Damages, Season 1

Hollis Nye:
[to Ellen] There won't be room for him [your boyfriend] and Patty. There won't be room for you and Patty. With Patty Hewes, there's only Patty.

Tom:
When it comes to reading people, Patty lives and dies by instinct. The woman has the sharpest bullshit meter I've ever seen. And you're at the most difficult step. It's do or die. If you're phony with her for one second, she'll skewer you.

Ellen:
Good. Phony's not my strong suit.

Ellen:
[at Ellen's sister's wedding reception] Ms. Hewes. What are you doing here?

Patty:
I had to meet you.

Ellen:
Why?

Patty:
Because, kiddo, you're the first person stupid enough to turn me down.

Patty:
Kids are like clients. They want all of you, all the time.

Martin:
If you were a man, I'd kick the living dogshit out of you.

Patty:
If you were a man I'd be worried.

Ray:
[to Arthur Frobisher about Katie] The law is on our side. The evidence is on our side. On paper, this case is tighter than a bull's ass on fight night. But if Patty Hewes gets that girl in front of a jury... all bets are off.

Patty:
How old were you?

Katie:
I'm sorry?

Patty:
I had just turned six.

Katie:
When what?

Patty:
When I realized I was a good liar. How old were you?

Bearded Man:
Well, there's always a solution.

Arthur:
What kind of solution?

Bearded Man:
A permanent one.

Arthur:
What? Oh, God, no. What, you think that I would...?

Bearded Man:
It wouldn't get back to you.

Arthur:
Oh, we're-we're talking about a human life here. Sh-She's an innocent girl. She didn't do anything. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Bearded Man:
Sometimes that's enough.

Ellen:
What happened with Katie? I spoke to her, Ms. Hewes. I don't believe she's lying.

Patty:
Really? Why is that?

Ellen:
Because she has no reason to.

Patty:
Don't be stupid, Ellen. Everyone's hiding something.

Patty:
I manipulated you, yes.

Ellen:
Well, I don't like being manipulated.

Patty:
Duly noted.

[After opening a parcel containing a grenade]

Patty:
It's going to be a shitty week!

Patty:
[to her employees] All of you are members of an extraordinary team, and I value each and every one of you. If you want to quit, just tell me now. But if you call in sick Thursday or Friday, don't bother coming in Monday. Your jobs won't be waiting for you. That grenade was never meant to destroy our office. It was meant to destroy our resolve.

Patty:
Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.

[(After reading Michael Hewes' internet history]

Uncle Pete:
What's a M-I-L-F?

Patty:
Beats me!

Patty:
And how's your morning?

Uncle Pete:
Every day above ground is a Pyrrhic victory.

Roger Kastle:
Ms. Connor, would you characterize your life as one big blur of narcotics and intercourse?

Katie:
Would you characterize yourself as an asshole?!

Ray:
If these next few questions make you blush, Miss Connor, I apologize.

Katie:
To screw.

Ray:
I'm sorry?

Katie:
That's why I was in an empty parking lot in the middle of the night. And later on a couch and then on the floor. Do you find cocaine is like Viagra? Or are you more of a tantric breathing kind of a guy, like Sting? If these past few answers make you blush, Mr. Fiske, I apologize.

Ray:
[after his deposition of Katie Connor] You hear that, Patty? That's the sound of the zeroes dropping off of Mr. Frobisher's revised offer.

Katie:
You know, you're not mad that I lied. You're just pissed that I got caught and made you look bad.

Ellen:
I only ever wanted the truth.

Katie:
No, Ellen, all you ever wanted was to impress Patty Hewes.

Patty:
Ray Fiske is a brilliant lawyer who made us look very foolish today. It happens. I understand how it must hurt right now... what happened with Katie... but... there's a very important lesson to be learned from all this.

Ellen:
Which is?

Patty:
Trust... no one.

Tom:
I'm sick of her shit.

Tom's Friend:
That's right, Tomahawk, break the shackles. Take the power. Always identify your oppressor by name. So what's shit are you sick of?

Tom:
Patty's.

Tom's Friend:
Say it loud!

Tom:
I'm sick of Patty Hewes' shit!

Ray:
I'm worried the sun don't shine on the same dog's tail all week.

Arthur:
I have no idea what that means.

Ray:
It means we got lucky.

Karen Gonzales:
We picked Ms. Hewes for a reason. She's the best. She said there'd be some setbacks. We knew there were going to be some ups and downs.

Larry Popler:
Where the hell are the ups, Karen?

Karen Gonzales:
You're a gambler. You don't change your horse mid-race, do you?

Larry Popler:
If it's pulling up lame, I do, then I shoot him.

Karen Gonzales:
Oh, Jesus.

Larry Popler:
Two right in the head real quick. Problem solved.

Katie:
[about Ellen] How's my lawyer friend?

David:
She wanted to come.

Katie:
But she's stuck up Patty's ass and couldn't make it.

Patty:
There's a huge difference between being number one and being number two.

Tom:
Yes, there is.

Patty:
You're a number two, Tom. That's your talent. That's your limit.

Tom:
This is what you came here to tell me?

Patty:
This was a big step. Approaching a witness under false pretenses. Offering protection you can't provide.

Ellen:
Don't they teach that in law school?

Gregory:
How is Katie? I liked her.

Ellen:
Is that why you lied to her, humiliated her and got her to perjure herself?

Patty:
[to Ellen] Let's be honest -- men are sensitive. They don't like to be dragged anywhere. We may not like it, but we know how to play second fiddle. We're bred for it. Men can't do it. At least, not the ones worth sharing a bed with.

Patty:
[to Ellen] A man should want to be in charge. Now the trick is... making him feel like he actually is...Most men can't handle an ambitious woman. It may take you a few tries, but make sure you find one who can.

Ellen:
Just give me a name, Gregory. I'll keep you out of this.

Gregory:
So, what, I give you a name, you won't come after me?

Ellen:
Not if you give us a bigger fish.

Gregory:
Barney.

Ellen:
What's his last name?

Gregory:
Rubble. Lives in Bedrock. Hell of a right hook.

Michael:
You were right. I was playing games with you. I was very angry, and I was acting out.

Patty:
Acting out? You sent me a hand grenade and almost killed your stepfather.

Michael:
Getting away from you was the best thing that could've happened to me. It gave me clarity.

Patty:
Did it?

Michael:
You wanted to completely control of my life, so you took away my free will. Some pretty terrific parenting, real mother-of-the-year type stuff.

Ray:
Your Honor, Miss Hewes's claim of relevance is based solely on a vacation Mr. Malina took to Palm Beach. My mother-in-law has a time-share in Sarasota. Perhaps Miss Hewes would like to subpoena her.

Tom:
Conscience is a liability, Ellen. You feel guilty, you unburden yourself, what happens? You feel better, but the people you're coming clean to? Trust me. Maintaining the illusion of loyalty is far more effective than admitting the breach.

Gregory:
I don't know why I believed you would help me. I should've seen it.

Ray:
Seen what?

Gregory:
That your whole life is a lie.

Ellen:
[Choosing a cake for their wedding] Whatever you like is great with me, just nothing too... lemony.

David:
Wait. No, no! I'm not deciding.

Ellen:
Why not?

David:
Because I'm the guy. I don't give a shit.

Ellen:
Okay, fine, fair enough.

Larry Popler:
Patty Hewes has ears, too. Maybe I'm talking to the wrong person.

Arthur:
Larry, you don't want to threaten me. Take the money.

Larry Popler:
I mopped your floors, you son of a bitch! 34 years I cleaned your shit.

Patty:
[about Ellen's father] Better be careful. We plaintiff attorneys can be vicious. His best strategy is to blame the victim.

Ellen:
I know.

Patty:
[about the plaintiff] At all costs it was her fault; period.

Gary Parsons:
So I should just go in there and lie?

Ellen:
I'm saying that they will. They'll spin into gross negligence. This is the real world, Dad.

Gary Parsons:
I don't need you to teach me about the real world.

Patty:
You know, the truth is, Larry, I like you. But I think you're in over your head. And prison is the last place you belong. Arthur Frobisher is smart. I'm sure he's got a way to get you his blood money with no paper trail, so I'm really just here tonight to make you a promise.

Larry Poplar:
Oh yeah? What's that?

Patty:
I'm gonna wait and watch. Until you buy a house, or Mildred buys a car, or Chloe here buys a toothbrush. You need to understand this, Larry. No Poplar for the next hundred years will be able to spend a nickel of that money without being humiliated, disgraced, and locked up. [long pause] You all have a nice night.

Katie:
[to Gregory] You tell me one lie, and I will cut your dick off.

Nancy:
[to Arthur] People expect a CEO to be strong. They see too much of the soft side, it looks like an act. You've got to be heartfelt without sounding like a pussy. Now, you think you can do that?

Arthur:
I know you don't give a shit about justice, Patty. So what do you want?

Patty:
I want you disgraced. I want history to erase your every achievement. I want you to feel the disgust in your children's eyes when they look on you in shame.

George Moore:
I don't like you, Ray, but I realized an amazing thing on the way over here. You're not my problem, Arthur is.

Ray:
I have a duty …

George Moore:
Patty Hewes is a hair away from breaking this thing wide open. So I'm going to do what you couldn't, Ray.

Ray:
What is that?

George Moore:
Put an end to this thing.

Patty:
[about David] He called off the engagement?

Ellen:
Maybe we went too far. [Pause] Do you regret what we did?

Carl Lambert:
Character is what you do in the dark.

Patty:
[to Ellen] You are in this office to wait for instructions. You don't have license to think.

Ellen:
I'm so sick of your bullshit.

Patty:
What did you say to me?

Ellen:
You heard me.

Patty:
Get out. And don't bother coming back.

Patty:
Gregory Malina's dead.

Ray:
Oh my.

Patty:
Hit and run.

Ray:
That's horrible.

Patty:
I guess we'll never know what really happened.

Ray:
Maybe the police will find the guy.

Patty:
[Grins] I won't hold my breath. And, Ray...shame on you.

Patty:
I have a lot of questions.

Ray:
That's what Wikipedia's for.

Patty:
Don't you just love dogs?

Ray:
Yeah. They're like people. Only without the bullshit.

[After Ellen finds Moore dead]

Patty:
I'm sorry you went through that.

Ellen:
I hate these people.

Ellen:
[to Lila DiMeo's answering machine] This is Ellen Parsons. Stay away from my fiance or I'll come after you, you crazy bitch.

Patty:
Did I ever tell you why I became a lawyer, Ray?

Ray:
No, you never told me.

Patty:
I thought I could change the world. Silly, huh?

Ray:
I just liked getting to wear a tie every day.

Ray:
You know, I always wanted to work with you Patty. Not anymore.

Inmate:
What's the matter, rich girl? Daddy won't post bail?

Ellen:
Lower bunk's mine.

Inmate:
Bitch, don't even. I ripped off a convenience store and a bodega before they busted my ass.

Ellen:
I killed my fiancé.

David:
You decide right now -- do you want us or do you want this job?

Ellen:
Please don't do this.

David:
Right now. Right... now! You can't decide, can you?

Ellen:
David...

David:
No! We're done, Ellen.

Tom:
Have you seen her since she... let you go?

Ellen:
I don't think Patty wants to see me.

Tom:
Yeah, what you said was pretty...

Ellen:
Stupid?

Tom:
I was going to say ballsy, but, yeah, stupid... stupid works.

Patty:
Ellen... no matter what you think, I didn't have anything to do with any of this.

Ellen:
I know.

Patty:
But Tom told me that you accused me of trying to kill you.

Ellen:
How else was I supposed to get you back here?

Ellen:
You did teach me one valuable lesson.

Patty:
I'm glad.

Ellen:
'Trust no one.' Well, I don't anymore, Patty. Least of all you.

District Attorney:
[about Ellen's murder charge] Ms. Hewes, Ellen Parsons worked for you. I don't think you can be objective about this.

Patty:
I'm not! I'm not objective at all, and I'm going to turn my passionate, irrational anger against your office.

Arthur:
Has the videotape been put into evidence?

Bearded Man:
I don't think so. No. Then maybe Patty Hewes doesn't have it.

Arthur:
What are we doing, playing guessing games? There's a goddamn gun out there pointed right at me, and you don't know if it's loaded.

Arthur:
I need facts. I need information, that's all I want.

Larry Popler:
Mr. Frobisher, I know!

Arthur:
No, you actually don't know! You don't know shit, and you've done shit... which is exactly what you're going to get from me. I ain't paying you a penny.

Larry Popler:
I don't need your money, you prick!

Ellen:
[to Patty] I don't believe in the law anymore, but I do believe in justice.

Patty:
So, think about it. But not for too long. If I don't hear from you by the end of the day tomorrow, I'm gonna treat some friends of mine at the Justice Department to dinner and a movie.

Arthur:
You really enjoy this, don't you?

Patty:
It's my job.

Arthur:
Why do you hate me so much?

[Patty smiles and walks away without answering]