Shrinking
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Early in the first season ofShrinking, I wasnt quite sure what to make of the shows premise.
How sustainable could that be as a plot engine for a comedy like this one?
But it was also a return to a story line that the show had mostly moved past.
As much as I enjoyed how theseason ended, I wondered what tack the next season would take.
Still, I like that this episode continues to acknowledge the harmful effects of that throw in of therapy.
(He did survive, but he might never walk again.)
But his efforts are short-lived, especially when Alice inadvertently gets him to promise to keep committing therapist malpractice.
Still, though, I have to wonder why Jimmying is so, well, therapeutic to him.
There must have been years prior to Tias death where he was more comfortable with traditional therapy.
Why cant he find his way back there now?
(ThatsTed Lassoco-star andShrinkingco-creator Brett Goldstein, startlingly clean-shaven.)
But hes still uncomfortable with reminders of his past.
(It goes about as well as youd expect.)
So for his next appointment, Sean goes to Paul instead of Jimmy.
Their little hello feels a bit bittersweet, but its for the best.
At most, hell probably see Jimmy 50 minutes less per week from now on.
Liz takes it upon herself to interfere, as usual, leading to some classic Gaby-and-Liz fighting.
This one doesnt get too intense, though.
(Gabys probably going to rearrange all that after theyre gone, though, right?)
(She says it back, of course.)
So much ofShrinkingis about that need for communication and connection, about having an open and honest heart.
Sometimes, you think everythings fine until the past comes roaring back.
Gotta love Harrison Fords grin when Jimmy says Paul pushed him off a cliff in his dream.
Gabys student Keisha seems like a fun new character.
I dont need to numb myself by snorting molly off of some stripper named Ecstasy …
I might have been snorting ecstasy off a stripper named Molly.
She was also a Lyft driver.
