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Not sure why, but there’s no episode of Damages tonight. Episode 10 is on next Monday - March 17th - on BBC One at 10.35pm.

A recap of Episode 9 of Damages, which aired March 3rd on BBC One.

Episode 9: Do You Regret What We Did?

Ellen is in prison remembering happier times with David. She is talking to Patty, and asks her “Maybe we went too far. Do you regret what we did?”. The music playing over these scenes is You’re Gonna Get It by Sharon JOnes and the Dap Kings - see bottom for details.

Kate is at her parents house making popcorn when Gregory Malina turns up - alive and well. She tells him to get out before she calls the police.

George Moore it talking to Ellen and Tom over lunch. He tells them that there’s simply no proof that Frobisher did anything wrong but offers to be on hand to talk strategy. They ask him if he has heard of Gregory Malina - he lies and says it doesn’t ring a bell.

David bumps into Lila. She wants to take him to dinner as a thank you for his previous help. He tells her again that he isn’t interested and isn’t available. She later gets copies of his keys cut (she stole them in an earlier episode).

Moore talks to Fiske and is angry to find out that Malina has Frobisher stock, asking him “is there anything you didn’t do for that kid?” and accuses him of having a “pathetic schoolgirl crush”. Moore says he is going to put an end to this thing.

Patty, Tom and Ellen are talking, trying to work out where Greg would have gone.

Fiske meets with Frobisher and Nancy, an expert on witness preparation.

Ellen tries to call Katie but she hangs up on her.
Mr Moore is waiting for Ellen in the street. He tells her he has information and won’t go public. He tells her to start by looking into “Arlington”.

Ellen finds David’s keys in the flat - Lila must have been in.

Ellen talks to Tom and Patty and tells them George Moore came to see her. Patty is aware of the Arlington case. A girl died in Frobishers car. He got off all charges but the family has become Arlingtons biggest land owners. Ellen wants to meet Moore asgain. Tom wants to come but Patty calls it the wrong move.

Lila comes to Hewes Associates and says she wants to talk to Ellen in private. She tells Ellen that David doesn’t love her any more and that she has been sleeping with him.

Greg talks to Katie. She agrees to listen to him. He says that Fiske gave him Frobisher stock in exchange for going to Florida and renting a condo in his name. says that Frobisher was meeting someone from the government and they thought Katie saw who, which is why they tried to keep her quiet by investing in her restaurant.

Tom visits Ellen in prison. He wants to know happened between her and Patty. Flashback to Ellen asking Patty if she regrets what they did. Patty leaves Ellen at the apartment and goes to the beachhouse. She tells Ellen “everything’s going to be alright”.

Ellen and David argue over Lila. She tells him to stay away from her.

Moore tells Fiske that Patty knows about Arlington. He wants Frobisher to be pressured into settling.

Frobisher is practising his deposition. She tells him to stop acting. Tells him he has to be “heartfelt without sounding like a pussy”.

Ellen talking to George More. She wants to know why hs is helping. He says he wants justice. She tells him “Patty Hewes doesn’t like surprises or hidden agendas. I better not find out you have one”.

Katie and Gregory are talking. He says he is sorry, she says he ruined her life. Whilst she sleeps, he calls Fiske. He says he was wrong back then. Fiske says, hopefully, “you were?”. Greg explains he was wrong to let Fiske expect more from him. He says “I know you want to do the right thing”.

Ellen is talking to Tom about a holiday. Tom suggests Ellen use Patty’s beach house. Patty says “be my guest” and tells her to get the keys from Uncle Pete.

Flashing back to Ellen in prison. She tells Tom to goto the beach house to find Patty. He is calling her, desperate to speak to her. He is at the office and he finds Uncle Pete in her office acting suspiciously. Patty is at the beach house shaking hysterically.

Back at Katie’s, Greg picks up her video recorder and makes a video statement so his story gets out. He says he met Ray Fiske in 2002 and was sent to Florida. He says Frobisher was meeting George Moore from the SEC.

Ellen is talking to David. She checked Lila’s story and confirms she is nuts with a history of stalking.

Gregory takes Katie’s dog for a walk and gets run over. The dog isn’t on a lead and Gregory is suprisingly relaxed about the dog considering he just met it the day before. The dog runs off and Gregory tries to catch is but is run over. The driver drives off and leaves him for dead. Gregory has been killed by Fiske and Moore.

Katie wakes up and find her that Greg left her a cheque for $128,000.

Moore and Fiske are in a car. Moore comes off the phone and says “it’s done”. Fiske gave the information which was needed to find and kill him, and looks guilty at what he has done.

Frobisher meets with Fiske and Moore. They tell him Arlington will be brought up and want him to settle. He is defiant and says it has nothing to do with this trial.

Patty is giving a speech at a charity event. Frobisher is there too and joins her for a dance on the dance floor. He asks her what she wants. She says “I want you disgraced. I want history to erase your every achievement. I want you to feel the the disgust in your children’s eyes when they look on you in shame.”. She starts talking about the Arlington girl dying in his car. He offers $300 million to settle. She continues. The offer rises to $450million. $850million is his final offer. Frobisher wakes up. He is in the office asleep - the scene with Patty was a dream. He is still with his deposition expert. She asks if he wants to call it a night. He says he still wants her to play Patty Hewes and next thing is aggressively making love to her over the desk.

Tom arrives at the beach house to look for Patty. The place is empty with broken glass on the floor and a half empty bottle of alcohol. She is in her car, leaving New York.

Music in this episode…

The cool song in the opening scenes is called You’re Gonna Get It by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.

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A belated recap of Episode 8 of Damages, which aired February 25th on BBC One.

Episode 8: Blame The Victim

Ellen’s having breakfast and trying to choose wedding cakes before a flashback to her finding David dead.
At the police station, Mr Nye asks ellen what happened last time she saw him. She was arguing with David and he forced her to choose between “them” and the job. She couldn’t decide and he tells her “we’re done”.

At Patty’s, Michael is cooking breakfast in a scene of apparent domestic bliss. It’s the first family breakfast in over a year.

Larry, the head of the employee group which is making the claim against Frobiser, is cleaning cars for a living. Larry is pulled aside by the boss and fired.

Tom tells Patty that he can’t find Gregory Malina. Peter Hasset - one of the client reps - turns up to see Patty.

Ellen has a new assistant. She is asked to look for inconsistencies in some of the case documentation. Patty tells Ellen she doesn’t like her new assistant. Ellen’s parents come to visit her at work and bring muffins. They tell her that her dad has hit a crossing guard in a car accident car and is facing litigation. They want to go and visit the victim in hospital and take muffins, but Ellen is anxious for them not too.

Larry goes to see Frobisher. Frobisher is disinterested, but Larry wants some money. Frobisher tells him he will see what he can do. Larry goes to see Patty and wants to know the figure that she would settle for. She tells him she might have to accept $175million.

switching to Ellen in jail, she gets a visit from Mr Nye ad she prepares to make her plea. He tells her they can’t find Patty but they are watching Tom Shayes.

Frobisher visits Fiske and they are talking about the case. Fiske wants to bring in a deposition specialist to prepare Frobisher. Frobisher tells him he has it on good authority to settle for $175million. Frobisher wants to set up account and pay his contact on the inside, but Fiske says no way and tell him to “shut this down”.

Fiske approaches Patty in the park. He offers her a settlement figure - the same figure she told Larry that she would accept. She realises that he is leaking information to Frobisher, confirming the suspicious of Peter Hasset, also from the client.

At a client meeting, Patty tells them that they can’t find Greg Malina and they are worried he may have been killed.

Larry has been trying to get in touch with Frobisher but he is ignoring him. He ends up confronting him on the street, asking if he killed Malina. He wants money but Frobisher says he can’t give him any, else he will be committing a crime.

Ellen is talking to her dad, telling him he can’t apologise to the victim and can’t take her muffins because it’s an admission of guilt. Patty later tells Ellen to advise her dad to blame the victim: “at all costs, it was her fault. Period”.

Frobisher meets up with his associate, who had acted as an intermediary with Gregory. He Wants to know what happened to Gregory Malina.

Patty goes to see Larry at his home. She tells him she knows he has been talking to the other side. Says she will be waiting and watching and will come down on him the day anyone frmo his family tries to spend the blood money.

Back before the judge, Ellen pleads not guilty to her murder charge. Her bail is set at $150,000m

Ellen is annoyed by her assistant, Theo, and she fires him, eventually coming to the same judgement that Patty came to immediately.

Tom and Ellen go to meet Geoffrey Moore - a commissioner at the SEC that tried to take down Frobisher. When his face is revealed, we realise it is in fact the man who has been working for Frobisher throughout.

Frobisher calls Larry and tells him he knows for certain that Malina is alive and safe. When he comes off the phone, Larry is with Patty. He has switched sides.

Episode ends with some flashbacks to David’s death. We see him arguing with Ellen. She takes off her engagement ring and leaves the apartment. David regrets the argument and calls her, before opening the door to someone.