The Patient

89%

Hulu, Disney | Crime | 2022

RT Critics’ Score: 88%
RT Audience Score:

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Series Info

Therapist, Alan Strauss, is held prisoner by a patient, Sam Fortner, who reveals himself to be a serial killer. Sam has an unusual therapeutic demand for Alan: curb his homicidal urges. In order to survive, Alan must unwind Sam’s disturbed mind and stop him from killing again but Sam refuses to address critical topics, like his mother Candace. Alone in captivity, Alan excavates his own past through memories of his old therapist, Charlie, and grapples with waves of his own repressed troubles — the recent death of his wife, Beth, and the painful estrangement from his religious son, Ezra. Over the course of his imprisonment, Alan uncovers not only how deep Sam’s compulsion runs, but also how much work he has to do to repair the rift in his own family.
Creators: Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields
Starring: Steve Carell, Domhnall Gleeson, Linda Emond, Laura Niemi, Andrew Leeds

Production Company(ies)
Hulu, Psychological

Year of Release
2022

Technical Specs
Color: Color
Sound mix: NA
Aspect ratio: NA
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United States
Original premiere: 08/30/2022
Newest season premiere: 08/30/2022

Season Finale:
10/25/2022

UK Digital

INTERNATIONAL
DISTRIBUTOR:
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution :
Justin Connolly :
+1-212-456-7777

Genre(s)
Crime, Drama, Music, Psychological, Suspense, Thriller, War

Keyword(s)
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Budget and Earnings Details

Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA

Cast & Crew
Steve Carell
Carell
Alan Strauss
Domhnall Gleeson Gleeson
Sam Fortner
Linda Emond Emond
Candace
Laura Niemi Niemi
Beth
Andrew Leeds Leeds
Ezra
David Grier Grier
Charlie

Director(s)

Writer(s)

Executive(s)
Hulu:
Nick Grad
(Development Exec)

FX Productions:
Nick Grad
(Development Exec)

FX Productions:
Jonathan Frank
(Development Exec)

FX:
Nick Grad
(Development Exec)

FX:
Jonathan Frank
(Development Exec)

FX:
Colette Wilson
(Development Exec)

FX:
Kevin Wandell
(Development Exec)

Awards & Nominations
NA

Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)