How about this, a TV series featuring a therapist whose own life can be just as messy as the lives of their clients! Other than “Frasier,” “The Sopranos,” “Arrested Development,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “In Treatment,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Web Therapy,” “Gypsy,” “The Shrink Next Door,” “The Patient,” “Shrinking,” etc., etc., that’s never really been tried before, right?
All right, let’s put the snark away and acknowledge that, even though we’ve seen this archetype in lead or supporting roles many times, it has often been a component of good-to-great television. That’s the case once again with the warmhearted albeit uneven Hulu comedy/drama “UnPrisoned,” which is based on the real-life experiences of creator Tracy McMillan and features a crackling good cast led by the luminous and empathetic Kerry Washington and the great Delroy Lindo, who remains a powerful screen presence in his fourth decade of delivering indelible work.
