Re: another brick in that neolib wall
joanna wrote:
In one of the best episodes of the 1st season(?), Tony’s shrink, a woman, is raped. She is able to identify the rapist, but the police mishandle the evidence and the man walks free.
At the next session with Tony, she bursts into tears, and we are made to understand that she wishes, more than anything else in the world, to tell Tony what happened so that he could “squish him like a bug.” Which, in fact, we all know he would gladly do.
But, she doesn’t tell him. Why? She doesn’t say, but a couple of reasons are possible: 1) it would break the psychoanalytic contract according to which the doctor takes care of the patient, not vice versa. 2) it would not undo the rape, just add another act of violence.
And one of the great things about that story line is that we (ok, I, but I bet I’m not alone) wish she would tell Tony and that Tony would squish the bug in a very satisfying fashion. Then you realize what you’re rooting for and feel funny.
Doug