This just in from Verse Responder Leon Freilich. Subject Heading: Coming to a Couch Near You.

"In Treatment," far and away the best TV series of all time, began its
analytic life in Israel.  The therapist was an Israeli Jew and so were
his patients.  As a result–unlike the situation in Jewish families in
the US and Europe–fathers, living and dead, dominated  every single
character.

Closely translated into English, the series moved to
suburban Maryland, with fathers still posing serious psychic problems
for their children.

Now HBO is sequelizing "In Treatment."  The therapist has moved his home and his practice to–where else?–Park Slope.

Maybe because Brooklyn's now the off-center of the universe; maybe because two of the main performers, Gabriel Byrne (Brooklyn Heights) and Hope Davis (Carroll Gardens) live here.

Thirty-five half-hour session-episodes begin tomorrow.  Now it's
the turn for Mom to burn.