“I think that was a mistake coming here nowadays.” - Paul Weston

Now that is what I was waiting for. certain, it was still essentially a one therapy session in real duration for thirty minutes, but it was Gabriel Byrne on the patient side and the always brilliant Dianne Wiest as his therapist Gina. Only it’s been nearly ten years since he’s seen her due to some kind of not good history, and their professional relationship was more complicated than simply patient/therapist. So out of the blue he called her and she agreed to see him, but was he wanting to see her as a friend, a colleague, a therapist?

Gina had no concept what Paul wanted, and I don’t think Paul did either.

As I expected, the Friday episodes will be the fulcrum on which the entire series balances, and whether that episode is any indication, I officially think the series is going to be amazing. So much of the history of these two characters and the naughty blood was hinted at, but thank god we weren’t spoon fed info through awkward dialogue, and the acting on both sides to capture all those buried feelings bubbling approach the surface was stellar.

Continue reading In Treatment: Paul and Gina-Week One

Original post by Jason Hughes