Shrinking
A widowed therapist abandons professional restraint and starts telling his patients exactly what he thinks, with unpredictable results.
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About the series
Moving forward, together.
What it’s about
Jimmy is a therapist struggling after his wife's death. He decides to treat everyone with unfiltered, brutal honesty, abandoning the usual boundaries. This new approach shakes up his clients and his own life.
What hooks you
Jason Segel plays Jimmy, and Harrison Ford appears as Paul, a colleague based on real psychiatrist Phil Stutz. The series earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, including for Segel, Ford, and Jessica Williams. Created with Brett Goldstein and Bill Lawrence, it balances sharp comedy with the mess of mourning.
Who it’s for
It suits viewers who like comedy that finds humor in grief and flawed people trying to do better. It will appeal to those who enjoy workplace dynamics, sharp dialogue, and characters who break rules to cope.
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Comedy
- Age rating
- 18+
- MPAA
- TV-MA
- Status
- Streaming
- World premiere
- Jan 27, 2023
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 362 votesCreative team
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Trivia
- When screenwriters Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel, and Bill Lawrence were asked how they managed to get Harrison Ford into the project, Segel said that Goldstein had wanted from the start to find "someone like Harrison Ford" for the role and was accordingly planning to hold screen tests for such actors. Segel told Goldstein that they should at least try to attract Ford himself, who would of course almost certainly refuse, but at least word would get out about his screen test, and who knows, maybe other actors would come on board too. In the end Goldstein talked to Ford, and he agreed to the role. Goldstein says he has no idea what exactly prompted Ford to agree.
- The character played by Harrison Ford is based on the real psychiatrist Phil Stutz, the subject of Jonah Hill's 2022 documentary of the same name.
- When creating the office interiors, the series' production designer Cabot McMullen worked closely with the actors involved in the series, creating "individual" interiors for each character. Many of the interior items were chosen by the actors themselves.
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