Once was impressive, twice was amazing. Now, for the third season in a row, the DirecTV series “Damages” manages to spoil significant portions of its season finale while playing out its season premiere, and the skill with which it does it again — and tops itself — is just unfair to other shows at this point. Revealing pieces of the future is the trick that elevates “Damages” beyond the tag of being just another show about lawyers and people in over their heads, and the episodes included on “Damages: The Complete Third Season” (Sony) once again toe the line between giving the show’s twists away and driving you nuts trying to figure out how A becomes Z.

Season three takes place a year after the confrontation between Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) and Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) that lorded over season two, and it continues that storyline while introducing a new, season-long case that dramatizes the Bernie Madoff scandal. Yes, it’s ripped from the headlines. But the difference with “Damages” is that while it’s a show about law, it doesn’t take place in a courtroom. And while it’s a story based on true events, it’s a deeply, fatally personal dramatization that completely makes the story its own monster. Nearly everyone who remains alive is back in some capacity, while Campbell Scott, Lily Tomlin and Martin Short join the cast.

This DVD collection contains 13 episodes, plus commentary, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers and a recap of the first two seasons. The show’s fourth season began July 13 on DirecTV. Catch it.

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