Since Mumford was trying to do the right thing, the revelation of his identity was a relief rather than an outrage. When he talked about his past to Skip, one of his former clients, they made it comedic rather than a big dramatic scene. If Mumford had pretended to be a psychologist just to make a lot of money and didn't really care about his clients on a personal level, we would have thought Mumford was a monster versus a troubled man with a shameful past who is trying to improve the situation. quality of his life. The perspective you have on the situation can make a substantial difference in how it develops. If you view good and evil as being black and white, then you would say that Mumford was a lying, scheming imposter. On the other side of the spectrum, if you can see that he had good intentions and respect that about him, then you will view Mumford as a man trying to do the right thing who just went about it the wrong way. If I had been one of Dr. Mumford's patients, I think I would have given Mumford the benefit of the doubt for helping me and telling the truth about his double.