Season 2

Air date:2009-01-07
User score:
7.9
Number of episodes:13

The second season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on January 7, 2009 and concluded on April 1, 2009. It consisted of thirteen episodes, bringing the series total to 26. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler along with Daniel Zelman, each of whom served as executive producers and contributed seven scripts for the season, including the premiere and the finale. The second season, like the first, follows two different timelines. The primary timeline follows Patty, Ellen, and Tom as the firm goes up against an energy company who have engaged in unethical practices. A former lover of Patty's, Daniel Purcell, brings the matter to her attention, but then inexplicably backs out, leaving Patty up against UNR CEO Walter Kendrick and his fierce lawyer Claire Maddox. Meanwhile, Ellen works with the FBI to bring down Patty, while also seeking revenge on Arthur Frobisher for his presumed role in her fiance's death. Ellen is unaware that Patty is suspicious of her, and that Frobisher's criminal connections appear to extend to her new friend Wes. A second timeline takes place six months later, when Ellen meets with an unknown person in a hotel room, and subsequently appears to shoot them.

List of Episodes

S2E1

7.1

Air date: 2009-01-07

Runtime: 50 min

Fresh off her legal victory over billionaire CEO Arthur Frobisher, Patty is taking a break from the law and pouring her energies into her new charitable foundation. But when Patty receives a call from Daniel Purcell, a man from her past, she finds herself entangled in a case with personal and professional repercussions, the likes of which she could never have imagined.

S2E2

7.0

Air date: 2009-01-14

Runtime: 50 min

Patty suspects there is more to Daniel Purcell's case than simple murder; Ellen secretly assists the FBI in their attempt to flip Tom Shayes and use him against Patty.

S2E3

7.4

Air date: 2009-01-21

Runtime: 50 min

Patty begins to suspect Purcell of withholding vital information; Ellen uncovers a decades-old secret from Patty and Purcell's past.

S2E4

8.4

Air date: 2009-01-28

Runtime: 50 min

Patty works to clear Daniel in his wife's murder; Ellen and Tom go to West Virginia to gather vital information in the case against Ultima National Resources.

S2E5

8.0

Air date: 2009-02-04

Runtime: 50 min

Patty begins to question Ellen's motives for returning to the firm; Patty tries to stop a corporate merger that she thinks is connected to Christine Purcell's murder.

S2E6

8.0

Air date: 2009-02-11

Runtime: 50 min

Convinced that she knows who is responsible for Christine's murder, Patty uses the media to wage war; Ellen gets closer in her attempt to link Frobisher to David's murder.

S2E7

7.9

Air date: 2009-02-18

Runtime: 50 min

Ellen, furious at Patty's new alliance, provides the FBI with a new lead to bring her down.

They Had to Tweeze That out of My Kidney

S2E8

8.1

Air date: 2009-02-25

Runtime: 50 min

As she copes with mounting pressure, Patty begins to unravel Walter Kendrick's energy scheme. Meanwhile, Arthur Frobisher's past will come back to haunt him.

S2E9

7.8

Air date: 2009-03-04

Runtime: 50 min

As Patty goes on the offensive against the FBI, Ellen discovers troubling news about the investigation. Meanwhile, Patty's husband gets an intriguing offer

S2E10

8.0

Air date: 2009-03-11

Runtime: 50 min

As Patty increases the pressure in her case against UNR, the opposition starts to show its cracks; Wes and Ellen's relationship heads in a new direction; the FBI's investigation into Patty takes a shocking turn.

S2E11

8.0

Air date: 2009-03-18

Runtime: 50 min

Claire risks everything to oust CEO Walter Kendrick; Ellen discovers a secret about Patty's personal life.

S2E12

8.2

Air date: 2009-03-25

Runtime: 50 min

Ellen convinces the FBI to radically change their approach in the investigation. Meanwhile, Daniel Purcell reenters Patty's life and becomes critical to her case against UNR.