Shrinking: Season 1

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Apple TV+ | Season Premiere Date: January 27, 2023

Summary: Still suffering from his own loss, a therapist (Jason Segel), disregards rules and ethics by telling his patients what he actually thinks in this comedy series created by Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein.

Creator: Bill Lawrence and Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein

Genre(s): Comedy, Talk & Interview

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E3. Fifteen Minutes
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E2. Fortress of Solitude
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E1. Coin Flip
Air Date: November 30, -0001

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Collider Nate Richard

Jan 23, 2023

Shrinking knows exactly the kind of show that it is, and it may end up being one of the most authentic new comedies of the year. Read full review

Ross McIndoe

Jan 23, 2023

While Shrinking does sail a bit close to the wind at times, it mostly does a good job of keeping its whimsical side sufficiently anchored in reality. Read full review

Mary Siroky

Jan 26, 2023

Shrinking embraces the messiness of interpersonal relationships in that aspect. While some problems can’t be wrapped up in 45 minutes, some really great stories can be told in 30. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Jan 27, 2023

In a way, the series has a good deal in common with “Ted Lasso,” in the sense that it succeeds not because of its premise – which sounds completely ordinary and familiar – but in spite of it. “Shrinking” isn’t a big idea, but with a big heart and genuine laughs, it, too, achieves its goal. Read full review

The Playlist Brian Tallerico

Jan 23, 2023

At its best, “Shrinking” is a show about how decisions have unexpected ripple effects. One doctor decides to go off-book and that pushes his friends and colleagues to take leaps that they may not have otherwise considered. That’s an easily watchable concept. It treads water a bit too much in the middle of the season after its set-up has kind of drifted away and the writers are content to just bounce the now-established characters off each other, but this is also the section of the first season in which it feels the ensemble starts to gel. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jan 23, 2023

Ford seems poorly used and out-of-place in this comic milieu; that he’s stiff and uncomfortable is a joke with diminishing returns. Better are his dramatic scenes. ... Whereas Segel is more at sea. An open-hearted performer whose emotional palette is big, bold and easy to read, Segel cannot make Jimmy’s confessions feel special or earned. ... With that in mind, I enjoyed Jimmy’s relationship with Gaby, as the pair of therapists’ chemistry seems to exist beyond words. And his relationship with his daughter Alice, too, felt pleasingly underexplored. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 23, 2023

Boasting grating turns from its overdoing-it cast, scripts that are like nails on a chalkboard, and the participation of Harrison Ford in a role, and project, that’s beneath him, it’s the nadir of “high concept” comedy. ... Still, Ford is better than Shrinking, and so too are most other comedies currently on the air. Read full review

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KeenWatcher

Feb 3, 2023

Good show! The trailer made it seem infinitely boring! So I was going in with a low bar - it was interesting watching a differential method of psychology due to being pushed over the edge on the impacts of death and how you reflect on how you live your own life.

Note this is less drama andGood show! The trailer made it seem infinitely boring! So I was going in with a low bar - it was interesting watching a differential method of psychology due to being pushed over the edge on the impacts of death and how you reflect on how you live your own life.

Note this is less drama and more of a comedy to relax and enjoy! It seems to straddle the line between both, actually quite masterfully.… Expand

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Gods_Son23

Jan 27, 2023

Did the writers of Velma write this?
"You forced a young black man to fight a bunch of people in this cultural atmosphere." LMAO!
"I'm a white guy in Pasadena. The cops will probably just take it back to my house for me."

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UncleWillard

Jan 29, 2023

I remember when Jason Segel was at the top of his game and I loved his persona. I don't think his persona has changed, as the the affable if slightly neurotic every man, but I think I've at least grown out of it. As soon as the pool scene came on, it immediately turned me off and I never gotI remember when Jason Segel was at the top of his game and I loved his persona. I don't think his persona has changed, as the the affable if slightly neurotic every man, but I think I've at least grown out of it. As soon as the pool scene came on, it immediately turned me off and I never got back to a place where anyone in this intrigued me, not even Harrison Ford. I'm not really sure why Ford was in this. It could have been any older actor. I would think that he'd hold out for something he starred in and was more compelling than this. Kinda reminds me of some late 80's crap that would get one season on HBO. The scene where he just takes his PTSD guy to a MMA gym on a whim. WTF? Yeah, not for me.… Expand

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metacritiqueur

Jan 30, 2023

Hipster woke stuff that affects 0.1% of the world's population. Harrison Ford appears 4 minutes to sell his name on the credits.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 27, 2023
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  S1:E3. Fifteen Minutes
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
- tbd
  S1:E2. Fortress of Solitude
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
- tbd
  S1:E1. Coin Flip
  Air Date: November 30, -0001