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[ImNotLeesa]

HBO is launching a new series In Treatment on January 28th. The half-hour series stars Gabriel Byrne as a psychoanalyst in sessions with several different patients.

Its tagline on HBO.com is One Doctor, Five Sessions, Five Nights a Week.

HBO is airing the series 5 nights a week; each night features a session with a different patient. While normally I’d question that scheduling tactic, during this strike-hobbled winter, it might be a good move, giving viewers fresh scripted programming every weeknight. What does everyone else think?

Personally, I’m looking forward to checking out the series: Gabriel Byrne, Josh Charles, and Dianne Wiest will be interesting to watch.

[lynch]

I'm also looking forward to this series. The idea of airing 5 episodes that are essentially one-act plays every week is quite ambitious. Gabriel Byrne is one hell of an actor that never seems to get the roles he deserves so this show should be a great showcase for him since he's the only one who'll appear in every single episode. I'm also looking forward to seeing Michelle Forbes on this show.

[nme525]

I'm really looking forward to this. Although I'd probably watch anything Blair Underwood is in.

[Keely1116]

God, I've missed Josh Charles. I wonder if it will be necessary to check in every night to follow the overall plot or if it will be segmented by character/day.

[nme525]

I believe each day is a different character, so all Monday night episodes will deal with one, Tuesday night episodes with another, etc.

[SimoneS]

I'm so there. For years, I have had the biggest crush on Gabriel Byrne. He is an underrated actor who is handsome as well as talented.

[ImNotLeesa]

I'm with you on that SimoneS.

Keely, I think Josh Charles' segments air on Thursdays.

Alan Sepinwall's posted a review of the show ...here He seems to like it.

The reviews I've read have ranged from positive to meh - but everyone seems to praise the acting in the show.
Though 5 nights a week is a lot, between On Demand, HBO's rerun on Sundays and a DVD recorder, I think I'll be able to keep up (or at least, catch up when I fall behind)

I'm really looking forward to this tonight.


ETA: Turns out, On Demand has a section outside of HBO with Featured Picks from a couple of networks. In Treatment is one of the featured shows, and currently all of this week's episodes are available. So, if you have that service, you can do a mini-marathon of the show. I just caught episode 1, and now I'm off to watch the second episode. I'm impatient...what can I say.

This post has been edited by ImNotLeesa: Jan 28, 2008 @ 8:58 pm.

[SanLynn]

I spent some time on the weekend checking out the series preview and character studies OnDemand and this show looks fabulous to me. It's nice to have it airing the way it does and I have so missed Josh Charles. I also love Gabriel Byrne so that will help tremendously.

Looking forward to it!

This post has been edited by SanLynn: Jan 28, 2008 @ 10:13 pm.

[SimoneS]

Okay, that was wacky as hell. The chick, Laura comes off as mentally unstable or at least deluded. I guess, this is why she is in therapy in the first place. I'll keep watching because Gabriel still makes me swoon.

This post has been edited by SimoneS: Jan 28, 2008 @ 10:04 pm.

[Impresario]

Thank God there will be a half hour of scripted drama to watch every night! The pilot episode wasn't perfect (Wouldn't a therapist end a clients sessions if the patient made a pass at him?), but I did find it thoroughly enjoyable. GB is "the bomb" and the rest of the cast is impressive. Is this what TMYLM would look like with a good edit? This was much better than the president's speech!

[Fisher King]

I'll keep watching because Gabriel still makes me swoon.

He sure made Laura swoon in a major way.

I like GB, as well as Rodrigo Garcia, the creator. The music at the end felt a little Six Feet Underish. Looking forward to more episodes, characters and storylines. This one episode already tops TMYLM which was a total waste of time, IMO.

[iMissEthan]

I couldn't figure out why I didn't like Laura at first, but I wanted to smack her so badly. Then she cleaned off the raccoon eyes and I started focusing on her buck teeth and realized it was freakin' Melissa George without the blonde hair. My hate for her on Alias has transfered to other roles.

Maybe I won't watch Monday nights so I won't have to deal with her, but Gabriel Byrne is must see TV for me.

[Russ Mel]

Was it just me or was Melissa George's accent all over the place? I kept hearing Australian and British syllables creeping into pretty much every sentence. I admire Garcia's work a lot and kept wondering why the hell he didn't notice the accent issue. It was just so obvious to me, but maybe some of that is hatred transfer from the days of Lauren on Alias.

[iMissEthan]

Isn't Garcia from Colombia? I don't think we should expect him to be able to detect accent slips from American to UK or Aussie. I certainly wouldn't be able to tell if someone went from Puerto Rican Spanish to Dominican to Argentinian.

[maatkare]

Wow. I will give it the full week and meet everyone, but this sort of thing just isn't my bag. 2 1/2 hours a week of listening to someone else's icky problems? I guess it's too sophisticated for me. I'm not sure even I can hang around for Gabriel Byrne if this ep is any indication.