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Damages is dynamite. And the fuse is lit.
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The law-firm arena is one of TV's oldest and most familiar genres, but Damages enlivens it by defying expectations.
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It's Close who makes "Damages" a series to contend with.
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It's a serialized mystery that pays off your devotion.
100
The seeds planted in the earliest episodes of the season promise a narrative as rich and complex as season one.
100
This is TV's best and brightest at the moment, and a wonderful tribute to New York's resurgent TV production industry.
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Gorgeously acted, written, paced, structured and conceived, "Damages" remains one of the best shows on TV--and maybe the most enjoyably addictive.
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One of the addictive things about Damages is its ability to work what initially seems to be a peripheral character like Olyphant's into the series' core plot in a startling way. All credit is due to the show's creators--brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler and Daniel Zelman--who wrote the first two episodes with smoothly intricate plotting and bursts of melodrama that rarely spill over the top.
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This is the best ensemble of any show anywhere, and watching these gifted actors bounce off each other is a joy. Damages proves capable hands can craft a thriller for TV.
