Trigger

TV series: The first season, which KP has nothing to do with, is just wow! After all, Tsekalo and his production company Sreda do one thing: Major, Method, the Other side of the Moon and Patient Zero.

But the second season is already much weaker, but still interesting and even the desire to watch the future third season remains.

The 2023 Film: Well, what can I say.

To make a movie based on a series that won't... - he must go beyond the framework and offer something new, otherwise it will just be a stretched series. The authors tried, but for some reason it didn't work out.

Some scenes are good, but this is not a continuation of the series, but an offshoot, so it's interesting to watch, and then bam. Titles. And you realize that you have spent 1.5 hours of your life on some kind...

I'm waiting for the third season and I hope that there will be a good product, and not this one....

This text was written in March of this year, and below is a review of the latest season 3, which, unfortunately, has not yet become the final show for the show.

The season finale was released a long time ago, but it turned out to be watched only now. What was wrong?

If season 1 had an interesting main storyline and each episode dealt with interesting patients, which turned the series into a procedural and some kind of detective story, then the further the seasons went, the worse it was, both with the plot and with the patients.

Season 2 had an unexpected ending and season 3 just wanted to wait. After all, KP rarely indulges in good new projects or the continuation of old ones.

And so season 3 came out and was watched. The plot could fit in half an hour. It is served through blotches spread over 8 series. There's a good ending again. More precisely, the teaser of season 4, presented immediately after the end of the season.

Were there any interesting patients? No, it wasn't. We tried to understand modern youth psychotrauma, but in contrast to the past, it looks ridiculous and frivolous.

I would like to wish the authors to work better on the plot and end this whole circus as soon as possible.

We bought a good show to turn it into a piece of trash. Gradually, but nevertheless.

This isn't a series about psychology - it's a series about the fantasies of people who barely understand what psychologists actually do. Instead of exploring the human mind, viewers are offered a parade of striking poses, overblown monologues, and "bold methods" invented for the sake of drama rather than truth. I wanted to turn it off within the first ninety seconds - not because it was "too intense," but because it simply wasn't serious.

The protagonist is yet another bundle of clichés: the rude "genius" who "breaks" people for their own good. Humiliating clients is presented as therapy, provocation as a method, and aggression as professionalism. This depiction may be convenient for storytelling, but it has nothing to do with ethics or real practice. It's not a conversation about helping people - it's a performance pretending to be one.

What's especially "impressive" is how easily the show treats complex psychological conditions. They appear suddenly, disappear just as suddenly, are explained by a single line of dialogue, and exist mainly as fuel for the plot. In reality, these processes are much deeper and far more complex. Some topics simply shouldn't be handled without consulting actual professionals - otherwise it's not bravery, it's distortion.

The dialogue sounds as if the characters are reading billboard slogans rather than talking to each other. The world of the show resembles neither therapeutic practice nor recognizable real life - it's a decorative stage where logic exists only when it serves the next "cool scene." References to afterlives, mystical grandmothers, and similar embellishments only reinforce the feeling that the creators threw everything into one pot: a bit of Patrick Jane, a bit of Gregory House, a sprinkle of "deep psychology," and presented it as revelation.

I don't buy it - not the concept, not the methods, not the world it takes place in. What I see are clichés multiplied by excessive pathos. And I'm genuinely surprised that, when dealing with such sensitive subject matter, no one thought to speak with a practicing specialist.

If you want to see psychology portrayed seriously and without posturing, there are examples: True Detective, Mindhunter, Lie to Me. Those shows actually study human nature instead of merely playing at "edgy therapy." Bottom line: this isn't a bold conversation about the psyche. It's a polished illusion that sells clichés under the guise of truth.

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

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.

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.