In Treatment 3x18

In her previous session, before she was leaving, Frances mentioned she had received the breast cancer test results, but had not looked at them yet – and walked off. Now she sits in the room letting minutes pass by in awkward silence without saying a word, waiting for Paul to ask her about the test results. She used her supposed difficulty memorizing her lines to get in the door, while really what she was worried about was that she would test positive and would die the way her mother did, and the way her sister now is dying, and that the way her daughter would die if she passed it on. So, when Paul finally asks her what she is thinking about, she starts talking about her daughter. Izzy had texted her that Patricia “looks like a skeleton.” Yet, instead of visiting her sister in the hospital, Frances went out with the cast and went home with one of the younger actors. He caressed her breasts and made her feel better about herself. She still hasn’t opened the letter with the results. She asks Paul to read it for her – which he does, but he hands the letter back to her. It’s the best possible news she could have hoped for, as she tested negative. Still she remains reluctant to face her dying sister, now coming up with the excuse that it would be inconsiderate to shove her good news into Tricia’s face. Adamantly, Paul insists she must see her sister before it’s too late and she will forever regret it. Frances dashes off in anger.