Asklemmy @lemmy.ml cheese_greater @lemmy.world 11 mo. ago

What shows have extended therapy arcs?

That is, which shows heavily involve therapy and sitting in and getting to watch characters recieve therapy in a therapists office/room. Maybe on a divan but not necessary.

Please post an outlet where it can be usually streamed (Streaming service)

I just discovered

Billions (Showtime)

The Sopranos (HBO)

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Oh I just remembered! Mr.robot focuses on therapy a lot just like sopranos. The first season is its weakest and starts as a homage to hacking thrillers but after that delves Into deep psychological issues and mysteries. Very good thriller just have to get past initial hacking homage episodes
- Yeah it's more than just an arc in Mr. Robot, it's an important part of pretty much the whole show
- Came here with this show in mind. Would recommend.
Lucifer
- Tom Ellis in that role... In those clothes... out of those clothes... just the way he carried that role...
  Made me realize the wife and I have similar tastes with regards to men.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend does but not at the start, the therapy is a minor point in S1 but becomes bigger further down the line.
Monk (Amazon)
Shrinking. On Apple TV. Done by the same people that made Ted Lasso.
- This show is pretty good. I really loved it!
- Will check out :)
Ted Lasso on Apple TV
- Like, the couple's therapy or is there something else?
  
  The second season has a very good therapy arc. Extends into the third season, somewhat. Though there are some…frustrating components in the third season. But overall it’s very good and worth it.
In treatment with Gabriel Byrne is literally about a therapist and the patients he treats.
- Where stream?
  
  HBO
After Life with Rick Gervais. But the therapist isn’t a good one 🤓
Dr. Katz Professional Therapist
- Love this one. Such a clever schtick (build around comedian's sets)
House, MD (Prime) had a season that focused on it.

Hannibal (Prime) is cat and mouse between an FBI profiler and his therapist.
Star Trek: Discovery has some, it's not usually a major plot point, but it's present.

Edit: How to watch: Borrow DVDs from the library. Free, ad free, and legal.
- rips DVDs before returning
A good few episodes in dexter focuses on therapy a lot.
Shrinking (Apple TV) has so much of this
“Michael Tuesdays and Thursdays” was funny, but also had some layers to it; a very complicated patient and his therapist, who is writing a book about his care - so not always totally objective, as he has something to gain. And then that therapist also sees a therapist (played by the late, great Ed Asner) who seems to be going senile.

It’s funny, sometimes sad, sometimes very sweet, with a good cast.
Anger Management
- Charliee Sheen?
Season 5 of Suits has therapy as a big theme.
Hannibal
Evil
- ...
The Bright Sessions is a podcast, not a show, but it was super interesting, told from a fictional therapist's point of view. The therapist helps people with superhuman abilities/curses (and depression, anxiety, etc.) learn how to manage their atypical lives. There's more drama and time travel too but I forgot.

I listened on Google Podcasts.
- Subscribed!
  
  Try not to use like Apple/Google podcasts, consider PocketCasts or some FOSS podcast app thats portable
  
  Yeah, I've deleted it now in favor of AntennaPod, but I've also stopped listening to podcasts (no particular reason), so I haven't actually used AntennaPod much.
Stutz on Netflix is a great watch
- Amazing, redeemeed himself from SuperBad (which was great in its ownway)
Never Have I Ever (highschool coming of age show, therapy focuses on those issues). I believe it's on Netflix

Atlanta has a short but decent therapy arc in the last season
The patient, with Steve Carell, amazing show, just one season though.
- Thanks the hell for that :)
Awake
Like 90% of "The Patient" is psychotherapy. The rest is plotting to escape a serial killer.
Freud (Netflix)
Well, Hannibal, but that might not be what you're looking for.

I also think the Sunny episode "the gang gets analyzed" happens to be incredibly funny, but that definitely isn't what you're looking for.
Gonna go out on a limb and suggest you might want to just find yourself an actual therapist because this is a massively unhinged request regardless of what you’re trying to accomplish.
- A sweeping statement to make when you don't know why OP is asking this.
  
  Maybe they really enjoy watching the subtle conversational interplay of those therapy segments in shows, same way people might enjoy shows about the legal profession or politics.
  
  Maybe they are writing a book and want to get some inspiration for how to structure their scenes.
  
  Nothing unhinged about any of that.
  
  Thanks for the hand 😇And don't worry ~~schizo~~ top-level commenter, I have access to all the paid/private therapy I can eat 😉 Chomp!

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