22 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestAfter washing down sleeping pills with Scotch, David wakes up in the emergency ward. For Michael, the successful elder abuse ad campaign means a promotion, more responsibility and more anxiety.
Michael, a neurotic young man, sees his therapist David twice a week. David views Michael as an ideal guinea pig for the experimental psychiatric techniques he hopes will turn him into a bestselling pop psychology writer.
Acting
Bob Martin's magnificent sleaze as the worst therapist alive.
Writing
Sharp meta-commentary on self-help industrial complex.
Creator
Bob Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bob Martin won a Tony for *The Drowsy Chaperone* and channeled that theatrical energy into David's desperate showmanship.
The show satirizes the early 2010s boom in pop psychology memoirs where therapists became celebrities—think *The Happiness Project* era.
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