In Treatment Week 1 Laura Monday 9AM S01E01 (HBO)

This is a surprising show on HBO. I was really dumb folded when I discovered that there will be 43 episodes of In Treatment. Wow, 43. These are only half hour shows, or almost half hour shows, but still. That is just incredible.

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 anestheologist
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.

Now don’t say it! He’ll always be Marky Mark for me. I’ll never call him by his other name. That’s how I first knew of him and his funky bunch, so that’s that!

This is a great show. I really liked it. I find that it’s best to
watch it a few episodes at a time. On the weekend I watched the first
five episodes. Tonight I watched the last three. I recommend this show.