{"id":256918,"date":"2021-05-23T18:16:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T15:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/in-treatment-is-back-and-in-top-form-with-uzo-aduba\/"},"modified":"2021-05-23T18:16:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T15:16:27","slug":"in-treatment-is-back-and-in-top-form-with-uzo-aduba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-treatment-is-back-and-in-top-form-with-uzo-aduba\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;In Treatment&#8217; is Back and in Top Form with Uzo Aduba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;In Treatment&#8217; is Back and in Top Form with Uzo Aduba<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to\u00a0Previously On, a column that gives you the rundown on the latest TV. This week,\u00a0Valerie Ettenhofer reviews the revival season of the HBO drama <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> In Treatment.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Ever since Tony Soprano first walked into Dr. Melfi\u2019s office, it\u2019s been obvious that therapy makes for good TV drama. In the decades since <em>The Sopranos<\/em> first hit the airwaves, we\u2019ve seen all manner of small screen therapists, from the genuinely helpful to the truly deranged. But no show has focused as squarely on the practice of talk therapy as HBO\u2019s <strong><em>In Treatment<\/em><\/strong>. The innovative series takes place almost entirely in real-time fictional therapy sessions and airs multiple episodes per week to mimic a therapist\u2019s real work schedule. After more than ten years off the air, the series is back, and it\u2019s the rare revival that makes itself not only essential but possibly even superior to the original.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uzo Aduba<\/strong> leads the fourth season of <em>In Treatment<\/em> as Brooke, a Los Angeles-based therapist who is seeing patients in her home and via video calls during COVID. Viewers who haven\u2019t seen the past seasons of the series needn\u2019t worry about jumping in blind; <strong>Gabriel Byrne<\/strong>\u2019s Paul Weston, the series\u2019 original lead, is little more than a thin connective thread to the latest iteration. Viewers get up close and personal with three of Brooke\u2019s new clients: Eladio (<strong>Anthony Ramos<\/strong>) is a possibly bipolar, insomniac home health aid; Colin (<strong>John Benjamin Hickey<\/strong>) is a wealthy, quick-tempered businessman whose recent release from prison depends on his psych writeup; and Laila (<strong>Quintessa Swindell<\/strong>) is a Black, queer, teenaged dreamer who is dragged to therapy by her intimidatingly traditional grandmother. Each week ends with a fourth episode, in which Brooke unpacks her own considerable baggage with an old friend, Rita (<strong>Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas<\/strong>), and a lover, Adam (<strong>Joel Kinnaman<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><em>In Treatment<\/em> has always been an actor\u2019s showcase, and Season 4 is no exception. Aduba\u2019s performance as Brooke is a layered challenge for the Emmy-winning actress, one she rises to meet with ease. In the sessions, Brooke can go from likable and good-humored to boundary-pushing in an instant. As with most fictional therapists, she often plays fast and loose with therapeutic best practices \u2014 if the season has a weak spot, it\u2019s an occasional, soapy lack of realism during sessions \u2014 but she\u2019s also thrillingly tactical, countering every questionable move with a bout of radical honesty that keeps her clients coming back.<\/p>\n<p>Shows like <em>In Treatment<\/em> put audiences\u2019 attention at risk by cycling through focal point characters (i.e. the weaker early episodes of <em>Lost<\/em>) but this season, there\u2019s not a dull patient in the bunch. Ramos\u2019 performance as Eladio, a man who feels deeply and is wounded easily, is both magnetic and enigmatic. Meanwhile, non-binary actor Swindell joins the ranks of then-up-and-comers like Season 1\u2019s Mia Wasikowska and Season 3\u2019s Dane DeHaan, young performers who steadily reveal their star power when given time in the series\u2019 focused, slow-burn spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Hickey is the season\u2019s firecracker, playing one of the show\u2019s trickiest, most impressively nuanced characterizations to date. Colin is a self-pitying narcissist, the kind of privileged white guy who feels suffocated by the idea that other people might be offended by the offensive things he loves to say. As a disgraced public figure, he\u2019s hyper-aware of his place in the discourse, and bristles against the world\u2019s \u2014 and Brooke\u2019s \u2014 judgment. When the men who massively screw up deliver a public apology saying they\u2019ll be taking time away from the public eye to \u201clisten and learn,\u201d where do they go? It\u2019s not something most of us have to think about, but <em>In Treatment<\/em> shows us the obvious answer: they go to therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Hickey\u2019s performance is utterly compelling. It\u2019s impossible to tell whether Colin is about to scream, cry, or come onto Brooke, and when he does pick a move, it\u2019s almost as impossible to tell if it\u2019s genuine. In yet another structurally unique element, each of <em>In Treatment<\/em>\u2019s character arcs features a different credited writer. <strong>Zack Whedon<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ed Colin\u2019s episodes, which often evolve into ferocious t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates or surprising admissions, with a whip-smart sense of dialogue and a refreshing level of consideration for a subject that has long since lost its nuance in public conversation.<\/p>\n<p>The new season of<em> In Treatment<\/em> isn\u2019t just good drama, it\u2019s also TV at its smartest. Sure, some of the characters make foolish decisions, but the show itself is written in a rare way that engages the intellect, challenging viewers to immerse themselves in the ever-more-complicated perspectives of Brooke\u2019s patients. It would\u2019ve been easy for <em>In Treatment<\/em> to focus its narrative on changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> that have impacted the world this past decade, but instead, it\u2019s the antithesis of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, doing the hard work of imagining humans as multi-faceted and contradictory \u2014 loveable, one minute, and appalling the next.<\/p>\n<p>Brooke is the perfect character to navigate us on this journey. As a well-off but troubled Black American woman, she clearly code-switches between patients, highlighting and de-emphasizing parts of her identity as needed in order to feel safe and gain trust. The series also weaves in major cultural moments like the coronavirus pandemic and the murder of George Floyd with a near-effortlessness that other series could take notes on.<\/p>\n<p><em>In Treatment<\/em>\u2018s fourth season\u00a0is a one-of-a-kind experience, clever and entertaining and both structurally and narratively daring. Like real-life therapy, it\u2019s messy, challenging, and absolutely worth your time.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Season 4 of <em>In Treatment<\/em> premieres on HBO and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/page\/urn:hbo:page:GVU2cJww-hI7DwvwIAT5u:type:series\">on HBO Max<\/a> on May 23rd.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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