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"  DVR Dispatches  This week, HBO is premiering In Treatment, a half-hour drama that&amp;#039;s supposed to mimic what happens in a real therapy session. Two of MC&amp;#039;s editors chat during the first episode\u2014take a peek at their IMs for their real-time reactions. LAUREN: I love this actress, Melissa George, playing Laura. She&amp;#039;s great. YAEL: This is more like watching a play than TV. It reminds of when I had to do monologues for high school. Honestly, except for the fact that Gabriel Byrne as the shrink is the link between all the patients, he doesn&amp;#039;t even need to be there. I could see this as a one-woman play. LAUREN: Good point. It&amp;#039;s kind of riveting, but it could grow tedious. YAEL: The problem with this show is I can&amp;#039;t figure why you&amp;#039;d want to watch it. I mean, what do I need to watch people in therapy? Who&amp;#039;s the viewer? Someone in therapy or not? LAUREN: You need romance and sexual tension, and I didn&amp;#039;t quite buy it between Laura and the shrink\u2026Paul, was it? The monologues are supposed to tell this complete story, but with our stunted attention spans, I don&amp;#039;t trust we can stay interested.  YAEL: Oh my god! She&amp;#039;s about to tell him that she&amp;#039;s in love with him! LAUREN: If my therapist were a Celtic fox like Gabriel Byrne, I&amp;#039;d be in love with him, too. YAEL:I guess I could see how you would fall in love with your therapist. It&amp;#039;s a pretty intimate relationship. I mean, a therapist can know you better than anyone.  YAEL: How do you feel about a woman seeing a man therapist? I never REALLY thought about it before, but watching this show, I&amp;#039;m thinking it&amp;#039;s not the best idea. LAUREN: I wanted my shrink to love me and she was a 50-year-old Jewish woman. YAEL: What&amp;#039;s the protocol for him as a shrink, now that he knows she&amp;#039;s in love with him? Is he going to keep treating her? LAUREN: He&amp;#039;s gotta stop seeing her. LAUREN: Did you see Miller&amp;#039;s Crossing? I mean, Gabriel Byrne is one of the most handsome, brooding men I&amp;#039;ve ever heard utter a brogue on screen, ever. I love him. But he should have referred her to a colleague after this, not made their next appointment! Unless he loves her too? YAEL: I guess we&amp;#039;ll find out in the last episode of the week, where the shrink goes to see his shrink. LAUREN: Are all of these episodes going to be so high-drama? Most of the time I just talked to my shrink about my parents. Huge yawn. YAEL: Yeah...it&amp;#039;s still TV. They have to keep you riveted. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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