Necessary Roughness

Watched the pilot of a new cable show – well, several weeks old, I’m behind, I’m currently trying to zoom through The Larry Sanders Show before possibly dropping the Netflix streaming – about a capable shrink with a troubled life who becomes the go-to therapist for the local football team. The pilot defines it well, and there’s nothing wrong or bad about it, but it just wasn’t that interesting. It does rely on what seems to be a gross oversimplification of therapy. This isn’t a show to avoid, but I don’t think it needs to be sought out either.