In Treatment
Alex - Week One
TV Flash files “Alex - Week One” as hour 2 of 130 in the TV Flash guide — In Treatment (2008–2010) on HBO, season 1, episode 2, aired 2008-01-29, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 130 in the In Treatment guide, hour 2 of 43 in season 1. It aired 2008-01-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Laura - Week One” (S01E01). Next is “Sophie - Week One” (S01E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Alex is a navy pilot who entered therapy due to a mission that went awry in Iraq. Alex talks to Paul about his service in Iraq and a heart attack he suffered while exercising.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Alex - Week One sit in the In Treatment guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 130 — hour 2 of 43 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did In Treatment S01E02 air?
Alex - Week One aired 2008-01-29 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I binge In Treatment like other HBO dramas?
It originally aired multiple nights per week: a patient a night, then the therapist's own session. The rhythm is the form — conversation as plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Therapy as the entire set: Gabriel Byrne's shrink, a patient a night, then his own session. In Treatment, adapted from BeTipul, is HBO chamber drama — conversation as plot, silence as twist, a production rhythm that asked actors to carry prime time with two chairs.
Once upon a network night, conversation was something you cut away from. HBO, in 2008, did the opposite: two chairs, a patient a night, then the shrink's own session, originally airing multiple nights per week like a serial from a more patient century. In Treatment, adapted from the Israeli BeTipul (Hagai Levi; Rodrigo Garcia among the U.S. voices), asked Gabriel Byrne's Paul Weston to carry prime time with talk. Dianne Wiest as Gina, Michelle Forbes, Melissa George, Blair Underwood, Mia Wasikowska. Therapy as…
Filed against
- Gabriel Byrne as Paul Weston
Gabriel Byrne sat the whole set as Paul Weston on In Treatment — a patient a night, then his own session, HBO chamber drama adapted from BeTipul. Conversation as plot, silence as twist, two chairs asked to carry prime time. TV Flash files…
- Dianne Wiest as Gina Toll
Dianne Wiest’s Gina Toll made In Treatment a session that could bruise the shrink — Gabriel Byrne’s therapist, a patient a night, then his own hour, HBO chamber drama adapted from BeTipul. Conversation as plot, silence as twist. TV Flash…
- Michelle Forbes as Kate Weston
Michelle Forbes’s Kate Weston took In Treatment’s two-chair dare as adult weather — HBO chamber drama, Gabriel Byrne’s shrink, a patient a night, silence as twist. 2000s production rhythm that asked actors to carry prime time without a…
- Melissa George as Laura
Melissa George’s Laura sat across from Gabriel Byrne on In Treatment and made two chairs feel like prime time — HBO chamber drama, a patient a night, silence as twist. Adapted from BeTipul, conversation as the entire set. TV Flash files…
- Blair Underwood as Alex
Blair Underwood’s Alex filled In Treatment’s two chairs as HBO chamber drama — Gabriel Byrne’s shrink, a patient a night, then his own session, adapted from BeTipul, conversation as plot, silence as twist, a production rhythm that asked…
- Mia Wasikowska as Sophie
Mia Wasikowska’s Sophie sat the two-chair dare on In Treatment — HBO chamber drama, a patient a night, Gabriel Byrne’s shrink, silence as twist. 2000s production rhythm that asked actors to carry prime time without a hallway. TV Flash…