Psycho

It is not easy to make an appointment with the in-demand 40-year-old Moscow psychotherapist Oleg. To his clients, he seems to be a successful and independent family man, while passions are raging inside him, he himself needs qualified help from a specialist, and his wife went missing a little over a year ago.

Psycho (2020) is a Russian psychological drama miniseries created by Alexey Kiselev for more.tv and Wink. Konstantin Bogomolov plays Oleg, a in-demand forty-year-old Moscow psychotherapist who seems to his clients a successful and independent family man, yet who privately wrestles with raging passions and needs a specialist's help himself. His wife has been missing for a little over a year, and that absence hangs over every session and every quiet domestic moment. Elena Lyadova plays Vera, and Igor Vernik plays Artyom, among a supporting cast that includes Anna Chipovskaya as Lena and Vladimir Simonov as Nikolay Stepanovich. The engine of the story is the gap between the composed professional he performs in consulting rooms and the compulsive man he becomes after hours, with each episode peeling back another layer of his life. Told in eight hour-long episodes as one continuous arc, it is a tightly controlled, claustrophobic urban drama set in contemporary Moscow. Its tone is brooding, intimate and unsettling, closer to a slow confessional study than a conventional thriller. Viewers drawn to the interior dread of In Treatment or the composed unraveling of Hannibal will find its mix of therapy-room tension and private menace resonant.

• In Treatmentpsychological tension, therapist-client confessions, dark interior drama
• Hannibalunsettling urban psychological drama with a respectable surface hiding inner turmoil
• Gone Girlslow burn domestic dread and a missing spouse mystery

Created by

Alexey Kiselev

Release Date

2020-11-05

Episode runtime

60 min

Rating

7.1 / 10 (20)

What is Psycho about?

A Moscow psychotherapist who appears composed to his clients is unraveling under his own hidden passions while his wife remains missing.

What is Psycho like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Psycho as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is Psycho violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Psycho as mild.

Which shows are like Psycho?

Shows with a similar feel include In Treatment, Hannibal, and Gone Girl.

How long is Psycho?

Psycho: 1 season, 8 episodes.

Is Psycho still running?

No, Psycho has ended.

Where can I watch Psycho?

In United States, Psycho is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home.