Critical Response
The series was generally well-received, attaining positive reviews. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 70/100, the second season scored 85/100, and the third season scored 83/100.
The Los Angeles Times' Mary McNamara called it "cleverly conceived," well-written and -acted, though "stagey" and "strain... believability". Variety's Brian Lowry deemed it "more interesting structurally than in its execution". On Slate, Troy Patterson found it tiresome for its "nattering" and "ambitious hogwash". In Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker gave it a "B+", with "lots of great soapy intrigue". The New York Times praised the show: "In Treatment is hypnotic, mostly because it withholds information as intelligently as it reveals it. The half-hour episodes are addictive, and few viewers are likely to be satisfied with just one session at a time. In Treatment provides an irresistible peek at the psychopathology of everyday life — on someone else’s tab."
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