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In Treatment (2008)

In Treatment poster
Genre
drama television series, medical drama
Country
United States
Length
4 seasons, 130 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 184 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series follows a middle-aged psychotherapist named Paul Weston as he conducts weekly sessions with his patients. It also shows his own therapy sessions with his supervisor at the end of each week.

intimatetalk-heavyintrospectivemethodicalemotionally rawsubduedpsychologically intensequietly dramatic

What happens

In Treatment is an American drama television series for HBO, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, based on the Israeli series BeTipul (Hebrew: בטיפול), created by Hagai Levi, Ori Sivan and Nir Bergman. The series follows a psychotherapist, Paul Weston, in his 50s, and his weekly sessions with patients, as well as those with his own therapist at the end of the week. The program, which stars Gabriel Byrne as Paul, debuted on January 28, 2008, as a five-night-a-week series. Its executive producer and principal director was Paris Barclay, who directed 35 episodes, the most of any director on the series, and the only one to direct episodes in all three seasons. The program's format, script and opening theme are based on, and are often verbatim translations of BeTipul. HBO Canada aired the program simultaneously with HBO in the U.S. Season 1 earned numerous honors, including Emmy, Golden Globe and Writers Guild awards. The series was renewed for a second season on June 20, 2008, and production on Season 2 wrapped in early 2009. According to The New York Times, production relocated to New York City from Los Angeles at the insistence of Byrne, who otherwise threatened to resign. The move and the addition of Sunday night to the schedule were considered votes of confidence in the series by HBO executives. Season 2 premiered on April 5, 2009. The second season built on the success of the first, winning a 2009 Peabody Award. The third season premiered on October 26, 2010, for a seven-week run, with four episodes per week. The 24-episode fourth season premiered on May 23, 2021, and aired four episodes weekly, with Uzo Aduba taking over as the series lead Dr. Brooke Taylor. In February 2022, HBO confirmed that the show would not return again. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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