Scripted series · HBO
In Treatment
The time is yours.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gabriel Byrne
Dr. Paul Weston
106 eps
Uzo Aduba
Dr. Brooke Taylor
24 eps
Julia Campbell
Olivia
2 eps
Lauren Hodges
Natalie Barnett
2 eps
Peter Horton
Zach
1 eps
Jake Richardson
Ian Weston
1 eps
Chris Heuisler
Man
1 eps
Laila Robins
Tammy Meswick
4 eps
Keith Nobbs
Eli
1 eps
Amanda Axelrod
Melissa
1 eps
Max Burkholder
Max Weston
2 eps
Michelle Forbes
Kate Weston
14 eps
Glynn Turman
Alex Prince, Sr.
4 eps
Sherri Saum
Bess
6 eps
Alex Wolff
Max Weston
7 eps
Susan Misner
Wendy
2 eps
Sonya Walger
Julia
2 eps
Samrat Chakrabarti
Arun Sanyal
1 eps
Dendrie Taylor
Marisa
1 eps
Brian Shortall
Darren
1 eps
Patrick Cavanaugh
Pizza Delivery Guy
1 eps
Sonya Maddox
Michaela Prince
1 eps
Drew Matthews
Roy Prince
1 eps
David Norona
Daniel Alterio
1 eps
Lawrence LeJohn
Man at Funeral
1 eps
Mike Doyle
Bennett
1 eps
Michael Gargani
Henry
1 eps
Bruce-Robert Serafin
Train Passenger
1 eps
Russell Hornsby
Luke
6 eps
Shawna Christensen
Woman
1 eps
Blair Underwood
Alex Prince
9 eps
Mia Wasikowska
Sophie
9 eps
Josh Charles
Jake
8 eps
Embeth Davidtz
Amy
8 eps
Chad Gittens
Courier
1 eps
Madeline Zima
Karla
1 eps
Dianne Wiest
Dr. Gina Toll
16 eps
Hope Davis
Mia Nesky
7 eps
Alison Pill
April
7 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How In Treatment actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
In Treatment reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The intimate confines of psychotherapy sessions are seen from the perspective of a therapist and individual patients.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 130 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200843 episodes
7.8IMDbIn season one, therapist Dr. Paul Weston deals with five sets of patients, including an attractive woman with a crush on him, a scarred U.S. Air Force pilot, a suicidal teenage gymnast, and a couple on the verge of breaking up.
Best episode · S01E22 Alex - Week Five
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200935 episodes
8.1IMDbIn season two, Dr. Paul Weston has divorced his wife Kate and moved from Maryland to a brownstone in Brooklyn, NY. Paul begins to rebuild his practice with a group of intriguing new patients while continuing to wrestle with some of the demons he left behind. Meanwhile, he commutes back to Maryland every Friday to continue his own sessions with Dr. Gina Toll.
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201028 episodes
7.9IMDbIn season three, Dr. Paul Weston deals with several new emotional and physical challenges. Meanwhile, he begins treating three new patients while seeing a new therapist of his own.
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202124 episodes
5.5IMDbIn season four, Dr. Brooke Taylor helps a diverse trio of patients navigate a variety of modern concerns and issues such as the global pandemic and recent major social and cultural shifts – all while she deals with complications in her own personal life.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
Paul and Gina - Week One
Paul visits his therapist, Gina, after nearly a decade. Paul talks to Gina about the problems his marriage is facing and reveals his frustration with his own patients.
- Directed by Rodrigo García
S01E02
Alex - Week One
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.
- Directed by Rodrigo García
S01E03
Sophie - Week One
It's Sophie's first session with Paul and she's hoping to get his opinion on her emotional state following an accident. Sophie was hit by a car while riding her bike.
- Directed by Rodrigo García
S01E15
Paul and Gina - Week Three
Gina examines Paul's relationship to Laura.
- Directed by Rodrigo García
S01E04
Jake and Amy - Week One
Jake and Amy confront Paul for advice on whether Amy should have an abortion.
- Directed by Rodrigo García
S01E06
Laura - Week Two
Paul is surprised when Laura makes a revelation regarding her boyfriend.
- Directed by Rodrigo García
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S04E23
Laila - Week 6
- Directed by Jessica Yu
- Written by Jackie Sibblies Drury
S04E19
Laila - Week 5
- Directed by Karyn Kusama
- Written by Jackie Sibblies Drury
S04E20
Brooke - Week 5
- Directed by Karyn Kusama
- Written by Jennifer Schuur
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Rodrigo García
Showrunner
Mark Wahlberg
Executive producer
Melissa Bernstein
Executive producer
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Jennifer Schuur
Executive producer
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Warren Leight
Executive producer
Paris Barclay
Executive producer
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Stephen Levinson
Executive producer
Hagai Levi
Executive producer
Julian Farino
Executive producer
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Joshua Allen
Executive producer
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Chris Gabo
Writer
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Adam Rapp
Writer
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Anya Epstein
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Bryan Goluboff
Writer
Amy Lippman
Writer
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Jackie Sibblies Drury
Writer
Zack Whedon
Writer
Alison Tatlock
Writer
Dan Futterman
Writer
Sarah Treem
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Mark WahlbergExecutive Producer
- Rodrigo GarcíaExecutive Producer
- Sarah LumProducer
- Melissa BernsteinExecutive Producer
- Jennifer SchuurExecutive Producer
- Leonard TorganProducer
Writing
- Chris GaboWriter
- Adam RappWriter
- Jennifer SchuurWriter
- Anya EpsteinWriter
- Bryan GoluboffWriter
- Amy LippmanWriter
Direction
- Courtney HuntDirector
- Rodrigo GarcíaDirector
- Patricia RozemaDirector
- Jessica YuDirector
- Jean de SegonzacDirector
- Michael PressmanDirector
Cinematography
- Mauricio RubinsteinDirector of Photography
- Steven R. MathisDirector of Photography
- Xavier GrobetDirector of Photography
- Fred MurphyDirector of Photography
- Steven FierbergDirector of Photography
- Anne EtheridgeDirector of Photography
Music
- Richard MarvinOriginal Music Composer
- Devonté HynesOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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