Damages – Patty goes ballistic; Purcell gets dirty and comes clean

I find myself waiting for that last scene in Damages, because I know we’ll get a few more clues as to how the season ends and who the shooter is. And wow, we sure got some in this episode. For anyone who hasn’t seen the show yet, I’ll wait til after the jump to go all spoilery on you, but let’s just say I can’t wait til next week, where we’ll get an hour and a half finale.

So! What do we know? We know that Daniel Purcell killed his wife – because she threatened to call the EPA about UNR and was in the midst of doing just that when he strangled her. Only Daniel didn’t finish the job, but he didn’t know that. In last night’s ep, he went to the police station to confess to the murder. Feeling guilty, I guess? Or was there an ulterior motive in the confession?

But Kendrick’s guy actually finished the job, after calling Kendrick to find out what to do.

We also know that Wes took a gun into the woods with Ellen, with the intention of killing her. But I don’t think he could bring himself to go through with it, and that’s why he put the gun down before she turned back around. Then he pretended like he’d brought the gun for her to practice shooting in the outdoors.

It looks like Wes was staying at Ellen’s apartment the night of the shooting. I’m guessing he was there that night, either as the shooter or something else. But they sure make it look like Ellen pointed the gun at Patty and pulled the trigger.

Other than these crucial scenes, I loved it when Patty went all ballistic on Phil about the divorce and his ineptness in getting caught loved the scene with Patty and Michael, where she’s after him about how unhealthy his relationship with Jill is, and he says, “You and Phil are getting a divorce. Who’s responsible for that? Why is it you can’t sustain a relationship? Why do you hurt everyone you come into contact with? People either leave you or they die. Those are the only two endings possible with you. Who’s it going to be next?”

That Michael is an unknown entity at this point. He’s half Patty, so who knows what he might do.

I also have to mention the twisty-turny plotline with Tom getting pulled in by the feds for the payoff on the infant mortality case, which was all a setup between Ellen and the feds. Ellen is turning into Patty Hewes.

Clacked by Jane Boursaw
on Mar 26, 2009 @ 15:00 EST5EDT