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A grieving psychotherapist begins to tell her clients exactly what she’s thinking
Ignoring his education and ethics, he finds himself making big changes in people’s lives, including his own. The cast of ‘Shrinking’ shares the best moments that defined their characters in Season 1 and reveals who does the best Harrison Ford impression. When Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel, and Bill Lawrence were asked how they got Harrison Ford to come on the show, Segel said that Goldstein originally wanted a “Harrison Ford type” and that he would audition for people like Ford.
Eventually, Goldstein talked to Ford and sold him the role
Segel told Goldstein that they should at least introduce him to Ford first, thinking he would immediately decline, but at least other people would hear that Harrison Ford had been cast in the project, which would generate interest from other famous actors. Goldstein still doesn’t understand what he did to convince her, but he was excited nonetheless. Featured on WatchMojo: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023 (So Far) (2023).
This is pure and simple entertainment
Succinctly written, great jokes, enough pathos to keep it from turning into middle grades Big Bang Theory, a joy to watch. Yes, real therapists wouldn’t act like this, but anyone with a functioning brain would know that, so criticism from this point of view is just negativity for the sake of downgrading. Are some of the characters stereotypes?
A true revelation, the show is worth watching for that alone
Yes, but no offense is given or taken, I knew, I worked with a gay man who was exactly the stereotype presented here. The real success here is mixing the seriousness of therapy and grief with the growing pains of life at different ages, stages and lifestyles and making it damn funny. Finally, who would have thought how good light comedy actor Harrison Ford was?