In Treatment

I've got a patient coming to see me.

Is it a girlfriend?

I'd tell you if I had a girlfriend.

No, you wouldn't.

You're seeing patients again?

I thought you were writing.

Just the one book. People seem to like it.

I don't think I'm ready to read it yet.

You are recently divorced.

I really don't know if I can forgive her.

Rose is at a friend's house. They're working on a science project.

I only see her two nights a week.

Whose choice was that, Paul?

Is this really how you wanted everything to turn out?

Every day, it hurts. I hate my life.

You're tortured by what you see as your failures with your patients.

This isn't therapy, so it's okay all of a sudden?

Don't tell me you haven't had fantasies about us.

Your failures with your parents.

My father's sick.

He's got late-stage Parkinson's.

Just tell me for once what you really think!

You're a therapist who has remarkably little insight into your own behavior.

You think I'm unprofessional. You've always thought that.

You have done nothing but judge me since the minute I came back into therapy.

I can't keep coming to you for the mothering I didn't get.

I just need to be with more people.

- Did you meet someone? - Her name is Wendy, we live on the same block.

I'm sure we'll run into each other again.

This is the point where I'm supposed to say my door is always open but...

I'm not going to say that.

I understand.

Our time is up.

You've got to give him a chance, Max.

Well, you've got...

You've got to try harder.

Max, I assure you he has got blood in his body.

I really doubt that your mother would move in

With an actual warlock.

Yeah, hi.

Hi, Kate.

Well, I mean, what do you expect?

These things take... take time.

No, I'm not... I'm...

I'm not turning Max against him.

It's the opposite.

Yeah, but you're obviously seeing

What you want to see. That's...

Jesus.

What?

I just wanted to tell you to have a good day.

I guess someone didn't sleep again last night.

Wendy, I'm...

- Mr. Sanyal? - Dr. Sanyal.

I'm actually his son Aaron.

- We spoke on the phone. - Nice to meet you.

This is my wife Julia.

Thanks so much for seeing us, Dr. Weston.

You're welcome.

So is your... is your father here?

Oh, he's outside smoking.

Baba?

Baba.

Sunil?

He's just coming.

Mr. Sanyal.

This way, please.

Well, I... I have to admit

This... this situation is a little unusual,

Because I generally don't meet

With a potential patient with the...

With the adult children present.

No, we realize it's a little unorthodox

And we really appreciate you making the exception.

Thank you again, Dr. Weston.

Mr. Sanyal, on the phone

Your... your son told me

That you've been going through a tough time.

Is that right?

Baba.

My father is suffering, Dr. Weston.

I think the last few weeks have been

Especially difficult for all of us.

Mr. Sanyal, your son mentioned

That you've been in New York for...

For what, four months?

- Five. - Five months.

And that you might be having

Some trouble adjusting.

Would that be true?

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid

I'm not going to be of much help

Unless I can get some more details about the situation.

Mm-hmm. Would you like me to...?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Uh, so lately Sunil has not been

Getting out of bed before noon.

He hasn't been eating.

He hasn't showered or shaved in days.

And he hasn't actually left the house in going on two weeks.

He actually got out of bed at 11:20 today.

How do you know?

I called home. Liza told me.

- Liza is... - Julia: She's our nanny.

Okay, so your father isn't sleeping

And he's not been showering.

Julia: He's also been rude to Aaron.

Smoking in the courtyard doesn't count, Baba, okay?

Oh, he speaks.

Oh, he speaks beautifully, just not to me.

And I see that he eats too.

Only his candy. Anything of nutritional value is out of the question.

He's an adult, Julia. He can eat what he chooses.

Dr. Weston, I do not want to come across

As the disgruntled daughter-in-law.

I am aware that our current situation

Would be hard on any family.

But I don't think that what we're experiencing

Is the usual disruption.

The kids have started asking questions and...

We are truly concerned for Sunil's well-being.

Have you... have you been living with your son

For the full five months?

Aaron: Yes, as I told you over the phone,

We brought him over from Calcutta

Shortly after my mother passed.

Calcutta... that's quite long way.

Just before Aaron's mother passed,

She made him promise that we would bring him to New York.

So can I ask you

If your father's presence in your house

Has always been this challenging?

At first things may have been easier.

He seemed functional at least.

I mean, he was engaged with the children.

He was affectionate with them

And ate breakfast with them in the morning.

They were crazy about him.

They still are.

I think he scares them now, Aaron.

Did something happen?

No, it's just a sense I get.

So how old are your children?

Sam is six and Naya is four.

There was even a point when Sunil was teaching them Bengali words.

- That's not true, Baba. - ( speaks Bengali )

What's he saying?

He said he's no longer allowed to teach them Bengali.

I simply asked you to stop with Sam.

Sam is language delayed and it confuses him.

We had him assessed, and he...

He's not performing at grade level.

I knew we should have come separately first.

Is there... is there any way

That we could continue this conversation without Sunil?

Well, actually no.

If your father-in-law is a potential patient, it's...

I don't think it's gonna do anybody any good

To dismiss him to the waiting room.

The fact is, Dr. Weston,

That Sunil has become such a shut-in

That Aaron now runs errands for him.

He works incredibly long hours

And then he comes home only to have to turn around

And go and get his father his candy or his tea

Or his papers and his tobacco for his cigarettes

That he then smokes inside the house.

He doesn't smoke in the house.

I caught him just last night.

The guest room's on the third floor. It's where Naya and Sam sleep.

And I especially don't want him smoking around them.

Neither do you, aar.

We've really tried to make this transition a pleasant one.

We fixed up the guest room on the third floor.

He has a nice TV, a DVD player, cable.

We even put an orthopedic handrail in the shower for him.

My father has arthritis in his left knee.

So when it flares up,

Standing becomes difficult for him.

He used to play cricket, actually.

- Professionally? - No, recreationally.

Sunil is a... was a math Professor.

He used to teach at a prestigious High School in Calcutta.

Yeah, they had him retire early.

They're replacing the older teachers now.

You've obviously undergone

A lot of changes, Mr. Sanyal.

And it sounds like you had a pretty full life before.

Is he alone in the house a lot?

Well, Aaron and I both go to work every day.

And what do you do for a living?

I'm a literary Agent.

What did he say?

He said he shares the house with the nanny.

Liza.

Yeah, she's a lovely person, I might add.

And occasionally the housekeeper too.

And how do you feel

About all of this, Mr. Sanyal?

Would you have preferred to have stayed in India?