In Treatment
HBO | Release Date: January 28, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 82 Critic Reviews
Positive:
70
Mixed:
10
Negative:
2
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iEmily BakerDec 3, 2021
Season 4 Review: All the talking can be a little tiresome for the viewer, too: the show is intense, and the endless conversation – without action – demands great attention. With weaker actors leading the tête-à-tête, I fear listening to these strangers’ problems might grow rather dull. Given the subject, In Treatment felt a little on the nose. Read full review
60
The GuardianLucy ManganJul 19, 2021
Season 4 Review: If the whole show doesn’t add up to more than the sum of its parts, it is a lot of parts and Aduba holds them all together and makes them work. It’s worth booking your hours in again. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMay 21, 2021
Season 4 Review: I'd probably enjoy In Treatment more if it focused on a single case. (Anthony Ramos and Quintessa Swindell are very good as her younger clients, but their situations lack Colin's urgency) Brooke's own backstory and neuroses veer more toward soap opera. [24 May - 6 Jun 2021, p.9]
60
SalonHeather HavrileskyOct 25, 2010
Season 3 Review: As entertaining as In Treatment can be at times, the third season may be the most grueling of them all. It's tough to see how any of these characters will find anything remotely resembling a sense of happiness before the season is over. Unfortunately, this season may also be the most simplistic so far. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: In Treatment is fascinating TV, but it's not a pleasant experience. Watching these therapy sessions is akin to eating your TV broccoli. Read full review
50
Vanity FairCassie da CostaMay 26, 2021
Season 4 Review: The show’s fourth season doesn’t offer us a salve for this phenomenon [how central therapy has become to our culture]; it, too, is more interested in the performance of therapy than the science of it. Read full review
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VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: In Treatment's intensity does build as the weeks progress, but it's never completely absorbing, and you wonder how many viewers will commit to such a demanding regimen even with multiple plays to catch up on missed half-hours. Read full review
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USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Even at its sporadic best, In Treatment comes across as no more than an actor's exercise, one likely to be best remembered for providing future acting students with a large supply of two-character scenes for class projects. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: The gimmick's in the scheduling of this tediously claustrophobic though sometimes searing half-hour drama, set almost entirely in a psychotherapist's office. Read full review
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The New YorkerNancy Franklin
Season 1 Review: In Treatment, while offering viewers a seemingly intimate look at this process, doesn't capture the emotional mise en scène: the characters on the show have all too easy a time expressing themselves, and the element of suspense is mostly absent. Read full review
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