Hagai Levi the creator of In Treatment, left the show in season 1. I think that much is evident from it's deterioration into melodrama.

Noah was only able to indulge in his affair with Alison during the family holiday, because he had free reign to do whatever he wanted with his time. Not only did Helen handle all the practical mechanics of their financial and domestic life but it's clear she also saw to the overwhelming needs of their demanding…

It's also predictable that Noah needs a character, and set of events that occurred in the real world in order to write. His own inner, imagined world isn't rich enough to generate a narrative.

Her character doesn't have any of the attributes required for the gruelling long haul that is a medical degree. She has neither the intellect, nor the self discipline. I loved the way her expression of bafflement during the basic bio chemistry lecture was so similar to the face she makes during orgasm. All mouth…

Noah had no responsibilities during his marriage to Helen. She handled their finances, the children and all domestic duties. Whilst he was cavorting around Montauk at all hours with the love of his life, there wasn't an episode Helen appeared in that didn't have her folding laundry or attending to some other chore. No…

In Treatment was created by Hagai Levi, and his absence in the second season as the show descends into melodrama, is quite obvious.

Well it was conveniently raining heavily, so maybe they never even needed to call for a fire engine!

It's wise not to be manipulated in general, so well done for not letting the random opinion of a complete stranger get to you.

Are you head of the comments police? It's just an opinion that differs from yours so you can relax.

It was a brilliant review by Emily(?) Nussbaum. I'd love to read her perspective on season 2.

Is the new ending of Descent meant to suggest that' just as they originally intended in season 1, and despite everything to the contrary, Noah will still be rewarded for his brazen pursuit of true love' and get to walk off into the sunset with Alison?

O my gosh, you're right! We all want our teenage daughters to hang out at coked up orgies, being pursued by dirty old pervs like the famous Mr Solloway. And who doesn't, of a windy afternoon want to pop down to the basement to be brusquely screwed by a random stranger. Just another day in the good ole US of A.

This was the worst episode of season 2 for me, and I'm fascinated that for many viewers it was the best, meaning of course, that our opinion says more about who we are than about the series itself. I'm assuming that since the overall perspective was unbroken, all encompassing and omnipotent that this POV is the show's…

It's just occurred to me that the nursery, even though it's quite gender neutral looks more geared towards a boy. The little train set by the changing table for instance. I think Alison even says, 'his crib". Is it possible that the future present that we are seeing is actually two babies down the line? Martin didn't…

Don't even get me started on the absolute irony of Noah expounding upon the nature of love. Even his version of self love which appears to be all he is capable of is rooted in insecurity. That whole leaning gesture he made with his hands? Someone much wiser once said, 'Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit…

And not one functional, loving relationship either…

Noah also asks Helen if she is ok during the wrestling match they attend together, and there is the small matter of Helen's tendency to place herself at the centre of responsibility for everything. In the hospital she announces 'I must do better…I will do better', just the right emotional worldview that energy…

I hope you're right! Just calling Bruce's paramour Ina which could so clearly be a diminutive for Ath-Ina is a little too close for comfort. The writer's also closed the age gap between Helen and Alison this season. When Noah disclosed the object of his extra marital affection in season 1, Helen asked, 'how old is…

Does an external struggle suggest the absence of an inner life? I found Sarah Treem's argument a little patronising. There are hints at Noah's past, and the mere fact that we never see him with his own family is one of them. And yes, poor hard done by Noah was raised without the benefits of wealth but by all accounts…

I would hope so but it's the hapless Alison whose been given an expensive makeover, power suits and all. And it's her who in the last episode of season 1 checks in with Noah on their equally busy schedules. She doesn't seem to have spent the months since her daughter's birth focused on fulfilling the motherly role she…