10 Rebooted TV Shows That Were Better Than The Original

When In Treatment aired on HBO it was a grand experiment in daily television. Yes, just like daytime soaps of vastly inferior quality, In Treatment aired five episodes a week – but it did it in spectacular fashion. Borrowing from the format of Israeli series Be Tipul, In Treatment followed Gabriel Byrne’s Doctor Paul Weston as he treated a new patient at his psychology practice every day. And while Be Tipul’s format was innovative and its episodes occasionally stunning, what In Treatment did is adapted the series for American audiences and gave viewers a tour de force acting performance in every single episode.

Dialogue driven like no show before or after it, In Treatment was quite simply a psychologist and a patient talking in a room every episode. Featuring a roster of incredible actors like Josh Charles, Mia Wasikowska, Blai Underwood, Dianne Wiest, Alison Pill, Hope Davis, Irfan Kahn, Dane DeHaan and Amy Ryan, the show took what Be Tipul started and made it better. By adding in elements of Dr. Paul Weston’s family life, like his own problems that he should have probably seen a psychologist for himself, In Treatment gave us a complicated main character that the original show never had.

As such the show kept viewers coming back every day, and the innovative concept was outmatched by the writing staff and actors who brought every episode to life in gripping, thought-provoking ways.