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After the middling second season of complex legal thriller Damages, the onus was very much on season three to recapture the excellent of the show’s first run. Fortunately, this is a real return to form, and frequently finds the programme very much at its best.
This time in Damages, Glenn Close’s Patty Hewes remains as ruthless as always, and this time, the programme makers have put her up against a case as tough as any she’s faced. For this time, she’s working for the American government, charged with trying to get back billions of dollars. It’s a tough job, and it’s going to take the best in the business to even attempt it. Which is where Hewes comes in.
Once again, Glenn Close is quite brilliant here, anchoring the show with a terrific central turn. Rose Byrne returns too, and again provides a strong foil for Close. And in this third season, Campbell Scott plays Joe Tobin, although he struggles to make too much of an impact. Furthermore, there’s an unwillingness to let go of a character from earlier series, which doesn’t help Damages here.
But it’s still a rollicking-good television series. Damages remains one of the most compelling legal thrillers that television has produced in recent times, and the likelihood is that this third season is the last. However, the good news is that it’s going out in fine form… --Jon Foster
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Patty Hewes is back in action, tackling the most challenging case of her illustrious career. Following up Patty’s decisive victory over corrupt CEO Arthur Frobisher in Season 1 and her decimation of Ultima National Resources in Season 2, Patty Hewes has recently been appointed by the U.S. government to recover billions of dollars in stolen assets from the largest investment fraud in U.S. history, a fraud perpetrated by the esteemed financier Louis Tobin.
Special Features
• Deleted Scenes
• Episode Introductions
• Commentary with Commentary with Martin Short and Writers/Creators Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler and Daniel Zelman
• Commentary with Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan and Writers/Creators Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler and Daniel Zelman
• “Directing Damages”
• Teaser for Season 3
Special Features
• Deleted Scenes
• Episode Introductions
• Commentary with Commentary with Martin Short and Writers/Creators Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler and Daniel Zelman
• Commentary with Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan and Writers/Creators Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler and Daniel Zelman
• “Directing Damages”
• Teaser for Season 3
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Damages is one of, if not the best legal drama on TV. If the rumours are true and this is the final season, then the show goes out with a bang, rather than a whimper. Glenn Close is on top form as usual as ruthless Patty Hewes, as is Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons, who no longer works for Patty but still manages to get caught up in her world. This season has so many twists and turns and in usual Damages fashion, results in one hell of a shocking first episode, which plays out over the season through a series of flashbacks/flashforwards. The only strange aspect of this season I was not overly thrilled about was the return of Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher, who's rise and fall are being made into a movie. I thought this whole storyline was unnecessary, but at the same time, it was still an enjoyable distraction from the rather depressing albeit gripping main season-long storyline involving the Tobin family. Ted Danson is great as Frobisher, but I just thought it was a strange reason to bring the character back. Other notable performances this season include Tate Donovan as Tom Shayes, Lily Tomlin as Marilyn Tobin, Martin Short as Leonard Winstone and a brief return from the fantastic Timothy Olyphant as Wes Krulik (he returns in the season finale). The season finale ties up all the loose ends of the season but also helps to wrap up other stories from earlier in the show, and would serve very well as a fitting series finale, if the rumours are true. However, until it has been confirmed, we can all hope and dream that this fantastic show will grace our screens again next year.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Damages 3 begins with high drama (especially so for those who know the first two series because the drama concerns a key player who had thus far been relatively unscathed by the action). The opening events are unexpected and unexplained (until the end! As with the first two series the watcher is then taken back and forth between the narratives of the present and the narratives of the past building to an explanation of the opening shocking scenes. It helps to have seen the first two series because those stories are picked up here as threads in the overall plot. Glenn Close is, as always, spellbinding but the other players including Ted Danson are also excellent. The plot is intricate and complex (so better to watch on dvd than tv because you can pause to work it out!) The side narrative about Glenn Close's son is well woven in and really gripping with its unexpected turns of event. The overall production - photography, music, locations - are an integral part of the pleasure. Excellent! Enjoy!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was keen to watch this after enjoying the first and second series.
Unfortunately these discs suffered from a slight lack of synchronisation between sound and video, which was very distracting.
I returned them to Amazon for a replacement, which quickly arrived, but the replacement discs have the same problem. I had no such problems with Season 1 or 2. I have asked for a refund now and am going to try buying elsewhere, in case Amazon have a bad batch.
Unfortunately these discs suffered from a slight lack of synchronisation between sound and video, which was very distracting.
I returned them to Amazon for a replacement, which quickly arrived, but the replacement discs have the same problem. I had no such problems with Season 1 or 2. I have asked for a refund now and am going to try buying elsewhere, in case Amazon have a bad batch.
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I really like this drama but am very disappointed with this DVD transfer: Episodes 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 are not full 16:9, more like 15:9 or 14:9 with slim, black vertical bars on... Read more
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