"Damages" Recap - Episode 8: Blame The Victim

This one's called, "Blame The Victim," and tonight there are victims galore.  We open on the happy but harried, soon to be married Ellen and David at their happy but harried, soon to be married apartment.  Three pretty little sample wedding cakes are on the table and because Ellen's gotta run she tells David to pick one.

David's response goes along the lines of, "I'm not doing it because I'm the dumb, insensitive, groom-to-be who doesn't care a crap about this stupid, girly cake stuff." Is it possible he's starting to realize he's going to die a horrible death before he gets anywhere near the real wedding cake.  I wonder.

Anyway, on her way out the door Ellen grabs a bite of the pretty cake in the middle and says that one's perfect.

Flash forward to our familiar montage of poor Ellen finding dear, dead David in the bloody bathtub.

Flash further forward to Hollis Nye, attorney at law asking Ellen what happened the last time she saw David.

Flashback to our first glimpse of the engagement ending fight.  David's angry because "a man's dead now."  Ellen's like, this is part of my job, this is how it's done and that's that.  It ends up with an ultimatum from David:  Ellen's precious job and her precious Patty or him.  He doesn't actually say "precious Patty," but we all know that's what he means.

Ellen hesitates just a hair too long trying to decide and David's got his answer.  He's like, see ya later girlfriend.  "We're done."

Opening credits.

Cue the "Leave It to Beaver" music.

Dooot da doot da dooo, it's breakfast time at the Hewes household!  Dooot da doot da doooo....Mommy Patty checks the stock ticker on the kitchen tv, Step-Daddy Phil reads the Wall Street Journal, and a pair of loving hands is whipping up a batch of luscious looking, homemade french toast.  Um, um, ummm.

Our chef this morning?  None other than the prodigal Michael, back from Zombie Teen Boot Camp.  Everyone smiles lovingly at one another, happy just to be together.  Michael gobbles down his breakfast, grabs his books for school, says goodbye to the dog and Mommy Patty in that order, and he's off.

A beaming Mommy Patty says proudly, "The first family breakfast in over a year." 

Back in the real world, we get a rap music montage of DE Larry Poplar swabbing cars at a car wash, wondering what the hell happened to his life.  The next scene, Patty and Tommyhawk with their heads together about the AWOL One Night Stand Greg when they're interrupted by Yuppie DE, Peter.

We go back to DE Larry and his whipper snapper of a boss raggin' on him about a dinged Caddie.  Turns out the boss was Larry's daughter's prom date twenty years ago and gave Larry the job for old time's sake.  But now he can't keep covering for Larry's sloppy swabbing and he's sorry, but Larry's out.

At Hewes Headquarters Ellen has a new assistant, Theo.  He's like a puny version of Ralph Malph from "Happy Days." and about as effective.  Ellen told him to tell her parents she had to cancel for lunch, but he screwed that up and Mom and Pop Parsons are on their way over.

Patty asks Ellen how Theo is working out and Ellen says he's just a few nails short of a full box but she's trying to give him a chance.

Patty says, "I don't like him."

Ellen's like, huh?  But Patty being Patty, doesn't elaborate and just dismisses her.  Heh, heh.

Newly unemployed Larry meets Frobisher to tell him he needs money, but first they bond over manly sports talk.  It seems Frobisher plays racquetball, but he gets my back up by adding it's "a lot more exciting than tennis."  Uh, Mr. Corporate Parasite, I beg to differ. 

Larry chimes in that he was a bowler but now he can't pick up a "two pin spare" since his eyes started to go. Sports talk over, money talk begins.  Larry tells Frobisher he needs money and can't wait until the trial is over.  Frobisher's all sympathetic and says he'll see what he can do.

Mom and Pop Parsons are at Ellen's office and they tell her that Pop Parsons hit a school crossing guard and is about to be deposed.  He was fighting with Mom Parsons in the car at the time and didn't see the big as day crossing guard.  Pop's all worried about the woman who's in the hospital and he wants to do the humane thing by taking muffins to the hospital, seeing how she is, and apologizing for crippling her.

Ellen's like, what world are you living in Pops?  Don't go to the hospital, don't give her any muffins and wait for me in my office while I meet with Patty.

Patty's in a meeting with Larry when Ellen joins them.  Patty explains that if Frobisher's people come up with a fair offer they might have to consider it because of the loss of One Night Stand Greg.  "We might have to accept as little as 175 million,"  Patty says.

Larry's like, that's okay wtih me as long as the check clears.

Afterward Ellen chats with Tommyhawk and wonders if Patty is really ready to settle.  Tommyhawk's like, not likely...and by the way, did you fire Theo?  Ellen's like, Patty didn't say that.  Tommyhawk's like, she said she didn't like him.  Get rid of him.

Speaking of the devil, Theo didn't get the files Ellen asked for about the SEC investigation of Frobisher and worse than that, he let Mom and Pop Parsons slip through his fingers. 

Flash forward to a montage:  Ellen in jail.  Ellen with Nye.  Ellen in court.  Ellen in handcuffs.  Nye says Mom and Pop Parsons are on the way and he still has someone watching Tommyhawk so they can locate Patty.

Flashback to Frobisher visiting Mr. Deep Fried Southern Charm himself, Ray Fiske.  Ray wants a specialist to get Frobisher prepared for his deposition.  Frobisher's like, bring it on baby 'cause Patty's running scared.  Fiske asks how he knows that.

Frobisher admits he has it on "good authority" that says Patty will settle for 175 million.

"What do you mean on good authority?"  Fiske asks in a panic.  "Art, don't tell me you been talking to somebody on the inside?"

Frobisher admits that he has and adds that he wants Fiske to help Larry out.  "Set him up with some account...offshore, however we do that." 

Fiske hits the roof. "Shut. This. Down,"  he says.  "Never again are you to have any contact with this man.  You can go to jail Arthur!"  You can tell he's really angry 'cause he calls him Arthur instead of Art and 'cause his accent gets thicker than deep fried molasses.

After he's got Frobisher cowering in the corner agreeing to do whatever he says, Fiske raises an eyebrow and says,"175?"

Patty's picking up Casey poop at the dog run when Fiske joins her.  He does a pretty little legal dance until he gets around to spinning the 175 million offer.  There's no reaction from Patty until she's with Tommyhawk and DE Peter at HH and she tells Peter he was right about Larry leaking info to Frobisher.

At a meeting with the other DE reps, Patty announces that One Night Stand Greg is gone and with him, a big chunk of their case.  His life was threatened and he could either be sitting in the Bahamas drinking mojitos or finding his way around his new subterranean, landfill home.  Hard to know which.

Ellen and David chat about the possibility that One Night Stand Greg is at that great singles bar in the sky and they're worried. 

Larry's been trying to reach Frobisher on the phone but he won't call him back so he confronts him on the street and wants to know if he had Greg killed.  Frobisher's like, no way. Larry repeats that he needs his money.  Frobisher's like we can both go to jail so we have to just cut this off.  Then in a really classy move he asks his chauffeur to give Larry twenty bucks so he can get a cab back to Jersey.

Larry's like, you lousy, cheating, backstabbing, so and so, for thirty four years I cleaned your ratty offices and this is the thanks I get?  "Patty has ears too, maybe I'm talking to the wrong person," he warns.

Frobisher's like, don't threaten me, old man.  Larry goes to grab for Frobisher when the chauffeur moves in and pushes Larry to the ground.

The next day, Mom and Pop Parsons are with Ellen strategizing about the deposition.  Ellen tries to give Pops the whys and wherefores of the crappy legal system, but Pops just wants to do the right thing in spite of what those "sleazy" lawyers say.  Ellen insists he give just the facts.  Nothing about how he ran over a poor, defenseless crossing guard because he was fighting with his wife instead of keeping his eyes on the road.

Old Grandpa meets Frobisher in an open field of land that's up for sale.  Frobisher bought it because he says, "I need to build something."  He asks OG what happened to Greg.  OG snipes back, "Ask Ray Fiske." Frobisher still wants to know what happened.

Cut to the scene from last week of Greg walking down the street after ditching his bodyguard, Scruffy, with murder on his mind, following after him.

Speaking of bodyguards, where's Patty's?  Remember him?  Ex-Secret Serviceman John Petroni.  Mr. Spit and Polish and I'll protect you 'til my last dying breath?  He's so good at his job, he's become invisible.

Back at HH Ellen asks Patty if she wanted her to fire Theo when she said she didn't like him.  Patty's like, he's your assistant, do what you want.  Heh.  There she goes again.

Ellen tells Patty she and Tommyhawk are going to talk to George Moore, a commissioner with the SEC who went after Frobisher like a pit bull during the government trial.  Patty doesn't think there's anything there but if her beloved Tommyhawk thinks it's a good idea, that's good enough for her.

Ellen then explains Pop Parsons' situation and asks for permission to go to his deposition.  Patty agrees but warns Ellen to be careful.  Her advice?  "Blame the victim.  It was her fault.  Period."   And that's why Patty makes the big bucks.

Cut to Patty at Larry's tiny, broken down house in Jersey with the wife and family all sitting around the tiny dinner table. Patty announces Fiske offered a settlement of 175 million.  Everybody's all happy, but then Patty asks Larry, "Should we take it?"  Larry's like, why ask me?

Then Patty drops the bombshell.  She likes Larry but he's in over his head talking to the opposition.  She says that no matter how well the bribe money from Frobisher is covered up, she'll find it.  If any of his family buys a tube of toothpaste with that money, she'll know about it.

"No Poplar for the next hundred years will be able to spend a nickel of that money without being humiliated, disgraced and locked up."   Somehow it doesn't surprise me that Patty thinks she's going to be around for the next hundred years. 

Flash forward to Ellen in court pleading not guilty and the judge setting bail for $1.5 million.

Flashback to Pop Parsons' deposition.  When they get to "what was your state of mind before the accident," Ellen asks for a break before Pops can answer.  The sleazy insurance lawyer starts ragging on Pops when they get outside to keep quiet.  Ellen puts a halt to it, only to start ragging on him herself.  He has to keep quiet about the fight with the wife in the car.

"You're saying I should lie," Pops says.

"This is the real world Dad."  Ellen says.  Pops is insulted by that and tells her to just leave.

Back at the deposition the lawyer repeats his question to Pop Parsons.  "What was your state of mind before the accident?"  Before we hear an answer we cut to Larry's meeting with Frobisher at what looks like that same crappy open field that's for sale.  They're making nice with each other.

Frobisher:  I'm sorry I lied to you, used you and stole your life savings.

Larry:  I'm sorry I called you a scum sucking traitor that doesn't deserve to live.

Or words to that effect.

Frobisher tells Larry he's looking into what happened to Greg and he'll take care of Larry when the trial is over.  Then in a heart warming moment that brought a tear to my eye and I'm sure to yours, Frobisher tells Larry, "You remind me of my Dad.  Guys like you are what make this country great, Larry."  Heh.

He may be a scum sucking corporate parasite that stole the life savings of five thousand of his employees and cheats on his wife and does drugs with hookers in backseats, but that doesn't mean he can't be sincere.  Sniff, sniff.

Ellen and Tommyhawk are at HH getting ready to meet with George Moore.  Mommy Parsons shows up.  The depo didn't go well.  They're not just suing for hospital bills anymore.  The crossing guard may never work again and the Parsons are now being sued for one million dollars.  Honestly, if the crossing guard can't work again, I actually think they're getting off pretty good with a million.

Mommy Parsons is pissed that Pops said at the depo they were arguing in the car.  Theo interrupts to tell Ellen her car is ready.  When Ellen's leaving Theo tells her that Mom Parsons called before she came over but he forgot to tell her.  Ellen's getting in the elevator and though exasperated says, "That's fine."

But then she stops the closing doors and says, "No, it's not fine.  You're fired."

In a move that highlights Theo's insignificance, we don't even get more than a half second reaction shot from him and some "wha..wha..." sounds. 

Flash forward to Ellen being taken from her bail hearing and off to Rikers Island.  She's in shock over the amount of the bail and Mom and Pops Parsons can't come up with the money especially "after the settlement."

Flashback to Ellen and Tommyhawk arriving at a restaurant to meet George Moore.  They're invited to come in and take a seat and we're face to face with...Old Grandpa!   Dun dun Duuuuuunnnnnn.

I must admit, they caught me off guard with that one.

Anyway, Frobisher calls Larry and says Greg is safe.  Oh, because OG says so?  Pull-leeeze.

When Larry hangs up the phone with Frobisher we see he's in Patty's kitchen.  They're making nice with each other.

Patty:  I'm glad you're with us now.

Larry:  I'm sorry I was a scum sucking traitor to my former co-workers, but now I want to make amends.

Or words to that effect.

Flash forward to Ellen in a prisoner bus, next stop, Rikers.

Flashback to where we came in:  David and Ellen fighting.  After David says they're done, Ellen walks toward the door but then goes back.  For a brief moment I actually thought she might slam David over the head and we'd discover she was the murderer after all.  But no.  She takes off her engagement ring and puts it on a table next to one of the ugly Statue of Liberty bookends.

When Ellen's gone, David calls someone and leaves a voice mail that says "I'm so sorry.  Please call me back."  Could it be "Fatal Attraction?"

Suddenly there's a knock at the door.  David starts to open it and we cut to black a la "The Sopranos" except with thudding sound effects and then...there's dear, dead David in the bloody bathtub.

This is where we came in.

Cue the "Leave It to Beaver" music.

Dooot da doot da dooo, it's breakfast time at the Hewes household!  Dooot da doot da doooo....Mommy Patty checks the stock ticker on the kitchen tv, Step-Daddy Phil reads the Wall Street Journal, and a pair of loving hands is whipping up a batch of luscious looking, homemade french toast.  Um, um, ummm.

Our chef this morning?  None other than the prodigal Michael, back from Zombie Teen Boot Camp.  Everyone smiles lovingly at one another, happy just to be together.  Michael gobbles down his breakfast, grabs his books for school, says goodbye to the dog and Mommy Patty in that order, and he's off.

A beaming Mommy Patty says proudly, "The first family breakfast in over a year." 

Back in the real world, we get a rap music montage of DE Larry Poplar swabbing cars at a car wash, wondering what the hell happened to his life.  The next scene, Patty and Tommyhawk with their heads together about the AWOL One Night Stand Greg when they're interrupted by Yuppie DE, Peter.

We go back to DE Larry and his whipper snapper of a boss raggin' on him about a dinged Caddie.  Turns out the boss was Larry's daughter's prom date twenty years ago and gave Larry the job for old time's sake.  But now he can't keep covering for Larry's sloppy swabbing and he's sorry, but Larry's out.

At Hewes Headquarters Ellen has a new assistant, Theo.  He's like a puny version of Ralph Malph from "Happy Days." and about as effective.  Ellen told him to tell her parents she had to cancel for lunch, but he screwed that up and Mom and Pop Parsons are on their way over.

Patty asks Ellen how Theo is working out and Ellen says he's just a few nails short of a full box but she's trying to give him a chance.

Patty says, "I don't like him."

Ellen's like, huh?  But Patty being Patty, doesn't elaborate and just dismisses her.  Heh, heh.

Newly unemployed Larry meets Frobisher to tell him he needs money, but first they bond over manly sports talk.  It seems Frobisher plays racquetball, but he gets my back up by adding it's "a lot more exciting than tennis."  Uh, Mr. Corporate Parasite, I beg to differ. 

Larry chimes in that he was a bowler but now he can't pick up a "two pin spare" since his eyes started to go. Sports talk over, money talk begins.  Larry tells Frobisher he needs money and can't wait until the trial is over.  Frobisher's all sympathetic and says he'll see what he can do.

Mom and Pop Parsons are at Ellen's office and they tell her that Pop Parsons hit a school crossing guard and is about to be deposed.  He was fighting with Mom Parsons in the car at the time and didn't see the big as day crossing guard.  Pop's all worried about the woman who's in the hospital and he wants to do the humane thing by taking muffins to the hospital, seeing how she is, and apologizing for crippling her.

Ellen's like, what world are you living in Pops?  Don't go to the hospital, don't give her any muffins and wait for me in my office while I meet with Patty.

Patty's in a meeting with Larry when Ellen joins them.  Patty explains that if Frobisher's people come up with a fair offer they might have to consider it because of the loss of One Night Stand Greg.  "We might have to accept as little as 175 million,"  Patty says.

Larry's like, that's okay wtih me as long as the check clears.

Afterward Ellen chats with Tommyhawk and wonders if Patty is really ready to settle.  Tommyhawk's like, not likely...and by the way, did you fire Theo?  Ellen's like, Patty didn't say that.  Tommyhawk's like, she said she didn't like him.  Get rid of him.

Speaking of the devil, Theo didn't get the files Ellen asked for about the SEC investigation of Frobisher and worse than that, he let Mom and Pop Parsons slip through his fingers. 

Flash forward to a montage:  Ellen in jail.  Ellen with Nye.  Ellen in court.  Ellen in handcuffs.  Nye says Mom and Pop Parsons are on the way and he still has someone watching Tommyhawk so they can locate Patty.

Flashback to Frobisher visiting Mr. Deep Fried Southern Charm himself, Ray Fiske.  Ray wants a specialist to get Frobisher prepared for his deposition.  Frobisher's like, bring it on baby 'cause Patty's running scared.  Fiske asks how he knows that.

Frobisher admits he has it on "good authority" that says Patty will settle for 175 million.

"What do you mean on good authority?"  Fiske asks in a panic.  "Art, don't tell me you been talking to somebody on the inside?"

Frobisher admits that he has and adds that he wants Fiske to help Larry out.  "Set him up with some account...offshore, however we do that." 

Fiske hits the roof. "Shut. This. Down,"  he says.  "Never again are you to have any contact with this man.  You can go to jail Arthur!"  You can tell he's really angry 'cause he calls him Arthur instead of Art and 'cause his accent gets thicker than deep fried molasses.

After he's got Frobisher cowering in the corner agreeing to do whatever he says, Fiske raises an eyebrow and says,"175?"

Patty's picking up Casey poop at the dog run when Fiske joins her.  He does a pretty little legal dance until he gets around to spinning the 175 million offer.  There's no reaction from Patty until she's with Tommyhawk and DE Peter at HH and she tells Peter he was right about Larry leaking info to Frobisher.

At a meeting with the other DE reps, Patty announces that One Night Stand Greg is gone and with him, a big chunk of their case.  His life was threatened and he could either be sitting in the Bahamas drinking mojitos or finding his way around his new subterranean, landfill home.  Hard to know which.

Ellen and David chat about the possibility that One Night Stand Greg is at that great singles bar in the sky and they're worried. 

Larry's been trying to reach Frobisher on the phone but he won't call him back so he confronts him on the street and wants to know if he had Greg killed.  Frobisher's like, no way. Larry repeats that he needs his money.  Frobisher's like we can both go to jail so we have to just cut this off.  Then in a really classy move he asks his chauffeur to give Larry twenty bucks so he can get a cab back to Jersey.

Larry's like, you lousy, cheating, backstabbing, so and so, for thirty four years I cleaned your ratty offices and this is the thanks I get?  "Patty has ears too, maybe I'm talking to the wrong person," he warns.

Frobisher's like, don't threaten me, old man.  Larry goes to grab for Frobisher when the chauffeur moves in and pushes Larry to the ground.

The next day, Mom and Pop Parsons are with Ellen strategizing about the deposition.  Ellen tries to give Pops the whys and wherefores of the crappy legal system, but Pops just wants to do the right thing in spite of what those "sleazy" lawyers say.  Ellen insists he give just the facts.  Nothing about how he ran over a poor, defenseless crossing guard because he was fighting with his wife instead of keeping his eyes on the road.

Old Grandpa meets Frobisher in an open field of land that's up for sale.  Frobisher bought it because he says, "I need to build something."  He asks OG what happened to Greg.  OG snipes back, "Ask Ray Fiske." Frobisher still wants to know what happened.

Cut to the scene from last week of Greg walking down the street after ditching his bodyguard, Scruffy, with murder on his mind, following after him.

Speaking of bodyguards, where's Patty's?  Remember him?  Ex-Secret Serviceman John Petroni.  Mr. Spit and Polish and I'll protect you 'til my last dying breath?  He's so good at his job, he's become invisible.

Back at HH Ellen asks Patty if she wanted her to fire Theo when she said she didn't like him.  Patty's like, he's your assistant, do what you want.  Heh.  There she goes again.

Ellen tells Patty she and Tommyhawk are going to talk to George Moore, a commissioner with the SEC who went after Frobisher like a pit bull during the government trial.  Patty doesn't think there's anything there but if her beloved Tommyhawk thinks it's a good idea, that's good enough for her.

Ellen then explains Pop Parsons' situation and asks for permission to go to his deposition.  Patty agrees but warns Ellen to be careful.  Her advice?  "Blame the victim.  It was her fault.  Period."   And that's why Patty makes the big bucks.

Cut to Patty at Larry's tiny, broken down house in Jersey with the wife and family all sitting around the tiny dinner table. Patty announces Fiske offered a settlement of 175 million.  Everybody's all happy, but then Patty asks Larry, "Should we take it?"  Larry's like, why ask me?

Then Patty drops the bombshell.  She likes Larry but he's in over his head talking to the opposition.  She says that no matter how well the bribe money from Frobisher is covered up, she'll find it.  If any of his family buys a tube of toothpaste with that money, she'll know about it.

"No Poplar for the next hundred years will be able to spend a nickel of that money without being humiliated, disgraced and locked up."   Somehow it doesn't surprise me that Patty thinks she's going to be around for the next hundred years. 

Flash forward to Ellen in court pleading not guilty and the judge setting bail for $1.5 million.

Flashback to Pop Parsons' deposition.  When they get to "what was your state of mind before the accident," Ellen asks for a break before Pops can answer.  The sleazy insurance lawyer starts ragging on Pops when they get outside to keep quiet.  Ellen puts a halt to it, only to start ragging on him herself.  He has to keep quiet about the fight with the wife in the car.

"You're saying I should lie," Pops says.

"This is the real world Dad."  Ellen says.  Pops is insulted by that and tells her to just leave.

Back at the deposition the lawyer repeats his question to Pop Parsons.  "What was your state of mind before the accident?"  Before we hear an answer we cut to Larry's meeting with Frobisher at what looks like that same crappy open field that's for sale.  They're making nice with each other.

Frobisher:  I'm sorry I lied to you, used you and stole your life savings.

Larry:  I'm sorry I called you a scum sucking traitor that doesn't deserve to live.

Or words to that effect.

Frobisher tells Larry he's looking into what happened to Greg and he'll take care of Larry when the trial is over.  Then in a heart warming moment that brought a tear to my eye and I'm sure to yours, Frobisher tells Larry, "You remind me of my Dad.  Guys like you are what make this country great, Larry."  Heh.

He may be a scum sucking corporate parasite that stole the life savings of five thousand of his employees and cheats on his wife and does drugs with hookers in backseats, but that doesn't mean he can't be sincere.  Sniff, sniff.

Ellen and Tommyhawk are at HH getting ready to meet with George Moore.  Mommy Parsons shows up.  The depo didn't go well.  They're not just suing for hospital bills anymore.  The crossing guard may never work again and the Parsons are now being sued for one million dollars.  Honestly, if the crossing guard can't work again, I actually think they're getting off pretty good with a million.

Mommy Parsons is pissed that Pops said at the depo they were arguing in the car.  Theo interrupts to tell Ellen her car is ready.  When Ellen's leaving Theo tells her that Mom Parsons called before she came over but he forgot to tell her.  Ellen's getting in the elevator and though exasperated says, "That's fine."

But then she stops the closing doors and says, "No, it's not fine.  You're fired."

In a move that highlights Theo's insignificance, we don't even get more than a half second reaction shot from him and some "wha..wha..." sounds. 

Flash forward to Ellen being taken from her bail hearing and off to Rikers Island.  She's in shock over the amount of the bail and Mom and Pops Parsons can't come up with the money especially "after the settlement."

Flashback to Ellen and Tommyhawk arriving at a restaurant to meet George Moore.  They're invited to come in and take a seat and we're face to face with...Old Grandpa!   Dun dun Duuuuuunnnnnn.

I must admit, they caught me off guard with that one.

Anyway, Frobisher calls Larry and says Greg is safe.  Oh, because OG says so?  Pull-leeeze.

When Larry hangs up the phone with Frobisher we see he's in Patty's kitchen.  They're making nice with each other.

Patty:  I'm glad you're with us now.

Larry:  I'm sorry I was a scum sucking traitor to my former co-workers, but now I want to make amends.

Or words to that effect.

Flash forward to Ellen in a prisoner bus, next stop, Rikers.

Flashback to where we came in:  David and Ellen fighting.  After David says they're done, Ellen walks toward the door but then goes back.  For a brief moment I actually thought she might slam David over the head and we'd discover she was the murderer after all.  But no.  She takes off her engagement ring and puts it on a table next to one of the ugly Statue of Liberty bookends.

When Ellen's gone, David calls someone and leaves a voice mail that says "I'm so sorry.  Please call me back."  Could it be "Fatal Attraction?"

Suddenly there's a knock at the door.  David starts to open it and we cut to black a la "The Sopranos" except with thudding sound effects and then...there's dear, dead David in the bloody bathtub.

This is where we came in.