In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, FX President John Landgraf proudly proclaimed that since his network can’t give a show a lead-in [like the broadcast networks] “it has to be appointment television for people to find it.”
Having recently finished the first episode of FX’s newest drama DAMAGES, this TV Addict has a message for Mr. Landgraf. Consider our appointment booked (for this Tuesday at 10PM on FX).
DAMAGES is unlike anything currently on television. In the grand tradition of THE SHIELD and NIP/TUCK, the show re-invents the legal world in which it’s set in. Gone are monotonous courtroom scenes, predictable verdicts and write-by-numbers villains. In FX’s latest legal thriller, nothing is what it seems, everybody’s working an angle and the line between good and bad is practically non-existent.
DAMAGES revolves around Ellen Parsons (Australian Rose Byrne), a brilliant young attorney who we’re first introduced to when she’s found wandering the streets of New York blood-soaked and confused. Why all the blood? What led to this horrible tragedy? Rest assured folks — this isn’t LOST. Within the hour questions start to get answered.
Rarely does the TV Addict get this excited, but it’s been exactly twenty-four hours since I finished watching my pilot screener of DAMAGES and truth be told, I have yet to stop thinking about it (especially that final scene!).
While I plan on posting a full review later in the week, let me say this — the summer TV season officially starts this July 24 at 10PM courtesy of FX Networks. Like NIP/TUCK and THE SHIELD before it — DAMAGES re-invents the legal drama providing viewers with one of the most exciting and thrilling hours of television since May’s LOST finale. Do yourself a favor and tune in. This TV Addict guarantees you won’t be disappointed.
FX’s latest original drama series DAMAGES premieres on Tuesday July 24 at 10PM and theTVaddict.com is pleased to offer you a first look. DAMAGES stars the remarkable Glenn Close as Patty Hewes, the nation’s most revered and reviled high-stakes litigator. When Hewes handpicks Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) to be a first-year Associate at the high-profile law firm “Hewes & Associates”, life will never be the same for either of them. DAMAGES also stars Ted Danson, Tate Donovan and David Conner. Click below for more first look pics and check back next week for an early review.
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