Shrinking: Season 1

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Shrinking: Sitting Down With Harrison Ford And Jason Segel

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Season Details & Credits

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

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Closure
Air Date: March 23, 2023
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S1:E9. Moving Forward
Air Date: March 16, 2023
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S1:E8. Boop
Air Date: March 9, 2023

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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

Kristen Baldwin

Jan 24, 2023

This is a promising and unique venture, blending highbrow (shout-out to Carl Jung!) and lowbrow (projectile vomit humor!). The sharp writing offers poignant feels, and the cast seems up for anything. 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

Empire John Nugent

Jan 23, 2023

Like Ted Lasso, Shrinking is sweetly funny, and sentimental almost to a fault. It’s worth watching for a goofily poignant Jason Segel — and a gloriously grouchy Harrison Ford. 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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Gaming_Bear

Mar 1, 2023

Good comedy with jokes that are not in your face. Great by today's standards were comedy needs to be forced down the throat of the viewer and told what funny is. Good amount of serious stuff in here to in the form of people dealing with their mental health struggles. Great topic to focus onGood comedy with jokes that are not in your face. Great by today's standards were comedy needs to be forced down the throat of the viewer and told what funny is. Good amount of serious stuff in here to in the form of people dealing with their mental health struggles. Great topic to focus on currently especially with what is going on in the world. Not sure what some of the other commenters are posting about woke stuff. I did not really get that vibe.… Expand

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Elkepelka

Mar 26, 2023

Not sure what the critics who lowballed this show are thinking. I thought Shrinking was excellent. How it handles grief so perfectly, seeing it from so many different angles. The show had me laughing and crying. I found it to be intelligently written and the cast is phenomenal. I'mNot sure what the critics who lowballed this show are thinking. I thought Shrinking was excellent. How it handles grief so perfectly, seeing it from so many different angles. The show had me laughing and crying. I found it to be intelligently written and the cast is phenomenal. I'm really looking forward to season 2 (and hopefully 3).… Expand

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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

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

MetacriticOnur

Apr 23, 2023

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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."

2 of 7 users found this helpful25

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

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

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.

2 of 6 users found this helpful24

Seasons & Episodes

71

Series Overview
Season 3

76
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 28, 2026
Season 2

75
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 16, 2024
Season 1

68
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 27, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E10. Closure
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E9. Moving Forward
  Air Date: March 16, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E8. Boop
  Air Date: March 9, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E7. Apology Tour
  Air Date: March 2, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E6. Imposter Syndrome
  Air Date: February 23, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E5. Woof
  Air Date: February 16, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E4. Potatoes
  Air Date: February 9, 2023
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  S1:E3. Fifteen Minutes
  Air Date: February 2, 2023
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  S1:E2. Fortress of Solitude
  Air Date: January 26, 2023
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  S1:E1. Coin Flip
  Air Date: January 26, 2023