Damages

Already on opposite sides of Michael Hewes's custody suit against his mother, Patty and Ellen prepare to face off in court after a cyber-hacker's revelations about insider trading expose damaging personal information.

As they square off in a wrongful death lawsuit against cyber-hacker Channing McClaren, Ellen (Rose Byrne) worries that her mentor's close relationship with the judge will give Patty (Glenn Close) an unfair advantage. But while she tries to level the playing field even as she begins to doubt McClaren's honesty, Ellen is reminded of how manipulative Patty can be.

Patty looks to prove that Rachel Walling's late mother committed suicide after meeting with cyber-hacker Channing McClaren. As Ellen struggles to defend McClaren, she's surprised to learn of her mother's problems at home.

Ellen and Patty face off in a bidding war after a mysterious computer hacker offers them information pertaining to the McClaren wrongful death lawsuit. Meanwhile, family drama dogs Ellen after her mother leaves her husband

As she and Ellen look to exploit the documents offered by a computer hacker, Patty secretly pressures an investigator to provide confidential information to help her case. McClaren's shadowy past returns to haunt him.

A surprise witness threatens to call into question McClaren's account of the night Naomi Walling killed herself. Meanwhile, Ellen's assistant approaches Patty with an unwelcome development in a case they argued years ago.

As Channing McClaren learns that a murdered computer hacker was paid for information about the late Naomi Walling, Patty (Glenn Close) and Ellen (Rose Byrne) take a tense trip to Maine to interview an expert witness whom they hope can shed some light on insider trading practices at Princefield Investments. Meanwhile, Chris Sanchez (Chris Messina) discovers that the Army is redeploying mentally unstable soldiers to Afghanistan.

As Patty threatens to expose the insider trading by McClaren's leading financier, Chris Sanchez uses McClarenTruth to release information charging the Army with redeploying mentally ill soldiers.

As they prepare to face off in court, Ellen seeks protection from the hit man she believes Patty sent to kill her. The case against Channing McClaren threatens to destroy both McClarenTruth and Princefield Investments.

In the series finale, Patty and Ellen have a climactic showdown in court.