Jeremy Bradley- Sherri Saum from HBO's In Treatment is joining us on the line right now. Hi, Sherri. How are you?

Sherri Saum- I'm great. How are you?

JB- I'm great, thanks. Wide awake, right?

SS- I'm getting there. I'm having my coffee.

JB- That'll start off the day.

SS- Yeah.

JB- So, this is an interesting show you're on, not only because I feel like I should make an appointment sometimes -- or at least for our staff -- but tell me: Paul Weston and how incredibly… hold on, let's rewind. I'm jumping the gun here. Talk about energized! Tell me about In Treatment and what's it all about?

SS- In Treatment deals with (the character) Paul Weston and his various patients and follows them through their therapy sessions, basically. Last season was the first season of In Treatment and they kind of did a thing where each day of the week would be a new patient and you just followed the story. This year, this one's a little different. They are two episodes on Sunday night and three on Monday night and Paul has his sessions that way. So, yeah, it's a very still show. It's just basically Gabriel Byrne's character (Weston) and another patient in a room talking, so it's a little different than most of what we're offered these days with explosions and CSIs and all these kind of things.

JB- People say the show is intriguing to watch because you just get so involved in it. Like you said, it's sort of a one on one… you're almost like a fly on the wall, really.

SS- You know, it's true. And, I noticed the other day while waiting in line at the dry cleaner, people are just curious about other people. This woman behind me was on a phone call and talking about her daughter's wedding and I found myself just waiting to find out what was going to happen next with her and I don't even know her! I think it's just a very human basic instinct to be curious about, you know, other people. Because we're all very similar in a lot of ways. We all have issues, we all have things we struggle with and it's just very human. The show's got a draw that way.

JB- In a sense, it's almost like a reality show in a way.

SS- Yeah, because, you know, the topics are very real. They range from this one patient has an illness, and another patient is dealing with stress from work -- everything people can relate to it. They know somebody who's going through this. It's reality, I think.

JB- And this show gives people another look at, Whoa, look at this guy's (Paul Weston) life, and sometimes it makes you think about what you're being told by a professional that maybe you're getting help from.

SS- (laughing) Yeah, exactly. It's good because you kind of get a peek behind the curtain of Oz, as it were. You get to see this doctor and his human struggles. I feel like it's probably a fair representation of what happens in therapy, but everyone is human and he's not without his struggles. You have to consider the source, I guess, when you're talking to anyone.

JB- How helpful is he to (your character) Bess and the family?

SS- Bess and the family have a long way to go. I think each is chipping away -- he's chipping away at a very large iceberg there. But, at least communication is open and a couple of mysteries have been solved for them. It's still a bit of a mess. I think they were fortunate to find Paul at the stage that they did.

JB- Setting this up here, again, I'm jumping back. Let's explain your character and the character's role on the show.

SS- Bess is dealing with a divorce from her husband Luke. And they have a 12-year-old son Oliver. And, Bess and Luke fight so much and they just have the most contentious divorce and it's affecting the boy severely and he's got weight issues and eating issues because of the stress -- everything with a divorce kind of represented there.

JB- You're in season 2 which just started in April. In the short time since the show began it's had a lot of praise. I mean, just looking at the list I see five Golden Globe noms, four Emmy noms and a bunch of others. That's amazing for a show in its first season, isn't it?

SS- It really is. I think it struck a core with people, whether you've ever seen a therapist or not. It's just a really engrossing human journey. It just kind of also proves you don't have to have huge special effects for it to touch people and move people and be interesting. The producers had a fear at first and (wonder) are we going to have two people sitting in a room talking (on the show)? Is anyone going to watch? Will they be turning the channel? It proved a really interesting and attractive formula and so far it's doing well.

JB- What can we expect now for the rest of the season? Will there be any episodes done in the dry cleaners?

SS- (laughing) I don't think so. For our characters, anyway, Bess and Luke and Oliver, we kind of finally make some big decisions that probably should've been made a long time ago. They prove to be painful but necessary -- just like life. Just like what happens in life, people have to make decisions and it's got its consequences. It's just life stuff. It's always interesting to watch, it's just interesting to unfold. It's a little emotional. And, you know, filming it was really emotionally draining, but I think the product is really good.

JB- Sherri Saum from In Treatment. You said HBO Sunday nights?

SS- Sunday nights and Monday nights. My character's episodes air Monday nights.

JB- We'll be watching Monday nights then!

SS- (laughing) Great! Thank you so much.

JB- Thanks for joining us today.

SS- Alright, take care.