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Narrative

A grieving therapist begins telling his patients exactly what he thinks

He ignores his training and ethics and makes a huge difference in people’s lives – including his own. The cast of ‘Shrinking’ recounts the best moments that defined their characters in Season 1, and reveals who does the best impersonation of Harrison Ford. When Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel and Bill Lawrence were asked how they got Harrison Ford on the show, Segel said Goldstein originally wanted a “Harrison Ford type” and wanted to audition people similar to Ford.

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Segel told Goldstein they would have to at least suggest it to Ford first, thinking he would immediately decline, but at least other people would know Harrison Ford was tapped for the project, which sparked interest from other big-name actors. Goldstein ended up talking to Ford and convincing him to take the role. Goldstein still doesn’t understand what he did to convince him, but was enthusiastic nonetheless..

This is fun, plain and simple

Crisply written, great one-liners, enough pathos to keep it from becoming a middle-class Big Bang Theory, a joy to watch. Yes, real therapists wouldn’t act like this, but anyone with a functioning brain cell would know that, so criticism from that perspective is just negativity to pull the rating down. Are any of the characters stereotypes?

Yes, but that’s not offensive, nor should it be taken that way

FYI, I worked with a gay man who fit the exact stereotype shown here. The real success here is mixing the seriousness of therapy and grief with the growing pains of life at different ages, stages, and ways of life, and making the whole thing damn funny. And finally, who would have thought that Harrison Ford is such a great comedic actor?

He is an absolute revelation and makes the show worth watching just for him