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COMPELLING Don’t expect your usual legal drama here

Voted the best drama in 2007 by US People magazine, “Damages” is a compelling legal eagle drama that will have you truly hooked right from the start. Don’t expect your usual legal drama here. In Damages, a young and eager lawyer (Rose Bryne) gets entangled with a crafty power attorney and boss from hell (Glenn Close) in a high-profile litigation case. Conspiracies, lies, revenge and mind-games run amok, and unfold in a fast-paced, suspense-filled storyline.

Glenn Close plays Patty Hewes, a devious power attorney who holds court at the top of a brutal and back-stabbing business. Patty’s biggest case thus far is a huge class action suit against a billionaire employer (Ted Danson) by employees defrauded of their pension, and she is hell-bent on winning at any cost. Following her guest appearances in two drama series, The Shield and Rescue Me, Damages is Glenn Close’s first television drama series as a lead cast member. And critics are raving about her sharp performance. So it comes as no surprise that Glenn Close is in the running for Best Actress at this year’s Golden Globes.

Damages has hooked critics and viewers alike that the series recently garnered three other Golden Globe nominations for Best Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor (Ted Danson) and Best Supporting Actress (Rose Byrne).

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