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Positive:
40
Mixed:
15
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews
The GuardianJan 28, 2026
The TelegraphJan 28, 2026
Season 3 Review:
Harrison Ford, of all people, should never have to say a line like, “You’re afraid to move forward, but you know you should,” as the coffee-shop dad-rock swells up in the background and we all walk away better people. And yet… it’s still very funny, uniformly well put together and full of great turns.
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The TelegraphOct 15, 2024
Season 2 Review:
It’s less reliant on the big two of Segel and Ford, bringing in Lasso’s Brett Goldstein (also a writer on this show) in a surprising role as Segel’s new antagonist. It works up to a point but to this gnarled old churl there’s still too much growing and learning going on, and all among wealthy people with Elle Deco lives.
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The GuardianJan 27, 2023
Season 1 Review:
[Harrison Ford's] dry delivery of Paul’s acerbic one-liners and verdicts on his younger colleagues’ antics provides a much-needed counterpoint to the schmaltz that often threatens to overwhelm, and his gravitas grounds a show whose fluffy pieces could otherwise easily float away.
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Jan 23, 2023
Season 1 Review:
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.
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The PlaylistOct 15, 2024
Season 2 Review:
Unfortunately, it’s rinse-and-repeat for season two. The adage “If it ain’t broke” has never rung more accurately than it does here. .... It’s not all bad. Damon Wayans Jr. has joined the chat as a love interest of Gaby, teetering between his usual persona and an avalanche of dad jokes. The humor overall sees noticeable improvement with each episode.
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Jan 30, 2023
Season 1 Review:
When you put Harrison Ford in full curmudgeon mode next to Jason Segel and Jessica Williams, there’s just not denying that you’ve got a competently funny show on your hands. But what is it saying? I mean, other than the platitudes it seems to spout: that all of us (even therapists!) are struggling? That we’re all doing our best?
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Jan 26, 2023
Season 1 Review:
It’s tempting to just keep talking about Harrison Ford, because aside from Paul, the news about “Shrinking” isn’t so good. ... The cycle of yelling, crying and apologizing is so constant that even within episodes you lose track of what people are yelling about and what they’re apologizing for. Tonally, however, the show is a quiet, somewhat monochrome drama, and the result is that it never quite feels in sync.
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Jan 26, 2023
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