Closure
- Episode aired Mar 24, 2023
- TV-MA
- 33m
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8.3/10
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Season finale. As Brian's wedding approaches, Alice takes issue with how Jimmy is living his life. Liz learns a secret.Season finale. As Brian's wedding approaches, Alice takes issue with how Jimmy is living his life. Liz learns a secret.Season finale. As Brian's wedding approaches, Alice takes issue with how Jimmy is living his life. Liz learns a secret.
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Season One Review
Highly publicised on the app, and by Brett Goldstein, whose podcast I listen too, "Shrinking" was a new sitcom on Apple TV. A little less life affirming that it's stablemate "Ted Lasso", still the series is genuinely funny and utterly heartfelt.
Having gone off the rails since the death of his wife, psychotherapist Jimmy (Jason Segal) decides to get his life back on track and reconnect with his daughter, Alice (Lukita Maxwell). This is not an entirely welcome move as Alice has become used to useless dad and gets her parental guidance from their neighbour Liz (Christa Miller). Jimmy also decides to shake things up with his patients, and instead of coaxing them towards their own revelations decides a policy of direct interference and brutal honest is the way to go.
Interestingly, "Shrinking" is another comedy that suggested it might be one thing, when actually it was something else entirely. Much was made in the trailers of the unconventional therapy angle, though in actuality that doesn't feature in the plot much - just gives an excuse for one of his patients, Sean, played by Luke Tennie, to move in with him. From there it's quite a sweet sitcom about reconciliation, both within family members but also with the situation, as Jimmy has been drinking (and snorting) away dealing with his loss.
I enjoyed this series quite a bit, it regularly had me laughing out loud. I'll admit that a lot of the actors are playing characters similar to what we've seen from them before, so Christa Miller is a bit overbearing, Jason Segal is exasperated, and Harrison Ford is stern. The discovery (for me) is Jessica Williams, who elevates what might have been a stock supporting character into one of the highlights of the show.
Glad that a second season has been commissioned and I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Having gone off the rails since the death of his wife, psychotherapist Jimmy (Jason Segal) decides to get his life back on track and reconnect with his daughter, Alice (Lukita Maxwell). This is not an entirely welcome move as Alice has become used to useless dad and gets her parental guidance from their neighbour Liz (Christa Miller). Jimmy also decides to shake things up with his patients, and instead of coaxing them towards their own revelations decides a policy of direct interference and brutal honest is the way to go.
Interestingly, "Shrinking" is another comedy that suggested it might be one thing, when actually it was something else entirely. Much was made in the trailers of the unconventional therapy angle, though in actuality that doesn't feature in the plot much - just gives an excuse for one of his patients, Sean, played by Luke Tennie, to move in with him. From there it's quite a sweet sitcom about reconciliation, both within family members but also with the situation, as Jimmy has been drinking (and snorting) away dealing with his loss.
I enjoyed this series quite a bit, it regularly had me laughing out loud. I'll admit that a lot of the actors are playing characters similar to what we've seen from them before, so Christa Miller is a bit overbearing, Jason Segal is exasperated, and Harrison Ford is stern. The discovery (for me) is Jessica Williams, who elevates what might have been a stock supporting character into one of the highlights of the show.
Glad that a second season has been commissioned and I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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