The new FX/Hulu series The Patient is a psychological thriller about a therapist, played by Steve Carell, who is kidnapped by and forced to treat his patient, a serial killer, played by Domnhall Gleeson. The show touches on many powerful Jewish themes appropriate for the High Holy Day season, as well as the complicated dynamics of families in which there are many different approaches to Jewish belief and practice. Will the patient or his therapist survive the ordeal? And what does the show have to say about the challenge of forgiveness and teshuvah? Join Rabbis Olitzky and Knopf as they put ‘The Patient’ on the couch and analyze this complex and layered drama.

Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture.

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