Web Therapy: Season 1

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Web Therapy: Strange Bedfellows

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Season Details & Credits

SHOWTIME | Season Premiere Date: July 19, 2011

Starring: Rashida Jones, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox

Summary: Lisa Kudrow is Fiona Wallice, a therapist who gives advice through short webcam sessions.

Creator: Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky and Don Roos

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Strange Bedfellows
Air Date: September 20, 2011
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S1:E9. Whistle While You Work
Air Date: September 13, 2011
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S1:E8. Psychic Analysis
Air Date: September 6, 2011

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Rob Owen

Jul 18, 2011

It's a static look that makes these half-hour shows a bit tough to endure visually (don't try watching two episodes back-to-back). This format lends itself better to web shorts but it is fun to see Dr. Wallice's world expanded, especially for fans of comedy that doesn't telegraph a joke well in advance. Read full review

Mary McNamara

Jul 19, 2011

As it is, some of the sharpness, the performance-art humor of the Web series is lost in translation, but even in the new form, it remains something remarkable, if not revolutionary, anchored by Kudrow, who is not so much inhabiting a character but an ethos--the self-help movement by way of Merrill Lynch and YouTube, with outtakes thrown in at the end for good measure. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Jul 26, 2011

The fine cast, both regulars and guest stars, elevates the proceedings considerably. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Jul 19, 2011

While Web Therapy is certainly clever and occasionally funny, it lacks both the nerve and verve of "The Comeback." Read full review

Troy Patterson

Jul 19, 2011

Ambiently amusing but generally inert, the show is badly in need of a hard-edged producer to tell the series' creators that they cannot get by on charm, no matter how much of that precious quality is imported by such guest stars as Lily Tomlin, Rashida Jones, and Bob Balaban. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Jul 18, 2011

You end up with a visually uninteresting half-hour filled with rambling conversations, as the actors struggle to advance what little story there is while slipping in the all-too-occasional funny remark. Read full review

Sal Cinquemani

Jul 19, 2011

It's not just that Kudrow has failed to find a vehicle for her comedic talents since Friends; it's that the two-dimensional, often insufferable characters she's created are largely to blame for the failure of those projects in the first place. Read full review

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schwtz71

Aug 10, 2011

The BEST new 30 min. comedy show on TV!!! So cleverly written and acted superbly by Lisa Kudrow. The guest stars are high caliber and extremely funny. I laugh all the way through it. PLEASE don't cancel it Showtime!

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tommmy

Oct 1, 2014

I absolutly love the show, one of the very few left to make me laugh, superb what they do with such a small amount of possibilitys from that camera angle, top notch show! im staying tuned

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LowbrowCinema

Nov 3, 2014

I really like Lisa Kudrow. This gal has guts in portraying really despicable people and making them human. But I digress, mainly because I cant believe THE COMEBACK is coming back. But I digress. The real reason I write about WEB THERAPY is that the best performance anywhere from any actressI really like Lisa Kudrow. This gal has guts in portraying really despicable people and making them human. But I digress, mainly because I cant believe THE COMEBACK is coming back. But I digress. The real reason I write about WEB THERAPY is that the best performance anywhere from any actress is on WEB THERAPY right now!!!

Gwyneth Paltrow is delivering a performance of remarkable restraint, while being totally over the top. Funny and so real and so sad. Her 5 minutes of screen time says more about America today than any of the indie films mentioned under LAGGIES combined. STUNNING!!!!… Expand

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procritic

Aug 2, 2011

Absolutely loved the webseries & the tv show seems quite promising! I do hope though that the same guest stars will appear since their interaction with Kudrow was the soul. It hasn't received a 10/10 since I am still trying to get used to the idea of a 30 minute show instead of the biteAbsolutely loved the webseries & the tv show seems quite promising! I do hope though that the same guest stars will appear since their interaction with Kudrow was the soul. It hasn't received a 10/10 since I am still trying to get used to the idea of a 30 minute show instead of the bite sized webisodes. I strongly believe though that the best is yet to come! The backstage bits during the end credits also a very pleasant surprise.… Expand

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GABRIELPOERSCH

Aug 13, 2011

i think people need to be open minded and realize that this show is just hilarious. good casting; good timing; good script. everything works just fine.

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Tamir

Jul 22, 2011

Give it Time. My hopes are high. The first episode sets a promising season though not fully fulfilled yet. Hold on there,,something tells me Kodrow found her voice though needs more then "Well I'm the therapist put preoccupied with my own issues" shtick, then we might see some biting comedy. Hope so

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EludiumQ36

Sep 1, 2017

I tried, I really tried to like this but it's just too repetitive. Lisa's character, Fiona Wallace, is not Phoebe from "Friends" and I think that's what we all want. Instead she drops her voice and speaks with a certain pretentiousness that wears on you after a time. Her guest stars are allI tried, I really tried to like this but it's just too repetitive. Lisa's character, Fiona Wallace, is not Phoebe from "Friends" and I think that's what we all want. Instead she drops her voice and speaks with a certain pretentiousness that wears on you after a time. Her guest stars are all familiar faces so that's great but they just don't add enough to it. It's a half hour show that comes off as a one-trick pony, she needed to add a b-plot and additional settings. Note, this is specifically regarding season 1, so maybe she mixed it up further for subsequent seasons, we'll see...… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: October 22, 2014
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 23, 2013
Season 2

83
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 2, 2012
Season 1

58
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 19, 2011
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  S1:E10. Strange Bedfellows
  Air Date: September 20, 2011
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  S1:E9. Whistle While You Work
  Air Date: September 13, 2011
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  S1:E8. Psychic Analysis
  Air Date: September 6, 2011
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  S1:E7. Exposed!
  Air Date: August 30, 2011
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  S1:E6. We've Got A Secret
  Air Date: August 23, 2011
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  S1:E5. Shrinking And Growing
  Air Date: August 16, 2011
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  S1:E4. Public Relations
  Air Date: August 9, 2011
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  S1:E3. Shrink Rap
  Air Date: August 2, 2011
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  S1:E2. Desperate Measures
  Air Date: July 26, 2011
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  S1:E1. Click To Start
  Air Date: July 19, 2011