"In Treatment" Sunil: Week Seven (TV Episode 2010) Poster

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(2010)

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Sunil's plight
jotix1001 May 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Paul, concerned of not having heard from Sunil, begins at calling his house. Since no one answers, he decides to contact Arun, his son. To his amazement, Dr. Weston finds out Sunil is being held at the men's detention center on Varick street. Thinking of the worst, he decides to go and talk with his patient.

Sunil is brought to the visitor's area dressed in prison garb. Paul is shocked when he sees the man on the other side of the window. In order to hear, inmate and visitor must communicate through the telephone intercom. Sunil looks calm, as though glad he is in this holding pattern.

As the two men begin to talk, it becomes apparent there was another incident that triggered the apprehension of Sunil. Deep down, Paul knows Sunil is not capable to cause harm to anyone. Sunil goes on to explain he is going to be deported back to India, based on his non compliance with the request to show his papers t the police.

The truth begins to come out. Sunil learned a trick during one of his sessions with his therapist as a way to leave his son's home for good. Sunil went on to create a situation at home that involved a situation with Julia. Paul Weston is visibly upset as Sunil tells him of his plan and the way he executed it. Paul feels used by this crafty man who shows an uncanny sense of finally getting his own way. At the end, Paul begins to see Sunil's actions as an escape from the world his son, with all his good intentions, decided for his father, much against the old man's wishes.

A final episode involving one of the three patients showcased on this season ends in a sour note for Paul, who recognizes Sunil's subtle way for his freedom back in Calcutta. When the time is up, Sunil is taken away to his cell as he chants an Indian song.

Paris Barclay directed with his usual precision. Adam Rapp wrote the screenplay, which in a way is not too clear on the legal aspects of Sunil's own status in the country. One wonders what legal cause the Immigration authorities had to deport this man, who, by all indications, was a legitimate resident of the United States having been brought by his own son. Other than that objection, the two actors, Gabriel Byrne and Irrfan Khan shine in this last time for them to be together.
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9/10
Moral Courage/Moral Anger
timsjelwt24 January 2014
If EVER there was an episode of a drama series that showed how patriarchy and dogmatic religion co-operate to make the lives of citizens miserable it was this brilliantly written last episode about the judgemental client of Paul Weston; Sunil. So filled with hatred for the freedom his son has taken in choosing a , very intelligent woman as his partner. So full of self pity about the suicide of his true love Malina that he was part guilty of himself.So filled with self righteousness about his "sacred" Indian, dated, morals! I have never been so angry at any character in t.v drama,in all my life !MEN around the world should stop torturing women and minorities with their self hatred. This Sunil character shows what kind of life you get to live if you let invasive,vindictive, judgemental men, who think that God or Allah or any fictitious god for that matter is proving them right in their pathetic actions, come into your life. The writing of all Sunil episodes makes me take my cap off to the writer and writers. As a screenwriter I say to you:"Continue to show this kind of moral courage" It makes up for all the patriarchal series about male violence that HBO puts out, in their relentless longing to show the gritty side of life.In Treatment along with Sex and the City are HBO's GEMS. Any progressive left wing thinker SHOULD have watched this. If you have not already; do so THIS INSTANCE!It will move you,and change you.Many have already been moved, and I hope changed..WATCH THIS!
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