In Treatment - 1/28/08 [Text View]

cwoody222

01-28-2008, 10:58 PM

Every review I read said the performances are fantastic but the storyline is a snore. Pretty much what I thought.

But I'm hoping maybe once we get involved in each character (may take a few weeks with the exception of the doctor) it won't be.

Eh, nothing else is on, I'll watch. Heck, I watched "Tell Me You Love Me".

ellinj

01-29-2008, 08:51 PM

just watched the first episode. how can this possibly go on for more then a few weeks?

BriGuy20

02-05-2008, 04:34 PM

I must admit that Friday's episode was more entertaining. It seems that Gabriel Byrne (and/or his character) gets more Irish the angrier he gets. That thick Irish brogue seems to come out more. With the Friday episodes you get to see more reaction.

I'm keeping my series pass just because it's just about the only thing with a good store of episodes (45 total, I think). I'm willing to give the individual nights a pass since they're writing and airing 5 a week.

The acting IS more fascinating than the storylines so far, though. It's like a soap opera for dramatic acting.

bareyb

02-05-2008, 07:37 PM

Complete snorefest. SP cancelled after about twenty minutes of painful viewing... :p

cwoody222

02-05-2008, 10:13 PM

After 1 full week and 2 nights of the 2nd week of 2 patients, I'm totally hooked. I find it really engrossing. Fridays was really interesting and we're also seeing some insight into Gabriel Bryne's homelife which I think should unfold interestingly.

So far (not even half way thru week 2 of 9) Tuesdays with Blair Underwood I find by far the best. Followed by the couple on Thursday.

I love that this is on during the strike since I can pretty much ensure 30 minutes a day to it.

Steveknj

02-06-2008, 09:25 AM

I had no interest in this show from the get go. Maybe it's just me, but are people interested in watching 30 minutes of someone talking about their problems every day for 5 days a week for weeks on end? Remember how everyone fast forwarded the Dr. Melfi scenes during The Sopranos. Now it's 30 minutes of that 5 days a week for however many weeks this thing will run. It just sounded WAY boring!! And from what you all are saying, I guess I was right.

newsposter

02-06-2008, 11:34 AM

i dont know which show i watched (the title) but i was hoping for some flashbacks to the one scene the girl was discussing and never saw them

gossamer88

02-06-2008, 12:21 PM

So far for me the most interesting are Sophie (gymnast?) and the married couple who are expecting. Also when the doc visits his ex-therapist (Diane Weist).

mattack

02-06-2008, 10:50 PM

I haven't watched it, but there's a whole bunch of eps they're providing for free on podcast, and on their web site.

BobB

02-11-2008, 02:07 PM

My wife and I are very much enjoying this, and for extra fun we try guessing what the original Israeli references were before the Americanized rewrite, like

when the pilot talks about how his father suffocated his grandfather to keep a lynch mob from catching the whole family, and how that was probably adapted from a Nazi reference in the original

rkester

02-11-2008, 04:25 PM

I've been digging it so far now that it's got to rolling along better. If you saw the first ep of the first patient, give it time, watch a few more. It does get much better.

The fact that the Dr himself has problems too really helps to make it more real. And the characters are interesting to me.

BriGuy20

02-11-2008, 07:48 PM

So far for me the most interesting are Sophie (gymnast?) and the married couple who are expecting. Also when the doc visits his ex-therapist (Diane Weist).

Agreed. Not a huge fan of the fighter pilot, but all the other nights are interesting. Nice to have until we get new episodes of other stuff.

JoBeth66

02-12-2008, 07:51 AM

I'm liking this show - I think it's well acted, and the characters are for the most part enjoyable. I love how he's so concerned about his patients, while it's clear his life is falling apart - and he doesn't even realize it. He's walled himself off in his office, and that's his "world".

the only part I *didn't* buy last week:

when he started screaming at Kate about her affair. It seemed like he was trying too hard to get the emotion/anger out of the script, and that he wasn't really feeling it

Knives of Ice

02-13-2008, 04:16 PM

i've become completely hooked on this show and look forward to each episode. it does take time to get into but the acting is tremendous and i think the premise is pretty original. i'd bet it has no chance for a second season but i hope i'm wrong.

rkester

02-13-2008, 04:19 PM

the only part I *didn't* buy last week:

when he started screaming at Kate about her affair. It seemed like he was trying too hard to get the emotion/anger out of the script, and that he wasn't really feeling it

I saw it differently. Like he didn't feel it, as the character, because he's become so withdrawn into his world. So he reacted how he thought he should, with anger, asking for details... knowing he didn't want them.

I think he was reeling from it, but not sure how to show that.

JoBeth66

02-15-2008, 10:12 AM

Could be, but I just didn't feel it.

NOW I want to see what's going to happen...

between Laura & Alex!!

rkester

02-15-2008, 10:25 AM

My only problem with the show currently is that it is on every night and my dvr is not always picking up the episodes.

But, I am loving the show, the conflict, and especially the fact that...
Paul is just as ****ed up as everyone else so he understands their needs more.

I hope they reair everything from the beginning so I can record for a friend to check out.

cwoody222

02-15-2008, 11:00 AM

I'm loving this.

rkester... currently Weeks 1-4 are on OnDemand. I assume they'll just keep adding. On my crappy OnDemand menu they were hard to find... it's not under HBO series, it's on the main HBO page.

HBO2 also seems to be showing all the previous weeks' episodes each night. So that keeps the "new" episode sliding in time each week.

I found the only consistent time is 9:30 on HBO (regular).

rkester

02-15-2008, 11:05 AM

I need them to be aired again so my DVD Tivo can get them. My friends don't have HBO and I think they'd dig the show.

I do like the OnDemand dstuff if it were only HD I'd be happ.

efilippi

02-17-2008, 12:30 AM

My only problem with the show currently is that it is on every night and my dvr is not always picking up the episodes.

I don't see the problem. I have a season pass, first run only, and it picks everything up without a hitch, once and only once. Tivo just works.

As for the show, I love it, though my wife is a bit ambivalent. She is hooked on the Sophie story, figured out the sexual angle in a minute, and liked the couple episode.

I think the show is very good. I really like it when lots of action occurs without anyone saying anything, which I see here often. I wonder how the screenwriter lays it out on paper, or is it the director, or what? Dunno, but I enjoy the half hours.

rkester

02-17-2008, 10:19 AM

Yeah, the tivo has no problems, its that other dvr that keeps missing eps or repeating old ones. ya know, the one from that place in space.

cwoody222

02-21-2008, 11:11 PM

Anyone else still watching?

The Paul/Laura stuff is getting interesting, as is Sophie. Still not sure where the couple is going or where Paul and his wife is going.

And Alex, aside from Laura, is stalling... clearly he's going to have homosexual issues (they haven't had an episode where they didn't mention his gay friend) but they're taking their time getting there... unlike Sophie's issue.

rkester

02-21-2008, 11:22 PM

Oh yeah, I don't miss it. The one younger couple I could care less about, everyone else is very entertaining.

I am starting to see Sophie as my fave. And obviously Paul is too.

Laura is very beautiful and yet so broken. And Alex, I think you are right on that gay thing. He has given such a puppet like performance for Paul with his stage queues all in the right spots. But he is weak inside and needs to open up. I hope he does.

But his chats with Gina seem to be more like debug sessions where he won't actually admit he needs her help to fix himself and his problems than anything else.

HBO has hit or miss shows anymore but this one is a sleeper that is excellent stuff.

And I LOVE that I get a new episode every week!

I am curious if we will see any other crossover. For now its Alex/Laura, everyone via Paul with Gina. But I want to know if they wil use the coffee machine to cross over too. Noone else has used it yet.

(And why did Alex get a perfect well pressed espresso out of it in literally less than a minute with NO PRESSING and no time for it to make the cup? Considering the fact that hes a perfection driven person, you'd think he'd know how to press a cup, then make it.)

BobB

02-22-2008, 09:53 AM

What kind of shrink (excuse me, psychologist) would leave bottles of pills - and prescription ones, no less - in the bathroom his patients have access to? That strikes me as unbelievably unprofessional, there shouldn't even be aspirin in there, let alone something that could make Sophie pass out in a matter of seconds. If he doesn't get into trouble over that the show will have lost a lot of credibility.

Of course, we didn't actually see her swallow them, so maybe it will turn out that she just passed out from exhaustion after being up all night, but it sure looked like a drug-induced collapse to me.

I'm also on board with the "Alex is gay" theory, though my wife says I'm crazy. But I have a lot better gaydar than she does. :cool:

Knives of Ice

03-05-2008, 04:01 PM

this is quickly becoming my favorite show on tv right now. i can't wait to watch it each night. seriously, this show deserves a ton of credit i think and its a shame more people aren't watching it. amazing show.

cwoody222

03-06-2008, 11:49 AM

Agreed!

Usually shows that are on so frequently like this frustrate me since I never have time to watch them and they pile up.

But with this show, I LOOK FORWARD to watching it every night or so. I'm going to seriously miss it. I don't think I've had more than 3 on my DVR at any one time throughout the run.

Mr. Soze

03-06-2008, 12:13 PM

Maybe I should have given it more of a chance, but I blew away all the unwatched episodes and the SP a few weeks ago. It was just sleep-inducingly uninteresting to me, and I love Gabriel Byrne.

BobB

03-06-2008, 02:52 PM

This is the third show in the history of television that my wife will go out of her way to watch - the first two being Sex & the City and Desperate Housewives. Of course, she's only had a TV in her life since we moved in together five years ago, so that's not a huge a statement as it may sound. Still...

JoBeth66

03-07-2008, 07:48 AM

I'm loving this show. Sophie's story is incredibly powerful, and it's going to be interesting to see how the Paul/Laura thing goes - especially now that he's opened up to her a bit. Jake & Amy, eh. That's the weakest of the story lines, IMO. And I think Blair Underwood is *fabulous*. ;)

meglet

03-10-2008, 05:22 PM

I don't get HBO, so I was very excited to find this series free on Amazon Unbox. I grabbed the first 15 episodes and the timing is perfect because I just finished catching up on another series, and am ready to start something new.

cwoody222

03-18-2008, 11:22 PM

Wow, now it's gettin' REALLY good. I didn't see the turn for this week coming. Great stuff! I'm gonna really miss my nightly fix :(

JoBeth66

03-19-2008, 06:58 AM

Wow, now it's gettin' REALLY good. I didn't see the turn for this week coming. Great stuff! I'm gonna really miss my nightly fix :(

Me too. :(

deli99

03-19-2008, 11:04 AM

Yeah... Wow.

This show just gets better and better.

jones07

03-21-2008, 04:39 PM

Sometimes you have to give a new show longer then 15 minutes of week one.

cwoody222

03-24-2008, 10:33 PM

BobB

03-26-2008, 09:47 AM

WHAT?!

There is no episode today or Tuesday?!

Seriously?!

I mean... why would they do that... 8 weeks of M-F and then to just pull the rug out from under us on a Monday?! Awful! Hateful!

I'm having feelings of abandonment. Where is Paul tonight?

No more Monday or Tuesday because Laura quit therapy and Alex is dead. Besides, this is the last week of the series and there are only three more episodes remaining - Sophie wrap-up tonight, the crazy couple wrap-up tomorrow, then the Paul & Gina finale Friday.

From the last Paul & Gina session we can be sure there'll be some Paul & Laura interaction, but it will have to take place during these last three episodes.

jones07

01-23-2009, 03:14 PM

Had the full series on my htpc and never was in the mood to watch it until I was off sick for the last 2 weeks. Boy this show started off slow and had to force myself to finish the first 3 or 4 eps........then I could not stop, it got better an better. I found myself caring about these people. Great TV

newsposter

03-08-2009, 06:49 PM

35 new eps starting in April!

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch.aspx?id=in_treatment&view=listings

BriGuy20

03-08-2009, 11:38 PM

35 new eps starting in April!

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch.aspx?id=in_treatment&view=listings

Can't wait!

I think a summer airing strategy is a good idea, it was a bit much to keep up with last year.

EDIT: Two nights but still 2.5 hours a week, but luckily the main viewing season should be winding down so I'll ideally have enough time to watch it.

jilter

06-16-2009, 11:29 AM

rjom

06-16-2009, 08:48 PM

This show is one of the best on the tube. My wife and I are addicted. The season goes too fast.

BriGuy20

06-17-2009, 10:02 PM

Are people who liked this show still watching?
I would have to start at the pilot, but am gun-shy for I really liked Tell Me If You Love Me and hate the way shows have short lives. Consequentially I refuse to start a new show until it has been picked up for a third season (this one has, correct?)

Jill

No news yet, but given the airings they've gotten and their episode count (60-something or 70-something), I would be surprised if it didn't make it to season 3. First season was great, I'm still getting in the swing of the second season. My TiVo viewing has gone down since I've been working more hours at my job so I haven't had a chance to plow through a lot of the episodes.