In Treatment (2008)
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Paris Barclay — Executive Producer
Episodes 63
Mia: Week One
Paul answers the door at his new Brooklyn apartment to find Alex Sr., the father of the patient who died during a flight exercise last year, serving him with a law suit — he blames Paul for his son's death. When Paul shows up to discuss the case with his lawyer, he's surprised to discover Mia, a patient of his from 20 years ago
Read MoreApril: Week One
A 23-year-old architecture student, April spends much of her first session with Paul avoiding what it is she came to talk about. She discusses her recent break-up with a fellow student named Kyle,
Read MoreOliver: Week One
Sixth-grader Oliver sits with Paul in his office while they wait for Oliver's mother Bess to return from the deli and for his father Luke to arrive. Oliver suggests they play Black Jack to bide the time and chides Paul for not knowing the rules. When Oliver demands to know why he's there, Paul discovers that Oliver's parents haven't explained they're getting a divorce.
Read MoreWalter: Week One
CEO Walter Barnett comes to see Paul at his wife Connie's insistence, complaining of insomnia. He is surprised that Paul doesn't know who he is, given that his company has been in the business pages a lot lately
Read MoreGina: Week One
Paul commutes down from New York to Maryland via Amtrak to see his kids for the weekend and pays a visit to Gina to suss out what she might say in a deposition for the malpractice suit against Paul. She assures him she doesn't see him as responsible for Alex's death but admits he didn't talk about him that much in their supervision until after he'd died.
Read MoreMia: Week Two
Mia has a session with Paul to apologize for her unprofessional behavior from the week before, acknowledging she intercepted his file when his attorney couldn't be there, in order to surprise and needle him. She reveals she's been having a year-long affair with her boss Bennet, who's married.
Read MoreApril: Week Two
April arrives at her session, furious. Her iPhone has died in the middle of a call and she asks Paul if she can use his phone. He resists, suggesting it's not the best use of her time and presses April for why she's so angry.
Read MoreOliver: Week Two
Oliver and Paul talk while Bess and Luke wait to be invited in. Oliver says he doesn't want to talk about school because all of his teachers hate him because he falls asleep all of the time. He insists his classes are boring, including Humanities where they are reading 'Lord of the Flies.' Oliver insists you don't need to crash on an island for kids to be mean.
Read MoreWalter: Week Two
Paul's daughter Rosie visits him in Brooklyn, concerned about his law suit and that he is lonely living in New York.When Walter arrives for his session, he's convinced that Paul must have read about him by now
Read MoreGina: Week Two
Paul is unsure about continuing his therapy with Gina, but winds up bringing up a teen romance and how it relates to his mom's first suicide attempt.
Read MoreMia: Week Three
Paul answers the door at his new Brooklyn apartment to find Alex Sr., the father of the patient who died during a flight exercise last year, serving him with a law suit — he blames Paul for his son's death. When Paul shows up to discuss the case with his lawyer, he's surprised to discover Mia, a patient of his from 20 years ago.
Read MoreApril: Week Three
April calls Paul, asking to come to his office immediately. She was on her way to school to turn in a project — the architectural model for a World Trade Center memorial — and has been having trouble sleeping. "Between my anxiety and my lymphoma," she says, "it's just never a good time." She describes her exhaustion as the feeling of poison in her veins, like she wants to slit her wrists to get it out.
Read MoreOliver: Week Three
Bess swings by Paul's office to pick up the turtle that Oliver left behind. She explains that her son has been staying with Luke for the week, giving her some time to herself. Before leaving, she hands Paul some homemade cookies, thanking him for going "above and beyond" with the turtle. When the family arrives later for their session, Luke and Oliver talk about how much fun they had together, going to a Knicks game and hanging out at home.
Read MoreWalter: Week Three
Walter arrives late for his session, having already postponed it by two hours. Shouting into his cell phone as he enters, he drops his suitcase and hands Paul his garment bag. Noting that Walter seems to be in the midst of a crisis, Paul suggests they reschedule, but Walter insists there won't be a better time later. He finally turns off his cell phone and Blackberry and gives Paul his attention.
Read MoreGina: Week Three
Gina explores Paul’s resentment over having to take care of his ailing father.
Read MoreMia: Week Four
Mia bursts into the Monday morning session, excitedly remembering all the lurid details of her weekend's wild debauchery. But Paul wants to concern themselves over her quite Sunday brunch with her father.
Read MoreApril: Week Four
April's health continues to be a concern for Paul, as she seems more concerned about her autistic brother's condition than her own.
Read MoreOliver: Week Four
As Bess readies for a well-needed vacation, she gushes over how well Oliver has done, but Paul is skeptical that her son could not have changed that quickly.
Read MoreWalter: Week Four
Having to deal with the aftermath of his company's crisis, Walter looks back at the loyalty towards the family who owns it and the media's perception of him. Paul probes Walter's deeply rooted sense of guilt.
Read MoreGina: Week Four
Gina gives Paul some criticism for his constant complaints about what's missing from his life, and urges him to make peace with his bedridden father.
Read MoreMia: Week Five
Among the areas touched on for this session between Paul and Mia include a discussion about mortality, being alone and making up for lost time.
Read MoreApril: Week Five
Paul fixates on a comment April uttered about a close friend of his to explore her independent streak.
Read MoreOliver: Week Five
Oliver's dad is having some issues of his own, some of which are caused by Oliver's behaviour.
Read MoreWalter: Week Five
Paul decides that from what he's learnt of Walter, he is more harmful to himself than others.
Read MoreGina: Week Five
Paul is told by Gina to return to some previous unknown answers about his father, whilst Alex Sr. has some news to tell them.
Read MoreMia: Week Six
In Mia's latest session, they look over some of the biggest issues that life throws at us.
Read MoreApril: Week Six
When April reveals something about one of her closest friends, Paul questions her ability to rely on other people.
Read MoreOliver: Week Six
Ignoring Paul's and Oliver's objections, Luke and Bess come up with a plan that will alter their family structure and dynamics.
Read MoreWalter: Week Six
Paul tries to get Walter to embrace his vulnerable side.
Read MoreGina: Week Six
Gina and Paul clash when it's suggested that she's not personally invested in her patients.
Read MoreMia: Week Seven
Mia's plan doesn't work to trap Paul so she has to re-evaluate everything.
Read MoreApril: Week Seven
Paul is told some news by April which prompts him to ask her about her anger issues.
Read MoreOliver: Week Seven
Paul attempts to put Oliver's mind at ease, and his parents have had a hard week which they can now put behind them.
Read MoreWalter: Week Seven
Walter wants to change himself so Paul comes up with a solution to stop Walter from falling back into his old ways.
Read MoreGina: Week Seven
Paul and Gina's relationship crosses paths which makes them think what they want to get out of it.
Read MoreSunil: Week One
A retired math professor from Bengal, Sunil, accompanied by his son Arun and daughter-in-law Julia, reluctantly visit Paul to discuss the death of Sunil's wife six months earlier, his subsequent displacement to the U.S., and the recent tensions he's experienced while living with his son's family.
Read MoreFrances: Week One
A well-known stage and screen actress, whose sister was treated by Paul 18 years earlier, begins therapy to uncover the reasons why she is "blanking out" during rehearsals for a new play.
Read MoreJesse: Week One
A 16-year-old homosexual, who has been seeing Paul for some time after being caught peddling prescription drugs to classmates, talks about his troubling "pattern of promiscuity," his unsettled family life with adopted parents and a recent alarming voicemail.
Read MoreAdele: Week One
In order to get a new prescription for sleeping pills, an exhausted Paul visits a young, serious and intelligent therapist, and is compelled to confront deep-rooted fears about his health, his divorce, his patients, and his all-encompassing relationship with former therapist Gina Toll.
Read MoreSunil: Week Two
Sunil confronts his inability to voice his frustrations as he recalls the first time he and his wife met their future daughter-in-law in Calcutta.
Read MoreFrances: Week Two
Frances struggles to remember what distracts her during rehearsals, and she gets defensive when Paul mentions in passing that he spoke to her sister about her illness. Meanwhile, Paul sees a neurologist to be tested for Parkinson's.
Read MoreJesse: Week Two
Jesse talks about his application to a prestigious arts program at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Read MoreAdele: Week Two
Paul discusses Gina's book with Adele and vents about a particularly loathsome character he's certain is based on him.
Read MoreSunil: Week Three
Sunil makes tea as he describes his first wedding anniversary since his wife's death.
Read MoreFrances: Week Three
Frances recalls her sister's one and only foray into acting in a college production, and discusses her mother's beauty before and after she became ill.
Read MoreJesse: Week Three
Jesse is accompanied by his mother, but the strain of their relationship makes any kind of discussion difficult.
Read MoreAdele: Week Three
Paul complains of headaches the morning after taking Max to a concert to see Animal Collective, and is despondent while revealing what his son found on his computer.
Read MoreSunil: Week Four
Sunil is unnerved by parallels between Arun and Julia's marriage and a romance from his youth.
Read MoreFrances: Week Four
Painful family memories take a toll on Frances' self-esteem.
Read MoreJesse: Week Four
Paul helps Jesse see a new path to meeting his birth parents.
Read MoreAdele: Week Four
Adele tries to get Paul to talk about his lack of passion.
Read MoreSunil: Week Five
Sunil's suspicions about Julia having an affair continue to rise.
Read MoreFrances: Week Five
Frances goes over her Breast Cancer test results with Paul.
Read MoreJesse: Week Five
Jesse shows up unexpectedly the night before his session.
Read MoreAdele: Week Five
Adele tries to get Paul to acknowledge his preoccupation with a troubled relationship.
Read MoreSunil: Week Six
Paul is alarmed by Sunil's unpredictable behavior at home.
Read MoreFrances: Week Six
Frances leans on Paul for support as her sister's health deteriorates.
Read MoreJesse: Week Six
Jesse shrugs off Paul's optimism that his parents won't abandon him when he needs them most.
Read MoreAdele: Week Six
Adele sees Paul's chronic indecisiveness as a source of his discontent.
Read MoreFrances: Week Seven
Frances struggles with the prospect of losing her sister Tricia.
Read MoreSunil: Week Seven
Paul is blindsided by a revelation regarding Sunil's therapy.
Read MoreJesse: Week Seven
Paul tries to get Jesse to open up about a recent transgression and his relationship with his father Roberto.
Read MoreAdele: Week Seven
Blaming Adele for his recent setbacks with patients, Paul contemplates the future of his therapy, and his practice.
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