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In Treatment not officially dead yet, may get Leight injection

In Treatment - Gabriel Byrne and Dianne WiestI'm sure I'm not the only one who assumed the HBO nightly series In Treatment, featuring Gabriel Byrne, Blair Underwood, Josh Charles and Dianne Wiest among others, was pretty much going to be a done in one. I really enjoyed the tension they managed to create with essentially two or three people sitting in a room and talking, and while critical acclaim pretty much affirmed that I am brilliant (like I needed their help), the ratings didn't follow.

While official word on the show's fate still hasn't come, what is trickling around is that HBO is this close to signing Law & Order: Criminal Intent executive producer Warren Leight (see me holding my fingers really close together), with the intention of putting him on In Treatment should it get the pick-up, which ups the odds of said happening tremendously. I can't imagine the show costs a tremendous amount to produce, aside from paying the top-notch actors they brought on board. Aside from Byrne and Wiest, we'd likely be looking at a new cast of patients with all new conflicts.

Maybe they should cast Britney Spears as one of his patients. She wouldn't even have to act that hard to portray a trainwreck.

Paul: "So tell me how you're feeling right now, Britney."
Britney: "Oh my god, no one understands me. I just wanna see my kids, you know."
Paul: "You don't see your kids?"
Britney: "Oh sure, I see them when I'm at Kevin's house."
Paul: "Kevin's your ex-husband."
Britney: "Uh-huh."
Paul: "So he lets you see them."
Britney: "Oh, he don't know I'm there. See, I come by at night, all sneakily like. I have my people bring me a jumbo trampoline and I set it outside their window--"
Paul: "I'm sorry. Did you say a trampoline...?"
Britney: "Uh-huh. Are you even listening to me, Paul?"
Paul: Sorry, Britney. I am listening. Please, continue."
Britney: "Okay, so I'm jumping up and down on the trampoline so I can see the kids through the window, but it's hard for the camera crew to get any good shots because it's dark."
Paul: "The camera--"
Britney: (glares)
Paul: (waves hand) "Sorry. Go on."
Britney: "So I have Alex turn on the sprinkler system, but he has to do it quiet, and then we have to get the lighting set up but subtle you know. So there I am in my white negligee jumping with the water hitting me and the cameras are trying to get it because I had this great idea for a video--"
Paul: "Britney. Sorry. Are we still talking about your kids?"
Britney: "Mama's gotta get paid, Paul!"

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