Wednesday, February 6, 2008

In Therapy - Week 2 - Jake and Amy

If we're going with the assumption that the format is made to cater to specific audiences, it's a little too convenient to see Paul and Kate have it out on a Wednesday, during couples-therapy night.

The opening of this episode has Amy smoking on the stoop - poisoning the unborn. Then we see Jake sexually excited by this sabotage. During the session, they're getting along fine - as long as Amy is continuing to sabotage her life - both her health and her profession - by pretending to be fine with the baby.

Then we see Amy's miscarriage. At the moment she's forced to look at the contradictions within herself, the pain she was feeling earlier manifests itself and rejects the fetus. And then they rush out and Paul needs Kate - his protective wall - to come in and scrub away the pain.

It seems clear that Kate and Paul lost a child somewhere along the line, right? Could that be what all the stacked photography books are about? Sophie noticed them in week one. I may be wrong, but it seems there's been some kid's name mentioned beyond the two we keep hearing about.

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