In Treatment
Season 3
2010 • 28 Episodes
In season three, Dr. Paul Weston deals with several new emotional and physical challenges. Meanwhile, he begins treating three new patients while seeing a new therapist of his own.
Episodes
1. Sunil: Week One
October 25, 2010
A retired math professor from Bengal, Sunil, accompanied by his son Arun and daughter-in-law Julia, reluctantly visit Paul to discuss the death of Sunil's wife six months earlier, his subsequent displacement to the U.S., and the recent tensions he's experienced while living with his son's family.
2. Frances: Week One
October 25, 2010
A well-known stage and screen actress, whose sister was treated by Paul 18 years earlier, begins therapy to uncover the reasons why she is "blanking out" during rehearsals for a new play.
3. Jesse: Week One
October 26, 2010
A 16-year-old homosexual, who has been seeing Paul for some time after being caught peddling prescription drugs to classmates, talks about his troubling "pattern of promiscuity," his unsettled family life with adopted parents and a recent alarming voicemail.
4. Adele: Week One
October 26, 2010
In order to get a new prescription for sleeping pills, an exhausted Paul visits a young, serious and intelligent therapist, and is compelled to confront deep-rooted fears about his health, his divorce, his patients, and his all-encompassing relationship with former therapist Gina Toll.
5. Sunil: Week Two
November 1, 2010
Sunil confronts his inability to voice his frustrations as he recalls the first time he and his wife met their future daughter-in-law in Calcutta.
6. Frances: Week Two
November 1, 2010
Frances struggles to remember what distracts her during rehearsals, and she gets defensive when Paul mentions in passing that he spoke to her sister about her illness. Meanwhile, Paul sees a neurologist to be tested for Parkinson's.
7. Jesse: Week Two
November 2, 2010
Jesse talks about his application to a prestigious arts program at the Rhode Island School of Design.
8. Adele: Week Two
November 2, 2010
Paul discusses Gina's book with Adele and vents about a particularly loathsome character he's certain is based on him.
9. Sunil: Week Three
November 8, 2010
Sunil makes tea as he describes his first wedding anniversary since his wife's death.
10. Frances: Week Three
November 8, 2010
Frances recalls her sister's one and only foray into acting in a college production, and discusses her mother's beauty before and after she became ill.
11. Jesse: Week Three
November 9, 2010
Jesse is accompanied by his mother, but the strain of their relationship makes any kind of discussion difficult.
12. Adele: Week Three
November 9, 2010
Paul complains of headaches the morning after taking Max to a concert to see Animal Collective, and is despondent while revealing what his son found on his computer.
13. Sunil: Week Four
November 15, 2010
Sunil is unnerved by parallels between Arun and Julia's marriage and a romance from his youth.
14. Frances: Week Four
November 15, 2010
Painful family memories take a toll on Frances' self-esteem.
15. Jesse: Week Four
November 16, 2010
Paul helps Jesse see a new path to meeting his birth parents.
16. Adele: Week Four
November 16, 2010
Adele tries to get Paul to talk about his lack of passion.
17. Sunil: Week Five
November 22, 2010
Sunil's suspicions about Julia having an affair continue to rise.
18. Frances: Week Five
November 22, 2010
Frances goes over her Breast Cancer test results with Paul.
19. Jesse: Week Five
November 23, 2010
Jesse shows up unexpectedly the night before his session.
20. Adele: Week Five
November 23, 2010
Adele tries to get Paul to acknowledge his preoccupation with a troubled relationship.
21. Sunil: Week Six
November 29, 2010
Paul is alarmed by Sunil's unpredictable behavior at home.
22. Frances: Week Six
November 29, 2010
Frances leans on Paul for support as her sister's health deteriorates.
23. Jesse: Week Six
November 30, 2010
Jesse shrugs off Paul's optimism that his parents won't abandon him when he needs them most.
24. Adele: Week Six
November 30, 2010
Adele sees Paul's chronic indecisiveness as a source of his discontent.
25. Frances: Week Seven
December 6, 2010
Frances struggles with the prospect of losing her sister Tricia.
26. Sunil: Week Seven
December 6, 2010
Paul is blindsided by a revelation regarding Sunil's therapy.
27. Jesse: Week Seven
December 7, 2010
Paul tries to get Jesse to open up about a recent transgression and his relationship with his father Roberto.
28. Adele: Week Seven
December 7, 2010
Blaming Adele for his recent setbacks with patients, Paul contemplates the future of his therapy, and his practice.