Significant Others - The Complete Series (2004) Review

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(More customer reviews)Seriously, this is the funniest frigging show I've seen come out in the last couple of years. Can't WAIT to get this DVD. The concept is totally original--it alternates between seeing these couples in their everyday lives, and seeing them in the therapist's office--except you the viewer are in the therapist's seat, because the couples are talking right into the camera. The improv is relentlessly brilliant--if you're a Gen-Xer or thereabouts, they nail the humor. For points of reference, I'm a huge fan of SNL and Family Guy.

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Significant Others is an innovative and irreverent comedy about couples in and outside of marriage counseling. On Bravo® for two seasons, these 12 episodes take an hilariously honest look at marriage and the rewards - and costs - that come with being in a committed relationship. More real than traditional comedies and more imaginative than reality shows, this series features a talented ensemble of improvisational actors and comedians who, quite literally, script themselves. Get to know James & Chelsea and Eleanor & Ethan and Bill & Connie and Alex & Devon. They’ll remind you of everyone you know.SIGNIFICANT OTHERS SEASON ONEThe First Time Commentary with Executive Producer Rob Roy Thomas and Co-Executive Producer Jordana Arkin (original air date 3/9/04) Series PremiereA Dad, An Affair & A Blind Date (original air date 3/9/04)Intercourse, An Official Gathering & A Big Fat Lie (original air date 3/16/04)A Breck, A Brother & A Funeral Commentary with Rob Roy Thomas and Jordana Arkin (original air date 3/23/04)A School, Not Cool & A Fool (original air date 3/30/04)The Right House, The Wrong Gender & A Turn (original air date 4/6/04) Season FinaleSIGNIFICANT OTHERS SEASON TWOA Date, Fate & Jail Bait (original air date 12/5/04) Crying, Lying & Still Trying Commentary with Rob Roy Thomas and Jordana Arkin (original air date 12/5/04)Rejection, A Connection & An Erection (original air date 12/12/04)An Ache, A Fake & Forgot To Brake Commentary with Rob Roy Thomas and Jordana Arkin (original air date 12/12/04)Related, Berated & Emasculated (original air date 12/19/04)Fright, Smite & Hindsight Commentary with Rob Roy Thomas and Jordana Arkin (original air date 12/19/04) Season Finale

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In Treatment: Season One (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a powerful, deeply moving, intelligent, emotionally nuanced series. It consisting of nothing more than psychotherapy sessions between a cast of reoccuring characters, this show fills an important niche missing from most television -- the richness, complexity, and heartbreak of the "emotional life."
Are you tired of seeing thin, carbon-copied and cliched characters in movies and television shows? Then this is the perfect series for you, because here the whole point is to explore the inner lives of the characters.
Does the the fact that this series focuses a great deal on the emotions of the characters mean that there is no "action?" Only if you define "action" as soley encompassing explosions or giant robot attacks.
To me, however, there was more action in this show than almost any other I've seen: there was the complexity of coming to terms with the guilt of death, of a disintergrating marriage, of children torn between parents, of unrequieted love, of the intense pressures to be successful, of professional jealousy, of the quiet desperation of everyday life, and the pain and bravery of those trying to take control of their lives.
The writing is really quite incredible. I was time and again rivited by the ways in which the story tellers captured and traced the emotionally raw and complex workings of the human heart- the tangled web which constitutes human relationships.
Some detractors have said they find the characters "annoying:" these characters strike me as "real," for, in life, people are themselves complex and full of paradoxes, at times annoying but at others deeply sympathetic. I came to be involved with all the characters, and, in the end, they all suprised me, up until the very last episode.
The acting is also superb. Gabriel Byrne (as the therapist "Paul") gives the performance of his lifetime, and Mia Wasikowska gives a star making performance as "Sophie," a troubled gymnast.
This is a show for people who find themselves interested in the human mind and heart, particularly, in the complex ways in which we become entangled with our fellow human beings, and often punish ourselves, lie to ourselves, and hide from our own inner truths. What is the thrill of an asteroid threatening to destroy the Earth compared to the everyday struggle with such things as love, guilt, and the fear of facing another day on this planet.
Truly, one of the great shows I have seen- original, thought provoking, powerfully acted, intelligently written, and as deep and as rich a portrait of the human soul as we're likely to ever get on television.

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HBO premieres the first of 43 episodes of In Treatment, a new half-hour drama series starring Gabriel Byrne, and adapted from an enormously popular Israeli series created by Hagai Levi (one of HBOs executive producers, along with Rodrigo Garcia, Steve Levinson and Mark Wahlberg). Set within the intimate confines of individual psychotherapy sessions with five sets of patients, the series centers around Paul (Byrne), a therapist who exhibits an insightful, confident demeanor when treating his patients, but displays a crippling insecurity while counseled by his own therapist, Gina (Dianne Wiest). Patients undergoing treatment with Paul include a young doctor (Melissa George) who has fallen in love with Paul, a Navy pilot (Blair Underwood) reevaluating his life after a failed mission in Iraq, a teenage gymnast (Mia Wasikowska) with suicidal tendencies, and a sexually passionate couple (Josh Charles and Embeth Davidtz) who are troubled in all other areas of their lives. In addition, Pauls wife Kate (Michelle Forbes) will be featured prominently this season.

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