The Me You Can't See
Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry join forces to guide honest discussions about mental health. This series features illuminating stories from across the globe, giving us the opportunity to seek truth, understanding, and a newfound hope for the future.
- Metascore64
- 2021-2021
- 1 season
- Apple TV+
- Documentary, Talk & Interview
- TV-MA
Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry join forces to guide honest discussions about mental health. This series features illuminating stories from across the globe, giving us the opportunity to seek truth, understanding, and a newfound hope for the future.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
Say It Out Loud
Fri, May 21, 2021 60 mins
Around the globe, shame, stigma, and silence cause millions to suffer from mental health issues. In order to heal, the silence must be broken. Prince Harry shares his struggle with loss. Lady Gaga reveals the power of finding your voice. Chef Rashad Armstead battles the cultural weight of discrimination and stigma, and boxer Ginny Fuchs works towards her Olympic dream while managing severe OCD. Oprah reminds us that sharing our story is where healing begins.
Episode 2
Asking for Help
Fri, May 21, 2021 57 mins
The pain, suffering, and urgent need for help is universal--and the simple act of sharing is a powerful first step. Oprah forms a deep bond with a former guest on her show and struggles to support her; Zak Williams works to break a family cycle of anxiety, depression, and addiction; college student Crystal Juan unexpectedly learns that her struggles with depression are mirrored by her mother; boxer Ginny Fuchs hits rock bottom and cries out for help as she continues her road to the Olympics.
Episode 3
Finding What Works
Fri, May 21, 2021 56 mins
Mental health is about people, not patients, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to getting the right kind of help: In a remote refugee camp, Dr. Essam Daod uses his "golden hour" approach to heal a generation of traumatized youth; Ambar Martinez forms a bond with her therapist and redefines what it means to thrive with schizophrenia; after a move to California, Prince Harry tries a new approach to managing his mental health; and a single tweet from basketball star DeMar DeRozan changes the way the NBA offers help to its players, turning awareness into action.
Episode 4
We Need Each Other
Fri, May 21, 2021 47 mins
No one heals alone; by caring for each other, communities shape a powerful route to sustainable recovery: A lifetime of pain and the traumatic loss of his son left David broken, until he found community at a farm where broken people and animals come together; poet Hussain Manawer turns his grief into art and uses his words to bring the world a little closer together; Forget Gutuza takes on a mental-health crisis in Zimbabwe through the simple act of sitting on a bench and listening to others.
Episode 5
This Is Me
Fri, May 21, 2021 57 mins
The road to recovery isn't a straight line, but for each of us hope lies in awareness, acceptance, and action. After struggling for years with treatment-resistant depression, Ian Roullier turns to a radical new treatment in a last-ditch effort to recover; Sadam Hanjabam, who lives in an environment that denies his very identity, fights to give others a voice to heal himself and his community; after moving to Montana to be closer to her sisters, Glenn Close advocates to build the town's first mental-health clinic, giving those without access to care the help they so desperately need.
Episode 6
A Path Forward
Fri, May 28, 2021 94 mins
Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry hold a conversation with participants from the series, including actress Glenn Close, mental health advocate Zak Williams, OnTrackNY peer counselor Ambar Martinez, and the members of the series' advisory board.
