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Previously on Damages.

I believe Daniel Purcell's wife

may have been
murdered to protect

the secrets of
a major energy corporation.

Ultima National Resources
is destroying the environment.

And that's the guy
who calls the shots.

Walter Kendrick, CEO.

We'll need you to testify
that Aracite is toxic

and that UNR
ignored your warnings.

I'll do whatever you need me to.

UNR doctored nothing.

Their results are clean.

Motion denied.

You think Ultima National
got to him?

Mr. Kendrick just
wanted you to know

that the first wire transfer
went through.

I'm Agent Harrison.
This is Agent Werner.

We're with the FBI.

The Bureau's putting together
a case we want Patty to take.

We'll use you to monitor it
from the inside.

Patty.

Don't take the
infant mortality case.

You were the one who
brought in that case, weren't you?

Ellen,
have you had any dreams this week?

I can't sleep.

Her fiancé was murdered a month ago.
How is she supposed to sleep?

This is Detective Rick Messer.

He asked if he could
take a look around.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

What about David Connor?

Do I have to worry about him?
No.

Come on.

Arthur Frobisher had
your fiancé killed, didn't he?

Thanks for inviting me, Patty.

I've been worried about you.

Worried?

When Daniel Purcell
flipped on the stand,

he humiliated you in open court.

Daniel Purcell's in the past.

Come on, Patty.
Don't tell me you're not angry.

Did I ever tell you
how I choose a case?

No.

I used to not understand it,

why some cases grabbed me
and others didn't.

Then I realised it starts
with a seed of anger.

I can feel it
in my hands and my chest

and that seed
has to be nurtured,

cultivated until it grows
into a full-blown rage.

Then I know that
I can't turn back.

I have no choice
but to take the case

because the rage doesn't abate.

Until someone's punished.

You feel that, too?

I've begun to recently.

Thank you.

Purcell may have betrayed me,
but he's just a pawn.

This is all about
Ultima National Resources.

We're going after them.

And if Daniel Purcell
is a casualty, so be it.

I'll do what I can, Mr. Purcell,

but it's really not
a seller's market right now.

I don't care about the price.
Just get rid of it.

Okay.

The sooner the better.

I understand.
I'm so sorry about your wife.

You have to make
a decision, Daniel.

I know.

If that company is making
people sick, you have to stop them.

I'm not gonna blow the whistle.

What?

I made a deal.

With UNR?

They're gonna
leave us alone now.

You gave in to them?

I had no choice.

If you don't stop them, I will.

♪ Little lamb ♪

♪ Smile ♪

♪ When I am through with you ♪

♪ There won't be anything left ♪

♪ When I am through with you ♪

♪ There won't be anything left ♪

♪ When I am through with you

My true motivation in aligning
these two companies

is the golden opportunity
to merge corporate philosophies.

This goes way beyond
tax incentives,

way beyond
the marketisation of capital.

The synergy that...

That's why Kendrick was so desperate
to cover up the Aracite contamination.

A massive class action suit
would have killed his merger.

So what can we do? Without
Daniel Purcell as a witness,

it's impossible to bring
a lawsuit against UNR.

And if this merger goes through, they'll
have twice the resources to fight us.

Unless, of course,
we can stop the merger.

That's what
we're going to try to do.

Get me a complete legal
and financial history of UNR.

Right. Yeah. I'm on it.

Um, did you invite her?

Invite me where?

Uh, Patty will tell you.

Tom's been with the
firm 10 years this week.

Oh. Great. I had no idea.

I'm hosting a small get
together at my place to celebrate.

I'd love to have you come.

I know, you haven't been
back to my apartment since...

So, if you don't feel comfortable
joining us, I understand.

Thank you.

This isn't a work obligation.
It's just a friendly invitation.

You know, whatever you decide.

As a representative
of the Energy Commission,

I have serious concerns
about this merger.

You wouldn't be
doing your job if you didn't.

Specifically on
the environmental front.

Well, we fully intend on
easing your worries, Mr. Schiff.

That's why I've brought
Mr. Purcell here today.

Daniel is vice president
and lead chemist

at Helix Environmental Research.

They do independent
scientific analysis.

We were contracted to analyse
risk and environmental sensitivity

at all UNR
operating sites nationwide.

And what did your firm find?

Our results are published
in this report.

But the upshot is that UNR
complies with every standard set forth

in the International Environmental
Management System, ISO 14001.

I look forward
to reading that through.

In your opinion, Mr. Purcell,

if our commission were to
ratify the proposed merger,

do you have any concerns
with regards

to the safety of future
UNR joint operations?

None.

Environmental
protection policies

are built into UNR's operations

at every existing site,
both onshore and off.

They pose absolutely
no risk to the environment.

Sure you don't want anything?

No, we're good.

So, what's your feeling
on this dinner party?

I never want to go back
to that apartment again.

If it's not now, you'll have
to go some other time.

Yeah, I get that.

But it's your decision. If you're
not ready, we understand.

If you do go, we
want you to record it.

Energy Commission.

Mr. Schiff is ready.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.
He just stepped out of the office.

Can I take a message?

Doug. Hey. Come on in.

Good to see you. You, too.

These are serious allegations.

It's an environmental nightmare.

I wouldn't waste
your time, Doug.

Who else knows?

No one has this
information but me.

And what do you aim to do?

Kill the merger.

But the State Supreme Court will never
take a stand against Walter Kendrick.

He has West Virginia
wrapped around his little finger.

Yeah, I see that.

Your commission may be
the only thing that can stop him.

Nothing can happen without
the approval of this office.

Patty, what I'm reading is
speculative. It may not be enough.

At least you could stall him,
buy me time to find more.

My office needs to issue a
ruling by the end of next week.

That's all the time I need.

Tremendous view.

So this federal regulator?

Douglas Schiff.

Yeah. He's stalling.
It's pissing me off.

I've explored that situation.

And where are we?

What do you mean, "No"?
There has to be a way in.

Schiff has no extracurriculars.

He's clean?

Spotless.

I could always get creative.

No. Don't.

This is a deputy director
of a federal agency.

There's too much
attention as it is.

Do you have more instructions?

No. You can go.

But keep in touch.

We're here tonight
to honour Walter Kendrick,

who was recently
voted club president.

It's a night of grand tradition,

and I know it's just a ritual,
but I gotta tell you, Walt,

you wear a skirt better
than any president we've had

since your grandfather,
Shep Kendrick.

All right.

Course, he turned
out to be a fag.

You'd like a little
of this, wouldn't you, Hank?

Where do I put the dollar?

As many of
you know, Walt was born

in the great state
of West Virginia.

His roots are there. Oh,
yeah, he loves the place.

He did, however,
break with tradition

by not marrying
one of his cousins.

Apparently, they all
had too many teeth.

Seriously though,

I always wondered why birds flew

over the state of
West Virginia upside down,

and then I met this guy,

and I realised there's
nothing there worth shitting on.

Looking out over the crowd,

I can see that Walt's
favourite attorney,

Claire Maddox,
is not in attendance.

Any of you folks
know Claire Maddox?

That lady gets around.

I'm not saying I don't want
to throw a hump into her,

but I have a feeling it'd be like
tossing a hot dog down a hallway.

Great stuff in there. Yeah?

Well, I was warned
to tone it down,

but I figured, you know,
it's tradition, right?

It's nothing personal. You
gotta be able to swallow it.

You're a terrific sport,
Mr. Kendrick.

I agree. It wasn't funny.

I was told you have
a little merger problem.

Patty Hewes leaked information

to some asshole on
the Regulatory Commission.

How can I help?

Ellen! Good to see you. Come
on in. Make yourself at home.

Thank you.

Hey.

You remember Deb, right?

Hi.

Nice to see you again.

You, too.

Congratulations.
How far along are you?

About four and a half months.

That's great.
And congratulations to you.

10 years, it's amazing
that you survived.

It's only because
of this one right here.

Oh. Excuse me.

Tom, congratulations.

Ellen, Patty asked me to organise
the speeches, nothing fancy.

You'll say a few words
after dinner?

I haven't prepared anything.

Just kidding, Ellen. You know
the woman hates speeches.

Everything all right?

Yeah. Just fine.

Cheers.

Cheers.

How did I do?

I didn't hit him once?

If nothing else,
I'm sure you scared him.

How is that even possible?

It takes time.

Besides, look at his face,
he's terrified.

There's no way
he didn't shit himself.

Shut up. Send him back.

I'm not leaving until I cap
this asshole. Come on.

So, why the interest
in firearms?

I never told you, but
someone tried to kill me

the night my fiancé
was murdered.

Frobisher's people?

No.

Who then? I don't know.

But I won't ever feel
that vulnerable again.

Yeah, of course.

So, thanks for the lesson.

Yeah.

Same time next week then? Yeah.

I'm gonna put a hole
in that thing if it kills me.

I'll see you, Wes.

Suddenly she wants to learn
how to use a gun.

I don't know if you're safe.

I told you.
You can't be here today.

I'm sorry, I just...

What's wrong?

I just had to see you.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Everything's fine.

I think the rate of return against
the yen is grossly undervalued.

Clearly there's a window of
opportunity about to open there.

Well, let's stay on top of it.
I don't want to miss out.

You got it.

I've only got a minute.

Oh, Dave, how's life
in the private sector?

Excellent. Been down in
Bogota the past couple of months.

Yeah, I didn't know you were
heading that up. Good for you.

Yeah, thanks. But, Phil,
that's not why I'm here.

You didn't hear this from me.

I caught wind of something
you should know.

Okay.

It's about your wife.

You're home late.

Yeah. I was researching
Ultima National's legal history.

We need to talk.

What?

Is it Michael? No, no.

Somebody came to me. He's
connected, and he's heard rumblings.

What rumblings?

Apparently there are forces
in the business world

that would love to
put you out of business.

That's not news.

No, but it's an understatement

to say that there are CEOs
who don't like you,

and they're using their influence
in Washington against you.

Are you saying
I'm under investigation?

I don't know, but I doubt
he'd talk to me if you weren't.

I don't know what you've
done. I don't need to know.

But you have to be sure
there's nothing out there

that they can hang you with.

You have nothing to worry
about. Scrutiny won't be an issue.

How can you be sure?

Because I don't
leave loose ends.

I've never left you vulnerable.

From day one,
you've been insulated.

No, I'm talking about loose ends that
could go all the way back to the old firm.

If I'm under investigation, God
knows what they'll try to use to hurt me.

I've said it before. The only thing
that can hurt you is Ellen Parsons.

She brought in the infant
mortality case, don't forget.

I haven't.

You almost took that case.
I know.

It could've been a set-up.

Ask yourself,

after everything
that happened to her,

why did she come back to work?

It just
doesn't make sense, Patty.

Something's been bothering me.

Yeah?

That infant mortality case,

I've been thinking about the
plaintiff that wanted a payoff.

What was her name?

Monique Bryant.

Right, right.

How did you find her?

Um, someone in grief
counselling referred her to me.

Who?

They're adamant about
privacy. I can't give any names.

Right. I'm sorry. Of course.

I'm just concerned that
someone was trying to set you up.

Why would anyone
want to do that?

I don't know.

I just...

Something about that case
never felt right.

It was wonderful having
you at dinner the other night.

I hope you had fun.

I had a lovely time.

Patty's getting nervous.
Yeah, it's about the girl.

We need to take action.

Hey. So, nothing useful
came up at the dinner party.

But Patty's acting strange.

How so? She seems paranoid.

Let's take a walk.
Is that your wife?

Sorry.

She's asking me about
the infant mortality case.

You off to London?

Yeah. Just till Friday.
Back for the weekend.

Could you do me a favour?

Sure. What?

Could you look this over?
What is it?

It's a UNR financial report.
I'd really like your take on it.

All right. I'll do my best.

Thanks.

Brunch Saturday? Of course.

Bye, babe. Bye.

We've got less than a week.

Our scope needs to be
more comprehensive.

Doug Schiff is on our side,

but we need to convince his commission
that this merger should not go through.

Craig, Ari, I want to know more
about UNR's environmental record.

Look into every state that they've
done business with for the last 20 years.

Okay.

Ellen, in my office.

Shut the door.

What do you think you're doing?

About what? In there.

You see anyone else checking
their phone while I'm talking?

No. I apologise.

Don't. Just tell me the truth.

What do you have in your life
that's more important than work?

Nothing. I'm sorry, Patty.

I'm not asking you to be
sorry. I'm asking you who called.

I was late for a meeting.

What meeting? Counselling.

I thought you stopped going.
To group.

I'm going one-on-one
twice a week during lunch.

You're excused then. Leave.

Amazing.

What's amazing, babe?

This Ultima National merger.

You have a position in it?

This is for Patty?

She's circling a case.

You want to run it by me?

Do you mind?

Not at all.

Look at these numbers.
Tell me if you see what I see.

Later. We've only got
one night in London.

I thought you were Phil.

He went out of town, remember?

Where?

London.

London. Again?

Then he's meeting me in
Amherst to look at colleges.

How are your applications going?
Did you show Phil your essay?

No.

Why not?

It's about Daniel Purcell.

Why did you do that?

It's supposed to be
a personal essay.

He's my father. What's
more personal than that?

I don't want you having anything

to do with him anymore, Michael.

For 17 years,
you hide him from me.

Then, one day, it's all
reunions and smiles,

and now you don't
want me to see him?

He betrayed you, Mom.
You're human. Get over it.

I've looked into this thing, Patty,
and I'm ready to run and gun.

Consider the merger dead.

No. Well, you're welcome.

This is an opportunity
to do some important work.

Hey, it's me.
Meet me at the hotel.

Got a joke for you.

Why do birds fly upside down
over the state of West Virginia?

Do they?

Well, now you ruined it.

What's this about, Mr. Pell?

Your career.

I think I'm being followed.

How do you know?

The other day, I noticed
this guy when I met with you,

and then I just saw him again
today, so it can't be a coincidence.

You're sure it was the same guy?

Positive.

We're gonna want
a written description.

And...

What?

Patty asked me about the
infant mortality case again.

I'm afraid that
she's on to me somehow.

Ellen, if you've been made,
we can't continue.

Let me just work her a little
more, okay? Find out for sure.

No, don't have
any contact with her.

We have to take this
to our supervisor.

Why?

Because there's a very good
chance this operation is over.

Your girl gets around.

What do you think?

Could be lawyers.

Look like Feds to me.

Why the hell did FERC
authorise the merger?

Believe me, I went
beyond due diligence here.

I climbed way out on a limb.

And?

And even if we could prove that
UNR was dumping contaminants,

which we can't, we still have
no proof of any fraudulent activity.

Bullshit!

There are impact studies from
an independent consulting firm

that back up their claim.

Doug, this is me
you're talking to.

You know that report is a lie.

There's no evidence, Patty.

I feel terrible about this,
but, truly, my hands are tied.

Well, I have good news.
The merger's going through.

Congratulations.

Congratulations to you, too.

I invited you here, Dan, because
loyalty goes a long way with me.

I see big things in your future.

My future doesn't particularly
concern me, but my daughter's does.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Your concerns are my concerns.

You have my word.

You're going to clean up the
mess down in West Virginia?

Everything I heard
about you is true.

You guaranteed me you'd stop
using Aracite and clean it up.

It's already happening.

I want you to come
to work for us, Dan.

I'd like to make you
Head of Research,

oversee UNR's move
to alternative energy.

The merger's through.
That's what you wanted.

Now I'm done.

I know how you feel, Dan.

But whatever happened that night
in your house with your wife is over.

It's done with.

You played ball.
This is a partnership now.

I checked into Monique Bryant,

the client for the
infant mortality case.

What did you find?

48 years of age, daughter died
in childbirth, lost the baby, too.

So Ellen's in the clear?

Well, the hospital
records check out,

but the plaintiff who came in
here was African-American,

and this is the real
Monique Bryant.

Ellen's a liability, Patty.

I've said it all along.

Yeah?

So, what's so important?

ELLEN. I know you
don't trust me.

And you have a very
good reason not to.

What reason would that be?

I was approached
by the FBI last night.

This isn't the plan.
What the hell is she doing?

What do they want?

They want to use me as an
informant against you.

What's their leverage?

They have pictures of me leaving
the office the night of Fiske's suicide.

We never told the police
that I was there.

I told them to go
screw themselves.

That was ballsy.

Well, it was clear nothing they
had on me was going to stick.

I think you were right about
the infant mortality case.

It was a set-up.

They're trying to catch you
paying off a client.

We have to be very careful.

The problem is, the Feds
can approach anyone.

Who else in the office
is vulnerable?

Good question.

Patty, we're in this together.

They take you down,
I go down, too.

She just sold us out.

I decided to tell Patty
I was approached by the Feds.

That was unbelievably stupid.

It was the only way
to win her confidence.

You heard me.
I protected my cover.

I told her I refused to
cooperate with you guys.

Did she believe you? I think so.

You think so? That's great.

Hey, hey, relax.

Ellen... Look.

She doesn't trust anyone
right now except for me,

so if you still want to get
to her, I'm your only chance.

How's your mother?

Haven't seen her all month.

You need some help with this?

No, no, Pete. I got it. Thanks.

Listen, Patrick, I gotta
cut through the bullshit.

You have to take a vacation.
The heat is on my boss.

Is it because
of that girl we went after?

My boss
can never know about you.

Listen, take this. But
you gotta leave tonight.

Should be enough for
seven, eight months there.

I made a deal. They're
gonna leave us alone now.

If you don't stop them, I will.

No, you won't.

I'll call the police.

I can't let you do that.

In fact, I'm gonna call the EPA.

We're in trouble.

Do you want my help?

Yes.

Which one of these is yours?

Fifty-nine.

Is your daughter
expected home tonight?

No.

She's upstate with
her grandparents.

Give me the keys.

Okay. Go park your car.

In 20 minutes,
this will all be over.

I looked into the UNR merger.
It makes no sense financially.

In what way?

It seems to me that Kendrick
is grossly overpaying,

and he's too smart
not to realise it.

What's his motive?
To consolidate power.

But if you ask me,
that's just his first move.

There must be something else
he's getting out of it.

Such as?

Well, that's what
you've gotta figure out.

Your friend was right, you know.

I'm under investigation.

The Feds are looking into me.

Then you have to forget
about this whole thing.

Patty, Kendrick is
too well-connected.

I want you to promise me
that you will leave UNR alone.

Detective Messer?
Detective Messer?

You get my cheeseburger?

I said extra ketchup.
It's in there.

Call CSU and get
the ME down here.

Well, it's worse
than you thought.

She's been meeting with someone.

Looks like law enforcement.
I think it's FBI.

The FBI?

What do you want me to do?

I think it's flight number
84 out of Newark. Right.

Can you cancel
the reservation for me?

No, that's it. Thank you.

Ellen.

Wes. What's going on?

Ah. They're doing some
work at my building.

Do you mind
if I crash here tonight?

Sure. Or two. Maybe three.

Let's just see how
the first night goes.

I can live with that.

♪ When I am through with you

♪ There won't be anything left ♪

♪ When I am through with you ♪

There won't be anything left ♪

♪ When I am through with you ♪