In Treatment
Season 3
28 listed hours · 2008–2010 · HBO
From the desk
How this season is filed
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.
TV Flash files Season 3 of In Treatment (2008–2010) on HBO as a mid listed season (3; 3 of 4) — 28 listed hours, 2010-10-25–2010-12-07 from “Sunil: Week One” (S03E01) to “Adele: Week Seven” (S03E28). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S03E01 Sunil: Week One
Sunil: Week One launches year three with a new name on the slate — chamber drama as anthology-inside-a-series, the shrink still the constant.
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S03E01 Sunil: Week One
In the Season Three premiere, a retired math professor from Bengal reluctantly visits Paul to discuss the death of his wife six months earlier.
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S03E02 Frances: Week One
A well-known stage and screen actress begins therapy to uncover the reasons why she is "blanking out" during rehearsals for a new play.
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S03E03 Jesse: Week One
A 16-year-old homosexual and aspiring photographer talks to Paul about his troubling "pattern of promiscuity," and more.
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S03E04 Adele: Week One
In order to get a new prescription for sleeping pills, an exhausted Paul visits a young, serious and intelligent therapist named Adele.
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S03E05 Sunil: Week Two
Sunil opens up to Paul about his arranged marriage in India--and his frustrations living with Arun's family in New York.
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S03E06 Frances: Week Two
Frances tells Paul about her frustrations at work, her alienation from daughter Izzy, and her fears about her health.
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S03E07 Jesse: Week Two
Paul addresses Jesse's reluctance to get in touch with his long-lost birth mother.
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S03E08 Adele: Week Two
Paul tells Adele he feels betrayed by Gina, and worries about the impact his potential illness will have on his children.
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S03E09 Sunil: Week Three
Recounting his first impressions of Julia, Sunil becomes defensive when Paul suggests he may be jealous of Arun's choices.
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S03E10 Frances: Week Three
A discussion about Frances' fractured relationship with Patricia turns into an indictment of their late mother.
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S03E11 Jesse: Week Three
Paul tries to generate a dialogue between Jesse and his mother Marisa, who has joined him at the session.
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S03E12 Adele: Week Three
Paul explores his fears of losing Max to a stepfather.
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S03E13 Sunil: Week Four
Sunil finds haunting similarities between his son's relationship with Julia and his own affair years ago.
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S03E14 Frances: Week Four
Paul tries to assuage Frances' feelings of self-loathing in the wake of some painful family memories.
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S03E15 Jesse: Week Four
Paul breaks through with Jesse about his desire to connect with his birth parents.
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S03E16 Adele: Week Four
Adele gets Paul to open up about his lack of passion.
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S03E17 Sunil: Week Five
Unsettled by Julia's relationship with an author, Sunil worries Paul with his vivid account of a recent violent dream.
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S03E18 Frances: Week Five
Exploring Frances' feelings of panic, Paul is accused of being overly sympathetic to her sister Tricia's plight.
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S03E19 Jesse: Week Five
Paul is vexed to learn that Jesse sabotaged a meeting with his biological parents.
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S03E20 Adele: Week Five
Adele confronts Paul about his growing obsession with an "impossible" relationship.
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S03E21 Sunil: Week Six
Paul is increasingly concerned over Sunil's erratic behavior at home.
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S03E22 Frances: Week Six
With her sister's condition worsening, Frances turns to Paul to cope with her mounting anxieties.
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S03E23 Jesse: Week Six
Jesse despairs being abandoned by his parents, despite Paul's assurances.
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S03E24 Adele: Week Six
Adele links Paul's frustrations to his inability to make decisions.
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S03E25 Sunil: Week Seven
Paul is blindsided by a revelation regarding Sunil's therapy.
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S03E26 Frances: Week Seven
Frances struggles with the prospect of losing Tricia.
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S03E27 Jesse: Week Seven
Paul tries to get Jesse to open up about a recent transgression and his relationship with his father Roberto.
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S03E28 Adele: Week Seven
Season Three Finale. Blaming Adele for his recent setbacks with patients, Paul contemplates the future of his therapy, and his practice.
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