Season 1 gripped me and each ending lured me into the next episode. My thirst for justice hooked me and being a sucker for a resolution meant I had to keep faith. The great camera work and competent acting earned my loyalty enough to see me through to season 2. Unfortunately I would have been happy to walk away at the end of season 1. I got a little closure and, even if my conclusions were wrong, I wasn't going to pine for more revelations.So season 2 had to convince me to stay and with episode after episode becoming bleaker and bleaker I was running out of reasons to watch. It wasn't just that no one had an ounce of moral fibre, or humanity looked so jaded, the evil just got boring and all the little devices got jarring. Another side plot would have added a dimension but all we got was more of the same, burying all my passion beneath a plot I had no desire to bear.But what really did it for me was that vindictive, calculating Ellen just wasn't believable and I got sick of hearing her swallow that scotch or whatever it was supposed to be. What is it with this type of programme and drinks? The gold standard is Breaking Bad but Damages is pretty run of the mill in comparison.I'm not hard to please and season 1 would get an easy 8 but I fear 6 would be generous if I'd felt the need to endure season 2 to the end. I'm a little sad because the production was great and the plot had potential.

I reluctantly persevered to see if the plots would be played out in a better fashion. They didn't. The writers kept Ellen as a martyr through the entire programming. Her character became more pathetic as the seasons progressed. The writers really characterized her as stupid. Then there is Hewes; the sunken eyed, snake lip smiling lawyer with more Canon Ethics violations than 20 other lawyers collectively. Truly evil to the core. Too bad they didn't do a 6th season to finally allow Ellen to totally decimate Hewes in court.As to the finale? What a joke. I mean really? A Cruella DeVille ending by Hewes. Overall, the abuse of the legal system by Hewes only furthered fostered more animosity toward the legal profession and the common criminals that practice law.

I enjoyed this show until Season Four. It was intriguing and it kept me glued to my seat. The acting was stupendous, the casting was great, and the story line was interesting. I couldn't wait to watch the next episode during each Season. My enjoyment came to a swift end during the first episode of Season Four. I knew it may have a bend given the subject matter, but I don't watch programs to be beaten over the head by an agenda. Clearly, there was an agenda put in place during this season.A war veteran working for a private security firm meets Ellen and begins using terminology that was simply made up by gun control proponents. "Assault weapons"??? There is no such thing, and no serviceman would use that term to describe his rifle. There were inconsistencies and inaccuracies regarding firearms etc. in previous episodes, but each pertained to the case and the scenarios were believable enough. Even worse was it's attempts to portray servicemen committing atrocities in Afghanistan. Season Four goes off the deep end in my opinion. It's too political, it disgusts me, and I've lost interest.You're not missing anything if you read the cliff notes for this Season and skip to Season Five.

A law school graduate becomes the protégée of a successful high-stakes litigator.Given the largely positive reviews for this show, I was looking forward to seeing it.What I found was a derivative piece of garbage that uses shock value (swear words included) in place of good writing.Plus, to add insult to injury, Glen Close is exceedingly harsh to look at. Her face is pulled back so tightly you almost think she's got a knot of skin tightly wound under what is clearly a hair weave.The only positive I could illicit is that it's shot well, the costuming is kewl and it moves fast.Thanks be to God!