Damages

I am writing this because of my anger over the lack of Emmys won by FX's Damages over the weekend. I'm very happy for both Mad Men and Breaking Bad, because they're both great shows, but Damages really deserved it. I think that the show if often overlooked, and put on a lower level than AMC's shows, even though it fully deserves to be included with them. I've recently re-watched the entire series, and I have a few things to commend them for. First, it is quite amazing that throughout the entire series, there was not one string person. At their core, every character is weak or pathetic in some way or another. Glenn Close plays Patty Hewes is a woman so emotionally damaged and paranoid that she destroys everyone who tries to get close to her, and pushes away any who are already close to her. Tate Donovan plays her sycophantic lap-dog Tom Shayes, so afraid of being on his own that he goes along with anything Patty says. And, of course, Rose Byrne plays Ellen Parsons, Patty's protege (at the beginning) who then turns into her enemy. And, of course, the show has had a revolving door of great cast members, such as Martin Short, Ted Danson, William Hurt, and Tim Olyphant. What I'm trying to say is, Damages should have won it all.