17 Facts About Patty Hewes

Patricia "Patty" C Hewes is a fictional character on the American legal thriller Damages, portrayed by Glenn Close.

Patty Hewes and her mother suffered at the hands of her father, who was a sadistic, drunk, bully.

Patty Hewes married young, to a man who supported her as she made her way through law school.

And, after being told that her pregnancy would require her to stay in bed, Patty Hewes opted to induce a miscarriage while riding a horse.

Patty Hewes moved to New York City and became a successful lawyer, one whose ruthlessness was matched by her corruption.

In one of the defining cases of her career, Patty Hewes convinced a company scientist, Daniel Purcell, to throw his deposition in order to win her case.

Patty Hewes remarried, to a successful stock broker, Phil Grey, who helped her raise her son as his own and constantly supported her in her work.

Patty Hewes devotes her life on taking down "bullies", corrupt men that misuse their power and position.

Patty Hewes begins to realize Ellen's true potential and decides to mentor her.

Patty Hewes is guilt-stricken by her decision and realizes that Ellen has become the surrogate of her dead daughter.

Patty Hewes helps her with the charges and Ellen returns to work for her.

Unknown to Patty Hewes, Ellen has decided to take down Patty Hewes and becomes an informant for the FBI.

Patty Hewes manages to weave a complex scheme to clear her name and bring down her season two nemesis, but at the cost of being stabbed by a corrupt executive, losing her husband, and ultimately Ellen herself, who resigns from the law firm after holding Patty Hewes at gunpoint and forcing her to confess her role in the hit on Ellen.

Patty Hewes's son seeks revenge by ramming her car with his in an assassination attempt, which is followed up by the revelation that the Tobins had a hand in Tom's murder.

The last season begins with Patty Hewes scrambling to have Ellen removed from the witness stand in the custody trial.

Shortly after, Patty Hewes finds her ace in the hole: she recommends Ellen to Channing McClaren, the owner of a WikiLeaks-type website called McClarentruth.

Patty Hewes concludes by saying that Patty is more morally corrupt and villainous than the show's central villain Arthur Frobisher.