In Treatment: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of In Treatment Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Mia - Week One
Apr 5, 2009
Paul answers the door at his new Brooklyn apartment to find Alex Sr., the father of the patient who died during a flight exercise last year, serving him with a law suit — he blames
April - Week One
Apr 5, 2009
A 23-year-old architecture student, April spends much of her first session with Paul avoiding what it is she came to talk about. She discusses her recent break-up with a fellow stu
Oliver - Week One
Apr 6, 2009
Sixth-grader Oliver sits with Paul in his office while they wait for Oliver's mother Bess to return from the deli and for his father Luke to arrive. Oliver suggests they play Black
Walter - Week One
Apr 6, 2009
CEO Walter Barnett comes to see Paul at his wife Connie's insistence, complaining of insomnia. He is surprised that Paul doesn't know who he is, given that his company has been in
Gina - Week One
Apr 6, 2009
Paul commutes down from New York to Maryland via Amtrak to see his kids for the weekend and pays a visit to Gina to suss out what she might say in a deposition for the malpractice
Mia - Week Two
Apr 12, 2009
Mia has a session with Paul to apologize for her unprofessional behavior from the week before, acknowledging she intercepted his file when his attorney couldn't be there, in order
April - Week Two
Apr 12, 2009
April arrives at her session, furious. Her iPhone has died in the middle of a call and she asks Paul if she can use his phone. He resists, suggesting it's not the best use of her t
Oliver - Week Two
Apr 13, 2009
Oliver and Paul talk while Bess and Luke wait to be invited in. Oliver says he doesn't want to talk about school because all of his teachers hate him because he falls asleep all of
Walter - Week Two
Apr 13, 2009
Paul's daughter Rosie visits him in Brooklyn, concerned about his law suit and that he is lonely living in New York.When Walter arrives for his session, he's convinced that Paul mu
Gina - Week Two
Apr 13, 2009
Paul is unsure about continuing his therapy with Gina, but winds up bringing up a teen romance and how it relates to his mom's first suicide attempt.
Mia - Week Three
Apr 19, 2009
Paul answers the door at his new Brooklyn apartment to find Alex Sr., the father of the patient who died during a flight exercise last year, serving him with a law suit — he blames
April - Week Three
Apr 19, 2009
April calls Paul, asking to come to his office immediately. She was on her way to school to turn in a project — the architectural model for a World Trade Center memorial — and has
Oliver - Week Three
Apr 20, 2009
Bess swings by Paul's office to pick up the turtle that Oliver left behind. She explains that her son has been staying with Luke for the week, giving her some time to herself. Befo
Walter - Week Three
Apr 20, 2009
Walter arrives late for his session, having already postponed it by two hours. Shouting into his cell phone as he enters, he drops his suitcase and hands Paul his garment bag. Noti
Gina - Week Three
Apr 20, 2009
Gina explores Paul’s resentment over having to take care of his ailing father.
Mia - Week Four
Apr 26, 2009
Mia bursts into the Monday morning session, excitedly remembering all the lurid details of her weekend's wild debauchery. But Paul wants to concern themselves over her quite Sunday
April - Week Four
Apr 26, 2009
April's health continues to be a concern for Paul, as she seems more concerned about her autistic brother's condition than her own.
Oliver - Week Four
Apr 27, 2009
As Bess readies for a well-needed vacation, she gushes over how well Oliver has done, but Paul is skeptical that her son could not have changed that quickly.
Walter - Week Four
Apr 27, 2009
Having to deal with the aftermath of his company's crisis, Walter looks back at the loyalty towards the family who owns it and the media's perception of him. Paul probes Walter's
Gina - Week Four
Apr 27, 2009
Gina gives Paul some criticism for his constant complaints about what's missing from his life, and urges him to make peace with his bedridden father.
Mia - Week Five
May 3, 2009
Among the areas touched on for this session between Paul and Mia include a discussion about mortality, being alone and making up for lost time.
April - Week Five
May 3, 2009
Paul fixates on a comment April uttered about a close friend of his to explore her independent streak.
Oliver - Week Five
May 4, 2009
Oliver's dad is having some issues of his own, some of which are caused by Oliver's behaviour.
Walter - Week Five
May 4, 2009
Paul decides that from what he's learnt of Walter, he is more harmful to himself than others.
Gina - Week Five
May 4, 2009
Paul is told by Gina to return to some previous unknown answers about his father, whilst Alex Sr. has some news to tell them.
Mia - Week Six
May 17, 2009
In Mia's latest session, they look over some of the biggest issues that life throws at us.
April - Week Six
May 17, 2009
When April reveals something about one of her closest friends, Paul questions her ability to rely on other people.
Oliver - Week Six
May 18, 2009
Ignoring Paul's and Oliver's objections, Luke and Bess come up with a plan that will alter their family structure and dynamics.
Gina - Week Six
May 18, 2009
Gina and Paul clash when it's suggested that she's not personally invested in her patients.
Mia - Week Seven
May 24, 2009
Mia's plan doesn't work to trap Paul so she has to re-evaluate everything.
April - Week Seven
May 24, 2009
Paul is told some news by April which prompts him to ask her about her anger issues.
Oliver - Week Seven
May 25, 2009
Paul attempts to put Oliver's mind at ease, and his parents have had a hard week which they can now put behind them.
Walter - Week Seven
May 25, 2009
Walter wants to change himself so Paul comes up with a solution to stop Walter from falling back into his old ways.
Gina - Week Seven
May 25, 2009
Paul and Gina's relationship crosses paths which makes them think what they want to get out of it.