As I previewed in the latest TV Guide Talk podcast, this episode of FX's Damages, though lighter on the jaw-dropping twists, was a welcome second outing in that many of the characters were steered into areas of gray. Almost in a Rashomon (or, for the younger folk, Courage Under Fire) fashion, we are being made privy to conversations and motivations not entirely divulged in the pilot.Take Frobisher. Last week's episode had us believing that he was utterly ruthless, and probably would not hesitate to put out a hit on poor Katie (the lying beyotch). But now we see the crisis of conscience he went through, and more than once, upon learning that his Achilles heel was talking to Patty. A week ago, whodathunk I'd be feeling for the tycoon who, if this case isn't nipped in the bud and soon, will lose his kids and wife. I found myself in Frobisher's head, weighing the pros and cons: sacrifice half my vast fortune and my priceless kids, or pay a huge settlement I probably swindled from my emp...
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