‘The Patient’ Review: FX’s Steve Carell and Domhnall Gleeson Serial Killer Drama Cuts Deep
thewrap.com“The Patient,” from “The Americans” showrunners Joel Fields and Joseph Weisberg with Chris Long as the series director. Over ten short episodes, widower Dr.
Alan Strauss (Steve Carrell) treats high functioning serial killer Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson) in his Los Angeles office.
The tension escalates when Sam abducts Strauss, taking the good doctor home for intensive daily therapy – and shackling the shrink to the bed.Can their discussions in the remote basement in-law apartment strangle Sam’s demons?
Will Dr. Strauss emerge victorious, unscathed and with the subject of a mind-blowing memoir? We shall see.This “Hannibal” set up, the dramatic but artificial precipitating event, seems like a long way to go to drill down into what makes killer and healer tick.For me, the juice is in the doctor’s Jewish background, and the flashbacks that dramatize it.
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