Damages will come to an end after its upcoming fifth season, TVWise can reveal. The decision brings the curtain down on the legal thriller that first aired on FX back in 2007.
Created by the writing trio of Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman, the series follows the ruthless New York litigator Patty Hewes, played by Glenn Close, and her ambitious young protege Ellen Parsons, played by Rose Byrne. Each season is built around a major case, told through the show’s trademark flash-forwards and slow-burn reveals.
Damages ran for three seasons on FX before the network opted against a fourth. It was rescued by DirecTV’s Audience Network, which ordered two further seasons of ten episodes each. The fourth aired last year, and the fifth will now serve as the show’s last.
The final run is once again headlined by Close and Byrne, and sets up a closing confrontation between Patty and Ellen. Ryan Phillippe joins the cast as the founder of a WikiLeaks-style transparency website that sits at the centre of the season’s case.