In Treatment: Season 2
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 28, 2008
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 8
Metascore
85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Teresa Budasi
    100
    Everyone has to bring their A-game and, for the most part, they do.
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    100
    Byrne is brilliant and--for the most part--so is this fine and absorbing show.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    90
    It is, to put it bluntly, a cast to die for. Each story line is well-drawn and compelling and each subtly represents a thread of Paul's own issues that come together in Gina's office even more effectively, if a bit more sentimentally, than they did last season.
  4. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    90
    Its vivid, cliché-free writing has always been In Treatment's singular strength. That's even truer in its riveting new season--no small accomplishment.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    90
    This season as much as last, In Treatment brings us into more intimacy with its characters than almost any other series on TV.
  6. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    90
    The acting on this show is so incredible that it's hard to remember that there's any acting going on at all.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    88
    Though relying heavily on a formula, the writing of In Treatment could not be tighter or purer.
  8. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    88
    It’s difficult not to follow Weston and his new array of patients this season, especially when the compelling Byrne shares the screen with seasoned actors such as John Mahoney, who plays Walter, an arrogant CEO suffering from insomnia, and Hope Davis, who plays Mia, a brittle Manhattan attorney who blames Weston, who treated her when she was in her 20s, for the problems that plague her two decades later.

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User Score
8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Tubie
    9
    Season two was just as good and interesting as the first one and that in on itself is a big achievement. Season 1 was impressive and being able to repeat that just shows how good the writers of this series are and how great Gabriel and his patients perform.… Full Review »
  2. JuneH
    10
    The best acting I have ever seen on Tv. Gabriel Byrne is simpley the best.
  3. AnnCool
    10
    Terrific show. Wonderful acting - especially by Byrne.
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