If you have watched past seasons of Damages, you will find a continuing piece of dialogue, “trust me.” And, if you have watched past seasons of Damages, you will know that when a character says “trust me” don’t do it!
This episode is filled with the continuing cat and mouse play between Patty Hewes (Glen Close) and
Ellen Parsons with Patty waking Ellen at 4:00 am to invite her to a dinner party on Thursday. When Ellen arrives to the dinner party, it is the “wrong” night and Patty and Alex Benjamin (Tara Summers) are at the apartment working. Just as Patty uses people, Ellen uses Josh by asking him to write a newspaper article on Alex Benjamin. Later Ellen tells Alex that Patty will not like the article and to show it to her before it is printed and apologize. When Patty sees who wrote the article, she knows the message is from Ellen. Do you think Alex Benjamin has any idea she is being used by both Patty and Ellen?
Tom Shayes (Tate Donovan) is in Antigua following Tessi Marquetti (Vanessa Rug). He follows her into a bank. Tom, however, is asked to leave by the bank manager, (Andre Holland), because he does not have an account there. An informant calls Stuart Zedeck (Dominic Chianese) to let him know that Tom is in the country.
Patty and Leonard Winstone (Martin Short) meet. Patty offers Winstone the chance to walk away from the Tobin case. She warns him that he is “not a Tobin” but she will punish him like one. Patty also comments on his office decorating, and Winstone says that Marilyn Tobin decorated it for him. There are a lot of interior design references this season. Coincidence?
Into the future, Ellen is sitting in Detective Huntley’s (Tom Noonan) interrogation room. She is asked about the handbag. At first she says she has one like it. When he pulls her ID from it, she says hers was stolen.
Tom speaks with Tessi. She says she just cashes her paycheck at the bank. She signs three documents and receives her cash. Tom knows that only two documents need to be signed to cash a check. He and Patty feel the third document is a form to move Tobin’s cash.
Zedeck and Joe Tobin (Campbell Scott) meet. Zedeck tells Joe about his father and Danielle’s baby. He also explains that Tessi is the courier but Patty Hewes knows about her. Joe needs to find out who told Patty.
Joe meets with his sister and his mother. His sister, Carol, seems to be unraveling. Is this due to the fact that she killed Danielle or that she suffers from depression? After she leaves the room, Joe asks Marilyn if she told Patty about Tessa. Marilyn says she did and there is no need to protect Louis Tobin anymore. Joe give Marilyn the sable and explains that there is a lot of money hidden. The cloak of secrecy is now in place.
Meanwhile, Leonard Winstone takes a trip out of town. He goes to a nursing home to see Barbara Wiggins. He is told she has been dead for five months, and that her husband, Albert Wiggins, (Bill Raymond) took care of all the arrangements. Leonard goes to see Wiggins, and we discover he is Winstone’s dad. There is no love lost between these two. His dad demands more money, or he will expose Leonard for the fraud he is to the Tobins.
Three months into the future, a partial fingerprint is found on Ellen’s handbag. The print is from a Lester Wiggins. This leads us to believe that Lester Wiggins is Leonard Winstone, doesn’t it? But, again, this is Damages, so I am still not so sure.
Ellen learns from Danielle Marquetti’s doorman, that Carol Tobin, was at Danielle’s house the evening she died. Ellen goes in to tell the ADA, Chris Sharp (Darren Goldstein). Ellen suggest to Sharp that Patty Hewes would be a good ally. The ADA lets Ellen know he could care less about finding the money. Ellen does not tell him what the doorman said.
In Antigua, the bank manager comes to Tom with a request. He will help Tom with bank information if Tom gets Visas for his family because his daughter is ill. Before, Tom can meet back with him, Zedeck’s contact gets to the bank manager. The bank manager has a change of heart.
Ellen meets with Patty. Patty accuses Ellen of being jealous that she has been replaced at Hewes/Shayes & Associates. Ellen says, “You hired someone. You haven’t replaced me”. Ellen says it is time to work together and gives her the information about Carol Tobin and Danielle Marquetti. Ellen tells Patty she wants to help find the money.
Patty and Tom are both now in Antigua meeting with Horatio Emmanuel(Michael Potts) to try to get information. Although Emmanuel offers to do all he can, Horatio Emmanuel just happens to also be Zedeck’s informant. By the look in Patty’s eyes, I don’t think she is fooled for a moment. After all, didn’t she once say, “Don’t trust anyone”?
Just a few more thoughts:
Let’s be honest, just to keep us on our toes, sometime “trust me” does mean “trust me”. But how does one know?
We know that Tessi Marchetti met with Marilyn Tobin. What transpired there? How much does Marilyn Tobin know? Then again, if she knew Tessi was moving money why would she tell Patty about her?
Is Tessi Marchetti really Louis Tobin’s child or could she possibly be Joe Tobin’s child?
“You Haven’t Replaced Me” is probably the most relevant title of the season.
Why did Louis Tobin leave that envelope with information in it for Patty Hewes in the first place?
Who really killed Danielle Marchetti?
We have seen into the future and know that Tom opened that apartment door to someone. Now we see Ellen’s purse, blood splatter, and a body with a its hand twitching in the apartment. But since we did not see the body’s face, is it Tom or someone else?
What other questions come to mind?
Posted March 12, 2010 by accordingtofashion
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