"And My Paralyzing Fear of Death" is the third episode of the first season of Damages. The episode was directed by John David Coles and written by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman. It first aired on August 2, 2007 on FX.
The judge in charge of the Frobisher case, Sanford Toomey (Peter McRobbie), suggests to Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) that her case is weak and gives her until the end of the week to submit a brief arguing why the cas...
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"And My Paralyzing Fear of Death" is the third episode of the first season of Damages. The episode was directed by John David Coles and written by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman. It first aired on August 2, 2007 on FX.
The judge in charge of the Frobisher case, Sanford Toomey (Peter McRobbie), suggests to Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) that her case is weak and gives her until the end of the week to submit a brief arguing why the case should be allowed to proceed. Things get complicated when she receives a parcel at the office containing a hand grenade. Patty and her husband (Michael Nouri) have to deal with their son (Zachary Booth) after he has hacked into his school's computer system and may now be expelled. Ellen (Rose Byrne) is tasked with writing a key portion of the brief for Judge Toomey but clears her absence on Friday evening to attend her engagement party. Patty decides to test her by having her perform a last minute task on Friday that will force her to choose...
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