In Treatment Season 3, Episode 18: Frances - Week Five

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Sunil - Week One

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.

25 min

2

Frances - Week One

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.

25 min

3

Jesse - Week One

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.

25 min

4

Adele - Week One

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.

25 min

5

Sunil - Week Two

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.

25 min

6

Frances - Week Two

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.

25 min

7

Jesse - Week Two

Jesse talks about his application to a prestigious arts program at the Rhode Island School of Design.

25 min

8

Adele - Week Two

Paul discusses Gina's book with Adele and vents about a particularly loathsome character he's certain is based on him.

25 min

9

Sunil - Week Three

Sunil makes tea as he describes his first wedding anniversary since his wife's death.

25 min

10

Frances - Week Three

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.

25 min

11

Jesse - Week Three

Jesse is accompanied by his mother, but the strain of their relationship makes any kind of discussion difficult.

25 min

12

Adele - Week Three

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.

25 min

13

Sunil - Week Four

Sunil is unnerved by parallels between Arun and Julia's marriage and a romance from his youth.

25 min

14

Frances - Week Four

Painful family memories take a toll on Frances' self-esteem.

25 min

15

Jesse - Week Four

Paul helps Jesse see a new path to meeting his birth parents.

25 min

16

Adele - Week Four

Adele tries to get Paul to talk about his lack of passion.

25 min

17

Sunil - Week Five

Sunil's suspicions about Julia having an affair continue to rise.

25 min

18

Frances - Week Five

Frances goes over her Breast Cancer test results with Paul.

25 min

19

Jesse - Week Five

Jesse shows up unexpectedly the night before his session.

25 min

20

Adele - Week Five

Adele tries to get Paul to acknowledge his preoccupation with a troubled relationship.

25 min

21

Sunil - Week Six

Paul is alarmed by Sunil's unpredictable behavior at home.

25 min

22

Frances - Week Six

Frances leans on Paul for support as her sister's health deteriorates.

25 min

23

Jesse - Week Six

Jesse shrugs off Paul's optimism that his parents won't abandon him when he needs them most.

25 min

24

Adele - Week Six

Adele sees Paul's chronic indecisiveness as a source of his discontent.

25 min

25

Frances - Week Seven

Frances struggles with the prospect of losing her sister Tricia.

25 min

26

Sunil - Week Seven

Paul is blindsided by a revelation regarding Sunil's therapy.

25 min

27

Jesse - Week Seven

Paul tries to get Jesse to open up about a recent transgression and his relationship with his father Roberto.

25 min

28

Adele - Week Seven

Blaming Adele for his recent setbacks with patients, Paul contemplates the future of his therapy, and his practice.

25 min