Here’s an excerpt from Martin Short’s latest interview about his role on Damages.

“I like the unpredictability of a series like Damages. I’ve signed up for the 13 episodes of Season Three – but who knows, I could be killed off next week. They map out the shows in their heads so they don’t necessarily tell me everything in advance. It’s almost like a form of improvising: They shoot the first show, look at the dailies, get a nuance of what they like about that performance, and then they write in that direction. The style of this show is to shoot many takes, and I’m always a little different in every one. My job is not to determine what the character is. My job is to give them an ample array of paint colours for their palate. I love that process.”

Read the rest of the interview here

ABC News has a wonderful review of the latest season of Damages so far. Spoiler warning if you haven’t seen the first two episodes yet. Here’s a spoiler-free excerpt of their nice review:

As “Damages” rips into a new season, Patty and Ellen clinch what is perhaps the most impressive aspect of the series. This is a show about two enigmatic, powerful women who alternately go head-to-head while finding themselves in tandem against other, even more menacing threats. A generation ago, the groundbreaking cop drama “Cagney & Lacey” was saluted for pairing two women as its series leads. Here were NYPD detectives as sisters who solved the crimes. These days, “Damages” ups the ante in ways unpredictable and wily: two women who collaborate while, as the situation warrants, trying to bring each other down. A viewer gets in on a deal like this and can’t lose.

read the rest of the review here

Additionally, HQ screencaps for episode two have been uploaded to the gallery. Be sure to check them out.

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Lily Tomlin and Martin Short were interviewed by the Winnipeg Free Press. Here’s an excerpt of the interview:

Short: “I wouldn’t say that I’ve done an endless amount of serious roles, but I think of myself as a character actor, and you play characters in a sincere fashion,” Short told a roomful TV critics during the U.S. networks’ recently completed winter press tour in Los Angeles. Even if you’re playing Franck from Father of the Bride, if you’re trying to be funny as that character, you won’t be. But if you sincerely play him as this eccentric person who exists in the world, then you’re basically acting the character, who happens to be an unusual character. I don’t really look at it as a differentiation between comedy and serious.”

Tomlin: “I was a fan of the show from Day 1; it’s the only show I’ve ever run home to see, no matter what,” offered Tomlin, who plays Marilyn Tobin, the wife of the fallen fictional financier. “That first season, it was on Tuesday nights (on U.S. cable’s FX network), and even if I was working on another show, I’d say, ‘I have to get home. I have to see it.’

Read the rest of the interview here

Thanks to Jody, I’ve uploaded screencaps for episode two.

All are HQ screencaps!

I’ve uploaded the preview for the next episode in the media archive.

Also, here’s another review of the latest episode, courtesy of tv.com:

We’re two episodes into Season 3, and so far everything points to this chapter being of equal quality to Season 1, which established the series as one of television’s best. But of Damages’ many sparkling qualities, what we’re seeing in Season 3is a clinic on how to present a mystery for maximum viewing pleasure. Provided your idea of pleasure is letting out audible gasps and picking your jaw up off the floor.

Read the rest here Contains spoilers.