tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post3657460113082025674..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: In Treatment: The end of Season Two: Walter Signs on and Paul Signs OffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-65526288687400700772009-05-28T23:36:05.979-04:002009-05-28T23:36:05.979-04:00Anon: thank you, you may be the first person ever ...Anon: thank you, you may be the first person ever to say "You are right..." Okay, I'm kidding, I liked it.<br /><br />jstrong-- good points. I agree that Walter may want a better relationship with his sons (people in emotional moments say all sorts of things)...it was just the concept of Paul shoving an agenda on Walter that bothered me.<br /><br />Anon #2: hmmm, I think I talk about as much as Paul when I'm seeing patients, which is about a quarter as much as I talk in the rest of my relationships....I didn't even notice that he talks a lot.<br /><br />--Dinah (too lazy to sign in to blogger)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-61714287864490880702009-05-28T15:05:10.882-04:002009-05-28T15:05:10.882-04:00Hi Dinah--
I've gobbled up your weekly recitati...Hi Dinah--<br /> I've gobbled up your weekly recitations of the goings-on in In Treatment. I wasn't sure a therapist would find the show as compelling as I have. Maybe I underestimated how interested even therapists would be in peering in on this most intimate process when practiced by others. (Maybe like watching other people have sex before pornography became ubiquitous.)<br /> I do wonder what your views are on Paul's level of input--his talking. I recognize that for dramatic purposes, he must give voice to some interpretations a real therapist might only think, or might nudge a patient toward with questions. But he does talk a LOT more than, say, I'm used to.<br /> I too am enchanted with his accent, so I like listening to him. But does he tell patients too much--not just about himself, but about the conclusions he's drawn about their motives, etc?<br /> Thanks. Your blog is terrific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-90315873991280105592009-05-28T04:51:54.907-04:002009-05-28T04:51:54.907-04:00A couple of things:
First, this felt like a serie...A couple of things:<br /><br />First, this felt like a series finale, not just a season finale, especially with the resolution to the question of whether malpractice suit would go to trial or not. I could be wrong (and I hope I am because I like the show) and they could be deciding to move in a different direction (away from the Laura/Alex thing) in the next season, but I worry that along with his decision to leave therapy with Gina, there is a little too much resolution going on in this episode. They didn't leave much in the way of cliffhangers to bring people back for next season-- although, wouldn't it be nice if a TV show finally didn't manipulate us all in that way?<br /><br />Second, and this is a minor point, I didn't get the impression that Walter didn't want a better relationship with his sons. I took his words to mean that he was worried that it was too late.jstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05207186156868510333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-36270344485880875612009-05-28T02:06:30.143-04:002009-05-28T02:06:30.143-04:00Considering this is written by script writers and ...Considering this is written by script writers and not by a psychotherapist it's amazing that they are getting as close to "real" as they are.<br /><br />You are right in your comments. My only experience is from the patient side, but my psychotherapist is supportive of things I have done in the past even if I don't feel as whole-heartedly OK about those things. Also he supports me in a positive way in my current life. I never feel he's trying to get me to ditch the whole thing and start over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com