#The shrink next door podcast series#

What Is the True Story Behind The Shrink Next Door? Death - and Bloomberg, the podcast was written and hosted by the former New York Times journalist, Joe Nocera, who also serves as co-executive producer of the TV series.

Backed by the podcast network Wondery - home to behemoth podcasts such as Dirty John and Dr.

#The shrink next door podcast series#

The new Apple TV+ series is based on the eponymous six-episode podcast released in May 2019 that captivated millions of listeners. Image Source: Apple TV+ What Was the Inspiration For Apple TV+'s The Shrink Next Door? While the show employs dark comedy to inject some semblance of lightness into the subject matter, the real-life events that inspired the story are bizarrely dark. His charming therapist slowly begins to manipulate him, assuming control of his life not just inside the four walls of his office, but in every single aspect of his life - professional, personal, and social. While, at first, Marty feels he's turning a corner under Dr. Isaac 'Ike' Herschkopf (Rudd), who'd previously had celebrity patients like Gwenyth Paltrow and Courtney Love. On his Rabbi Shlomo Riskin's recommendation, he agrees to consult a renowned therapist named Dr. Set in 1981, Ferrell's Martin 'Marty' Markowitz begins having existential depressive episodes after his parents die and his fiancée breaks up with him in the same year. What Is Apple TV+'s The Shrink Next Door About? So how much of the series is rooted in reality? Here's everything you need to know about the true story that inspired the podcast and the onscreen adaptation of The Shrink Next Door starring Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell, which debuts on Apple TV+ on Nov. Based on the viral podcast of the same name, the story follows the unprecedented, downhill journey of a manipulative relationship between a charismatic psychiatrist and his long-time patient as the latter finally realizes the extent of his nearly three-decades-long predicament. While finding the right therapist can be wonderfully beneficial, the wrong one can be detrimental beyond measure, as is evidenced by the upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries The Shrink Next Door.