The show begins in 1981, when Marty (Will Ferrell) and Ike (Paul Rudd) had their first session. The story of The Shrink Next Dooris so mind-blowingly strange that it can't possibly be told in an eight-episode miniseries. Yet the scope of that fascination is what holds The Shrink Next Door back from being a satisfying show. His systematic takeover of Markowitz's life is a fascinating example of how the human mind can be manipulated. Over the course of his treatment, Herschkopf isolated Markowitz from his family and friends, exploited him to the tune of three million dollars, and took up residence in Markowitz's Hamptons house, where he threw lavish parties while Marty acted as a cleaner and handyman. The Shrink Next Door is based on a podcast of the same name, which told the true story of Marty Markowitz, a wealthy man whose first stab at therapy ended in a lifetime of catastrophe thanks to Doctor Ike Herschkopf, the titular shrink who "treated" Marty for almost thirty years. The Shrink Next Door is a cautionary tale of what happens when a therapist pours a jug of gasoline over their ethical obligations and sets them on fire with a bomb aimed from space. Therapists are not their patients' friends they are trained professionals who have an ethical obligation to keep a doctorly distance between themselves and their clients. Anyone who has ever been to therapy knows that establishing boundaries between a therapist and a patient is of paramount importance.
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