Trigger

The series terribly misrepresents counceling and therapy, showing it as a process which is violent and disresective towards the client. The stories lie to viewers that by provoking the worst traumatic experiences a client could have, disrespecting and teasing the client's vulnerabilities, a "therapist" can somehow bring them to healing.

Trigger is a great Russian series. From the very beginning, it feels similar to The Method. If in The Method showed the opposite side of Russia, its province. Then Trigger poses the capital's life. In general, the plot itself is not poorly built, there is a good camera work by the standards of Russia. Some series are especially the first 3-4 much better than the rest. Unless the last 14-16 episodes begin to rapidly accelerate the plot. The cast does not differ in big names, except for Igor Kostolevsky of course. I advise everyone to watch, cool for Russian TV. The only disappointment is the finale. Well, you can't end the season like that, even if you know in advance that there will be 2.

Season 2 was a level worse. The plot develops sluggishly, again, all the action begins to expand rapidly only in the last 3-4 series. The dynamics of what is happening has sagged significantly. Of course, the spoiler for season 3 at the very end gives hope that season 3 will be final and all answers to questions from the viewer will be given.

This is a piece of art that fairly shows the good and bad in shock therapies

I went into this show with high expectations as my friend recommended it to me as one of the best shows she'd ever watched. And because of that the disappointment was even worse. I found the show ridiculously repetitive and predictable, as well as severe under-researched. Attention to detail seems a foreign concept altogether to the creators of Trigger, as there were so many instances where I rolled my eyes at somewhat minor details that stuck out like a sore thumb (for example, there was a scene at a tattoo shop where the artist was about to tattoo a client's neck while they were sitting up on a stool).

I also found it very annoying that every episode had to involve sex/cheating. Not everything in life revolves around it, and so making it such a major part of the show seemed very immature to me, like the writers just wanted to show how different they are from everyone else and how they're not afraid to speak about sexual relationships. That's nice and all but it's redundant.

Additionally, the characters are very under-developed, and most of them just have one (1) trait, which is either to love or to hate the main character. They are incapable of doing anything else.

Finally, the ending of season one was alright, through clearly only made for shock value, and the ending of season two was outright ridiculous. I don't know why they've decided to include those last 30 seconds, but without them the ending would've been so much better. Overall, a total disappointment.

The show is focusing on a psychologist who is helping people to solve their problems by triggering them to face their issues instead of just sitting and talking about them. The show has good screenplay and good directing and really doesn't fall far from any Hollywood drama.