Mystery, intrigue and long-awaited for make-out sessions. Plus karaoke, Damages-style!
Won't be anything left!
Ellen is walking to another clandestine meeting with her two FBI BFF's. She tells them she doesn't think that Patty had Pete killed at all - that she seems genuinely shaken up by his death. "She blames you guys," Patty says. "This is like a call of war for her." Seriously - she's polishing up her battle ax and picking out her Braveheart-blue face paint as we speak.
"You're not just targeting her now. She's targeting you," Ellen says, then walks away quickly. Dee and Dum just look at each other, mentally complimenting their cool new leather jackets. Life is fun in the FBI.
Patty and Ellen are filling Tommy in on the investigation into the firm. Tommy, in his typical fashion, responds like a 5-year old and gets pissed that they didn't tell him sooner. Patty asks if anyone has approached him with unusual overtures. You mean besides the recent string of hookers?
TWO MONTHS LATER. Tommy gets off an elevator at Patty Hewes and Associates, but he's no longer on the guest list. A bodyguard tells him he's not welcome on the premises. Tommy says it's urgent, that Patty's gonna want to hear what he has to say, but the bodyguard doesn't budge. He shows Tommy a weapon hidden not-so-covertly in his jacket.
"I WILL tase you, bro."
Tommy turns to leave, but throws one last hissy fit before he goes, yelling out that he's filing a suit against Patty for wrongful termination. Yeah, okay, buddy, just go have yourself some chocolate pudding and calm down in the corner while Mommy takes a nap.
Then Tommy walks to the firm's basement and it's a scene we've seen before - he uncovers a hidden gun and later gives it to Ellen. "I hope you know what you're doing," he tells her. Chances are slim.
Then we once again see Ellen, holding the gun in front of a tearful Patty. "Ellen, don't. It's not who you are," Patty rasps. We don't hear the two gun shots, and don't really need to since they've been in like 5 episodes already. We get it.
Kendrick and Dave are out on the green. Kendrick mentions that the secretary of energy had a heart attack, and Dave is in on the committee to seek a replacement. Just an educated guess - I be the replacement is eeeevvilllll.
Then Dave says he wants to step up the frequency of their (illegal) trade transactions. Kendrick is kind of wary, but backs down when Dave asks him just when he grew a vagina. Or something like that.
Tommy bursts into Ellen's office. "We're being investigated by the FBI and you didn't tell me?" Jeez, is he still on that? Get over it, guy.
He then whines on and on about how he's a partner here and he's vulnerable too. It's shocking to me that Patty hasn't had this guy killed yet. Tommy wants to know who they can talk to that has an in at the FBI. Patty doesn't want to draw attention to themselves or make it known she's aware of the investigation. Tommy says he'll make the call.
Which leads Tommy to a meeting in the street with a nice-looking woman. "What's up? Last time you had that face you were 18 and thought you got your prom date pregnant." I don't know - it just looks like his everyday Tommy stinkface to me.
Turns out this woman is the assistant U.S. attorney. Also, she's Tommy's sister. So wait, wait, wait, Tommy has a sister in government and Patty didn't think to take advantage of this fact before? That seems unusual...or else just highly convenient, Damages writers...
Tommy's sis doesn't want to help, but eventually caves to her (I'm guessing younger) bro's wheedling. I hope she used to beat the crap out of him when he was a kid.
Dave meets with Finn (La Trader De Douche) at a country club. Dave tells him there's another "itinerary," and he will be contacted with new codes. I'd like to pretend that I knew what all this secretive Cadillac-navigation-codes crap was about, but I've got nothing. Except as a means for ingenious product placement, the point of the navigation codes still eludes me.
Dave asks Finn how his meetings are going. I'm assuming he means his Cocaine-And-Hooker Anonymous meetings, and apparently, they're going really, really well:
"Oh yeah, clean and sober for 15 days. Pardon me, but do you have a bathroom around here? Maybe a credit card or a rolled up dollar bill? Just...asking."
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Comments (3)
Thanks for the detailed blow by blow. I am obsessed with this show and all the details. I hope one day to be able to piece everything together and have, at least, an idea about what the hell is going on. The writers must be schizophrenic or on the road to it keeping track of all the details. It drives me to drink and Ive never wanted a Cadillac so badly in my life. Keep up the good work. I fell asleep during the last episode for about 6 or 7 minutes and without your recap I could have been forever lost. Can anyone please tell me if Patty is a good person or a bad person. That would be a good start. -thnx
1 of 3 | Posted by Garg | Posted on March 9, 2009 5:27 PM
Hey, Linds, great recap, as always! I, too, appreciate the detailed blow-by-blow, especially for those episodes I doze off during. Thank god you're staying awake, snarkily commenting!
2 of 3 | Posted by notme | Posted on March 9, 2009 7:59 PM
"Can anyone please tell me if Patty is a good person or a bad person"....word..
3 of 3 | Posted by ridonk | Posted on March 9, 2009 11:25 PM