# Lit Drama - FX's Damages **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428 "2007-07-11T22:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/1 "2007-07-11T22:37:13Z")
It seems like 'erry where you flip, there’s yet ANOTHER legal/litigation drama on TV. I came across this new show on FX that looks pretty promising, however: [Damages](http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/damages/) Anyone else heard anything about it? I definitely see this show being the water-cooler discussion show of '07… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/2 "2007-07-11T23:04:09Z")
FX has been running lots of promos. It looks good. Apparently it starts with the young woman – the one working for Glenn Close – after she’s been attacked, and works backward from there to show what happened. The only drawback is Ted Danson. I can’t picture him as anyone but Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/3 "2007-07-12T00:15:59Z")
I plan to check it out. I like Glenn Close most of the time, and I like the idea of Ted Danson playing a bad guy. Seems like it could be an interesting show – I hope it lives up to its previews. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/4 "2007-07-13T20:25:00Z")
Ha ha…yeah, I hear ya AuntiePam… “Sometime you want to go…where everybody knows your naaaame…” ha ha… 😃 I think it will be a good role for him, though…so neat to see him as something other than the crazy-cool-loveable-guy…you know?? Peep this interesting article about Glenn Close and DAMAGES: [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/07/13/2007-07-13\_close\_assesses\_damages\_its\_all\_about\_the-1.html](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/07/13/2007-07-13_close_assesses_damages_its_all_about_the-1.html) ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/5 "2007-07-21T13:12:28Z")
Did you happen to see Glenn Close on Jay Leno last night? She was pretty cool and down-to-earth! She just got married as well? And was joking about how not many guys wanted to date her after Dangerous Liaisons!! Pretty funny… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/6 "2007-07-21T21:36:01Z")
Moved from IMHO to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/7 "2007-07-21T22:00:31Z")
I’m going to watch this. Rose Byrne is one of the most beautiful actresses working right now. I loved her in _The Dead Girl_. The cast looks excellent (can’t go wrong with Glenn Close), and the premise is interesting. One of us should start a thread after the premiere to discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/8 "2007-07-22T05:12:12Z")
Zeljko Ivanek is in it, too! (He played the evil French teacher in “School Ties.”) ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/9 "2007-07-24T15:07:56Z")
Oh yeah…both Rose Byrne and Zeljko Ivanek are going to be great…but, I am so happy for Glenn…she really deserves a hit show! Is it 10pm, yet!!! Haha… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/10 "2007-07-24T15:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=iluvurmom] I am so happy for Glenn…she really deserves a hit show! [/QUOTE] Well she was on a number of seasons of “The Shield” which is I understand moderately successful. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/11 "2007-07-24T16:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Well she was on a number of seasons of “The Shield” which is I understand moderately successful. [/QUOTE] True, but it isn’t _her_ show. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/12 "2007-07-24T17:44:41Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] True, but it isn’t _her_ show. [/QUOTE] “_Her_ house, _his_ rules” was the tagline for the season of the Shield that she was on…the his refering, of course, to Vic. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/13 "2007-07-24T18:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Well she was on a number of seasons of “The Shield” which is I understand moderately successful. [/QUOTE] She was only one one season of the Shield (unfortunately. I loved her character). I think I’ll watch Damages tonight. FX is surprisingly good about developing great shows (Full Disclosure: I haven’t seen **Dirt** ). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/14 "2007-07-24T19:08:27Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] She was only one one season of the Shield (unfortunately. I loved her character). [/QUOTE] \ One is a number! \ ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/15 "2007-07-25T15:53:39Z")
So…I could _barely_ blink…and am definitely glad that I DVRed it, so I could rewind and watch the ending again!!! What did all of you think? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/16 "2007-07-25T16:21:08Z")
DAMNIT! I missed it. Anyone know if they’re going to broadcast it again? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/17 "2007-07-25T17:30:18Z")
**Zoggie** , yes, several times. Today (7/26) at 6 p.m., and again on the 28th, 29th, and 30th. I’ve only watched the first half so far. Was there an explanation for Ellen’s treatment by the police? I don’t understand why she was treated like a suspect in a crime, rather than a possible victim. She’s sitting in an interrogation room, still bloody and maybe in shock. Why? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/18 "2007-07-25T18:13:13Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I’ve only watched the first half so far. Was there an explanation for Ellen’s treatment by the police? I don’t understand why she was treated like a suspect in a crime, rather than a possible victim. She’s sitting in an interrogation room, still bloody and maybe in shock. Why? [/QUOTE] She may be in shock, but she’s not physically injured. She’s covered in blood but not her blood. That speaks more to her being the perpetrator than the victim. And of course, as the episode ends her fiance is found dead in their apartment and the first words she speaks to the police, “Get me a lawyer.” are more “suspect” than “victim.” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/19 "2007-07-25T20:45:11Z")
Thanks, **Otto**. In addition to all that, she didn’t give the cops her name, so that’s suspicious as well. I just finished watching the episode. I agree that there weren’t a lot of surprises – particularly who killed the dog – but the show moves fast so predictability isn’t a problem for me. ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428/20 "2007-08-01T23:46:06Z")
> [@](#): > > She may be in shock, but she’s not physically injured. She’s covered in blood but not her blood… OK…ever since I saw the promo-posters…with her bloody-hands gripping the briefcase…waaaaay before the series ever started…I was trying to figure that out. I mean, she definitely looked shaken-up, but not really injured… :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lit-drama-fxs-damages/411428.md?page=2)