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Daniel Purcell is lying to everyone. Or at least that is what everyone thinks. He swears to Claire Maddox that his wife didn't know about their affair. She's not convinced. He swears to the police that he didn't kill wife and points to her missing ruby ring as evidence of a stranger's assault. They aren't really buying it. Even his own lawyer…er, make that especially his lawyer doesn't believe a word he says. She is so skeptical that she makes him take a lie detector test, which undoubtedly she billed him for. The results were inconclusive, obviously.
Tom's suspiciously sudden withdrawal from the infant mortality case makes the FBI want Ellen to lay low for awhile. But Ellen just won't stop. She is doggedly determined to find a case, any case, that will bring Patty's downfall. She wastes her billable hours by digging around into Patty's past dealing with Purcell and finds potential evidence that Purcell is the father of Patty's son. Better evidence is that Patty's son thinks Purcell is creepy. Desperate for more dirt, Ellen begs to get in on the Purcell case. Patty isn't really interested in running a law school, but Ellen is determined. Ellen digs some more and finds what might be evidence of Patty paying off Purcell to throw a case, but Ellen's got it all wrong, unless by "paying off" you mean "knocking up." But their darling child does not stop Patty from enacting a vigorous defense of Purcell, so vigorous that she has him arrested at the airport. She seems to think that shackles and an orange pantsuit will loosen his tongue about the Big Energy conspiracy. And she is right. Damn I wish they taught this stuff in law school!
The Big Energy conspiracy gets new legs when Goodwin meets up with the Big Boss to develop a plan of attack for Purcell's defection. 'Cause you know, potentially murdering the guy's wife just wasn't enough. Elsewhere, a young intrepid reporter in West Virginia does some asking after a pig. Seems that a lot of livestock in the area has been keeling over for no apparent reason. The reason becomes more apparent when he gets the beat down from some goons from the coal mines after illicitly gathering water samples. Suddenly it's like we're watching Silkwood with a much more attractive cast.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!Previously on Damages, Patty Hewes turned down the FBI's bait case and convinced Tom to turn it down too in order to work on Daniel Purcell's murder trial. She is convinced that there is a deep conspiracy involving Big Energy and the use of the chemical compound Aricite. Ellen so far isn't on the case and hopefully her screen time will shrink as much as her neck and both she and her role on this show will wither away to nothing and let the big kids play. Also, Mario Van Peebles rules.
Daniel Purcell sits in his car in the dark in the pouring rain. He is contemplative and quiet and at first you don't realize that Claire Maddox is in the car with him. She asks him if anyone found out about them. He says no. She asks if his wife knew. Despite flashing back to the scene of a marital fight that involved enough screaming and yelling to be about an affair, Daniel says no. I am pretty sure he is lying. The fight looks like it took place the night of the gala... and the murder. Claire takes a deep breath as if she is either relieved or not really believing him or, heck, maybe both. She takes another deep breath and breaks the news that somebody leaked his toxicity reports to Patty Hewes. He shrugs, because, you know, it was him. She is stunned and really wants to know why he is so stupid. He doesn't want to tell her anything to, you know, protect her, although I don't think that line has ever worked once and whoever is on the receiving end of that line is probably just completed annoyed and never grateful. Like, thanks for putting me in a situation where I need protecting, but not actually telling me what I need protecting from, ensuring that when whoever is doing the threatening is coming at me with the pliers I will have no answer to give them. So, yeah, thanks. So Purcell doesn't want to tell her some stuff and Claire sort of sighs and then asks who killed his wife. He shrugs in resignation, "Who do you think?"
Tom and Patty are sitting inside Patty's office, I think. They are sitting at a metal or poly-wood slatted table that looks like outdoor patio furniture, but is indoors. Maybe they aren't in her office. I have no idea where they are. These people seem to work in different rooms all the time, like Hewes & Associates is just a Mad Hatter's tea party of offices. Anyway, Tom is briefing Patty on the legal history of Ultima National Resources, the third-largest energy provider. And, yes, numbers one and two were busy. You don't become the number one or two energy company by doing guest appearances on television shows. According to Tom, Ultima is destroying the environment. Walter Kendrick is the CEO and Patty gazes at his headshot. Why do they have a headshot? And Mr. Kendrick really should have taken advantage of the bargains over at Glamour Shots and gotten a little dolled up for his photo shoot. Oh wait, that's Deputy Police Commissioner Rawls from The Wire, so he just looks like that all the time. Tom explains to Patty that the acid rain in West Virginia is entirely due to Mr. Kendrick and his evil money grubbing bottom line ways. The good people of the state of West Virginia tried to bring a class action lawsuit against the company, but the judge threw it out. Obviously he was being paid off. Tom adds that they have been sued over 200 times and the only case they ever lost, to the tune of $100 million, they didn't bother to appeal because to them that is just two days' profits. Just something to lose behind the couch or down a sewer grate. And, holy frijole, how much do I want to embark on a career of crushing the environment in the name of massive profits just so I can pay off my Buick and buy a new TV? Tom agrees with Patty's assessment of the Purcell case, namely, something big is going on, but he can't figure out what it has to do with the murder. Patty's not sure yet, but she knows there is a link between the murder and the fact that Purcell's consulting firm has worked for Ultima National Resources for over a decade. And? And? That sounds like a false causality to me. I've eaten at Burgerville for two decades, if my husband is strangled in a home invasion will it be their fault? Not to say that Burgerville is an all-powerful and evil corporation or anything, it's just that they make a mean onion ring so they are foremost in my mind. A lot. Tom asks Patty if there is anything he should know about her relationship with Purcell since it is obviously not just business. Patty shakes her head nope. I assume Tom is smart enough not to believe her.
Ellen is getting dressed for work and the FBI is watching her primp. They are in her hotel room talking about Tom's change of heart. I am just emphasizing that because I think it is weird. As Ellen pulls her hair back into a simple pony tail (as if in direct contradiction to my claims that her hairstyles are impossible for a non-professional to manufacture) she explains that Tom said his conscience got the better of him. Why would he tell Ellen that he was planning on paying off the client? I thought he told her that he had told the client that he wasn't that type of lawyer? Pay attention, script people, this is only episode three and undoubtedly things are going to get a lot worse and a lot more complicated. Don't start losing your grip now.
Ellen finishes with her hair and pulls on her shoes while the FBI grills her about how Tom could have known not to go for the case. Ellen thinks Patty just wanted his help on the Purcell case. Ellen is wildly underestimating Patty and her desire to be omnipotent and omniscient and thus bugging her own office and conference room and knowing Tom was about to make a major ethical breach. The FBI isn't so sure about that. They think Patty knows something and they are going to lay low for a while and so is Ellen. Ellen disagrees. She wants to start digging around in the Purcell case. She knows something dirty will turn up there. Mario Van Peebles knows it is frustrating for her, but they have to take things slow. Ellen just looks pissed.
Tom walks into Patty's office (or his office or just some random room where they landed when the music stopped) where Purcell is totally shooting up. Tom looks taken aback and asks if Purcell needs some alone time. Purcell assures him he is a diabetic, which doesn't really answer the question. And why would he need to get his shot at that very moment? One of my good friends is diabetic and I have never seen him inject himself. Well Purcell doesn't seem to have the most outstanding social skills. Anyway, Tom is here to prep him for his interview with the police detective. Tom tells him that his wife was strangled and there were no signs of sexual assault, but clearly there was a struggle. Purcell doesn't say anything, just gets up to stare out the window. He then asks Tom if they found any sign of the man who killed his wife. They didn't.
Ellen catches up with Patty at work. Her ponytail now has zero flyaways and the elastic is covered in carefully and skillfully wrapped hair, which was not the ponytail she just made in her hotel room. Maybe Hewes & Associates has on-site hairstylists? I do hear that looking good is the best defense. Ellen asks Patty if she can sit in on Purcell's police interview. She thinks it would be, like, super helpful because she doesn't know anything about criminal law. Patty pauses, looks at her, and says no. She thinks it would make Purcell uncomfortable, moreover, she's not running a law school. Heh heh. Ellen walks away slightly abashed. She thinks she can just waltz in, get some dirt on Purcell, and crush Patty? Not so fast there Miss Smartypants.
Purcell is being interviewed at the police station. There is a large file folder of mug shots on the table and the police detective sits across from Purcell while Patty leans nonchalantly against the wall as if she is just observing the proceedings. The detective asks Purcell about the police report he filed earlier in the week. Did the intruder take anything? Purcell says no. The detective adds that the person who killed his wife didn't take anything either. Does Purcell think it was the same person? He thinks it was. With two home invasions in one week and nothing missing, the cop wonders if perhaps they were targeting the wrong house. Patty chortles, isn't it your job to figure that out detective? The cop changes tact at that, 'cause really how do you argue with that? You know, whenever there is a scene like this I always imagine Lenny Briscoe doing the scene. He was truly the quintessential cop. No one compares. And definitely not this guy. The cop asks for a description of the intruder and Purcell reminds him that he has already told him the description. The cop closes his eyes and visualizes what Purcell told him. He remembers the description: shorter guy, stringy hair, t-shirt. See, he was paying attention. The cop is just stuck on why the guy wouldn't steal anything. Purcell is getting more and more pissed and gets even quieter and clenches his jaw while the cop continues on the same track. He wants Purcell to look at crime scene photos, but Patty steps in to tell him he doesn't have to. Purcell wants to do anything to help. Anything except tell the cops the truth, that is. As Purcell tears up over the photos, he notices that his wife's ruby ring is missing. As the cop gets fake excited over the discovery, Purcell has had it. He leans forward, calls the cop an asshole and tells him that if he finds that ring he'll find his wife's killer. The cop is unmoved, but Patty is not. She wants a moment alone with her client. Before the cop goes, he has to ask whether Purcell ever hit his wife. Purcell denies it vehemently. The cop wonders if he could explain the restraining order his wife had against him, then? Purcell's jaw drops, but not nearly as far as Patty's. The order was supposed to be sealed, but the cop doesn't really care. He just wants to know about the assault charge against Purcell. Purcell is infuriated and wants to answer the questions, but Patty grabs him by the ear and tells him to shut the hell up. She points her little finger of fury in his face and he backs down. The cop chuckles as he asks them if they need a moment alone. Dude, don't laugh at Patty. She will totally order a hit on your dog if you laugh at her.
Patty is furious that they missed that restraining order and she slams her office door and Tom barely makes it through. Tom tries to justify his failure by explaining that the restraining order didn't show up on a background check. Besides, Purcell was right, the order was sealed in family court. Patty directs most of her anger at Purcell for not telling her the truth about his relationship with his wife. She also thinks he manufactured the missing ring to give the cops something that didn't point directly at him as the killer. She is convinced he is trying to look guilty. In the face of her frustration, Tom suggests (again!) that they give Purcell's case to a defense attorney and take on Ultima National by themselves. Patty explains that Ultima is bulletproof and they won't be able to bring them down without an inside man. They need Purcell. But he has to come clean because he has the answers.
Meanwhile, Ellen and her fancy ponytail are decidedly not wracking up billable hours. Instead she is pretending to work while avidly researching the legal history between Patty and Daniel Purcell. You would think someone at Hewes would notice that she is not actually writing, researching, or working on anything. She enters Purcell's name into a fake Westlaw and then scurries over to some file cabinets to look up a case. Ten years ago Patty and Purcell were on opposite sides of a suit against IBC Global. Ellen reads the transcript of the deposition and, gosh, wouldn't it be better if this was re-enacted? I love historical re-enactment! And so does this show. Flashback to ten years ago. Patty and her 90s shag bob hairdo sits across from Purcell in a conference room. The many black-suited attorneys line a table on all sides with a court reporter in the back. Patty is grilling Purcell about a chemical compound. She asks about safety levels at 100 parts per million and Purcell swears it is safe at that level. At that statement, Patty pulls out a document and asks the court reporter to enter it as evidence. She hands it over to the attorneys while Purcell makes WTF faces. When he gets the document he pales and gets exasperated. Patty sips her glass of water trying to look innocent.
The flashback is interrupted when Ellen's phone rings. Was the entire historical re-enactment in Ellen's head, then? And if so, why were there no giant dancing gum drops, unicorns, or people dressed up like Chachi? Oh is that just my head? Well then. Ellen answers the phone and it is her dead fiancé's sister, Katie. Ellen was supposed to meet her at a bar, but she got so busy hatching a scheme to bring down hellfire, damnation, and ruin on Patty that she plum forgot. Katie tells her to leave work already and come meet her for a drink so she can introduce her new boyfriend. Ellen hangs up with a vague promise to show up. As she hangs up, Tom looms large at her door and asks who she is standing up. Ellen explains that it is Katie and she hasn't seen her since David's funeral. Tom encourages Ellen to go out, but Ellen just changes the subject. She asks Tom what he knows about the IBC Global case Patty tried ten years ago. She thinks it is weird that Patty never mentioned that Purcell was a lead witness for the opposing team. Tom tells her to keep her nose clean and Patty will tell them what they need to know when they need to know it. He doesn't tell her to do some work already. Does she honestly have no cases to work on? No briefs to file, no research to conduct, nothing? Hmm.
Goodwin, a.k.a. Wayne Sutry, is running at full tilt through the park. He is stopped short by the sight of Claire Maddox standing calmly at the top of the stairs waiting for him. She coolly tells him that his assistant told her that he runs everyday at lunch. She was just smart enough to figure out exactly where to stand to freak the crap out of him. Lawyers sure are smart. Goodwin thanks her for getting back his stolen documents. She wants to know what he and his firm dragged her company into. She knows that Purcell's wife was murdered and she doesn't want her company and its (not so much) good name anywhere near that scandal. Goodwin stops her right there. He doesn't like her insinuation. He tells her that his money is on Purcell for killing his wife. He asks if she has ever met Purcell. Marcia Gay Harden is such a good actress. When she is asked about Purcell she is so calm and noncommittal but there is one muscle in her neck that twitches so you know she is lying. Who can control their neck muscles like that? It's crazy! She claims she just met him once or twice. As she walks away, Goodwin calls after her that he knows Purcell did it. As soon as she is gone Goodwin pulls out his phone from god knows where since he was jogging and calls Claire's boss, Mr. Kendrick. He informs him that Claire was nosing around about Purcell. Mr. Kendrick tells Goodwin that he will make sure she backs off, but they need to talk in person so when he can get to West Virginia? Goodwin promises to be on the flight. Mr. Kendrick hangs up the phone and tells his lackey that, just to be safe, they should beef up security at the coal facilities. Ooh coal facilities. That just sounds nefarious. And bad for the environment. Just for the record, Mr. Kendrick is more attractive than Charlize Theron in North Country.
Daniel Purcell is in the lobby of Hewes & Associates when Ellen walks into the office. He is wearing head-to-toe beige. Ellen offers to take him back to Patty and he thanks her despite it being obvious that he has no idea who she is. Ellen offers her condolences for the loss of his wife. Purcell thanks her and then ditches her in the hallway. Which totally cracks me up. Why? Because Ellen is so out of her depth and she thinks she is such a mover and a shaker and an evil mastermind who is working to bring the downfall of Patty Hewes and she is just so out of her league. I mean, come on, she is a first-year associate. So when she weasels her way into meeting Purcell and tries to befriend him and he just kind of ignores her entire existence it's just perfect.
Patty gives Purcell the bad news: She doesn't believe a word he says. She doesn't believe him about the missing ring, she doesn't believe him about Ultima. He swears it is all true, but Patty being firmly in the "don't trust AND verify" school of thought decides there is only one way they can continue their working relationship. Two words: lie detector. Purcell and his all beige attire (which completely matches the décor in Patty's office, which is a nice motif) are hooked up to blood pressure monitors, heart rate devices, sweat calculators and whatever else makes up a Lie-o-Meter. William Hurt is such a good actor. When the camera lands on him he has this look on his face of sheer annoyance, but complete resignation. He just looks so completely pissed that Patty is making him do this but is keeping calm. He's really brilliant in this role. As Patty watches the proceedings from her computer monitor, the man administering the test asks Purcell his questions: Are you a scientist? Yes. Do you have a PhD in chemistry? Yes. Did you consult for Ultima National Resources? Yes. Do you have reason to think Ultima National Resources killed your wife? Yes. Did you ever think about killing your wife? Purcell pauses at that and Patty leans forward in her chair. The test giver encourages Purcell that just thinking about killing your wife isn't a crime, if it was he'd be in jail now! He delivers the line like some erstwhile Borscht Belt comedian or the retired cop he's most likely played off off off Broadway at some point. Purcell flashes back to his screaming match with his wife. He replies, no. He never thought about killing his wife. The question: Did you kill your wife? No. The final question: Does he really believe his wife's ring was stolen? Yes. Patty awaits the test results and the man hands her a stack of papers for her review and scurries back to his day job.
They have chickens in Bloomsfield, West Virginia. Unfortunately for those chickens, the town of Bloomsfield, West Virginia does not actually exist. At least according to Google Maps. (If I am incorrect in this assessment, residents of Bloomsfield, feel free to email me with photo-documentation that you actually exist.) So these fictional chickens are clucking around a make believe farm around a fabricated pond in the fake town of Bloomsfield, West Virginia. A young man who might be the poor man's Bradley Cooper (or maybe the b-level Michael Vartan, but that might be a tad generous) surveys the property. He has a notepad, so you know he is a reporter. He props his trusty notepad on the fence and notes a dead pig lying in a pen. As he is making a note of it, the property owner spies him and he goes to try and get a statement. He saw her pig win a blue ribbon and now it is dead. Is he writing an obituary? No, he just has been noticing a lot of dead animals lately. How does one notice such a thing? And, wait. This woman knew her pig was dead and she just left it lying there? I mean I know farmers are more in touch with the cycle of life than us city folk and have no problem with slaughtering their prize pigs for bacon bits, but really? You just leave it lying there? Anyway, the young reporter wants to know where the woman gets her water from. He thinks it might be contaminated from the coal mine. It is a good thing this town is completely made up, because if it were a real town there would be panic in the streets of Bloomsfield over the possible contamination of their water supply. Bloomfield, New Jersey is thinking about panicking just in case and residents in Bloomfield, Ohio are stocking up on the bottled water. The woman won't talk to him despite his assurance that she's not alone. She instead assures him that she is. And then orders him off her property. Man I wish I had some property I could order someone off of. It looks so fun! And patriotic.
Ellen is meeting with her old friend the old lawyer who she called to get her out of jail for murdering her fiancé. I'll tell you his name as soon as I remember it. Ellen lays out her thoughts on Patty's dealing with Purcell up until now. She knows that seventeen years ago Patty used Purcell as an expert witness to win a case. Then ten years ago Patty and Purcell ended up on opposite sides of the IBC Global case. She saw his name (Oh, it's Mr. Nye! Yay brain!) on the file as a defense lawyer and had a few questions. She read the transcript and watched the reenactment and knows that Patty destroyed Purcell on the witness stand. Mr. Nye assures Ellen that Purcell was prepared for the deposition. Ellen wants to know what gives, then, and figures Mr. Nye owes her an explanation since he got her involved with the FBI and got her in this crazy mess. She keeps calling him Mr. Nye and I would think these two would be friends by now or at least much less formal. I mean shouldn't they at least have a chuckle over the fact that he tried to convince her not to work for Patty in the first place? Or that she called him when she was covered in her fiancé's blood?
We flashback ten years to the deposition. You know, the sepia-toned one from olden times where Glenn Close had a shag cut like somehow back in the 90s she thought it was a good idea to go to Meg Ryan's stylist. Patty has just given Purcell the gotcha! document. It is a letter written by Purcell to his daughter's day care provider recommending they move to a new facility because they had tested the grounds and found it was contaminated at a level of 30 parts per million with some chemical compound. So, Patty wants to know, why did his company say the compound was safe at 100 parts per million when he worried about his daughter's exposure at a much lower concentration of the chemical? Patty then moves in for the kill. IBC was Patty's first case after starting her own firm and Mr. Nye knows that the stakes were high for her and losing was not an option. He can't prove that they colluded, but he thinks Patty paid Purcell to tank his testimony. Ellen risks future wrinkles and furrows her brow.
At home sweet hotel, Ellen (in her civvies!) leaves the FBI agent a phone message. She knows that Patty paid off Purcell and wants the FBI to move in on that case. Now! She has left him five messages and if he doesn't call her back she's done. She throws the phone down in aggravation. Her little tantrum is reminiscent of Veruca Salt. And as a brilliant legal mind shouldn't Ellen look up the statute of limitations on witness tampering? Because ten years is a really long time in the law.
Over at the Hewes homestead, the family sits down to dinner. I had totally forgotten that Patty's husband was Dr. Neil Roberts on The OC. I wonder if Tate got him the job here? Think they go out and talk about how if Marissa had lived the show would still be around? Anyway, Patty is talking about Daniel Purcell and the investigation. Michael, her son, tells her that Purcell totally killed his wife. He knows this because Purcell was so creepy and stared at him way longer than is socially acceptable. Patty stares sadly at Michael when he tells her she should stay away from him. Her husband is too busy scarfing pasta to notice anything. Michael tells him that it is the unique combination of nutmeg and fennel seeds that makes it so flavorful. Um, did Michael go to cooking school? 'Cause what the fuck?
Back in the wilds of West Virginia, the intrepid young reporter calls Daniel Purcell. Daniel ignores the call and the reporter leaves a message on his voicemail begging him to call because things were getting worse. Daniel looks at the phone, sticks it in his pocket and looks up to see Patty. They are meeting in a park for some reason. Purcell asks about the results of his lie detector test and Patty reports that the results were inconclusive. It's hard to tell if she is just telling him that. Purcell chuckles over that. He admits to Patty that she is right, that while he didn't murder his wife, he knows a lot more than he's been letting on about Ultima National Resource's dirty deeds. He is nervous about working with Patty though because he knows that she is more interested in the conspiracy case than in getting him off the murder charge. He knows she doesn't give a shit about him and that as soon as she gets the goods on UNR she'll toss him aside. She squints at him a little and asks him if he really believes that. Oh, he does. He really does. Patty tells him she'll find him a good defense counsel, because she is done. I think he offended her.
Ellen is pretending to work at her desk. I say pretending because she has no other cases and obviously spends all her time hatching schemes to bring about Patty's downfall. So she is reading televisionwithoutpity.com (what else do you do when you are pretending to work?) when Patty's son Michael knocks on her door. For some reason he wants Ellen to read his college application essay. I have no idea why he would want Ellen to do this for him. I know why she agreed, but I can't figure out why he asked.
Daniel Purcell is back in his beige ensemble. Did he change back into it or is this the day? When he met Patty in the park he was wearing a plaid short-sleeved shirt. Now it is evening and he is wearing the same thing he wore to the lie detector test. Different day? Same day? I don't know! I do know he wears a lot of earth tones. He stands near an elevated train track indicating he is in some outer-borough of New York City. A cab pulls up alongside him, he peers in, and then opens the door and gets inside. It's another hot car date with Claire Maddox. He thought they weren't going to see each other. Claire agrees; she knows it is stupid, but she had to see him. She warns him about Goodwin (Wayne Sutry) and tells him that it was a stupid choice to mail those documents to Patty. He tells her to stay out of it. He says it in a nice protective way, though, so she doesn't get really annoyed and kick him in the shins or anything. She knows his people are starting to turn against him and he needs to be careful. She also knows he is going to get blamed for killing his wife. She calls him Danny as she warns him that he is not safe and really needs to leave. He needs to take his daughter and leave the country. He looks sad as soon as the words have sunk in.
Ellen asks Patty to justify why they are defending Purcell. Patty orders a hit. Okay, she doesn't, but she does take off her glasses, shoots Ellen a glare, and tells her if she has questions she should just ask. Ellen asks her how they met. For some reason, Patty does not shut down the entire line of questioning (it must be all those motherly feelings she has towards Ellen) and actually answers her. She met Purcell about seventeen years ago when she needed an expert witness. They met and even thought they were all wrong for each other it was instant chemistry like in a Whitesnake song. Then it all fell apart during the IBC Global case. She had to tear him apart in order to win. Like in a Winger song. Ellen comments that she read the transcript and it didn't look like it was much of a fight. Patty instantly catches her insinuation and glares at her with her eyes, but smiles widely, totally planning on boiling her bunny later. Patty laughs at Ellen's naivete. Flashing back to ten years ago, Patty and Purcell meet. She hands him a thick envelope. He rebuffs her gesture. He threw his testimony because it was the right thing to do not because he wanted money. She shoves the envelope at him. He stares at her levelly.
Ellen has finally convinced the FBI to meet her. She has a hot lead for them. One word: Paternity. Ellen explains that she was focused on the wrong case. They should be looking into the fact that Purcell and Patty worked on a case prior to IBC and nine months after that case, Michael was born. Hard evidence of pre-marital sex. The FBI should be all over that like syrup on hotcakes. No, but seriously. Why would the FBI give a rat's patoot over who is the father of Patty's son? Cut back to ten years ago. Patty sits on a park bench waiting for Purcell to look in his envelope. It wasn't money. It was photos of his son. The one he had with Patty. You know, Michael. He thanks her for the photos but is pretty ticked off that she didn't tell him before and probably never would have if he hadn't thrown the case. He is furious that she told him like that.
Tom barges into Patty's office with some bad news. The police just arrested Purcell boarding a plane at JFK.
Cut back to West Virginia where the boy reporter is cutting through a chain link fence. He makes his way to a water runoff and gathers a few water samples.
Cut back to Daniel Purcell sitting in a holding cell in his prison jumpsuit. Patty reminds him that it was pretty stupid to try and make a break for it. He forced the police's hand. They had to arrest him. He stares at her coolly and asks why she is there. She tells him that she believes he was set up. She thinks he knows things and it will cost him his freedom. He is paying for Ultima's sins. He doesn't say anything and she gets up to go. He stops her. He will tell her everything, but only after she is officially his lawyer. He wants a retainer. She pulls one out of her bag and he looks momentarily surprised and then remembers who he is dealing with. They both sign the agreement and Purcell tells her that there is a reporter she needs to meet. Cut back to the reporter. He dives back through the chain link fence and makes it back to his Jeep only to discover a flat tire. He curses and pulls out his cell phone while going to look for the spare tire. He doesn't make it to the spare tire because he is assaulted from behind by two goons in plaid. They punch and kick him and leave him coughing up blood in the West Virginia dust. They swipe his camera and over his bleeding body announce loudly, "Let's get this back to Mr. Kendrick." Um, yeah, guys that's great. Just announce who you are working for in front of the guy you just pummeled. The guy who happens to be a reporter. Yeah, he'll never notice that.
Patty is back at her office from the police station and is meeting with Tom. He asks Patty how the police knew that Purcell was making a break for it. Patty tells him that her PI was watching him and saw him pack his bags and put his daughter in the car. Her investigator tipped off the police. Tom is stunned that Patty would have her client arrested. Patty claims she just wanted to shake him loose. She finds her clients are more loose lipped when they are behind bars. Tom wonders if Patty thinks Purcell did it. She is not sure if she believes him about anything, but she knows that his wife was wearing the ruby ring the night they met. She flashes back to meeting Christine at the gala and sure enough she is wearing the ring in question. Via flashback we are reminded that Purcell told the cops that if they found the ring they would find his wife's killer. Cut to a beaten down Aryan looking guy with stringy blonde hair and a firm grip on his stomach and a black eye. He pushes his way into a pawn shop. Shoves a ruby and diamond ring to the guy behind the counter and gets a stack of cash in exchange.
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