Depression can cause weight gain, insomnia, comfort eating and other pattern disruption can cause sudden weight increase. Elliott is right to discuss this also considering body image issues women struggle with.
Weight gain could be a result of depression, but it just seemed secondary to the issue at hand. Also, Melfi is a doctor herself she would know this. It felt odd for Elliott to focus in on it at that moment, and shift the conversation back toward that issue.
@@WereintheBasement Point is weight gain is more complex than too many buckets of KFC. Elliott's job is to recognise and if anything force Melfi to admit the source of the problem she can't always see.
Yes, I just don't think focusing on her weight gain was the right avenue to take to get her to recognize/see the source of her problem. The connection between gaining weight because of having increased stress, depression, anxiety is obvious to her, Elliott, and the viewer. She practically admitted to a conflict of interest in her having Tony as a patient again to Elliot. She herself was confused as to why Elliot brought up her weight gain, and his only advice with regards to it was "watch your sugar intake." It felt as if Elliot was pivoting to a lesser issue that was stemming from the greater issue at hand.
