Unfolding with surgical use of flashbacks, we watch a twisted relationship develop between Hewes and her protege, Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) - whose boyfriend is bludgeoned to death in the first season. No - it's an opera: backroom backstabs, treachery, epic deception, a shifting floor of moral relativity.
Theme: putatively just but vengeful ends, by any means necessary.Įarlier in the day, the creative trio had described the show as a legal one, but in no way a courtroom drama. Created by Todd Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman, season one pits legal titan Patty Hewes (Close) against former CEO billionaire Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson), revolving around her class-action lawsuit against him on behalf of former employees whom he allegedly duped via insider trading. Twenty-five years after starring with Hurt in The Big Chill, the two work in something Chillier: Damages burns fiercely but with a cold fire. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.