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In Treatment

Alex - Week Three

Season 1, Episode 12, Aired Feb 12, 2008

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Alex tells Paul about an encounter he had with a patient. Meanwhile Paul compares his father to Alex.

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Blair Underwood

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Gabriel Byrne

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Alex buys Paul a present and talks about Laura, his parents and his son, Roy.

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By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Nov 09, 2010

When Alex and Laura ran into each other during Laura's session, I was fully expecting something tumultuous and crazy to happen, but as it turns out, it appears that nothing happened besides the two talking here and there. For the most part, Alex's third week focused on how he left his house and how he believes his wife and children will take it. We also learn a little bit more about his father and mother, and just like the rest of Paul's patients and Paul himself, it's difficult to pinpoint these people mostly because they reveal things so slowly. It's slow for us, but makes things even more interesting in the long run.

If anything, I wanted to see a little bit more of the drama between Alex and Paul over Laura, but I suppose that's just the dramatic side of me that is still running off of the adrenaline "Lost" and "24" gave me. This show is very slow-moving but very satisfying in its catharsis. The ending of the episode, with Laura calling Alex, was fantastic, and seeing Gabriel Byrne barely hold back his anger as Paul was great. I was fully expecting him to start throwing punches at Alex.

All in all, another good edition of "In Treatment." When the season first began, I was more intrigued by Alex than anybody else.. however, now I find each and every patient slowly revealing more about themselves, which makes things interesting. I'm also interested to see how Alex's parents play into everything. As a Psych minor, I've taken a billion classes that mention how sons and daughters find partners who match their parents, and Alex seems to be proving this point.moreless
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- Alex's wife Michaela has a PhD from Georgetown University. His son Roy, 11 years old, competes in online chess tournaments. He also has a daughter named Noelle. His mother, a Delaware native, was a pianist who studied at the Music Academy.
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- Paul: (to Alex) You brought me a coffee machine because you intend to come here more often and you want to feel at home. Through Laura, you're trying to relate that message to me. 'She's your patient and I am too.' So we are... officially in therapy.
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- Paul: Sometimes it's harder for us as parents to see our kid lonely than it is for the kid himself.
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- Paul: You can't see any way in which you and your father may have married the same kind of woman? It seems to me that you both married women whom you admire, but... But you don't necessarily love. Alex: That's some bullshit. You actually buy this shit? That I'm repeating my father's mistakes? Let me tell you something: what's going on in my marriage has got nothing to do with my father, so stop comparing us.
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- Paul: I can't give you dating tips, Alex. Sorry. Just stop it. Alex: Okay. Yeah, that's all right, 'cause you know, I'm used to you not giving me advice anyway. But, you know, you always help out in the end. In your crazy roundabout kind of way.
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- Alex: Hey. This... is for you. Paul: What is it? Alex: An espresso machine. The Pasquini Livia. Top of the line. Paul: For me? Alex: With a three-year warranty. Paul: Is this some kind of hint about the coffee you had here last week? Alex: No. No hint. It's a statement.
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- International Airdates Finland: February 12, 2009 on YLE TV1 United Kingdom: October 20, 2009 on Sky Arts 1/Sky Arts 1 HD
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- Alex: Only Liszt can play Lizst. Franz Lizst, a world-renowned 19th century Hungarian composer and pianist, is arguably the most technically-advanced and greatest pianist in all of history.
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