[DMG] I knew your pig

TV Programme: Damages
Season: 2
Episode: 3
Date I watched this episode: 22/01/2009
Time since I last watched this programme: 7 days.

Well here we are again, another week on and no further episodes watched. In fact it's debatable whether I even had time to watch this episode, but I can't...miss...Damages....

This episode was called "I knew your pig", and not "I know you pig" as I reported last week. In fact, even if I'd have known the true name, I couldn't have guessed who the quote was between, as it involved two characters who were only introduced in this episode. Perhaps even more stupid was me not realising that Claire was the person in the car at the end of the last episode. I still hold that she looks different, but she's not that different. Danny calls her "Claire" at one point during this episode, and that obviously confirms it. So my wild confusion at the end of the last episode was rather misplaced - Danny was just burning the papers which Claire obtained for him.

Last week I listed the "WTF???!" and "Aaaaah!" moments in the episode. This week, there didn't seem to be any!! It was almost like the writers took a break for this one, to flesh out the existing story and prepare for future twists. Where was room 1910? Or Arthur Frobisher? Or Wes's crazy weapon cabinet? Or indeed, as far as I can remember, any flash forwards whatsoever??

This episode basically served to expand on Daniel Purcell's storyline with Patty. It did reveal an unexpected twist about Michael, and had a brief appearance from Hollis Nye, and a very brief (and basically useless) one from Katie Connor. The two FBI agents were dotted about, trying and failing to look cool. There was the Josh Restin thing (the reporter) which was pretty predictable from the start. But the central thread was a backstory which will hopefully serve some purpose in the story of future episodes, or this episode will have been a complete waste of time.

I suppose the story has been progressed. We know that Daniel is Michael's father, that Daniel has been arrested, that the CEO is as guilty as anyone else, and so on. But there was no real thrill, no substance, no uniqueness here. The next episode is called "Hey! Mr. Pibb!" Let's hope it picks up again (incidentally, we obviously won't know who the quote is said to, but in terms of the speaker, well it sounds like an Ellen thing to say).