Abnormal Cinema: Alex from HBO's "In Treatment"

Blair Underwood's character, Alex, from HBO's program, "In Treatment" is a highly skilled, high-achieving U.S. Navy pilot who served in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Alex was raised in a Navy family and was always encouraged and expected to achieve his best and perform a top level. He is impeccably dressed, extremely formal, and in excellent physical condition. Alex has also been highly educated and possesses knowledge and insight on a wide variety of topics.

From the outside, Alex appears well adjusted, but has chosen to enter therapy to discuss an incident that occurred during the war. Alex is no longer in active military service and discloses to Paul, his therapist, that he flew a mission in Iraq that killed a group of Muslim school children. Wracked with guilt, he seems to be questioning whether he should have reviewed military documents that...
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