[to Sophie] You know, when you walked in here I thought to myself, somebody in your life has broken the rules. And I felt that, that if I had helped you change your clothes, that I would have been doing the same thing. I felt like you were testing me. I felt like you wanted to make sure that this was a safe place. That the same things that happen out there don't happen in here.
S1 E8Sophie - Week Two
Did you know, like, every girl there is a Mia or an Anna except me? They know it. They just don't do anything about it. They encourage it.
These girls, Anna and Mia, are they friends of yours?
You don't know these girls? They're fun girls, especially Anna. Rexic...?
[pause]
Anorexic. Okay. And Mia, bulimia?
You're sharp as a tack.
Thank you.
S1 E9Jake and Amy - Week Two
[after admitting to talking to Gina] Well, I had to talk to somebody. I can't talk to you about...
No, of course you can't talk to me.
You know what I mean, Kate. It's easier for me to talk to Gina than to somebody who... who doesn't know me.
You know what amazes me? What really gets me is that you can go to this guy's place. And then you can come home here all wet and flushed and excited and horny. And you can sit down with our son and do his homework. How does that make you feel? I just want to know how does that make you feel?!
It makes me feel like shit. And a week later I go back and I do it all over again.
S1 E10Paul and Gina - Week Two
[to Gina] If I transferred every patient I was attracted to at some point, I wouldn't have any patients left. And it's not your place to say I should transfer a patient. It's like me telling that couple they should have an abortion. It's not what therapists do. We don't tell people how to run their lives.
There was a time when I used to talk about my patients, when Ian was a kid. I would share... share details.
Kate. You don't mean Ian.
Both of them at the dinner table. I see that look of horror on your face. No, I was pretty discreet actually. I never mentioned any names. If someone mentioned rats, I'd say, 'I had a patient with a fear of rats', 'dreamed about rats every night.' You know, stuff like that.
You don't do that now?
No. But I remember when Ian was about 10, he asked me, 'Dad, what's an alcoholic?' And I told him about this patient of mine who needed a drink actually to get out of bed in the morning. [pause] One day this man came up to the office and he was... kind of staggering and Ian said, 'Dad, is that the alcoholic?'
S1 E11Laura - Week Three
I'm getting married in a few months. I need to, uh, conserve every last drop of energy for my wedding.
You're finding it requires energy that you don't have? I thought brides were supposed to be whirling dervish of activity.
[smiles] Oh my God. The word 'bride' creeps me out.
No matter how hard you try to be different, you end up looking like everybody else, even worse. [pause] God, I wish I could just get married in Vegas. No caterers, no guests, just an alcoholic justice of the peace and a transvestite organ player.
S1 E12Alex - Week Three
[to Alex] You brought me a coffee machine because you intend to come here more often and you want to feel at home. Through Laura, you're trying to relate that message to me. 'She's your patient and I am too.' So we are... officially in therapy.
You can't see any way in which you and your father may have married the same kind of woman? It seems to me that you both married women whom you admire, but... But you don't necessarily love.
That's some bullshit. You actually buy this shit? That I'm repeating my father's mistakes? Let me tell you something: what's going on in my marriage has got nothing to do with my father, so stop comparing us.
S1 E13Sophie - Week Three
Grownups can forget. Children can't.
I'm not a magician. I don't know anything more than what you've told me.
I fucking hate you! You never say what you really mean. You know, you're just like all the rest of them. Why can't anyone ever tell anyone else the truth? I can't listen to any more of your stupid bullshit words.
S1 E14Jake and Amy - Week Three
You're hitting on our therapist too? You are fucking unbelievable. Why? Because he's a doctor? He could be your father.
Sorry, Paul.
Don't apologize for me, all right?
What about your kids?
I don't know. Maybe they'll suddenly discover they have a father.
You're doing this for them? You're having an affair so that they can rediscover their father.
No, I'm doing it for me.
S1 E15Paul and Gina - Week Three
You're using me as your accomplice. Not in a practical way. But emotionally, to help you move on from them [your patients]. That way you're free to be with Laura.
You know, I don't even want to say to that. I mean, what... are you doing? Is this what you call help? 'cause that's why I came here. I came here for you to help me. I keep saying this. But through some misguided line of reasoning, through some narcissistic... need of yours to save the day, to put yourself at the front and the center, we've ended up here. In this same place... just to confirm that you, Gina, are right. As always.
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