I Need to Win
Episodul 5.6 din serialul Damages
Actori serial: Glenn Close
(Patty Hewes), Rose Byrne (Ellen Parsons), Tate Donovan (Thomas "Tom" Shayes), Zachary Booth (Michael Hewes), Ted Danson (Arthur Frobisher), Anastasia Griffith (Katie Connor), Michael Nouri (Phil Grey), Noah Bean (David Connor), Tom Noonan (Detective Victor Huntley), Željko Ivanek (Ray Fiske), Chris Messina (Chris Sanchez), David Costabile (Bearded Man / Detective Rick Messer), Timothy Olyphant (Wes Krulik), Judd Hirsch (Bill Herndon), Glenn Kessler (Agent L.J. Werner), Campbell Scott (Joe Tobin), Martin Short (Leonard Winstone), Marcia Gay Harden (Claire Maddox), William Hurt (Daniel Purcell), Ben Shenkman (Curtis Gates)Scenariul: Josh Payne
Imaginea: David Tuttman
Regia: Daniel Zelman
Difuzare: 15.08.2012
Durata: 00:50:32
Link IMDb: I Need to Win
Link TMDb: I Need to Win
Nota IMDb: 8,0
Explicații IMDb: A surprise witness threatens to call into question Channing McClaren's account of the night Naomi Walling committed suicide. Meanwhile, Ellen's (Rose Byrne) assistant approaches Patty (Glenn Close) with an unwelcome development in a case they argued years ago.
Explicații TMDb: The attack Ellen suffered years ago comes back to haunt her.
Explicații Wikipedia: Ellen continues to have disturbing dreams about her late fiancé. Later, she thinks that she sees the hitman who tried to kill her years ago. Her trauma counselor advises her to drop the case. In separate interviews with Patty and Ellen, Thomas Weld, who had stayed in the room next to Naomi Walling's, says he did not hear an argument from Naomi's room, which does not help Patty's case. Ellen pushes further by promises not to expose Weld, discovering he was carrying on an affair at the hotel. Naomi's daughter Rachel is confronted by Naomi's former boss, which causes her to consider dropping the case. Later she's approached directly by McClaren who convinces her to listen to his side of the story. In his retelling, McClaren is less aggressive. Instead, McClaren is awkward and his extremely poor social skills create a misunderstanding. Despite his actions quite clearly constituting a sexual assault, he was trying to be seductive and persistent, not aggressive. He accepts full responsibility and Rachel tells Patty to accept the settlement. Until this point, McClaren left Ellen unaware that he'd made a settlement offer, so Ellen is taken by surprise. Meanwhile, Kate lets Ellen know she still has some prior business with Patty. During Richard Weld's deposition, Patty confronts him with new evidence, at which Weld admits he heard McClaren berating and threatening Naomi. His vivid description is compelling. When Rachel sees the tape, she immediately rejects the settlement offer. It is revealed Weld's testimony was the result of blackmail by Ellen with Patty's support: both want to sabotage the settlement to bring the case to court. Ellen blackmailed the witness to make him provide the damning testimony; Patty agreed that the testimony will never be used in court.
Two months in the future, the courtroom is being called to order on the trial's first day.