The bereavement therapist begins to tell her clients exactly what she is thinking
Disregarding her training and ethics, she finds herself making huge changes in people’s lives – including her own. The "Shrinking" share the key moments that defined their characters in Season 1 and reveal who did the best Harrison Ford impression.. When Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel, and Bill Lawrence were asked how they managed to get Harrison Ford on the show, Segel said Goldstein originally wanted a “Harrison Ford type,” and it was made to listen to people like Ford. Segel told Goldstein that they should at least take it to Ford first, because they thought he would immediately turn it down, but at least other people would hear that Harrison Ford was involved in the project, which attracted interest from other major actors.
Goldstein still doesn’t understand what he did to convince her, but he’s cheered up nonetheless.. Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best TV Shows of 2023 (So Far) (2023). When I watched the first episode of the series, I thought I was watching a reality show about a small village whose residents are fighting an epidemic of Tourette syndrome. Imagine my surprise when I learned from a friend that Shrinking was intended to be a comedy.
The plots lack the cleverness of, say, an average Gilligan’s Island episode. Acting certainly doesn’t add to the hilarity. Star Jason Segel’s acting range goes from happy confused face to sad confused face to confused confused face. This is in stark contrast to Harrison Ford’s performance, which falls into the “one-face” category.
performance. We could have expected more from the man who single-handedly invented a whole new realm of comedy: the small-plane pilot comedy. The rest of the cast have no need for acting skills as their sole purpose is to smoothly deliver one-liners, mostly taken out of context, that are meant to give the show a seamless “fun” look. veneer.
Unfortunately, the lines presented are neither clever nor funny, leaving the show with a peeling imitation of wood held down by a veneer of duct tape.