Sunil, a retired math professor from Bengal, along with his son and daughter-in-law, reluctantly visit Paul to discuss the death of Sunil's wife six months earlier and his subsequent displacement to the U.S.

A well-known stage and screen actress, whose sister was treated by Paul 18 years earlier, begins therapy to uncover the reasons why she is 'blanking out' during rehearsals for a new play.

A 16-year-old homosexual, a patient of Paul's since being caught peddling prescription drugs to classmates, talks about his troubling pattern of promiscuity, his unsettled family life and a recent alarming voicemail.

An exhausted Paul visits a young and intelligent therapist and is compelled to confront deep-rooted fears about his health, his divorce, his patients and his all-encompassing relationship with former therapist Gina.

Sunil confronts his inability to voice his frustrations as he recalls the first time he and his wife met their future daughter-in-law in Calcutta.

Frances struggles to remember what distracts her during rehearsals and gets defensive when Paul mentions he spoke to her sister about her illness. Meanwhile, Paul sees a neurologist to be tested for Parkinson's.

Jesse talks about his application to a prestigious arts programme at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Paul discusses Gina's book with Adele and vents about a particularly loathsome character he's certain is based on him.

Sunil makes tea as he describes his first wedding anniversary since his wife's death.

Frances recalls her sister's one and only foray into acting in a college production and discusses her mother's beauty before and after she became ill.

Jesse is accompanied by his mother but the strain of their relationship makes any kind of discussion difficult.

Paul complains of headaches the morning after taking Max to a concert to see Animal Collective and is despondent when revealing what his son found on his computer.

Sunil is unnerved by parallels between his son Arun and daughter-in-law Julia's marriage and a romance from his youth.

Painful family memories take a toll on Frances' self-esteem.

Paul helps Jesse see a new path to meeting his birth parents.

Adele tries to get Paul to talk about his lack of passion.

Sunil's suspicions about Julia having an affair continue to rise.

Frances goes over her Breast Cancer test results with Paul.

Jesse shows up unexpectedly the night before his session.

Adele tries to get Paul to acknowledge his preoccupation with a troubled relationship.

Paul is alarmed by Sunil's unpredictable behaviour at home.

Frances leans on Paul for support as her sister's health deteriorates.

Jesse shrugs off Paul's optimism that his parents won't abandon him when he needs them most.

Adele sees Paul's chronic indecisiveness as a source of his discontent.

Frances struggles with the prospect of losing her sister Tricia.

Paul is blindsided by a revelation regarding Sunil's therapy.

Paul tries to get Jesse to open up about a recent transgression and his relationship with his father Roberto.

Blaming Adele for his recent setbacks with patients, Paul contemplates the future of his therapy and his practice.

Recently divorced Paul is now living in Brooklyn and reconnects with a former patient/lawyer, Mia, whose firm helps him with a legal problem.

Paul is taken aback when his new patient, April, an architecture student, doesn't want her parents to know of her serious health problem.

Oliver is a sixth grade student who is brought to Paul by his divorcing parents because he is having difficulty while staying at his father's new house.

Walter, an influential business executive, has been asked by his wife to seek help concerning his anxiety issues.

Paul hopes aboard a train to head to Maryland for a session with Gina, and discusses his legal problems and changes his life has seen.

Mia's first session has her admitting to Paul that she was hoping he'd be impressed by her job and that she disclosed her relationship with a married man.

April talks about her ex-boyfriend and his newest relationship, and their reaction to her condition she is currently in.

Oliver talks to Paul about the problems he's been having at school, but admits he hasn't told his parents out of fear it will cause them to fight even more.

Paul tries to get Walter to acknowledge that he has panic attacks and that they may have their origins in a tragic event from when he was a child. Meanwhile, Rosie comes for a visit and is upset to learn her father is involved in a lawsuit.

Paul is unsure about continuing his therapy with Gina, but winds up bringing up a teen romance and how it relates to his mother's first suicide attempt.

Paul is punished by Mia for being late on Monday morning by bringing up Laura's deposition in the Alex Prince case and imagining all the details of Laura and Paul's relationship.

April has been up all night and asks for an earlier session because she doesn't feel she can stay awake until her usual time. She becomes angered when a discussion about a childhood accident turns into a conversation about her mother's devotion to her autistic brother.

Oliver discusses his week of staying at his father's home which leads to a few surprising disclosures. One includes his confusion over a specific family matter just before his parents' separation.

Walter talks about his recent visit to Rwanda to see his daughter, all while trying to keep up with a disastrous business emergency.

Paul is encouraged by Gina to talk about his father's declining health and what effect his feeling of abandonment may have on his relationship with his kids.

Mia bursts into the Monday morning session, excitedly remembering all the lurid details of her weekend's wild debauchery, but Paul wants to concern themselves over her Sunday brunch with her father.

April's health continues to be a concern for Paul, as she seems more concerned about her autistic brother's condition than her own.

As Bess readies for a well-needed vacation, she gushes over how well Oliver has done, but Paul is sceptical that her son could have changed that quickly.

Having to deal with the aftermath of his company's crisis, Walter looks back at the loyalty towards the family who owns it and the media's perception of him.

Gina gives Paul some criticism for his constant complaints about what's missing from his life, and urges him to make peace with his bedridden father.

Areas touched on for this session between Paul and Mia include a discussion about mortality, being alone and making up for lost time.

April talks about her life since starting chemo and how one of her friends has reacted to the news of her cancer.

Oliver's father is worried over his change for the worse concerning his behaviour in school and at home. His father is also preoccupied by his own problems.

Paul fears that Walter's recent behaviour will do him harm.

Paul is pressed by Gina to talk about his father. Meanwhile, Alex's father gives Paul something else to think over.

A recent setback allows Paul to encourage Mia to re-examine her contentious relationship with her mother.

Paul feels he must defend himself during a discussion of April's long-standing anxieties.

Neither Paul nor Oliver can wholly endorse the radical idea for the future of their family which Luke and Bess suggested.

Paul suggests to Walter that he leaves his corporate attitude in the past and embraces his vulnerable side.

Gina and Paul clash when it's suggested that she's not personally invested in her patients.

Mia changes her direction after her plan of coaxing Paul in a trap falls short.

April's revelation begins a discussion concerning her anger problems and her future plans.

Paul discusses Oliver's fears about his parents' needing to solve their problems.

Paul attempts to have Walter see his life beyond being a CEO and as a person.

Paul and Gina look to the future into uncharted territory for their relationship

A young, attractive anaesthesiologist named Laura shocks Paul by divulging the real motives behind her sordid bar encounter with a stranger.

Alex, an intense Navy pilot, puts Paul's credentials to the test while recounting the unfortunate events in Iraq that drove him to therapy.

A precocious young gymnast, Sophie, seeks Paul's professional opinion for an insurance report following the girl's recent, suspicious accident.

Jake and Amy bicker their way through a marriage-counselling session, eventually pinning Paul with the root of the arguing: whether or not Amy should have an abortion.

Worried he's "losing patience with his patients", Paul pays a visit to a retired therapist, Gina, whom he hasn't seen in almost 10 years.

Laura surprises Paul with some unexpected news about her boyfriend.

Alex tells Paul about his stoic return to the site of his botched air strike and reveals that he's having problems with his wife.

Sophie vents about her gymnastics team and her parents before Paul catches her off-guard with his psychological assessment.

After Paul's session with Jake and Amy ends abruptly, his wife, Kate, forces him to confront the realities of his own marriage.

In light of Paul's distressing week, Gina makes a suggestion, but he discredits her assertions by bringing up the past.

When Laura arrives late, Paul broaches a difficult subject: whether or not their sessions are helping her.

Alex offers Paul some unexpected news about his encounter with another patient, and Paul explores the similarities between Alex and his father.

Paul probes the circumstances surrounding the breakup of Sophie's parents and takes interest in the relationship she has with her coach.

Amy examines the unusual reaction she had to her miscarriage, which ends up inciting Jake's suspicions.

Gina attempts to uncover the root of Paul's connection with Laura.

To Paul's discomfort, Laura informs him - in intimate detail - about her burgeoning relationship with Alex.

Alex describes his recent encounter with Laura, questioning whether therapy can help him.

Exhausted from staying up all night, Sophie finds herself detailing the events that lead up to her accident.

Paul explores the issues that have fuelled Jake and Amy's volatile relationship.

An old wound reopens as Gina and Paul debate the boundaries that exist between therapists and patients.

A close call at the hospital triggers unexpected revelations from Laura about an older man during her youth.

Alex's intimate knowledge of Paul's private life pushes the therapist to the brink.

Sophie's mother joins her daughter's therapy session, and Paul witnesses the young girl's hostility first hand.

The previous week's chaos gives way to a critical decision by Amy - and an emotional admission from Jake.

Kate joins Paul in therapy for the first time, where they start to examine the disintegration of their marriage

Paul makes a point to Laura about fantasy and reality through the example of his own childhood infatuation.

After apologising for crossing a boundary, Paul tries to decipher the meaning behind one of Alex's dreams.

Sophie's "gusto" evaporates after Paul presses her to confront the hidden anger she holds for her father.

Amy considers rejecting "the new and improved Jake" with a destructive alternative, eliciting a warning from Paul.

Paul and Kate's concern over their daughter Rosie gives way to a heated exchange about Kate's role in Paul's life.

Laura's absence gives Paul the opportunity to connect with Rosie and his oldest son Ian, with mixed results.

Alex insists he's prepared for the commitment and structure that his marriage and career offer him.

Sophie, who sees Paul as a threat in her dreams, attempts to convince him of the unique relationship she and her father share.

Amy shocks Jake with a revelation tied to her father's death years before.

Paul bristles at Kate and Rosie's secrets, but finds that Gina's obligatory therapy exercise proves helpful.

A tragedy takes Paul away from the office, where a case of mistaken identity lands him in trouble.

Paul upholds the merits of psychotherapy when a grieving parent pays a visit to his office.

Paul coaxes an agitated Sophie to stop blaming herself for her parents' mistakes.

A recent drive to his parents' home links Jake's problems with Amy to those with his father.

Paul's lament about the value of therapy gives way to a surprising disclosure from Gina.

Sophie comes to terms with her father's accountability and asserts her own independence.

Jake and Amy arrive at a resolution.

Paul must face the consequences of his romantic pursuit of Laura.

After a troubling dream finds home health aide Eladio reaching out in the middle of the night, Brooke re-establishes boundaries as his therapist. Later, when Eladio requests medication, Brooke switches her focus to his history of insomnia.

Colin, a self-proclaimed therapy enthusiast and proud child of hippies, arrives for the first of four court mandated sessions, but his evasiveness makes a recommendation regarding his recent release from prison difficult for Brooke.

Brooke struggles to draw genuine answers out of her newest patient Laila, who's been dragged to therapy by her concerned grandmother over recent life choices, before switching gears and empowering the 18-year-old to seize agency over her own life for the first time.

After failing to honour a commitment, Brooke receives an unexpected visit from her friend Rita. Worried that Brooke is teetering on the edge of a bad decision, Rita illuminates an unexpected connection between Brooke's personal and professional lives.

Brooke agrees to refer Eladio to a psychiatrist before his medication runs out - but only if he truly commits to therapy first. When pressed about his employers, Eladio opens up about his complicated relationship with their family.

Colin chronicles the events that took him from "gold stars all around" to receiving serious demerits in prison. After connecting his troubling behaviour to a feeling of profound powerlessness, Brooke challenges Colin to accept responsibility for his actions.

In an effort to connect with Laila, Brooke shares a traumatic experience from her own childhood. As Brooke digs into her proclivity for unbridled imagination and storytelling as a coping mechanism, Laila reveals a surprising plan for her future.

Though Brooke insists reuniting with Adam will not awaken destructive habits, Rita recognises her actions as part of a recurring pattern and encourages her to spend more time embracing the present.

With the house to himself, an energised Eladio shares the true depth of his unlikely connection to Jeremy. When her patient shuts down on the heels of a compliment, Brooke helps Eladio sort through deep-rooted issues from his childhood.

Brooke helps Colin realise how his hyper-focus on the opinions of others has long curtailed the development of his authentic self. After testing Brooke's boundaries, Colin makes an unusual request for their final session.

As Laila details an elaborate getaway plan, a sceptical Brooke learns that her patient's desire to escape dates back to her earliest memories - and has only been accelerated by societal injustice and the impossible expectations thrust upon her.

After receiving a distressing phone call from Brooke, Rita helps her friend process a recent complication while struggling to accept a potential shift in their relationship.

Brooke tempers mixed reactions from Eladio after sharing an unexpected analysis. While her patient processes the news, Brooke and Adam discuss their future.

In their fourth and final court-ordered session together, Brooke mines the extent of Colin's evasiveness - and struggles to form a comprehensive picture of her patient.

Concerned over her patient's disclosure at the end of their last session, Brooke presses Laila to open up about her complicated understanding of love, sex, and the future.

Despite throwing a serious wrench in their plans, Brooke gains unexpected clarity on her relationship with Rita.

As Brooke contemplates a pressing life decision of her own, Eladio shares a major development; but when he asks for help sifting through the repercussions, Eladio is surprised by Brooke's answers.

On the heels of receiving Brooke's recommendation, Colin makes a surprise visit - prompting a collision of his therapist's personal and professional lives.

Torn up over the outside influences clouding her self-understanding, Laila is challenged by Brooke's unique therapy technique; but when Brooke asks Laila to take the exercise a step further, she receives a startling response.

Brooke nervously prepares for a visit she's avoided for months. Later, there's nowhere to hide as Brooke stares down the barrel of past trauma to confront the root of her pain.

Despite finally shaking a label that has plagued him, Eladio struggles when an empathetic Brooke pushes him to envision the future and shake his self-imposed limitations.

Brooke and Colin discuss the terms of their new working relationship after overcoming hurdles to progress; but Colin soon leaves Brooke staggered by his misguided beliefs.

When Rhonda arrives at Brooke's home distraught over her granddaughter's disappearance, Brooke seizes the opportunity to illuminate how Rhonda's unattainable expectations have marked Laila's entire life.

In the wake of her much-needed self-analysis, Brooke contemplates how startling revelations might impact her future with her son and inform her relationship with Adam.