The intimate confines of psychotherapy sessions are seen from the perspective of a therapist and individual patients.
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- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes aired
- 130
- Latest aired
- S04E23
- Total runtime
- 2d 6h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 January 2008 – March 2008 43 episodes
- Season 2 April 2009 – May 2009 35 episodes
- Season 3 October 2010 – December 2010 28 episodes
- the show was away for 10 years and 5 months
- Season 4 May 2021 – June 2021 24 episodes
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S02E01 Mia - Week One
April 5 · 25min find the promo
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Paul answers the door at his new Brooklyn apartment to find Alex Sr., the father of the patient who died during a flight exercise last year, serving him with a law suit — he blames Paul for his son's death. When Paul shows up to discuss the case with his lawyer, he's surprised to discover Mia, a patient of his from 20 years ago
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S02E02 April - Week One
April 5 · 25min find the promo
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A 23-year-old architecture student, April spends much of her first session with Paul avoiding what it is she came to talk about. She discusses her recent break-up with a fellow student named Kyle,
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S02E03 Oliver - Week One
April 6 · 25min find the promo
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Sixth-grader Oliver sits with Paul in his office while they wait for Oliver's mother Bess to return from the deli and for his father Luke to arrive. Oliver suggests they play Black Jack to bide the time and chides Paul for not knowing the rules. When Oliver demands to know why he's there, Paul discovers that Oliver's parents haven't explained they're getting a divorce.
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S02E04 Walter - Week One
April 6 · 25min find the promo
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CEO Walter Barnett comes to see Paul at his wife Connie's insistence, complaining of insomnia. He is surprised that Paul doesn't know who he is, given that his company has been in the business pages a lot lately
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S02E05 Gina - Week One
April 6 · 25min find the promo
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Paul commutes down from New York to Maryland via Amtrak to see his kids for the weekend and pays a visit to Gina to suss out what she might say in a deposition for the malpractice suit against Paul. She assures him she doesn't see him as responsible for Alex's death but admits he didn't talk about him that much in their supervision until after he'd died.
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S02E06 Mia - Week Two
April 12 · 25min find the promo
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Mia has a session with Paul to apologize for her unprofessional behavior from the week before, acknowledging she intercepted his file when his attorney couldn't be there, in order to surprise and needle him. She reveals she's been having a year-long affair with her boss Bennet, who's married.
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S02E07 April - Week Two
April 12 · 25min find the promo
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April arrives at her session, furious. Her iPhone has died in the middle of a call and she asks Paul if she can use his phone. He resists, suggesting it's not the best use of her time and presses April for why she's so angry.
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S02E08 Oliver - Week Two
April 13 · 25min find the promo
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Oliver and Paul talk while Bess and Luke wait to be invited in. Oliver says he doesn't want to talk about school because all of his teachers hate him because he falls asleep all of the time. He insists his classes are boring, including Humanities where they are reading 'Lord of the Flies.' Oliver insists you don't need to crash on an island for kids to be mean.
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S02E09 Walter - Week Two
April 13 · 25min find the promo
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Paul's daughter Rosie visits him in Brooklyn, concerned about his law suit and that he is lonely living in New York.When Walter arrives for his session, he's convinced that Paul must have read about him by now
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S02E10 Gina - Week Two
April 13 · 25min find the promo
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Paul is unsure about continuing his therapy with Gina, but winds up bringing up a teen romance and how it relates to his mom's first suicide attempt.
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S02E11 Mia - Week Three
April 19 · 25min find the promo
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Paul answers the door at his new Brooklyn apartment to find Alex Sr., the father of the patient who died during a flight exercise last year, serving him with a law suit — he blames Paul for his son's death. When Paul shows up to discuss the case with his lawyer, he's surprised to discover Mia, a patient of his from 20 years ago.
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S02E12 April - Week Three
April 19 · 25min find the promo
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April calls Paul, asking to come to his office immediately. She was on her way to school to turn in a project — the architectural model for a World Trade Center memorial — and has been having trouble sleeping. "Between my anxiety and my lymphoma," she says, "it's just never a good time." She describes her exhaustion as the feeling of poison in her veins, like she wants to slit her wrists to get it out.
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S02E13 Oliver - Week Three
April 20 · 25min find the promo
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Bess swings by Paul's office to pick up the turtle that Oliver left behind. She explains that her son has been staying with Luke for the week, giving her some time to herself. Before leaving, she hands Paul some homemade cookies, thanking him for going "above and beyond" with the turtle. When the family arrives later for their session, Luke and Oliver talk about how much fun they had together, going to a Knicks game and hanging out at home.
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S02E14 Walter - Week Three
April 20 · 25min find the promo
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Walter arrives late for his session, having already postponed it by two hours. Shouting into his cell phone as he enters, he drops his suitcase and hands Paul his garment bag. Noting that Walter seems to be in the midst of a crisis, Paul suggests they reschedule, but Walter insists there won't be a better time later. He finally turns off his cell phone and Blackberry and gives Paul his attention.
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S02E15 Gina - Week Three
April 20 · 25min find the promo
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Gina explores Paul’s resentment over having to take care of his ailing father.
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S02E16 Mia - Week Four
April 26 · 25min find the promo
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Mia bursts into the Monday morning session, excitedly remembering all the lurid details of her weekend's wild debauchery. But Paul wants to concern themselves over her quite Sunday brunch with her father.
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S02E17 April - Week Four
April 26 · 25min find the promo
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April's health continues to be a concern for Paul, as she seems more concerned about her autistic brother's condition than her own.
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S02E18 Oliver - Week Four
April 27 · 25min find the promo
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As Bess readies for a well-needed vacation, she gushes over how well Oliver has done, but Paul is skeptical that her son could not have changed that quickly.
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S02E19 Walter - Week Four
April 27 · 25min find the promo
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Having to deal with the aftermath of his company's crisis, Walter looks back at the loyalty towards the family who owns it and the media's perception of him. Paul probes Walter's deeply rooted sense of guilt.
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S02E20 Gina - Week Four
April 27 · 25min find the promo
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Gina gives Paul some criticism for his constant complaints about what's missing from his life, and urges him to make peace with his bedridden father.
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S02E21 Mia - Week Five
May 3 · 25min find the promo
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Among the areas touched on for this session between Paul and Mia include a discussion about mortality, being alone and making up for lost time.
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S02E22 April - Week Five
May 3 · 25min find the promo
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Paul fixates on a comment April uttered about a close friend of his to explore her independent streak.
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S02E23 Oliver - Week Five
May 4 · 25min find the promo
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Oliver's dad is having some issues of his own, some of which are caused by Oliver's behaviour.
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S02E24 Walter - Week Five
May 4 · 25min find the promo
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Paul decides that from what he's learnt of Walter, he is more harmful to himself than others.
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S02E25 Gina - Week Five
May 4 · 25min find the promo
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Paul is told by Gina to return to some previous unknown answers about his father, whilst Alex Sr. has some news to tell them.
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S02E26 Mia - Week Six
May 17 · 25min find the promo
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In Mia's latest session, they look over some of the biggest issues that life throws at us.
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S02E27 April - Week Six
May 17 · 25min find the promo
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When April reveals something about one of her closest friends, Paul questions her ability to rely on other people.
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S02E28 Oliver - Week Six
May 18 · 25min find the promo
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Ignoring Paul's and Oliver's objections, Luke and Bess come up with a plan that will alter their family structure and dynamics.
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S02E29 Walter - Week Six
May 18 · 25min find the promo
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Paul tries to get Walter to embrace his vulnerable side.
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S02E30 Gina - Week Six
May 18 · 25min find the promo
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Gina and Paul clash when it's suggested that she's not personally invested in her patients.
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S02E31 Mia - Week Seven
May 24 · 25min find the promo
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Mia's plan doesn't work to trap Paul so she has to re-evaluate everything.
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S02E32 April - Week Seven
May 24 · 25min find the promo
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Paul is told some news by April which prompts him to ask her about her anger issues.
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S02E33 Oliver - Week Seven
May 25 · 25min find the promo
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Paul attempts to put Oliver's mind at ease, and his parents have had a hard week which they can now put behind them.
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S02E34 Walter - Week Seven
May 25 · 25min find the promo
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Walter wants to change himself so Paul comes up with a solution to stop Walter from falling back into his old ways.
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S02E35 Gina - Week Seven
May 25 · 25min find the promo
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Paul and Gina's relationship crosses paths which makes them think what they want to get out of it.