In Treatment will last a total of 43 episodes. In Treatment is based on the Israeli series Betipul. Gabriel Byrne plays Paul Weston, a psychologist trying to deal with his patients while going through some personal problems. Each show focuses on a different patient. Mondays feature Laura, an anesthesiologist infatuated with Paul. Tuesdays feature Alex, an ex-fighter pilot traumatized by events that happened a few years ago. Wednesdays feature Sophie, a suicidal teenage gymnast with Olympic aspirations. Thursdays feature Jake and Amy, a couple in couple’s counseling. Fridays feature Gina, Paul’s own therapist and mentor that he stopped seeing 8 years ago for some reason.
I’ve always loved psychology. This show really feeds that need. The sessions are almost verbatim of what would happen in a real session. This show is about characters, not actions. It’s a very smart show and I am also very surprised that Marky Mark is the executive producer. Marky Mark has had success with Entourage so it makes sense that he decided to try out other projects.
This is a great show. I really liked it. I find that it’s best to watch it a few episodes at a time. I recommend this show. I like watching it in batches. Since the show only lasts between 21 and 29 minutes, this is easy to do. My favorite sessions are with Sophie. Jake and Amy’s sessions are harder to watch, since most married couples have gone through problems at some point in their lives. But they are enlightening.
In this session Sophie has a surprising visit from her dad during therapy. She takes the opportunity to show him how she feels. It’s a groundbreaking session, even though Paul would have liked to prepare more for it, Sophie is mature enough to deal with it right now. Her dad is like a kid.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
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Paul has been trying to reach Laura this week. She’s not answering his calls. She’s listening to the message. She was hurt by something he did. She answers her phone. She says that she is fine. He wants to see her. He wants to talk. Laura agrees. She wants him to come to her house.
He looks in on Kate sleeping. He tells her that he’s going to see Laura.
Paul arrives at Laura’s house. She’s waiting for him. She’s got a great house. It’s quite a romantic setting. Soft romantic music is playing in the background. While Paul is waiting for a glass of water, his cell phone vibrates. It’s his daughter Rosie. He doesn’t answer.
Laura doesn’t know what she is to him. She’s not his patient, nor his lover, nor his girlfriend. Paul says let’s find out. He knows what he wants. He tells her that he loves her. She has trouble believing him. She wants to know what changed. He doesn’t want to get over her. She wants to know what will happen if they just don’t talk. She tells him that he doesn’t really want this.
She’s become Paul’s therapist. He keeps insisting that he wants this. She’s given him ample times to get away. She gets up and walks away. Paul goes looking for her. She’s sitting on her bed. She’s disrobing.
The scene cuts. We see Paul knocking on Gina’s patio door. He tells her what just happened. He says that he couldn’t do anything. He had an anxiety attack. Laura told him that she didn’t want him anymore. He couldn’t bring himself to touch her. In the end, he had the feeling that he would get swallowed up by it. He was going to lose control. Gina says that he was stopped by the deepest part of himself. He steered himself away from something that would hurt him and hurt a woman that he cared about.
Paul says that Laura told him that she’s come to understand what she’s been doing by using sex to free herself from emotional entanglements. She doesn’t want to do that anymore. Gina says that it’s ironic. Her therapy was a success.
Paul was having a midlife crisis. He’s trying to bail himself out by being with Laura. What matters is that Paul walked away from her.
-She could have been the last great love of my life. What’s left for me now Gina?
-Is that something that we have to talk about?
Gina and Paul in therapy.
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