- Damages (season 4)
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Damages Season 4 Country of origin United States No. of episodes 10 Broadcast Original channel Audience Network Original run July 13, 2011 – September 14, 2011 Home video release DVD release Region 4 December 14, 2011[1] Season chronology ← Previous
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Season 5The fourth season of the legal drama series Damages premiered on the Audience Network, an entertainment channel owned by DirecTV, on July 13, 2011 and concluded on September 14.[2] The season featured 10 episodes, bringing the series total to 49.
Contents
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Glenn Close as Patricia "Patty" Hewes
- Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons
- Dylan Baker as Gerald "Jerry" Boorman
- John Goodman as Howard T. Erickson
Recurring
- Chris Messina as Christopher Sanchez
- Bailey Chase as Sean Everett
- Zachary Booth as Michael Hewes
- Bruce Altman as Jim Girotto
- Judd Hirsch as Bill Herndon
- Griffin Dunne as Dean
- Rochelle Bostrom as Attractive Woman
Episodes
See also: List of Damages episodes№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date 40 1 "There's Only One Way to Try a Case" Todd A. Kessler Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman July 13, 2011 Two and a half years after the death of Tom Shayes, Ellen Parsons has a new job and a new boyfriend. She now works for Nye & Everett but feels that the company does not respect her legal input. She begins to take interest in Howard Erickson and his private military company High Star. Ellen's high school friend, Chris Sanchez, has recently left High Star and she begins to reconnect her relationship with him as to get closer to the company's secrets. Howard Erickson tries to renew his company's contracts with the government with help from Jerry Boorman, a ruthless mercenary. Meanwhile Patty, still having the reigns at Hewes and Associates, advises Ellen not to look into the company, as they are extremely dangerous. Patty herself struggles to find a nanny for her two-year old granddaughter, Catherine.
In the alternate timeline (three months later), a young Afghan boy brings a sandwich to a person who is tied to a chair with a cloth covering their face. The Afghan boy watches as two masked figures threaten the person's life.41 2 "I've Done Way Too Much for This Girl" Todd A. Kessler Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-House July 20, 2011 After having the High Star case rejected by Nye & Everett's senior partners, Ellen is determined to try the case on her own but needs Patty's resources in order to do so. She refuses to ask Patty for help, not wanting to owe her former boss anything. Erickson and Boorman stage an elaborate scheme to get Sanchez out of the country, which includes the bombing of his therapist's office and an assassination attempt. Sanchez believes he is being targeted by an Afgahni man bent on avenging his brother, who was killed by Sanchez and his men during the last High Star mission in Afghanistan. Ellen has a group of friends pretend to threaten her about High Star in front of Patty, who afterwards offers her resources to Ellen. Desperate for answers, Sanchez gets redeployed to Afghanistan in hopes of finding those responsible for the attempts on his life. 42 3 "I'd Prefer My Old Office" Nick Gomez Jason Wilborn July 27, 2011 Ellen sets herself up at Hewes & Associates and files her case against High Star. Chris provides testimony from Afghanistan via video link, but after being threatened by Anthony Carter, reverses his testimony. During the deposition, he sends Ellen a coded message that leads her to a friend of his, a vet who may know more than she thinks she does about the final High Star mission. Leaving a sick Catherine with Ellen, Patty departs for Boston with Huntly, who has managed to close in on Michael's possible whereabouts. Their attempts prove unsuccessful and Patty returns to New York, where Ellen confides in her that she is in over her head with the High Star casend needs Patty's personal help. Unbeknownst to Patty, Michael has returned and is watching her. Three days later, a Muslim man is shown handling a carefully wrapped package and has a map targeting Hewes & Associates.
An alternate time-line reveals what happened to Michael after he caused Patty's car accident. He steals a car from his friend and heads to Boston, hoping to stay with a longtime friend, Henry, in his dorm. After being rejected, he spends some time as a homeless man before giving his car to a drug dealer in order to take over his territory on the Boston nightclub scene.43 4 "Next One's on Me, Blondie" Timothy Busfield Joe Weisberg August 3, 2011 The muslim man turns out to be Nassim Marwat, a friend of Sanchez's who presents Ellen with Chris' military medallion and offers her information about what is happening in Afghanistan. Through contacts in the Muslim-American world, Boorman is able to determine Marwat's identity and uses it to pressure Howard Erickson into giving the order to have Anthony Carter torture Chris for information about what Marwat knows. Meanwhile, Patty and Ellen turn to Bill Herndin, a drunken colleague of Patty's with Washington contacts, who says he can give them further information about High Star's activities in the Middle East. He reveals to Patty that High Star was extracting terrorist suspects for the CIA. 44 5 "We'll Just Have to Find Another Way to Cut the Balls Off of This Thing" David Tuttman Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-House August 10, 2011 45 6 "Add That Little Hopper to Your Stew" Timothy Busfield Jason Wilborn August 17, 2011 46 7 "I'm Worried About My Dog" Glenn Kessler Josh Payne August 24, 2011 47 8 "The War Will Go on Forever" Nick Gomez Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman August 31, 2011 48 9 "There's a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the Taliban" David Tuttman Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman September 7, 2011 49 10 "Failure is Lonely" Glenn Kessler Todd A. Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman September 14, 2011 Chris Sanchez is brought in the USA. Meanwhile Jerald Boorman trying to get the Afghan boy back uses Ellen to get to Erickson. The moment Ellen enters Erickson's house Erickson's lawyer is told that Patty filed another lawsuit against Erickson on behalf of the kidnapped boy. Erickson refusing to give Sanchez to Ellen decides to finally execute Chris. The boy finds and releases Chris while Boorman enters Chris' cell, where an enraged Chris already knowing the truth about how his men died, being previously told by the boy who witnessed the murders committed by Boorman, kills Boorman. With Sanchez freed, Patty manages to put Erickson away for good. Patty and Ellen have their final confrontation where Patty offers Ellen her practice and proclaims that she always saw Ellen as the rightful heir. Ellen refuses, believing that Patty is poisoned with power. Disgusted, Ellen leaves Patty. The final scene shows Michael giving Patty his witness list for the custody over Katherine. Patty opens the letter to find only one name written: Ellen Parsons. Production
For its first three seasons, Damages aired on the FX Network, but the series' ratings continued to decline, with the third season finale, "The Next One's Gonna Go In Your Throat", managing to gain only a 0.2/0 ratings share amongst adults 18-49 and fewer than a million viewers.[3] FX announced on April 4, 2010 that they would not be renewing Damages for a fourth season, though by that time rumors of the series being picked up by DirecTV had already begun to circulate.[4][5] These rumors continued making the rounds until July 19, 2010 when DirecTV announced that it had officially picked up the series for a fourth and fifth season, each consisting of ten episodes.[6] "We didn't say, 'Let's go rescue shows. We said, 'Let's go find quality programming that's going to resonate with our audience,'" said Derek Chang, an executive Vice President at DirecTV.[7] "FX was very proud to have developed one of the best scripted series on television, but, in order to have a future, the show needed DirecTV and we are thrilled they stepped in," said John Landgraf, President and General Manager at FX.[8]
As with previous seasons, season four is executive produced by creators Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman. Mark A. Baker serves as a co-executive producer, Lori Jo Nemhouser as producer and Mark Fish is a co-producer.[9] Production began in New York City in January, 2011.[10]
References
- ^ "Damages - Season 4". JB Hi-Fi. http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/drama-romance/damages-season-4/654009. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ^ "Shows A-Z - damages on directv". The Futon Critic. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/damages/listings. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (April 20, 2010). "Cable Ratings Monday: Damages Season Finale Manages Just A 0.2 18-49 Rating". TV by the Numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/04/20/cable-ratings-monday-damages-season-finale-manages-just-a-0-2-18-49-rating/49262/. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ McPherson, Sam (April 4, 2010). "FX Cancels 'Damages;' Small Chance of Rescue by DirecTV". TV Over Mind. http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/cable/fx/damages/fx-cancels-damages-small-chance-of-rescue-by-directv/21345. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (April 2, 2011). "Exclusive: Will DirecTV rescue 'Damages'?". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/04/02/directv-rescue-damages-fx/. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (July 19, 2010). "Scoop: DirecTV deal saves 'Damages' from cancellation!". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/07/19/directv-deal-saves-damages/. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Levin, Gary (January 5, 2011). "DirecTV pardon gives FX's canceled 'Damages' new life". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2011-01-05-damages05_ST_N.htm. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Gallagher, Brian (July 20, 2010). "Damages Moves to DirecTV for Two New Seasons". Movie Web. http://www.movieweb.com/news/damages-moves-to-directv-for-two-new-seasons. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ "Damages: Cast & Details". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/damages/cast/288002#aCredits. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (July 26, 2010). "Exclusive: 'Damages' execs on moving to DirecTV and the Patty/Ellen twist that kicks off season 4". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/07/26/damages-directv-spoilers-season-4/. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
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