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.