A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

WHEN I AM THROUGH WITH YOU, THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LEFT: I'm still not sure how well Damages' attempt to take the old Murder One formula and apply it to civil litigation really worked out (the middle of the season, with inexplicable subplots like "Patty's son goes to rehab," was particularly trying, and the constantly flashbacks and flashforwards were as annoying as they were significant). As Maureen Ryan notes, it's been worth watching for the utterly magnetic performances of Glenn Close and (more surprisingly) Ted Danson, who gets to play the 180 degree opposite of Sam Malone. And aside from the ludicrous accent he was saddled with, Zeljko Ivanek delivered a pretty solid performance (and that plot twist a couple of weeks ago was pretty darn brilliant). And man, that was a gut punch of an ending (with awesome song to boot), and a hell of a setup for a second season that promises to be a lot more interesting than the first. Discuss below.