proggrrl | IN TREATMENT ending...HBO making changes... (Reply)

Whoa. After a verklempt evening absorbing the magical fan valentine that is the "Ron Moore Cut" of UNFINISHED BUSINESS last night, I should have known better than to pop in the next two eps of IN TREATMENT. This morning. On my exercise bike.

Have you ever bawled your eyes out at 9AM on a weekday while exercising?

To remind y'all, these are this week's (week 8 of 9) Tuesday & Wednesday eps, in which

Alex's dad comes to talk with Paul, and Sophie gets to finally have the major, major breakthrough. Man! I was bawling (and biking) all morning between these two eps. Incredible, incredibly great stuff. Both eps show IN TREATMENT doing what it does best: keeping things simple and diving deep into the human condition. For the Sophie/Wednesday ep, I kept waiting for her dad to bust in on them -- because I'd seen him in the promos/coming attractions for the previous week. But apparently he shows up next week.

I guess this show doesn't have a big chance of renewal. Also, staff changes are afoot over at HBO's original programming department right now (including the sad dumping of a new series with Lily Tomlin...*sob*), so who knows what will happen. At least I can still look forward to Alan Ball's upcoming series TRUE BLOOD. There is that.

If these few final eps are all we ever get of IN TREATMENT, I can live with it. The show was wonderful and intense.