I squealed with delight upon learning that I'll have the pleasure of more therapy sessions with Dr. Paul Weston. In other words, HBO has renewed the half-hour drama In Treatment for a second season. Is it bad that I'm overly excited by this news? Clearly, I need to get out more. But the soulful doctor, played by the even-more-soulful Gabriel Byrne, has got the art of listening down to a science. He can be my therapist any day.
Based on the Israeli series Betipul, the show follows the psychoanalyst through his week in a real-time scenario. From Monday through Thursday, we get to eavesdrop on sessions with each of his patients. On Friday, Paul meets with his own therapist, Dr. Gina Toll, played by the always wonderful Dianne Wiest. It's a fascinating look into the minds of both patients and therapists.
The second season of In Treatment will feature a whole new set of clients for Paul, and I can't wait to see who they are. HBO is also moving production of the show from Los Angeles to New York. Production on the new season is scheduled to start in the fall for a 2009 premiere.
Executive producer Warren Leight, who recently inked a deal with HBO, will helm the season, along with Rodrigo Garcia, Hagai Levi, Stephen Levinson, and Mark Wahlberg.
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6-21-2008 @ 12:21PM
Judy said...
That is exciting news! I will be so happy to see both of these two excellent actors return. I was so unhappy to see the very talented Diane Wiest get ignominiously booted from Law & Order. I hadn't seen Gabriel Byrne before "In Treatment," but he is certainly one of my favorites now.
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6-21-2008 @ 1:24PM
Malren said...
I'm thrilled by this news. Byrne was amazing and complex as Paul, and the show eventually made me care about each patient. Even the couple, who I was alternately disliking and bored with until about halfway through.
Good show, great writing, and Byrne deserves a lot of the credit for bringing depth to the character.
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6-21-2008 @ 8:44PM
Travis Bell said...
I'm only 9 episodes in but I can already tell this is going to be one of my favourite dramas. I am really enjoying this show and feel as though I finally have another HBO show to sink my teeth into. Nothing has really grabbed me since Six Feet Under and Carnivale left the shop.
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6-22-2008 @ 5:22PM
Will said...
Yay! This show got really good about 3 weeks in. The character I didn't like at the beginning grew on my.
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7-27-2008 @ 4:51PM
Susan said...
I am so happy to see this show return. I loved every episode and thought Gabriel Byrne was absolutely fantastic playing the part of Dr. Paul. My favorite patient had to be Sophie.......that actress actually has an Australian accent if you ever see her outside of the show. She, along with Gabriel should get Emmy's!!!
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