David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. "Damages:" Really, Who's the Bad Guy?
A little spin seems to be coming off Patty Hewes’ fastball. In tonight’s episode of “Damages,” the best the ruthless civil litigator (Glenn Close) – who manipulates and ruins lives! who had a dog killed, for heavens sake! – can manage is to mildly verbally abuse an old man. C’mon, Patty: We know you can do better.
Meanwhile, everyone’s trying to figure out if a witness in the class-action suit may have been murdered.
At this point, the Frobisher (Ted Danson) storyline is the most interesting one going. He’s an exquisite mess. There’s a funny scene tonight in which he’s talking to someone and he’s clearly disinterested with the guy, not even really listening, and then he avuncularly tries to mask this. Danson’s really starting to steal the show: He’s slimy in all the best ways.
Conversely, Ellen’s (Rose Byrne) flashback storyline is getting progressively trivial. She has an ineffectual assistant. Her parents are involved in an auto accident.
At least Ellen’s current-day storyline – she’s on trial for the murder of her fiancé – is picking up some steam.
But if Patty doesn’t do something inextricably vile next week, I’m gonna have to have myself assigned to the writing staff and give her a scene where she gets sick of Frobisher’s lawyer’s molasses-sap Southern drawl and decides a pickaxe to the larynx is the only way it can be resolved.
- “Damages:” 10 tonight; FX.