
Sam tells Alan he's a serial killer and he wants to stop. Steve Carell plays therapist Alan Strauss, who wakes up chained to the floor of the basement of Sam Fortner, who's played by Domhnall Gleeson. HOLMES: "The Patient" is a pretty terrifying thriller.


HOLMES: Joining me today is NPR senior editor Barrie Hardymon. I'm Linda Holmes, and today we're talking about Hulu's "The Patient" on POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR from NPR. The show unfolds over the course of 10 lean episodes as an enormously tense and sometimes very darkly funny story. Domhnall Gleeson plays the serial killer, who wants to stop killing, and he thinks the therapist can help.

Steve Carell plays a therapist who wakes up and finds that he's imprisoned in the basement of a serial killer. The series "The Patient" is a thriller with a simple premise.
