Damages - Season 1 (DVD)

absolutely BRILLIANT series. We could not stop watching it, as each episode ends you cannot wait to see the next one. In fact be prepared for some very late nights, as you just HAVE to watch the next one, and the next one . . . The storyline is very clever and enthralling. I loved all the actors and actresses in the show, Glenn Close is excellent as always, and it was nice to see Ted Danson in something meaty. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a good gritty thriller. Worth buying the DVD box set, rather than having to wait week after week for the next episode. The story follows the lives of Patty Hewes (Close), a very revered and tough litigator, and her ...  Read the complete review

Now it is not very often that I watch a TV series and find myself waiting in anticipation for the next enthralling episode but this is how I found myself feeling when I watched the pilot episode of the American television series Damages, I got excited when I knew the next episode was going to come on, so imagine my excitement when I received the series 1 box set as a gift from my other half for my birthday last year. ***WHAT DO YOU GET*** The box set comes complete with 3 discs which includes all 13 episodes of the spine tingling, edge of your seat legal drama and a number of special features including; cast and crew commentaries, 'willful acts': ...  Read the complete review

I had fears for the fate of Damages when it came onto the BBC. When it comes to showing some of the finest US imports they frankly come up short unless it's called Heroes. Sure enough what started as a Sunday night thing soon got shifted onto Monday nights and I lost track, a bad thing to do with episodic television as you miss one then you pretty much lose the plot. But thanks to DVD I was able to catch up on the entire run in one week. After her barnstorming appearance in a season of The Shield, Glenn Close headlines this legal drama about a high powered lawyer taking on a case of corporate deception where many employees were left penniless while ...  Read the complete review