TV series
The Patient
Overview
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
Details
- First air date
- 2022-08-30
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 10 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Network
- Hulu
- Production
- FX Productions
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Carell as Alan Strauss
- Domhnall Gleeson as Sam Fortner
- Linda Emond as Candace Fortner
- Laura Niemi as Beth Strauss
- Andrew Leeds as Ezra Strauss
- David Alan Grier as Charlie Addison
- Lucas Grant as Young Ezra Strauss
Creators and crew
- Joe Weisberg - Creator
- Joel Fields - Creator
- Chris Long - Executive Producer
- Steve Carell - Executive Producer
- Caroline Moore - Executive Producer
- Joe Weisberg - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Intake
Dr. Alan Strauss, a therapist mourning the death of his wife, takes on an enigmatic new client. As the two men wrestle with very different, individual problems, their professional relationship is transformed by a choice that binds them deeply together.
Episode 2: Alan Learns to Meditate
Sam delves more deeply into the reason he entered therapy, but he encounters resistance from Dr. Strauss as he attempts to continue their sessions. A gathering sense of not being alone leads to a revelation about the house.
Episode 3: Issues
Sam’s desire to find a therapeutic solution grows as his inner struggle intensifies. Dr. Strauss brings a new variable into their sessions.
Episode 4: Company
On the threshold of crisis, Sam honors the promise Dr. Strauss made him make as a condition for continuing their work together. The trust built between patient and doctor is tested, with a life in the balance.
Episode 5: Pastitsio
Sam reaches out to a woman from his past. Trials loom for Dr. Strauss, Sam, and Elias.
Episode 6: Charlie
Dr. Strauss struggles with the reality he finds himself in. Sam is consumed with practical necessities, but agrees to his therapist’s advice to make different choices.
Episode 7: Kaddish
Both Dr. Strauss and Sam try to make new connections in their pursuit of an elusive peace.
Episode 8: Ezra
Dr. Strauss is honest with himself about his failures, past and present. A revelation about his relationship with Ezra leads him back to the urgency of escape. Sam loses faith in his doctor.
Episode 9: Auschwitz
Dr. Strauss leaves nothing unsaid. Sam gives it another shot with Mary. An idea sparks for Sam, and everything seems to click together.
Episode 10: The Cantor's Husband
For Sam, an unexpected decision shows progress towards his goals, but Dr. Strauss demands even more.
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