Great new series-DAMAGES

Show:Damages
Genre:legal Drama/dark psychological thriller
Channel: AXN-Thursdays 11pm;season 1
Cast:Glenn Close(Patty Hewes), Rose Byrne (Ellen Parson),Ted Danson(Arthur Frobisher)
Tag Line:Trust no one

Trivia:-Its a mini series,13 episodes-high adrenalin rush.
Golden Globes - Best Actress Drama Series - Glenn Close
Australian Film Institute - International Award for Best Actress - Rose Byrne
Writers Guild of America - Best New Series

USP:The show is set in the legal world of mass action suits-litigations,hence the "Damages" As the show proceeds we realize exactly not to trust anyone because each is pushing his own agenda forward.Usually that shouldn't be interesting,but since the stakes include billions and bloated ego of powerful men(and women),its really damaging!

Story:The whole series runs in two timelines.One where a bloody Ellen is running through the early morning streets of Manhattan,bloody and half-naked;only to be arrested from her apartment where her fiance(David) is found murdered-violently
The other time line is where fresh out of school Ellen rejects a good paycheck to take an interview with Hewes and Associates-for which her mentor of sorts takes her autograph and writes above it (consider myself warned)
The show proceeds to see how the mind games are played to Win,which ultimately leads to Ellen being charged with the murder of the moon she was madly in love with in the beginning!

Review:The first episode was 55 minute nail biting episode with no advertisement breaks! The pace continues.The characters fall into the grey area,Patty's character has a Machiavellian feel to it-a immense need to control nd manipulate thats frankly,sinisterThe fun part is when we try to figure out who is speaking truth and who is backstabbing whom..its awesome,the kind of mind games and manipulations the story brings up amazes you.A definite lie as easily detectable as a truth,but when lies and truths are mixed and told-thats where the real puzzle is!
Glenn Close totally excels as the ruthless Patty Hewes. Rose Byrne (Anger in Placid lake,Troy,Just Buried)slowly grows on you,transforming from decent person to someone forced to fight tooth and nail to survive.

Word of advice-Be agile enough to catch up with multiple twists,otherwise you might feel its a lot confusing and pointless