(S03E07) "You're not a Tobin, Mr. Winstone. Keep acting like a Tobin, and I'll punish you like one." -- Patty to Lenny

Well, the plot on 'Damages' is certainly thickening, and I'd be disappointed if it did anything less. It's reminding me more and more of a John Grisham novel, especially after last night's episode.

We've got feuding families, people with lots of secrets, various attorneys and public officials, and now even a bank in the Caribbean. And yes, lots of mind games between Patty and Ellen.

The question of "What does Patty know?" is always brewing in my head. When she told Lenny that he wasn't a Tobin, you wonder if she knows his background. We learned more of his sad past -- mom died months earlier and dad never told him, but kept cashing his checks. What went on between Lenny and his dad to make them so hateful towards each other?

This season of 'Damages' is a lot about family, and last night, we got Lenny's backstory. Now his dad is blackmailing him to keep sending checks -- or he'll blow the lid off his past and tell everyone that Lenny's nothing but a petty thief. And let's not forget the flash-forward, where Lenny's fingerprint is found on the bloody handbag found in a homeless guy's shopping cart with Ellen's ID in it. Ellen told the cops it was stolen.

And then there's the ever mysterious relationship between Patty and Ellen. It's the ultimate cat and mouse game if I've ever seen one. Patty calls Ellen at 4 a.m. and invites her over for dinner on "Thursday." Ellen shows up on Thursday, but finds Patty and Alex there working on the Tobin case, with Patty saying she specifically said "Friday." Well, I heard Thursday, and so did Ellen.

Then we have Ellen putting her new journalist beau Josh Reston on the story of Alex, which she knows will piss Patty off. But Patty knows that Ellen put Josh on the story. But now Ellen wants to work with Patty, because Gates is only interested in making arrests.

It's all a big mind-twist, including Marchetti's visit to the Royal Antiguan Bank, with Tom Shayes following her and Zedeck seemingly involved in every plot turn of this story.

And was there anything sadder than seeing Lenny with his white teddy bear and plant waiting to see his mother, then learning she'd passed away months earlier?