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Damages on FX

2007, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- Because I Know Patty (Original Airdate Oct 23, 2007)
- There’s No 'We' Anymore (Original Airdate Oct 16, 2007)
- I Hate These People (Original Airdate Oct 9, 2007)
- Sort of Like a Family (Original Airdate Oct 2, 2007)
- Do You Regret What We Did? (Original Airdate Sep 25, 2007)
- Blame the Victim (Original Airdate Sep 18, 2007)
- We Are Not Animals (Original Airdate Sep 11, 2007)
- She Spat at Me (Original Airdate Sep 4, 2007)
- A Regular Earl Anthony (Original Airdate Aug 21, 2007)
- Tastes Like a Ho Ho (Original Airdate Aug 14, 2007)
- And My Paralyzing Fear of Death (Original Airdate Aug 7, 2007)
- Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker (Original Airdate Jul 31, 2007)
- Pilot Episode (Original Airdate Jul 24, 2007)
2
- Trust Me (Original Airdate Apr 1, 2009)
- Look What I Dug Up This Time (Original Airdate Mar 25, 2009)
- London, Of Course (Original Airdate Mar 18, 2009)
- Uh Oh, Out Come the Skeletons (Original Airdate Mar 11, 2009)
- You Got Your Prom Date Pregnant (Original Airdate Mar 4, 2009)
- They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney (Original Airdate Feb 25, 2009)
- New York Sucks (Original Airdate Feb 18, 2009)
- A Pretty Girl in a Leotard (Original Airdate Feb 11, 2009)
- I Agree, It Wasn't Funny (Original Airdate Feb 4, 2009)
- Hey! Mr. Pibb (Original Airdate Jan 28, 2009)
- I Knew Your Pig (Original Airdate Jan 21, 2009)
- Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care (Original Airdate Jan 14, 2009)
- I Lied, Too (Original Airdate Jan 7, 2009)

Damages Episode: "She Spat at Me"

Season 1, Episode 6

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Episode Synopsis: Eager to learn Gregory's secrets before it's too late, Patty pursues him---cautiously; an emboldened Frobisher tries to salvage his legacy with an unconventional strategy; and Lila reappears in David's life, further testing his relationship with Ellen. Original Air Date: Sep 4, 2007

"She Spat at Me"

Sep 5, 2007 02:00 AM ET
by Matt Mitovich

Dare I say, we've hit a bit of a slow patch here with Damages. Still a superb show, do not get me wrong, but I find that when it's not dazzling you with misdirection and shocking reveals... it shows hints of ordinariness. Take Ellen's confab with Greg at the postcard rack. It totally felt like two actors reading a script, barely a genuine line of dialogue to be found. Didn't she say something like, "We can only trust in ourselves"? Who says that? And Ellen going all "hardcore," hair pulled back and talking tough? I didn't come within a country mile of buying that. "Don't they teach you [lying] in law school?" Ooh, you're so edgy, honey.Ted Danson, on the other hand, is owning this show as of late. Frobisher is so desperate to be somebody he is not, he can barely tell if he is coming or going, and is shooting himself in the foot along the way. The instant he crashed the ghost writer's quiet night with the girlfriend, you knew it was ending badly. Maybe not as badly as it did, but...... read more