Uzo Aduba checks in as ‘In Treatment’s’ newest therapist

A difficult job? “This is easily one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had in my life,” says Aduba. ”It is also one of the most satisfying, fulfilling experiences I’ve ever had.”

Handling patients over Zoom, her Dr. Brooke Taylor has to create a level of trust that enables them to open up about a host of problems.

“It’s theatrical when you go to work,” Aduba says. “It’s that nervous feeling you’d feel in an episode or a scene … every single day.”

Adding to the tension: a quick shooting schedule. Executive Producer Jennifer Schuur says episodes were filmed in two days. “Most half-hour television shows get at least five, six, seven days to shoot their episodes. Uzo shows up on set every single day, knowing her lines somehow. It truly is a miracle.”

Aduba, meanwhile, interacted with a host of actors playing patients at a vulnerable place in life.

“You do feel like you just get the opportunity to sit in the front row to watch them just be impressive in a variety of ways,” she says. “It’s my favorite part because they do it with such fire. They kill it every time, period, point blank.”