Damages

1. S01E01Get Me a LawyerJuly 24, 2007 6.4Hot-shot, high-stakes, New York City attorney Patty Hewes hires a new associate, the bright, ambitious, but somewhat naive Ellen Parsons, to
2. S01E02Jesus, Mary and Joe CockerJuly 31, 2007 6.1After Katie is prepped to testify in the case against Frobisher, Patty suspects she's withholding key information that could undermine her c
3. S01E03And My Paralyzing Fear of DeathAugust 7, 2007 7.6As a bomb threat puts Patty and her family on edge, Ellen's loyalty to the firm is tested when she must choose between delivering a brief to
4. S01E04Tastes Like a Ho-HoAugust 14, 2007 7.1Though sure that she's ready to help nail Frobisher, Katie sees that she's been used after the accuracy of her deposition is called into que
5. S01E05A Regular Earl AnthonyAugust 21, 2007 7.6As Tom faces a decision between a lucrative partnership at a big firm and taking over the Frobisher lawsuit, Ellen and David's long hours at
6. S01E06She Spat at MeSeptember 4, 2007 7.7With the case pushing Ellen and David's relationship to a breaking point, Gregory Malina comes under increasing pressure to testify.
7. S01E07We Are Not AnimalsSeptember 11, 2007 7.4As Fiske works to keep Gregory Malina from being deposed, Patty sows seeds of doubt between Tom and Ellen while working to get her son to co
8. S01E08Blame the VictimSeptember 18, 2007 7.6As Patty tries to contain the damage caused by Gregory Malina's sudden disappearance and an insider who's leaking privileged information to
9. S01E09Do You Regret What We Did?September 25, 2007 8.7As the Executive looks to force a settlement by providing Patty's team some critical information, Gregory Malina emerges from hiding to apol
10. S01E10Sort of Like a FamilyOctober 2, 2007 8.2Patty Hewes and Frobisher prepare for his deposition but he beats her to the punch by holding a press conference and telling all about the c
11. S01E11I Hate These PeopleOctober 9, 2007 9.2Though she refuses Patty's offer to come back to work, Ellen does agree to return to press Moore for more information that could help nail F
12. S01E12There's No 'We' AnymoreOctober 16, 2007 8.5Ray Fiske's suicide prompts Frobisher to unleash everything he has in order to gain control of evidence that could undermine him in court.
13. S01E13Season's bestBecause I Know PattyOctober 23, 2007 9.3As Ellen uses the Malina videotape to fight the charges that she killed her fiance,  Patty engineers a confrontation with Frobisher that bri

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01I Lied, Too.January 7, 2009 6.7Three months after the Frobisher settlement, Patty is concentrating on establishing a charitable foundation when an old boyfriend, named Dan
2. S02E02Burn It, Shred It, I Don't CareJanuary 14, 2009 7.5Patty decides to take the child mortality case which, unbeknown to her, has been planted by the FBI. She passes the case to Tom Shayes who m
3. S02E03I Knew You Were a PigJanuary 21, 2009 7.2Ellen begins to explore Patty's relationship with Daniel Purcell. He was a witness in a big case 10 years before and Patty tore him to shred
4. S02E04Hey! Mr. Pibb!January 28, 2009 7.2Patty's investigators track down the missing ring and a security camera provides them with a photo of the man who pawned it. The police soon
5. S02E05I Agree, It Wasn't FunnyFebruary 4, 2009 7.5Having been humiliated in open court when Daniel Purcell recanted his testimony, Patty decides she is going to go after Walter Kendrick and
6. S02E06A Pretty Girl in a LeotardFebruary 11, 2009 7.3Patty goes on the offensive in her battle with Ultima National Resources and its CEO Walter Kendrick. She goes on television and accuses him
7. S02E07New York SucksFebruary 18, 2009 7.1Ellen's hopes of a resolution to her fiancé David's murder are dashed when the policeman Katie Connor recognized is found dead. She's also s
8. S02E08They Had to Tweeze That Out of My KidneyFebruary 25, 2009 6.8With Uncle Pete in hospital recovering from his suicide attempt, Patty is spending a good deal of time at his bedside. In flashbacks, Patty
9. S02E09You Got Your Prom Date PregnantMarch 4, 2009 7.0With Uncle Pete now dead, Patty finally tells Tom Shayes that she is under investigation by the FBI. However, when Tom asks his sister, who
10. S02E10Uh Oh, Out Come the SkeletonsMarch 11, 2009 7.0Patty's husband is still under consideration for the position of Energy Secretary without realizing that his possible nomination is meant to
11. S02E11London, Of CourseMarch 18, 2009 7.5When Patty tells Ellen to stop investigating Arthur Frobisher's connection to Calder Security, she decides to hire a private investigator on
12. S02E12Look What He Dug Up This TimeMarch 25, 2009 7.5As Daniel Purcell struggles to conceal his involvement in his wife's murder, Ellen and the F.B.I. set out to catch Patty bribing a judge.
13. S02E13Season's bestTrust MeApril 1, 2009 8.1As she looks to finally have Patty jailed, Ellen's plan unravels amid a series of complex double crosses.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Your Secrets Are SafeJanuary 25, 2010 7.4Almost a year has passed since Ellen Parsons left Hewes and Associates. She is now working in the District Attorney's office and is dealing
2. S03E02The Dog Is Happier Without HerFebruary 1, 2010 7.1Having been told by his father that some money from investors has been hidden for the family's use, Joe Tobin struggles with whether he shou
3. S03E03Flight's at 11:08February 8, 2010 6.8Joe Tobin calls lawyer Leonard Winstone after accidentally hitting Danielle Marchetti with his car. Winstone arranges for a doctor to examin
4. S03E04Don't Throw That at the ChickenFebruary 15, 2010 7.0Patty Hewes wants to know why Louis Tobin called Danielle Marchetti on that fateful Thanksgiving day he told his family about his Ponzi sche
5. S03E05Season's bestIt's Not My BirthdayFebruary 22, 2010 7.5Louis Tobin's suicide is ruled a heart attack though no one really believes that to be the case. Danielle Marchetti is now out of her coma a
6. S03E06Don't Forget to Thank Mr. ZedeckMarch 1, 2010 6.1The judge in the Tobin case puts pressure on Patty to start producing results in recovering the funds from the Ponzi scheme or face being re
7. S03E07You Haven't Replaced MeMarch 8, 2010 6.4Tom Shayes travels to Antigua and follows up on his lead as to how Louis Tobin may have been smuggling money out of the country. Zedeck is o
8. S03E08I Look Like FrankensteinMarch 15, 2010 6.8Patty and Tom run into a brick wall when trying to get information from the Antiguan bank. Working with Ellen, they focus on trying to find
9. S03E09Drive It Through HardcoreMarch 22, 2010 6.2Patty and Tom focus on getting in touch with Carol Tobin to see if they can learn from her what may have happened on that fateful Thanksgivi
10. S03E10Tell Me I'm Not RacistMarch 29, 2010 6.2With Patty's help, Ellen hires her investigator, Malcolm, to look into her sister's drug case. She also asks him to look into her own backgr
11. S03E11All That Crap About Your FamilyApril 5, 2010 7.2Ellen visits the woman in her dreams to learn if she is her birth mother but actually learns something far different about her family. Just
12. S03E12You Were His Little MonkeyApril 12, 2010 7.1Patty Hewes meets with Judge Reilly who, given the events in Antigua, decides she is making enough progress to keep her on the Tobin case. W
13. S03E13The Next One's Gonna Go in Your ThroatApril 19, 2010 6.7Tom and Ellen continue with their plan to get information on the Tobin family's Ponzi scheme from Leonard Winstone even though Patty has ine

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Season's bestThere's Only One Way to Try a CaseJuly 13, 2011 6.6Three years have passed since Patty and Ellen last worked together. Ellen reconnects with her high school friend, Chris Sanchez, who has rec
2. S04E02I've Done Way Too Much for This GirlJuly 20, 2011 6.5Ellen presents the High Star case to senior partners at Nye, Everett and Polk. After the gas explosion, Chris's paranoia heightens as he bel
3. S04E03I'd Prefer My Old OfficeJuly 27, 2011 6.5Ellen files the High Star case. She also discovers the motive behind Chris' missions after taking his deposition. Meanwhile, Erickson offers
4. S04E04Next One's on Me, BlondieAugust 3, 2011 6.4Ellen meets Nasim Marwat, the son of Chris' Afghan contact. Erickson decides to torture Chris for information about the possibility of an in
5. S04E05We'll Just Have to Find Another Way to Cut the Balls Off of This ThingAugust 10, 2011 6.5Patty and Ellen prepare Marwat for his deposition while a flu-ridden Boorman sets out to keep it from happening; Erickson works his contacts
6. S04E06Add That Little Hopper to Your StewAugust 17, 2011 6.6Patty and Ellen scramble to gain access to Nasim, while Boorman scrambles to keep that from happening. Ellen enlists a reporter (Griffin Dun
7. S04E07I'm Worried About My DogAugust 24, 2011 6.5Patty uses her drug company case to gain information on High Star. A journalist tries to embed with High Star mercenaries in Afghanistan. Me
8. S04E08The War Will Go On ForeverAugust 31, 2011 6.6Dean, the Times reporter that Ellen has been talking to, meets with a contact in Afghanistan and tells him he's looking for Chris Sanchez. B
9. S04E09There's a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the TalibanSeptember 7, 2011 6.2Afghan men hired by one of Erickson's men transport Sanchez in the trunk of a vehicle without AC's knowledge. Jerry Boorman meets with Patty
10. S04E10Failure Is LonelySeptember 14, 2011 6.5As Ellen (Rose Byrne) moves to settle her lawsuit against High Star in exchange for Chris Sanchez's (Chris Messina) safe return, her plans a

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01You Want to End This Once and For All?July 11, 2012 7.0A whistle-blower case puts Patty and Ellen against each other.
2. S05E02Have You Met the Eel Yet?July 18, 2012 6.8A hacker claims to have pertinent information about the leak at Princefield; Patty's former colleague offers her services to Ellen.
3. S05E03Failure Is FailureJuly 25, 2012 7.0Ellen detects inconsistencies in McClaren's story. Later, Ellen's mother requests her help.
4. S05E04I Love You, MommyAugust 1, 2012 6.7Patty and Ellen seek the source of the Princefield leak, while Patty takes on Ellen through the press.
5. S05E05There's Something Wrong with MeAugust 8, 2012 7.0Someone from McClaren's past turns up and sheds light on his personal life; Patty has a confrontation with an adversary.
6. S05E06I Need to WinAugust 15, 2012 7.2The attack Ellen suffered years ago comes back to haunt her.
7. S05E07The Storm's Moving InAugust 22, 2012 6.4A blizzard strands Patty and Ellen; McClaren uncovers a major player in the trading scandal.
8. S05E08I'm Afraid of What I'll FindAugust 29, 2012 7.1Ellen begins to uncover the truth about her attacker. Chris Sanchez approaches McClaren with information.
9. S05E09Season's bestI Like Your ChairSeptember 5, 2012 7.6McClaren's latest leak thrusts Ellen into the spotlight. Tensions between McClaren and Rutger Simon come to a head.
10. S05E10But You Don't Do That AnymoreSeptember 12, 2012 7.5Patty and Ellen face off against each other in court, and the shocking results alter their lives forever.

Season 5 ranked & reviewed