Whether attempting to mimic the success of shows like HBO’s In Treatment or that of its highly regarded online predecessor Web Therapy, or it’s just a coincidence, Couch Cases has joined the fray by diving into the realm of shrinks on screen. The shrink in question is Dr. Amy, played by Kathi Funston, who co-created the series along with director Patrick Ortman. Dr. Amy is a half-adolescent, half-therapist type of gal whose socially deficient and, thanks to her slightly immodest cleavage and snarky bitching about patients to best friend Heather (Sabrina Bolin), shatters any confidences we would’ve had in her professional abilities. While Dr. Katz and Web Therapy take suble approaches to psych-themed comedy, Couch Cases goes the way of cliched sitcoms. Dr. Amy plays a silly, bumbling, single professional just makin’ her way in the world, trying to find a mate. Yadda yadda. All may not be lost,...
- 2/6/2009
- by Michael Shaw
- Tilzy.tv
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