Steve Carell dishes out killer therapy in new psychological thriller drama The Patient

A still from The Patient, starring Steve Carell. PHOTO: DISNEY+
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LOS ANGELES - In the new psychological thriller series The Patient, Steve Carell plays a therapist who takes on an enigmatic new client with an unusual request: He needs help curbing his violent impulses.

The man, Sam (Domhnall Gleeson), turns out to be a serial killer, and he eventually takes Dr Alan Strauss (Carell) captive in the hope that 24-hour care might cure him of these urges.

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