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Shrinking S3 E4

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“The Field”

The fourth episode of Shrinking aired this week with a focus in on Paul and his return to his job. He had been out from his therapy position because of some side effects from the Parkinson’s Disease, such as hallucinating Michael J. Fox.

Paul started to show progress and his doctor decided it was time for Paul to go back to work. He was excited about it, but he started to realize that it was time for him to retire. They had a great scene with Paul and Michael J. Fox, who apparently was a real person that Paul had previously met and was not a delusion in this moment.

Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox was wonderful together as one would expect.

Derek accidentally took a bunch of his son’s drugs that he thought was candy and wound up in the hospital. Only Shrinking could make this as funny a they did. This episode featured Liz and her own issues about parenting, not only for the new baby that Brian adopted, but also her own kids, specifically Matthew. When she commented to Brian that she had raised an asshole, and Matthew was right there, it was crushing. Christa Miller has been a masterful supporting character actor for years, but this character is easily her crescendo.

Gaby takes Jimmy to her college class so he could speak to them, but she tossed that plan out to have Jimmy try and argue the benefits of his “Jimmyism” concept of his therapy. This was a fun.

A great episode that focuses on a couple of important characters.

Shrinking S3 E3

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“D-Day”

Damn, this is such a great show.

Brian and Charlie’s baby is born in this episode with some of the most beautiful moments you could imagine. I had a tear when they handed the baby to Paul at the end.

The heavy part of the episode dealt with the pregnancy, as Ava, the baby momma, went into labor. She had yet to sign adoption papers and it brought a serious conflict for Brian. His friends circled the wagon and brought some wonderful advise.

Paul passed Alice’s bench therapy along to Gaby, as he realized that he would not be there forever.

Sean reunited with his ex-girlfriend Marisol in another strong scene.

We met Jimmy’s father, played by the one and only Jeff Daniels. The conflict between Jimmy and his dad is clearly going to be investigated this season.

Shrinking S3 E1, E2

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“My Bad”

“Happiness Mission”

I was unaware that the first two episodes of Shrinking season three were already out on Apple TV +. When I was on Amazon Prime, I saw Shrinking with a “New Episode” tag on it and I looked to see two episodes were out already. I was excited because I enjoyed the first two seasons very much.

About halfway through the first episode, I realized how sensational the writing of this show is. The characters are so witty, funny, quick. I was laughing throughout the entire show. Everyone is so brilliantly written and developed that I am constantly amazed with the show.

Michael J. Fox appeared in the first episode as, what we would later find out, a delusion that Paul was seeing because of the Parkinson’s Disease. While it is supposed to be a bad thing, it was so awesome to see him and I think he and Harrison Ford worked so well together. Parkinson’s is truly a horrible disease, but it is great to see this show address it straight forward.

Paul and Julie wind up getting married in the first episode and it was just perfect Shrinking storytelling. Everything was so wonderful that even the old curmudgeon Paul seemed to enjoy himself.

There are so many excellent story arcs kicking off here including Jimmy trying to move along into a new relationship with Sofi (played by Cobie Smulders), Paul’s Parkinson’s, Alice’s going to college, Brian’s trouble with the baby mom and so on.

Brett Goldstein came back for episode two and it felt like his story came to a conclusion. He had a nice goodbye with Jimmy and Alice and he shared a powerful scene with Gaby.

This show does such an amazing job of feeling like real life while being unbelievably funny and poignant at the same time. Every actor on the show delivers their lines perfectly and the chemistry of the cast is off the charts. I am so happy Shrinking is back for season three and has officially been renewed for seaosn four on Apple TV +.