But to suggest nothing happened during this cat-and-mouse game is way too dismissive of the shocks and sustained tension the series produced along the way, including the terrifying sequence in which Sam brought one of his (still alive) victims home and the fallout from that. Matt Roush: I would agree that if you were expecting a Criminal Minds-style wallow in surface psychopathy, The Patient would appear slow and unsatisfying. I know you are anti- Criminal Minds, but I would rather watch a repeat of that over and over than whatever this pretentious nonsense was. There is way too much content out there so I feel like the time spent here could have easily been spent on something which actually had something going on. Conversely, I did like Linda Emond’s mother a lot. The two leads also made wrong choices in how they were portraying their characters: a subdued Steve Carell felt phony in his low-key voice throughout and Domhnall Gleeson may be the most boring serial killer ever. And then that ending which was done more for shock value than keeping with the narrative. I actually kept hoping it would go into The Silence of the Lambs territory between the two leads, but again, nothing. It’s a shame as I loved the concept and it had great potential. I kept waiting for something and at times they put in a couple of moments but never expanded on them. Without giving away spoilers, the ending was very frustrating and made the whole series quite pointless. Related 'The Patient' Finale: Domhnall Gleeson Talks Sam's Ending & Giving Alan CreditĬomment: Just finished watching The Patient and left feeling the same urges as its protagonist - what was the point to this series? This is becoming a frustrating trend these days with so-called “limited” series: they go nowhere. Devastating for sure, but I’m not aware of any professional critic who felt the end of the series was dishonest or cheapened the experience of this exceptional psychological thriller. With this ending, involving a beyond-the-mortal-coil reconciliation through Alan’s letter to his family and killer Sam’s startling decision to imprison himself in the basement as he had done his therapist, it’s likely to haunt viewers who are more open to a more artful, ironic conclusion. If The Patient had ended with Alan Strauss ( Steve Carell) heroically freeing himself and reuniting with his broken family in a kumbaya moment, that might have been temporarily satisfying and we would probably forget the series as soon as it was over. Matt Roush: I’ve read several post-mortem (so to speak) interviews with the series’ writer/producers, who also ended their brilliant series The Americans on a less-than-happy note, and they insist they discussed every conceivable ending before deciding this was the only one that felt true and real. There must have been a less shocking and upsetting ending the writers could have planned. Why did they think this was a fitting ending when we had been so emotionally invested in these characters? Dr. Question: I loved The Patient on Hulu (from FX) and then was SO angry at the last episode. Please send your questions and comments to and follow me on Twitter Look for Ask Matt columns on many Tuesdays and some Fridays. One caution: This is a spoiler-free zone, so we won’t be addressing upcoming storylines here unless it’s already common knowledge. (We know background music is too loud, but there’s always closed-captioning.) You can do that here.Welcome to the Q&A with TV critic - also known to some TV fans as their “TV therapist” - Matt Roush, who’ll try to address whatever you love, loathe, are confused or frustrated or thrilled by in today’s vast TV landscape. Your encoder box is typically found on Deck B although I've moved mine to Deck A. When you've downloaded SAM Broadcaster, the first thing you'll want to do is add an encoder. When you've downloaded SAM Broadcaster, you need to ensure that you select Firebird as the database. I'm going to assume I'm unable to post links to SAM Broadcaster but it's easy to find 4.2.2 online (or PM me but I didn't say that nope).īonus: VAC (not needed but can be used to double DJ - not my link). I personally use a rather old version, but the main difference is only aesthetically. When you've done this, you can take your pick of SAM Broadcaster versions. Please note, SAM IS rather out-dated and there is other software out there but I'm stuck in my old ways and I personally find this the easiest way!īefore you start, you'll need to install Firebird here. I'm re-posting here to help people interested in streaming/setting up their own streams where you can actually speak. This guide was originally posted by myself on a different community forum.
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