Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Sexylocher Masterful Movie

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

dead man walking (burtmichael) I missed this one back when it came out but am glad I am able to watch the three seasons available on HBO On Demand. I love Gabriel Byrne, and Diane Wiest was the best. Some reviewers did not care for Byrne's character, but I see Paul Weston as just another flawed human being like his patients which is realistic. I don't think you're supposed to like everything about him, especially since his patients' problems and tantrums bring out his worst parts. I think these negative reviewers must have some very unrealistic expectations of a therapist character.In response to those who take a dim view of psychotherapy (I do), the show does question throughout the efficacy of the "talking cure" through the prisms of Paul's perspective and the eyes of his patients. He even gets sued by Alex's father who believes Paul and his services are completely responsible for his son's death and lawyers up to prove his point and take his revenge. Paul himself seriously doubts whether he has really helped his patients and analyzes these feelings in his own therapy with Gina.Dianne Wiest is better in this series than she has ever been in her long acting career. She no longer portrays the winsome doormat that she has generally portrayed in past roles. I am glad this series gave her an opportunity to show what she's really capable of as an actress. In Treatment isn't everyone's cup of tea, I don't think. The intensity alone makes the series difficult to binge-watch in the traditional sense. I constantly have to take a break from these sessions and characters.. These characters are not people who are any more disturbed than any other "normal" people. I believe nearly everyone of us eventually comes to a point where his or her circumstances and the consequences of dysfunctional, immature behavior render us helpless and ineffective, forcing us to suffer through emotional crises and the need to mature and modify our game. Sometimes that requires the need to engage in therapy to at least weather the crises.Like therapy itself, I don't think this series is to be "enjoyed" like standard, mindless entertainment. The writing seems intended to provoke similar questions in the viewer about his own life and behavior. That's rarely an enjoyable experience. Perhaps the negative reviewers are reacting to their nest being disturbed by the troubling questions brought up by this series.

Andreas Stephens To me "In Treatment - Season 1" represents one of the best TV series I have watched in a long time. Others have commented on the quality of the acting – which I too find is exceptional if not extraordinary. Half of it is not about what the characters say or do, but just their facial expressions or body language in response to what the other person just said. A nervous glimpse at the floor, a deep sigh, fidgeting fingers, a hostile stare and often stubborn silence – it is these little things that in this setting actually fill in and complete or conversation – and since it is done so well - make this TV series oh so entertaining.What I find fascinating about "In Treatment" is what is happening when you watch it:A person tells another person things about their lives……. at first these things can sound pretty random, and the silence of Gabriel Byrne's character Paul – the psychologist - could be at times unnerving, if it was not for his facial impressions which the viewer can interpret in their own way… Moments later – while the viewer still processes his or her own theories on Paul's thoughts - the patients then react to his silence, his stares, or what they think his body language is implying, only for Paul to then often provide a more detailed explanation of his analysis later on in the session. At the end of the week, when Paul meets with his own therapist Gina, he often recounts what was said and how he actually felt at the time and what he wanted to have said or done, which again you – as the viewer - can interpret one way or the other, only to then hear Gina's thoughts and interpretation of what Paul has just told her. The viewer once more will have his or her own opinion on Gina's observations, which can be incredibly insightful even though she has to rely on second hand – and at times heavily filtered and distorted – information from Paul.The above could come across as tedious, but is in fact incredibly entertaining due to the clever scripting and nuanced acting. All the while, the - at first - random conversations reveal more and ore about the characters. Session by session, week after week, layer by layer we learn more about the patients and Paul... and Gina.There is another "device" used in the series that adds a fascinating twist to the above. I will not write what it is, as I promised "no spoilers". This opens up a whole new dimension to the characters and the analysis by Paul and the viewer and therefore adds to the enjoyment of watching."In Treatment" is not for everyone. Viewers will either love it or hate it. To test whether or not this might be for you, before watching ask yourself if your father would have enjoyed watching something along the lines what has been described above… ;-)

jcmorgan-1 "In Treatment" is television at its finest. Every episode is a perfectly faceted jewel. From the complex and nuanced writing, crisp dialogue, superb casting, exquisite performances, and deft directing to the consistently moving and reflective scores. I can't rave enough about this series. I sat down to watch one episode and instantly became addicted; inhaling all three seasons in a non-stop psychotherapy marathon. I laughed, I cried, I marvelled. In a sea of network television fare populated by 'women on a slab' crime series, vampires, zombies, and inane, juvenile sitcoms, this series stands alone. Thank you HBO and all of the creators and performers who helped make this a remarkable and transcendent series.

greencherrypie No joke- I'm sure it's not the same in all cases, but the way the characters in this drama dig into deep, personal baggage, I couldn't help but look at my own. It began as a sort of admiration for the characters- Sophie in particular; she had a certain charm that just drew me in, and made me want to get to know her, much the way Paul tells her he felt, when she asks if he had to go at her "with a magnifying glass" to find anything to love. But the scene that hit me the hardest was the couple, Jake and Amy, in their fifth session. When Amy, with that glazed look in her eye, the one Jake hates, announces that she wants a divorce. And Jake just breaks down, crying into her lap, helplessly, yet she can't even bring herself off her own pride to properly comfort him. I felt so saddened by it, and attested it to "I don't want to be her. I want to treat my partner better than that." But then I realised my sadness wasn't pity on the characters, or worry of how I would treat someone, but the realisation of how I did treat someone. How I once was her. And it was both frightening and upsetting. I've since been really working through it, and have started to lay down my pride a little more.This is a powerful, powerful program, and I like to think that there's a little healing in it for everyone. I don't know how they did it, but HBO hit the very object of therapy right on target. Maybe it falls together a little too easily, or ties together a little too nicely from time to time, but the underlying truth of it is, it gets close and personal, and offers a little hope.Perhaps this is more a personal account than a proper review of a series, but this drama has touched me like no other, and for that I am very grateful.