"The Patient" isn't the only series to burrow into a therapist's head. "The Bob Newhart Show," "The Sopranos" and "In Treatment" all featured psychologists or psychiatrists who could benefit from their own time on the couch.
But this new Steve Carell drama, premiering Tuesday on Hulu, is the first in which the shrink, Alan Strauss, gets kidnapped by a serial killer who insists on being cured of his homicidal urges — preferably while he's wolfing down a gourmet takeout meal.
For those who know Carell only from "The Office" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," his role as Strauss may seem like a stretch. But the actor has already proved his dramatic chops in "The Morning Show" and "Foxcatcher," which earned him an Oscar nomination.
