"The Patient" Ezra (TV Episode 2022) Poster

(TV Mini Series)

(2022)

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7/10
Exploration of guilt, grief, and bad parenting
RebelPanda12 October 2022
Another episode, another psychotic break. The show continues to explore deeply rooted prejudice in different kinds of Judaism, and how orthodox religion can tear families apart. Alan's son Ezra has been talked about and briefly shown in flashbacks up until this point. His perspective during this episode gave us insight into his sad life full of regret and suppression. The intense emotions at the dinner table, awkward but empathetic interactions with his sister, and desperately searching for his missing father. All of this turmoil paints a vivid portrait of the character, who I found myself empathizing with.

Sam's psychosis develops further as he begins to question the effectiveness of Alan's therapy. Once again, much of this episode was spent inside of Alan's head speaking to an imaginary therapist. It is tough to say where it will go from here, but safe to say I am invested in the outcome.
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7/10
Episode 8
bobcobb30114 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I like that the show is not making every single character all good or all bad. Alan is not perfect and is struggling with whether he was in the right or the wrong with his son. My guess is this all builds up to Ezra saving his dad in the end, but I say that with very little faith. I have no idea how this may end up.

This was another good episode though. It did feel a little bit long as some of the past episodes were a breeze (even if they were slightly shorter) so the only gripe I have with this one is that I did find myself checking the clock and seeing how much longer we have few times during it.
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