Michael Hewes

Michael Hewes is a recurring character in all five seasons of Damages.
Michael is smart, rebellious, manipulative, and entitled. He is one of the few people who know how to get under Patty Hewes' skin.
== Background ==
Michael was primarily raised by his mother and step-father, with his biological father not being around much. Michael was a troublemaker who blamed his actions on what he considers the strict and uncaring way his mother raised him while she prioritized her career over him.
== Relationships ==
Michael's mother is Patty Hewes, and they do not have a good relationship. His biological father, Daniel Purcell, was not around much, and his parents were never married. Michael considers his step-father, Phil Grey, to be his father, as he helped raise him.
Michael is the biological father of Catherine Hewes, whom he had with his girlfriend, Jill Burnham.
== Series ==
Michael's school wanted to expel him after he hacked into their computer systems. After discovering that the live grenade mailed to her in a box had been sent by Michael, Patty placed him into a secluded reform school that restricted access to technology. After being there for a month, his mother visited him and had to decide whether he should continue staying there. Michael stated that he wanted to stay, and his mother, not sure what to do with him anymore, offered him emancipation papers and to cut all ties.
Michael ended up returning home and appeared to behave better. He began working at an art gallery where he met and started a relationship with the owner, Jill Burnham. When introduced to his parents, Patty did not approve, taking particular issue with her being fifteen years his senior. Patty eventually kicked him out, and he moved in with Jill. Shortly after, Patty saw him again and he said that he was doing well, had a new office job, and that he had broken up with Jill. However, he had not broken up with Jill, and Jill was pregnant with his child. When Patty found out, she offered Jill money to leave Michael, which she refused. Michael asked his mother about chromosomal family history for the medical tests for their unborn child. He also ordered a paternity test to prove to his mother that it truly was his child. Jill finally accepted Patty's offer to leave Michael for $500,000, but instead used the money to buy Michael a car and put a down payment on a new apartment for them. Patty then used the conception date on the medical tests to show that the child was conceived before Michael was 18, sending Jill to jail while eight months pregnant. Michael then drove a car into Patty's car and then disappeared.
After three years away, first in Boston and then in other unknown locations, Michael returned to seek custody of his three-year-old daughter, Catherine. He wanted to be a father to her and believed Patty would hurt Catherine like she hurt him when he was growing up, but Patty had legal custody and refused to let him see his daughter. A custody battle ensued in which Ellen Parsons became a witness against Patty. The case was postponed due to a conflict of interest while the two faced off in court in another case. During this time, Lyle Hewes, Michael's maternal grandfather, came out of the woodwork to try to convince Michael to get Patty to sign off on her half of the rights to his land.
It was unclear if Patty re-hired Uncle Pete's assassin to kill Ellen for a second attempt on her life, but the assassin killed Michael instead when Michael threatened to expose the assassin's first attempt on Ellen's life, as Michael had been there and had seen him and Uncle Pete. Ellen went missing, with no one realizing she was in the hospital. Patty was arrested, assumed to have been involved. While sitting in the jail briefing room, an officer notified Patty that Michael had been shot and killed. Patty was devastated, as she lost her only son, and from something that she had set in motion five years prior.
It is presumed that Patty remained Catherine's legal guardian and raised her.
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