“Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.” - Schopenhauer There are few series that I've found myself as invested in, emotionally and mentally, than FX's dynamic serpentine legal thriller Damages , created with crackling wit by Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, and Daniel Zelman. Damages offers a chance to go down the rabbit hole, to enter a world of high-stakes courtroom intrigue that is a dark mirror to our own, in which millionaire litigators plot murders with the efficiency and ease one might reserve for making a car payment and in which first year law associates can turn the tables on their masters. It's a series filled with betrayals, double-crosses, and neck-snapping plot twists... and one that I simply cannot get my fill of. So it was with a certain relish that I sat down last week to watch the brilliant first two episodes of Damages ' sophomore season, which kicks off on January 7th on FX. Season One, of course, memorably ended with