LIVE FROM THE SUMMER TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION PRESS TOUR IN LOS ANGELES -- On the FX Panel...

The Premise: Season two of the legal drama will continue to follow the turbulent lives of high-stakes litigator Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and her bright and ambitious young prot_g_ Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) -Who Was on the Panel: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, William Hurt, Timothy Olyphant; and executive producers Todd Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman. -The Scoop: The sophomore year of Damages, according to Daniel Zelman: _Season two will begin with Ellen cooperating with the Feds to try to get dirt on Patty Hewes. So Ellen is acting as an informant or a corroborating witness when she goes back to work for Patty. In terms of new characters, William Hurt is playing Daniel Purcell, who enters Patty's life in the first episode. He's in trouble. We're not exactly sure why he's in trouble, but he needs some form... [read full story]