'The Patient' trailer: Steve Carell is held captive by serial killer Domhnall Gleeson

After a post-"Office" hiatus from the small screen, Steve Carell's return to television continues to thrive. His hit Apple TV+ drama “The Morning Show” was recently renewed for a third season, but before that he will next be seen in “The Patient,” a new miniseries from “The Americans” showrunners Joel Fields and Joseph Weisberg. /p>

The series, which was produced by FX but will air exclusively on Hulu, is a new riff on the "Misery" formula, starring Carell as a therapist who finds himself held hostage by an obsessive young man who compels the doctor to deal with his dark thoughts. In addition to Carrell, the show features Domhnall Gleeson, Linda Emond, David Alan Grier, Laura Niemi, Andrew Leeds, Alex Rich and Amy Handelman.

According to FX's official synopsis, "The Patient" is "a psychological thriller from the mind of Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg ("The Americans") about a therapist, Alan Strauss (Steve Carell), who is held prisoner by a patient, Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson), who turns out to be a serial killer. Sam has an unusual therapeutic request for Alan: to curb his murderous urges. To survive, Alan must calm Sam's deranged mind and prevent him from to kill again...but Sam refuses to talk about critical topics, like his mother Candace (Linda Emond).

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"Alone in captivity, Alan delves into his own past through the memories of his former therapist, Charlie (David Alan Grier), and grapples with waves of his own pent-up issues - the recent death of his wife, Beth (Laura Niemi), and the painful estrangement from his religious son, Ezra (Andrew Leeds).During his imprisonment, Alan discovers not only how deep Sam's compulsion runs, but also how much work he has to to mend the rift in his own family. With time running out, Alan fights desperately to stop Sam before he becomes an accomplice to Sam's murders or worse - becomes a target himself."

The show is part of a growing trend of animated limited series featuring high-profile actors as therapists. Apple TV+'s "Shrinking" recently cast Harrison Ford in his first major television role, where he will star alongside Jason Segel as an aging therapist who goes rogue.

"The Patient" begins streaming on Hulu on August 30. Watch the trailer below:

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