Country of origin United States Original network Showtime | No. of episodes 12 | |
Original release October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22) – January 28, 2015 (2015-01-28) | ||
The fourth and final season of the American Improvisational comedy television series Web Therapy premiered on October 22, 2014, and concluded on January 28, 2015, on Showtime. The series stars Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallice, a therapist who has conceived of a new form of therapy: the titular "web therapy". This season contains the webisodes from seasons five and six of the web series.
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Plot
Following the events of season three, Web Therapy has been shut down by Putsy. Gareth and Fiona are still talking and when Gareth and Putsy's marriage goes sour, he gets Web Therapy back up and running, but can't communicate with her any more. Fiona contacts Jerome, who is swimming in cash from baby Angus' 30 million dollar inheritance. While expenses for the New York penthouse are piling up, Fiona tries to get Jerome to pay the bills but learns that he can only make baby-related purchases with the thirty million, so Fiona suggests that Jerome and Angus spend a night in the penthouse so he can cover the costs. Jerome winds up spending one night and won't pay the bills.
Kip and Fiona are at a better place in their relationship, although they have not consummated their remarriage. Kip is hoping to get on the supreme court (with Putsy's help) and winds up falling in love with his assistant April, and they say that they will marry once Kip gets the seat on the supreme court.
Jerome, Haley, and Gina are living together. With construction being a constant nuisance to Fiona, she is horrified to learn that she is going to be surrounded as they have purchased both homes next to her and Haley wants to build horse stables. Fiona gives Jerome news that Haley is pregnant with a baby that is not his, which diminishes the plans of the construction project. Gina is starting a business of sex toys (wanting to have Fiona as the spokesperson) and sexually harasses Jerome, leaving him to need Fiona's help, so they send her to a sex addiction rehab facility in Nevada.
Richard and Robin are living in Montana under the names Jacques and Betsy. Richard has become a biker and opened a dance studio. Because of fracking in the area, the water has become polluted leading to Robin having amnesia. It is revealed that Robin had really been playing Jacques to get out of the witness protection program, leading to Richard being alone again.
Fiona also does therapy with a rageful meditation teacher, a lottery winner, a head-mistress who needs Fiona's help with her impending marriage, a phone sex operator for older women, Austin's brother, and Fiona's next-door neighbor.
After discovering the NSA has hacked her computer and watched her sessions, Fiona is able to get them to stop, but when every session is accidentally released, Fiona becomes one of the most hated women in America. Jenny Bologna, a Boston-based fixer, is able to tone down the hatred towards Fiona, and begins to reveal that Fiona is her sister, and that Jenny is Putsy's daughter. After getting DNA samples from herself, Fiona, and Putsy, Jenny reveals that Jenny is Putsy's daughter and Fiona is not Putsy's daughter. Fiona is thrilled with the news and her joy is put over the top when Austen calls, saying he is rich again and wants to marry Fiona.
Main cast
Production
On January 14, 2014, Showtime renewed Web Therapy for a 10 episode fourth season. Guest stars for this season include, Gwyneth Paltrow as Maya Ganesh/Debbie Schnitman, a healing center operator that turns to Fiona for help on her rage issues; Jon Hamm as Jeb Masters, a phone sex employee for the elderly, who's having relationship trouble; Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Steve Olson, a lottery winner who asks Fiona for help with his trust issues; Lauren Graham as Grace Tiverton, an odd neighbour of Fiona's; Craig Ferguson as Ewan Clarke, Austen's brother and manager of Angus' trust; Allison Janney as Judith Frick, an all girls school headmistress, who seeks out Fiona for advice on her first sexual encounter; Calista Flockhart as April Keating, Kip's law clerk that is in love with him; Dax Shepard as Abel Jans/Mark, a NSA worker that has been watching Fiona's sessions; Matthew Perry as Tyler Bishop, a professional lawyer that contacts Fiona for help over his compulsive lying problem; and Nina Garcia as herself. Christina Applegate will also appear this season as Jenny Bologna, a Boston-based PR executive who helps Fiona recover from her NSA scandal, and idolizes Putsy. Meanwhile, Dan Bucatinsky, Billy Crystal, Lily Tomlin, Rashida Jones, Victor Garber, Julie Claire, Jennifer Elise Cox and Tim Bagley are all set to reprise their roles this season.