''Head Case'' is an American sitcom starring
Alexandra Wentworth
Alexandra "Ali" Wentworth (born January 12, 1965) is an American actress, comedian, author, and producer.
Early life
Wentworth's mother, Muffie Cabot (née Mabel Bryant Hobart), was Nancy Reagan's White House Social Secretary, White House soci ...
as Dr. Elizabeth Goode, a therapist who treats Hollywood stars.
Celebrities appear on the show as themselves. The show ran for three seasons, airing on the
Starz
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TV Network, Wednesdays, at 10 p.m.
ET.
H. Scott Salinas composed the show's music.
Plot
Dr. Elizabeth Goode is a brash, unconventional and judgmental therapist and thus has become the "it" therapist to those in Hollywood that need some help. Her office is filled with a who's who world of entertainment, sport and music. And even though she is not your typical therapist, her patients always wind up returning for another session.
Cast
Main cast
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Alexandra Wentworth
Alexandra "Ali" Wentworth (born January 12, 1965) is an American actress, comedian, author, and producer.
Early life
Wentworth's mother, Muffie Cabot (née Mabel Bryant Hobart), was Nancy Reagan's White House Social Secretary, White House soci ...
as Dr. Elizabeth Goode, a graduate magna cum laude from Wellesley College before earning her master's degree at Johns Hopkins University.
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Steve Landesberg
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as Freudian psychiatrist Dr. Myron Finkelstein, who shares an office with Goode.
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Michelle Arthur
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as Lola Buckingham, the British receptionist to Dr. Goode and Finkelstein.
Recurring cast
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Candace Brown
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as Goldie Finklestein
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Rob Benedict
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as Jeremy Berger
* Aris Alvarado as Ron Julio
Notable guest cameos
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Pamela Adlon
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Amadei was discovered at age 16 while studying ballet at The Opera House in Nice. After a summer spent modeling in New York City, she abandon ...
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Rosanna Arquette
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Dave Batista
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Sandra Bernhard
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Craig Bierko
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Bierko was born in Rye Brook, New York where his mother Pat ran The Harrison Players, a local community theatre.
After graduating Blind Brook High School, ...
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Lance Burton
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Marc Cherry
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James Denton
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Andy Dick
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Tate Donovan
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Illeana Douglas
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Rich Eisen
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Jennifer Finnigan
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Rick Fox
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Janeane Garofalo
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Willie Garson
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Natalie Garza
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Nicole Garza
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Jason Lewis
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Larry Miller
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Episodes
Season 1 (2007)
Season 2 (2008)
Season 3 (2009)
Home media
The first season was a series of ten 12-minute shorts, and are found on DVD as "bonus shorts" on Disc 2 of Starz/Anchor Bay's "Season 1" release (where Disc 1 has the eight 25-minute episodes of the second televised season).
References
External links
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2000s American sitcoms
2007 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings
Starz original programming
English-language television shows