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In its superb second season, In Treatment remains the gold standard example of discomfort television; not discomfort as in the cringe-worthy comedy of awkward pauses (The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm), but discomfort in the intimate and primal issues most series avoid or reassuringly attempt to wrap up within the hour. "The kind of therapy I practice, it's not a quick fix," Dr. Paul Weston (Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne) tells one of his four new patients. "It's a process, and eventually change happens, but it does take time." It's time well spent in the company of Byrne and an exemplary Emmy-worthy ensemble. Hope Davis, John Mahoney, and Dianne Wiest seem incapable of sounding a false note, but the revelations this season are two young newcomers, Alison Pill as an architecture student who refuses to tell her mother about her recent cancer diagnosis, and Aaron Shaw as Oliver, a child caught in the crossfire of his parents' anything but amicable divorce. The format is unchanged from Season One. Each daily half hour "session" mostly plays out in real time, with some illuminating glimpses of Paul outside his relocated Brooklyn office. Davis's Mia is a hard-driving lawyer and a former patient of Paul's, with abandonment and intimacy issues after he ended her therapy 20 years before. Mahoney's Walter is an embattled CEO suffering from a recent wave of panic attacks. Wiest reprises her Emmy-winning role as Gina, Paul's former mentor whom he visits on Fridays. They have much to talk about. His "mess of a life" includes a recent divorce, a $20 million malpractice suit brought by an embittered father (Glynn Turman reprising his Emmy-winning role) who blames Paul for the possibly suicidal death of his son (a patient from Season One), and the passing of his own estranged father. "I'm caught between heaven and hell," Paul tells Gina. In its raw emotion, In Treatment is hardly escapist entertainment. "Last week I had nothing," Mia wails at one point, "now I feel less than nothing." But, as Paul assures her, this is ultimately a good thing for these desperate characters (and viewers) seeking closure. "Thank you, Paul," Mia allows. "That was a good session." And a great season. --Donald Liebenson
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Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions, In Treatment centers around Dr. Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne) who recently divorced his wife Kate and has moved from Maryland to a brownstone in Brooklyn, New York. Rebuilding his practice while wrestling with some of the demons he left behind--including a lawsuit filed by the father of Alex, a patient who died last year--Paul takes on several new patients and commutes to Maryland every Friday to continue his own sessions with Dr. Gina Toll (Dianne Wiest).
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Season one devotees of this fine and ground-breaking series will not be disappointed by this follow up. Essentially the same format but a year on and we find Paul relocated both in geography and in status. Those who have been through divorce after a long marriage will recognise the sense of the wound, the worry, and the wildness that seems to accompany Paul almost everywhere he goes. Although the main action is still, quite rightly, in the therapy room (a much darker setting than in the last series) we see more glimpses of Paul outside in the world. Therapist viewers will wince knowingly at the short scene in which Paul is reluctantly regaled by a fellow passenger's life story on the train. Worryingly, Paul has become an accident waiting to happen, and his therapeutic interventions and judgements are even more risky and questionable than in the first series; but his heart is still in the right place, even if it's aching and in need of attention; though perhaps the kind of attention Paul's heart really needs isn't to be found in therapy. The sessions with Gina who still falls somewhere between therapist and supervisor, are as complex and powerful as ever. The clients are all new, each of them will draw the viewer in and we'll each have our favourites... for me, Walter stands out, but the acting and performances are top notch right across the cast.
One tip, do NOT watch the TV series on SKY, it's ruined by adverts that were absent from season one. Instead, buy the DVD, sit back, watch one episode a night, and enjoy.
Kevin Chandler, therapist and author Listening in: A Novel of Therapy and Real Life
One tip, do NOT watch the TV series on SKY, it's ruined by adverts that were absent from season one. Instead, buy the DVD, sit back, watch one episode a night, and enjoy.
Kevin Chandler, therapist and author Listening in: A Novel of Therapy and Real Life
30 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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Notice: This is a review of the R1 (US) edition of 'In Treatment', season 2 (which will probably be identical to the R2 (Europe) edition).
In 'In Treatment' we follow Paul (Gabriel Byrne), a therapist, in his sessions with various clients during 7 weeks (=one week per DVD in the box-set (R1)). Often, Pauls clients don't seem to know exactly why they are there, or deceive themselves. And the same with Paul when he meets with his former tutor, Gina (Dianne West).
The action takes place almost exclusively in Pauls home/office/treatment room with client and therapist engaged in conversation. What is so great with 'In Treatment' is that these sessions are totally captivating as we delve deeper into different persons, including Paul himself whose private life we are showed interiors of, in between sessions for example, or in his dialogues with Gina. As a therapist Paul seems very professional and in control, but we also see his more problematic sides.
The difference with season 2 is, to begin with, new clients: a lawyer and previous patient of Paul, a young girl with cancer diagnosis, a young boy and his parents and a elder man who is CEO of an international company. Each week/DVD has one episode with each patient, and ends with Paul meeting psychoanalyst Gina for a session.
The other difference with season 2 is the setting: Paul is now divorced and has moved to an apartment in Brooklyn. Also, the father of one of his former patients from season 1 is suing him for mistreatment.
For some reason I was slightly more captivated by season 1. I don't know why. Perhaps it's because then the idea was fresh. But there is no question: if you liked season 1 you will like this one as well.
I don't know how truthful "In Therapy" is compared to the real thing, but as I see it this is of minor importance. Also, I don't know how to categorize Paul as a therapist: perhaps some kind of cognitive therapy-school with an existentialist touch, where the treatment mostly consists in asking questions that forces the clients confront themselves and their life situation.
The picture quality and sound is good. The acting is great. The only 'minus' is the lack of extras in the DVD box-set.
In 'In Treatment' we follow Paul (Gabriel Byrne), a therapist, in his sessions with various clients during 7 weeks (=one week per DVD in the box-set (R1)). Often, Pauls clients don't seem to know exactly why they are there, or deceive themselves. And the same with Paul when he meets with his former tutor, Gina (Dianne West).
The action takes place almost exclusively in Pauls home/office/treatment room with client and therapist engaged in conversation. What is so great with 'In Treatment' is that these sessions are totally captivating as we delve deeper into different persons, including Paul himself whose private life we are showed interiors of, in between sessions for example, or in his dialogues with Gina. As a therapist Paul seems very professional and in control, but we also see his more problematic sides.
The difference with season 2 is, to begin with, new clients: a lawyer and previous patient of Paul, a young girl with cancer diagnosis, a young boy and his parents and a elder man who is CEO of an international company. Each week/DVD has one episode with each patient, and ends with Paul meeting psychoanalyst Gina for a session.
The other difference with season 2 is the setting: Paul is now divorced and has moved to an apartment in Brooklyn. Also, the father of one of his former patients from season 1 is suing him for mistreatment.
For some reason I was slightly more captivated by season 1. I don't know why. Perhaps it's because then the idea was fresh. But there is no question: if you liked season 1 you will like this one as well.
I don't know how truthful "In Therapy" is compared to the real thing, but as I see it this is of minor importance. Also, I don't know how to categorize Paul as a therapist: perhaps some kind of cognitive therapy-school with an existentialist touch, where the treatment mostly consists in asking questions that forces the clients confront themselves and their life situation.
The picture quality and sound is good. The acting is great. The only 'minus' is the lack of extras in the DVD box-set.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I was completely engrossed in these stories of the lives of Paul's patients.Having worked as a therapist and having been in therapy,I noticed so many reverberations and connections to my own experience.That is another way of saying how "authentic" and convincing the dramas felt to me.The narratives of people's lives can be endlessly fascinating, and therapy is one way of keeping curiosity alive about how each narrative is constructed and how it can change and adapt and founder.
Paul is convincing as a fallible therapist who still regularly struggles with his own stories about himself.The interactions between him and his patients are the meat of the drama and their unpredictability keeps us coming back for more.
Paul is convincing as a fallible therapist who still regularly struggles with his own stories about himself.The interactions between him and his patients are the meat of the drama and their unpredictability keeps us coming back for more.
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Brilliant
Season 2 is even better than Season 1 - I'm hooked!
All the cast are very good especially Gabriel Byrne
And as a psychotherapist myself - I find the series doubly... Read more
All the cast are very good especially Gabriel Byrne
And as a psychotherapist myself - I find the series doubly... Read more
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Just gets better
I was addicted to series one and my addiction was certainly not cured with series two. The characters and scripting are so well written you really bond with the patients - either... Read more
Published 5 months ago by C. Le Rougetel
In Treatment is brilliant!
Loved every minute, but you must watch season 1 (even better than 2) first to follow the story! This is addictive TV for winter nights!
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. Tracey Redmond
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This is one of the best dvd's on the subject that you will ever find, and, more importantly it actually works.
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Published 16 months ago by June
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Los Angeles - TimesMary McNamara: It is, to put it bluntly, a cast to die for. Read more
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