As it seems to be the mood all season long, there are sweet moments and a general relaxing, lack of menaces, sitcom style atmosphere.
Which sometimes I just need, so that's a joy.
But the characters' storylines are fragmented, abruptly interrupted for more than 1 ep, then get a sudden turn which was building up 2 eps before. Other times some changes of mind or behaviour are just too quick, compared to how a character had just behaved up until that point. Don't get me wrong, I like seeing Alice rekindling her relationship with her dad or Sean going full speed into his own business idea. But she had been very stubborn and hurt and putting an emotional wall till ep. 8 ending, and now they're almost back to normal? Sean was given 2 minutes of trying office job? Brian's marriage prep and relationship with his own father got 20 seconds?
There's really, really too much stuff going on which isn't given enough space nor exploration or that seemed rushed into the next chapter out of fear of living that storyline too much behind.
I don't know if the 30 minutes format is too tight for all the ideas they had or if they should have just taken it slower and developed things in the following season.. but it feels off.
I was almost in tears
This show is just very steady, it gives you pretty much the same thing each episode: laughs, likable characters, and heartwarming moments. In that regard it's pretty enjoyable, but in another regard at this point in the season it's starting to feel a bit redundant and overstretched. I liked everything I watched this episode and the characters have been handled well which is the most important part in my eyes, but I've also started to feel a little bored by the show.
Review by cutecruelBlockedParentSpoilers2023-03-17T20:28:52Z
The best comedic acting on Shrinking: Gaby when she catches Harrison Ford's getting laid by his doctor - GOLD. Comedic gold! Jessica Williams and Harrison Ford screen comedic chemistry is :100:.
Liz incorrectly correcting Jimmy’s grammar.
“That's all we get, but it was so fun.” - This line and Jimmy getting to the end of the scrapbook and realizes there will be no more pages added to him and his wife’s memories together and accepts it, crying. Growth is devastating and necessary. That was the saddest thing this entire season.
Each new episode of Shrinking reminds me just how much we need to see healthy depictions of grief on the screen.
“Academia is the fifth circle of hell. It goes babies, musicals, magic, kale, academia.”
While it was sweet that Paul canceling his award to go see his grandson and I understand her point and all but I think Paul’s daughter is so aggravating, it’s kind of silly how she reacted on hearing about him getting the award. She can be mad at him for calling her about work thing but it is also a big thing that she could've been bit happy about or understood that he wants his family to be there on his special moment.