is-back-jan-25-2010/526402/1 "2010-01-25T19:21:26Z")
_Damages,_ the popular F/X legal thriller starring Glenn Close, returns tonight for Season 3. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damages-is-back-jan-25-2010/526402/2 "2010-01-25T21:39:38Z")
I’m excited! I know it lost a lot of the magic with the second season but I still really enjoyed S2 and I’m looking forward to this one. Lily Tomlin - Awesome! Martin Short - Really? I hope he doesn’t suck as much as usual. Meet y’all back here tomorrow for episode dissection/discussion? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damages-is-back-jan-25-2010/526402/3 "2010-01-26T08:51:21Z")
Damn…I hope my DVR remembered to tape it! Love this show - and Glenn Close is just amazing in this role! ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damages-is-back-jan-25-2010/526402/4 "2010-01-26T15:23:55Z")
Commercial-free premier, love those! I have DVR so I know that it’s profoundly lazy of me to resent fast-forwarding commercials but there you go. 🙂 I thought it was a great first ep. Gonna throw the rest in spoiler boxes for those who haven’t watched yet.[spoiler]Ellen has lighter hair to go with her bevy of facial expressions - she gets more than one this season! I liked watching Ellen talk tough with the dealer’s lawyer but I’m a little disappointed that she’s _not_ the one who hired the thugs. Patty is still intriguingly and creepily obsessed with Ellen. What’s with the ugly handbag of doom? Does it come equipped w/ tracking/recording equipment? Is Patty courting, that bag holds as much and costs more than a U-haul after all. Is Patty just getting revenge making Ellen carry a profoundly ugly piece of baggage!? I can’t decide if I give a shit about the case this season. I don’t like Tobin Jr., he’s a candy ass and boring - seriously, if you beat someone up in the first ep and still come off as a candy ass, your ass be sugar-coated. I really like Lily Tomlin though and I hope we get to see a lot more of her. Keith Carradine pops up all over my t.v. these days and happy as I always am to see him I just wanted to scream at the screen, “Run Keith! Run! It’s got big teeth!” Don’t click if you didn’t watch, seriously.Tom is dead! :eek:who’s going to be Patty’s puppet/minion now? Tom always kind of annoyed me so I should be doing a happy dance but I still feel bad, poor bastard finally made partner only to end up in a dumpster, yowch. Where is Wes? I was all set to be sad but Wikipedia has him listed in the S3 cast. Here’s hoping he’s in more than just flashbacks.[/spoiler]