http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/08/TELL-ME-YOU-LOVE-ME----Episode-Five.aspx Ladies Home Journal runs a monthly column called “Can This Marriage Be Saved.”  That’s where the three-and-a-half-couples who are at the center of HBO’s TELL ME YOU LOVE ME belong, a brief magazine column, not a ten-episode TV series that drags on and on and on.  A few minutes examining what goes on here and you’ll quickly hit the remote for DESPERATE HOUSEWIFES, where the dysfunctional relationships are at least seasoned with a sense of humor. Consider the therapist the other people consult on what seems an irregular basis.  And by on “an irregular basis,” I mean when it fits the plot.  Dr. May Foster (Jane Alexander) has problems of her own.  She apparently strayed in her own marriage – twice.  Now her husband Arthur (David Selby) arranges a lunch for her with her former paramour. Presumably he wants to be sure she’s over him.  Or he wants her to be sure she’s over him.  Or he just wants to drive me crazy.  I haven’t figured out the answer to that yet; maybe that will happen next week.  Then there’s Dave (Tim DeKay) and Katie (Ally Walker), who haven’t had sex in over a year.  Dave unexpectedly shows up at Katie’s therapy session.  So Dr. Foster suggests they discuss the elephant in the room. But there really is no discussion.  She says their problem is quite common, and those who suffer from it say it is most often caused by a lack of time. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/08/TELL-ME-YOU-LOVE-ME----Episode-Five.aspx 77 60