I don't disagree that some controlled substances have shown promise in treating mental illness (psilocybin, LSD, mescaline etc.), and that their Schedule I status inhibits further research and drug trials, but they are simply a tool in psychotherapy, not a miracle cure. If they're not followed very closely with CBT and other forms of psychotherapy, they could do more harm than good.
What Masha does is insanely unethical and illegal. She's exposing herself to all kinds of lawsuits, civil and criminal.
First of all, even if Masha, Delilah, Yao and Glory were licensed therapists (for which I have my doubts), Masha doesn't have a medical license nor a drug trial permit to prescribe and administer illegal drugs for therapeutic purposes (nor her employees who handle the drugs).
Constructive consent doesn't work like Masha thinks it does. Just because the guests imply constructive consent for future doses by staying, that doesn't change the fact that she dosed them without their informed consent in the first place. Also, she can't just change their drug regimen (in dosage or choice of drug) whenever she wants without their knowledge and consent. Every modification is a separate event and decision-making process, requiring informed consent anew.
Also also, Carmel's kendo scene was all kinds of wrong. Delilah and Masha reading aloud Carmel's journal in front of all the others without her consent was very unethical and a major breach in privacy and confidentiality, which could (and probably did) re-traumatize Carmel in some degree. The point of journaling and exposure therapy is to expose yourself to your traumas in a safe and controlled manner with the help of your therapist, in order to desensitize yourself and not be re-traumatized every time you revisit those memories.
P.S. I'm not writing all this because I hate the show. I very much like it, but I don't want people watching it to walk away from it with misconceptions about what is good therapy and what isn't. Whoever is watching, feeling like they relate to the characters and think they may also need help, please get help from trained and licensed clinicians. Everyone deserves therapy.
Lana admitting she would accept Clark’s proposal reminded me of the episode when Jonathan dies and Lana indeed accepted Clark’s proposal but then Lex killed Lana and I have no doubt that outcome would still happen today. So I understand that now it isn’t a matter of Clark trusting Lana but realizing he would put her in real jeopardy by telling her and the main threat would be Lex. But also I feel like Lana is playing dumb, cause like if I were her my guess would be that Clark is a meteor freak or that his biological family is shady and those are the only options.
And can we talk about how petty Lex was bringing her the newspaper with her breakfast???? Instead of just bringing her the bf and making merits to win her heart and then the way he dropped that child bomb to Clark!!!!! So petty and miserable!!
But the writers are overplaying this situation when obviously 14 years ago this network wouldn’t allow bastard babies or abortions, so obviously Lana is gonna marry him or lose the baby or I was expecting for Clark to be all like “Lana I will raise that baby as my own” Almost like a telenovela! Cause we can beat that he is gonna scrapbook that newspaper article.
Chloe has been good these last two seasons and she’s more mature and respectful so I actually got mad when Lana doubted and accused her of leaking the story.
And now to what really matters, Clark’s reaction when Lois said she’s in love with Oliver!! And then their kiss!!!! BYE BYE MISS LANA LANG!!! Clois is finally rising!!
A super telenovela like wedding!!! This literally was a telenovela episode, with all the drama, the chatolic wedding and the awful dress!!
What can I say... Lana made the biggest mistake of her life, and the mistake wasn’t even marrying Lex but since she moved in with him, and Chloe can’t blame Clark for it, cause having a shitty boyfriend doesn’t translate in getting married to the first bald creepy man that crosses your path! And I’m glad she heard Chloe say she’s gonna be trapped in a loveless marriage with a monster!!
And how can Lex get married in a church AGAIN??? Is everyone gonna ignore that he killed his first wife???
And Aunt Nell has a lot of nerve finally showing up after 6 seasons!!!! For real if she hadn’t abandoned Lana none of this would’ve happened.
I was gonna say that I miss good Lionel or the Lionel that supports Clark, but then he slapped Lex and that was hilarious! But Jor-El needs to posses him again.
And on the bright side at least Lana knows the secret! 120 episodes and 6 seasons later.
If you cut Lana out of every tense scene between Lex and Clark it would seem as if Clex is the ultimate ship! The way they looked at each other outside the church, yeah there’s something between them.
