Season 2 opens with a surprise subpoena bringing Paul back into the life of a former patient and current malpractice lawyer named Mia. Later, Paul is alarmed to learn that his new patient April, an architecture student, harbors a life-threatening secret she refuses to share with her parents.
"In Treatment" initially felt like a voyeuristic exercise for the everyone's-got-a-shrink crowd in Manhattan and Beverly Hills, only to veer into melodrama. Now it's a genuine addiction.
The drama of "In Treatment" doesn't just revolve around whether the patients will make breakthroughs and uncover difficult emotional truths, though those moments can be moving.
It is slow, and it requires work and careful observation, but when it achieves its breakthroughs, the effects can be as extraordinary and dynamic as any other drama on television.
