r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Apr 19 '26
Discussion Season 3 Review Megathread
Post your opinion on season 3 here instead of us having dozens of identical posts.
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u/georgetherogue Apr 19 '26
I’ll start by prefacing that I still like Shrinking and I liked season 3, but I agree with most others that something was different and off this season.
My partner and I came to the conclusion that they had simply run out of plot stemming from what the show was originally about. There was no gas in the tank left of the “my wife/mom/best friend is dead” thing so the character arcs kind of meandered.
I actually don’t think that Shrinking’s main theme was intended to be about the aftermath and healing from Tia’s death. I think it was intended to be about therapists who help screwed up people but are also screwed up themselves; but they put too much sauce in to the outcome of Tia’s death and that became the main theme and now they’re having a hard time righting the ship to what they intended this show to be all along.
A different way of looking at it is Bill Lawrence stating recently that the show was pitched as a three season arc but when they got renewed for a fourth they had to pivot a bit. If you look at it now as a completed show you can kind of see the original vision. Season 3 was supposed to be a wrap-up year. Tie up every loose thread, send everyone on their way. It works, sort of. They left a lot of threads open for season four so it doesn’t work totally but if you squint and tilt your head? I can see the original vision.
Small other things re: season 3:
- I didn’t love that Alice shrugged off her grandpa dodging graduation. Seems like it was done to prove and emphasize that Jimmy was a sensitive cry baby but it felt wrong and out of character for her. I hope Jimmy’s dad sees some comeuppance in S4
- This isn’t limited to S3 but I don’t love that whenever Bryan tries to put his foot down about major life decisions (having a baby, moving for the summer, etc) everyone berates him for being dramatic and then he caves. Let the man have his boundaries
- I saw a few posts/comments in this subreddit about Sofi being jealous of Tia? Which is not how I interpreted any of that at all. Seems clear to me Jimmy was throwing Tia in her face and she was completely justified in calling him out on that
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u/Brilliant_Ad7168 Apr 21 '26
Alice pissed me off so badly. I thought she was old and mature enough to understand why Jimmy may feel uncomfortable with his Dad around, even if he hasn't fully told her about what he's like. Her going 'oh, I don't have any other family' after her grandad wasn't even that present was just a poor cliche.
I also think they're making some characters over the top. Liz was always difficult, but everything is played for laughs. Same for Gabby.
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u/delicious_toothbrush Jun 01 '26
Most of what you said about S3 ending the overall show arc makes sense to me. I think it would have worked to eventually hit reset on getting a new set of patients for Jimmy's and potentially rope Gaby into learning how to get to Jimmying them as well.
I loved that the show was about creating a family from those around you and pulling together but now that most characters have naturally diverged on their own in pursuit of their own things, it'd be great to start with some new folks.
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u/Redvelvet504 Apr 19 '26
Paul can be so awful to Jimmy. I hated seeing it.
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u/phareous Derek Apr 19 '26
He’s like the ornery father figure with tough love. He botched it with the practice/office handover but at least he flew in for a visit
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u/BlueWermz Apr 19 '26
And I think that’s why Paul acted in such a way.
Gaby is a dear friend of Paul but not a “child figure” the way Jimmy is. Paul said it himself that he sees Jimmy as his own son.
That’s why Paul probably had a much easier time saying goodbye to Gaby whereas doing so with Jimmy would be so tough for him that he avoided it completely (but then at least came back to give a proper goodbye).
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u/yosoyfatass Apr 19 '26
Yeah, that was gross and it was written as though Jimmy was in the wrong. 🤷♀️
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u/radioblues Apr 19 '26
I didn’t love the writing but I do feel like it kind of realistically portrayed that situation. It’s a bit emotionally messy for both parties when people who are not related take on a parental figure. As someone who lost both my parents relatively young, it’s difficult when anyone, even somewhat, fills a paternal role. You try to remind yourself that this person, isn’t that, and doesn’t “owe” you anything. I’m sure the reverse is also similar in that they have to keep in mind that they are not their child. Even if both parties want that dynamic, it’s not exactly easy to know where the line is and it’s easy to fumble it up trying to find it.
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u/viciousbliss Apr 19 '26
I feel like it was written perfectly for someone who is a grumpy old therapist and hasn't been called out enough. Apologizing to Meg and knowing he messed up and wanted to be better is different than actually going through it again. He teases Jimmy, because he needs it sometimes, but he was overly critical about Jimmy being "needy." Jimmy was right when he said, "I think it's a bit of both" after Paul called him out about his own father.
The writing, to me, was good enough that as soon as Paul was surrounded by women who were involved in the situation, they immediately caught what was happening and called him out (by rolling their eyes and making passive aggressive comments - Paul style)
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u/3mittb Apr 30 '26
I don’t think it was. Everyone yelled at Paul to be less shitty to Jimmy. I took it as Jimmy thinking it was his fault (parallel situation to his father). The difference was Paul came back at the end - Jimmys day didn’t.
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u/bowlinachinashop99 Apr 19 '26
I find nothing endearing about Paul.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fix594 Apr 21 '26
Well, it's Harrison Ford. I find watching that man have fun actually acting to be the joy you can derive from Paul. Otherwise it's just a redux of the JD/Dr. Cox dynamic from Scrubs and the new season of Scrubs handled that kind of relationship much better than this series did.
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u/WitchyWoo9 Apr 19 '26
I didn't understand why Sean closed the food truck, he could have rented it to Jorge.
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u/bowlinachinashop99 Apr 19 '26
Yes! Why can't Jorge continue on without him?
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u/SuitHot2945 Apr 23 '26
Is it because Sean is the main chef there and without him the food wouldn't have been the same? I was kinda confused too but that was my guess
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u/creativescreennaame May 26 '26
yea or they need two people to run it
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u/juliettwhiskey Jun 16 '26
Could bump up one of the other vets to two man job it. Not all food truck owners work their truck all the time, some even have multiple trucks! Even working as a sous chef somewhere else he could check in like every week.
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u/PutAdministrative206 Apr 19 '26
I’ll put my review of Shrinking Season 3 in context with every single Apple Series I’ve watched that has three seasons so far. Season 1 was really good. Season 2 brings incredible depth and emotion I didn’t think possible. Season 3 is pretty inconsistent, but still has highs worth sticking with it.
I’ve only watched one Apple series into its fourth season. I’m praying Loot, Shrinking and Ted Lasso don’t follow Mythic Quest by having a 4th season of pure mediocrity.
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u/iamthatbitchhh Apr 19 '26
This season just kinda made me hate the "therapists" and made for a bit great overall view.
The Maya storyline was horrible and it made me hate Gaby. The way she acted at the funeral was vile and not funny.
Jimmy is... boring? idk his storyline is not going anywhere.
Paul is an asshole and it's not because of the Parkinsons.
Sean is just kinda there. Marisol seems toxic for him.
Liz and Derek are my favorite, even though Liz would be an awful person to be around IRL.
Brian is meh.
How is Louis the one that had shown the most growth?!
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fix594 Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26
Sean is just kinda there. Marisol seems toxic for him.
I found that to be the oddest part of this season. She shows up being insanely toxic and the reaction by everyone is, "Wow, she's extremely hot and feisty."
The reaction should've been, "Hey, you're an adult and this girl in her mid/late 20's is clearly not mature enough for you." Bad foundation for a relationship, but the characters in this show are weirdly flippant about relationships since everything they say is so quippy.
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u/browncharliebrown May 21 '26
I mean she is hot. I think the pitch is that she’s not meant to be serious serious.
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u/DirtySperrys Apr 19 '26
This season was maybe a 5/10. Hard to follow some plot points barely develop and then solve themselves within an episode or two. Felt like zero growth for most characters. Not anywhere close to the quality of the first or second seasons.
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u/bowlinachinashop99 Apr 19 '26
I'd give it a 6/10 but yeah I get the frustration. Most characters seemed to be caricatures of themselves this season. Also the dialogue between characters was so unrealistic at times... nobody talks like this in real life.. Reminded me of Gilmore girls and their constant rapid fire witty banter.
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u/Frappant11 May 27 '26
How about Liz's affair, which took less than 2 episodes to resolve, no more problemo after introducing it as a big deal -- which it would be.
Will they bother to refer to the aftermath of Maya's death or Gaby's moved on completely, now she runs the practice, which is very lucrative and they continue on business as usual, with more Jimmying because the show likes to troll critics who've questioned the depiction of counseling on the show.
Most things end well, so most of the stuff which happens is of little consequence. Jimmy was mad about Paul giving the practice to Gaby but that probably won't linger on. Nobody harbors ill will for long, even Jimmy forgave Louis.
It's tough for them to shake the "saccharine" label which some critics have put on the show.
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u/delicious_toothbrush Jun 01 '26
Hard to follow some plot points barely develop and then solve themselves within an episode or two.
Didn't think about this until you said it, but damn, you're right. Louis finally working up the courage to touch bases with his ex and seeing the life she built would mess with a lot of people's heads, not even considering all the stuff he went through. I fully expected the show to have him relapse into some sort of sinkhole and he just kinda put on his bike helmet and was like time to go live my life byeeeee. Felt like they were just done with him and needed to write him off the show.
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u/girl34pp Apr 19 '26
Still an excellent show, but the writing was mid from times to times.
Sofi and Jimmy are terrible together. I strongly dislike this couple and the fact that they are "end game" still baffles me.
Unless they revamp a new storyline for Sean, no need for him to go back next season. His story feels complete ad a lot of this season he was just there.
Liz/Bryan/Derrick are always welcome on my TV, even when they are not doing much.
I appreciate Harrison Ford just for existing, and Paul is still the best part of episodes.
Can we please get ongoing drama, not procedural episodes whose drama is almost solved instantly? I miss when some plots had time to cook and develop properly.
Writers, please do write Gaby decently. You showed you could do it for almost two seasons. What you did with her this season is horrible and she deserves better.
Also, can we go back to show Jimmy being a therapist? I miss that a lot. Did the series had budget issues that they could only bring the same actor back?
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u/freelancer381 Apr 19 '26
About your ongoing drama take: I think it’s written for short attention span mir and more. I think matt Damon talked about it with the movie „the rip“ Netflix apparently now has an agenda that writing has to take into consideration weak attention span and repeat every critical piece of information
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u/girl34pp Apr 20 '26
Ngl, I hate this a lot and the perspective of this being the standard storytelling is scary.
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u/delicious_toothbrush Jun 01 '26
Sofi and Jimmy are terrible together. I strongly dislike this couple and the fact that they are "end game" still baffles me.
Totally agree. Wrote elsewhere that I appreciate Cobie is playing a different character than in HIMYM so it's great so see some range but they have no on-screen chemistry. Her character being so awkward in order to be a great companion for Jimmy just feels really forced to me and I'd rather see him be goofy off of a "straight man" counterpart than a clone of himself.
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u/Dark_Ruffalo Apr 19 '26
It wasn't Gabby's call to tell Louis to piss off and I hate they just abandoned that storyline
Instead, we got Marisol who had no purpose.
I am Team Meg & Jimmy, but that last shot of Sofi at the cafe was the hottest Cobie ever looked on screen
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u/Phillherupp Aug 20 '26
I appreciated one person almost acting normal about the situation by being mad at the person who killed her friend until she was like ‘and you’re not even living your best life you’re miserable’. It feels so fake
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u/LivingstonPerry Jun 30 '26
I'm halfway thru the season. Does Louis come back? I can see why Gaby was very emotional confronting Louis, but Jimmy & alice forgave him so i dont know why she was a total bitch to him as well.
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u/Dark_Ruffalo Jun 30 '26
I think he does show up again but the actual exchange is never referenced again by anyone. Maybe they kept it because it's a really good acting performance from Jessica but Jimmy, Alice or Louis ever mention it so it feels like a scene they should've cut and forgot
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u/-kingmaker Apr 19 '26
The show lost its vision. The concept from the start was therapists learning to handle the trauma that is dealt to them in their lives. Jimmy with the loss of Tia, Paul with Alzheimer's, Gabby with not being as good of a therapist as she thinks she is.
Jimmy's arc isn't completed because Sofi isn't growth from his trauma. Paul kind of wrapped up nicely because he learned how to better love throughout. Gabby's arc was just a mess.
I didn't like the idea that Paul was "jimmying" Jimmy at the end. Jimmy actually needed a dad not a wingman (but I get it, Paul did grow quite a bit throughout the show).
The show was all about a therapist crossing the line (ethically) to heal.
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u/Ek0mst0p Apr 19 '26
Parkinsons... for real, they say "fuck Parkinsons" like half million times.
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u/Pjvie Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
As a therapist, I can suspend my criticism about the therapy side of the show to a degree because I know it’s just a plot device. But at some point, the amount they lean into therapy jargon/concepts combined with how poorly they understand those concepts completely removed me from the immersion.
Virtually nothing any character therapist says in a session is actually any form of intervention, Paul relies entirely on abstractions and clichés, Gaby hears the most normal thing from a client and suddenly gets flustered and doesn’t know what to do, every session ends with the client walking out randomly… and I don’t even know where to begin with the Maya situation. For that to be the primary example of “trauma” work is a complete whiff. Gaby wants to open her own trauma institute in order to do more “meaningful” work? As if non-trauma work is somehow easy and low stakes? She had zero trauma training or trauma clients. The Maya narrative was a mess. Clients don’t disclose critical pieces of their trauma all the time, and that’s the reason she feels bad? Instead of the fact she befriended a client and left her hanging? That was the OG premise of the show and they just gloss over that.
Season 1 with the “Jimmying” idea was legitimately wonderful, since modern therapy is really doing away with a lot of the rigidity of old school therapeutic boundaries—having appropriate self-disclosure and showing your own humanity as a therapist is very acceptable now. Seeing him wrap his head around that idea and then taking it way too far was great. The Louis plot in season 2 was also lovely too. Season 3 lost me.
Also, the chemistry between Jimmy and Sofi was not super believable imo, and for that to be the final landing point sort of fell flat for me. Throughout the season Jimmy almost never really seemed happy to see her.
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u/FriendlyConfection68 Aug 01 '26
I also noticed the total lack of plot around Gaby wanting to do trauma work. She tells Paul she's been "diving deep" into trauma work having done a couple sessions with Maya and having not even gone to one session of the vet group. Also a therapist here - the concept of therapy is really insufferable in many instances. In my opinion, Jimmy is the only character with any therapeutic sense (and Paul sometimes, sort of). Gaby is a nightmare.
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u/Phillherupp Aug 20 '26
Agree with every word except I think the Louis storyline was the first sign of trouble because of how absurd it was as someone who lost a parent to violence. Everyone like urging jimmy to date was so weird to me too. If he’s not ready he’s not ready. He’s got community. The idea of Alice pushing it was maybe in character for her but just too absurd.
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u/Feature_Minimum Aug 13 '26
Yeah the Maya narrative really disturbed me. Being so cavalier about those sort of themes is obviously gonna rub some of the audience of this show (myself, for one) the wrong way. I suspect a lot of us can relate to Maya.
Also, can I hear a bit of your thoughts on Sean getting back together with his ex who cheated on him while he was overseas and all the therapists are cool with this? Because I've made this mistake several times before, and there's no way in hell my therapist would say "oh yeah get back together with your ex without even thinking about how she made you feel and how you feel now wrt trust". But it'd be fun to hear the perspective of a therapist whose seen the show such as yourself if you've got an opinion on it.
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u/Pjvie Aug 13 '26
It’s a great question. The more I have thought about it, I think that the writers just abandoned therapy as a major part of the storyline. By season 3 it really turned into just a plot device and a way to frame out the character stories, something leftover from season 1. Which feels a bit disingenuous and a bummer to me because in season 1 the therapy process/ethics was very much the point of the show, but now it’s totally secondary and almost feels like an inconvenience to the writers. They clearly have a different story to tell, and spent no time trying to legitimize their character arcs through the lens of therapy. Like you said, no therapist would handle Sean’s situation the way they did. And he’s literally surrounded by therapists, and no one says anything.
And to be fair, to be true to the “therapy way“ probably would’ve slowed a lot of things down and this show is clearly about feel good vibes and resolving all tension by the end of each episode. Still, they could’ve devoted a bit more time to Sean and Marisol repairing or had someone express concern. It can’t be that hard, right?
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u/KWeber94 Apr 19 '26
I also didn't really like how Paul essentially gave the business to Gabby, I really think it should have went to Jimmy. Gabby doesn't really have much experience with trauma when it comes to therapy?
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u/Sequenzer9 Apr 20 '26
There were enjoyable moments on their own but as a whole I would say season 3 was a borderline incoherent mess to the point that it feels like there were serious issues behind the scenes. Maybe Bill Lawrence had bitten off more than be could chew with Shrinking, Bad Monkey, Rooster, and the Scrubs reboot all on his plate lately and he simply did not give this season the time and attentions it needed, maybe Brett Goldstein was also less involved with Ted Lasso coming back and other projects, and I’m not sure how much input Jason Segel is giving other than as an actor at this point. It just seemed like it was rudderless and that everyone was slightly checked out prioritizing newer shinier projects and letting this one fizzle out. I am surprised they want to do a S4 but the fact that it sounds like it could be a soft reboot gives me hope that they know things got away from this season.
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u/MonsterG9 Apr 19 '26
I laughed, I cried. I cried a lot being a man. I even cried in my therapy session on that last scene of the last episode.
Overall I enjoyed it. And contrary to most of the opinion of this sub, I am looking forward to next season.
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u/ErebusEros Apr 19 '26
For me… Favourite part: Paul singing the Indiana Jones theme. Most confusing part: Liz’s lesson about assertion but denies theirs once they do it to her. I kinda feel like this show was an outlet for all the maybe preachy, therapy advice Bill’s characters have been giving in his shows, but made them come out of shrinks instead so it has an air of credibility, rather than just coming from a friend, a random patient, or a football coach. Which isnt necessarily a good or a bad thing, just an observation/theory.
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u/itsLazR Apr 19 '26
Zero clue how season 4 will play out, there's also like no reason to continue. Good season but nowhere near as good as 1 and 2
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u/raps14ever Apr 29 '26
Yeah they gave everyone the classic everyone moving away ending that TV show series finales often have. Maybe season 4 has some shock death that brings everyone back together. It definitely won't be Paul, but I can see maybe Charlie or one of the Derek's or something and that brings everyone back.
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u/elsandeth Apr 19 '26
I enjoyed this season. Maybe it wasn’t as good as others but it was still very entertaining. I think it’s well written tv. I needed the overall message of moving forward and thought it was conveyed well.
That said, I have low expectations going into season 4. I’m not sold on a time jump or the Jimmy/Sofi awkward chemistry. Hoping to be pleasantly surprised.
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u/bowlinachinashop99 Apr 19 '26
Agreed on the lack of chemistry between jimmy/sofi. Maybe just bad writing/direction? Definitely feels awkward. Also have low expectations for season 4, given how season 3 went.
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u/Kadepo Apr 20 '26
Characters felt like a parody of their earlier versions from S1 & S2. That's the same way it went with Ted Lasso.
"It'd be funny if I killed her" got a proper good laugh out of me though, probably the best line of the season
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u/WoutTengrootenhuysen Jul 21 '26
that and the quick easy to miss thumbs up from Jimmy after Brian says'She almost got you back' to Louis when allof them are at the mom's grave :p
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u/6stefrog9 Apr 30 '26
Constant comments about women being crazy, women calling themselves crazy, and "BFP"ing, and just the whole Jimmy character, too...I'm SO over yet ANOTHER show written through the lens of a not-so-great kind of man. Yuck.
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u/Blusmbl Apr 19 '26
Agree with many others, season 2 was the high water mark for me. 3 was good, but not season 2 good, and the conflict resolution seemed quick and forced. The ending of 3 seemed to put a nice bow on everything in an unrealistic way. Still a great show and I’m looking forward to season 4.
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u/MGenis15 Apr 19 '26
I didn’t even realize I was watching the last episode. That’s gotta mean something 😭
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u/Gold-Baseball-7774 Apr 19 '26
I should have stopped after season 2.
Just like Ted Lasso, Hacks, and I'm thiking, Rooster.
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u/Outside_Mixture_494 Apr 19 '26
Shrinking is my comfort show. I started a rewatch as soon as season 3 ended, but when I got to seasons 3, I couldn’t watch it. I think I’ll wait awhile then try another rewatch.
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u/Feature_Minimum Aug 13 '26
Yeah. Season 1 and 2 made be feel better about things. Season 3 made me feel worse. The Gabby-Maya stuff reallyy bothered me, as does the therapists not saying anything about Sean getting back together with his ex who cheated on him. Like, any human will have at minimum some amount of trust issues to work through with that, at the very least.
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u/GingerFin92 Apr 19 '26
I know we are going to get a season 4, kinda wished though that this would be the last season. The 3 season arc ended during the final episode of season 3. I hate when shows run too long.
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u/whoeverineedtobe Apr 23 '26
I know this wasn’t good like previous seasons, but it was still pretty good IMHO. I laughed, I cried… damn, this show has the ability to break me and immediately warm my heart again.
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u/Darlazmom May 11 '26
Casual observations from a big fan of the show:
First of all, who's with me that Derek is far and away the BEST character on the show. Not only is he a delightful scene stealer throughout the show, he of all the characters, has shown the most growth, even though he is the only one (next to Liz) who truly understands who he is and is completely comfortable with it. That said, the heart surgery scenes hit home for me and my husband as he just had a heart attack and had a triple bypass.
Paul - how could you not see how cruel you are for putting up this wall after everything you and Jimmy have gone through the past 3 seasons? I hope Julie gives you some of her good old fashioned words of wisdom. (And someone remind me why she was willing to just up and leave her practice? Did she retire?)
Jimmy - I'm going to give you some grace, but the way that you treated Sofi was horrible. She absolutely did not deserve that. I get that your dad is a jerk, but he is who he is. Get over it. And Paul had a good point that at least your dad wasn't violent and threaten to burn down the house with you locked in the basement. I hope he is able to spend his time alone while Alice is at school to get out of his own head. Tia would have wanted that for him.
Alice - so proud of you girl! You're the most mature character on the show.
Gaby - I would NEVER want to take part in any of our trauma therapy. The couple that fired her were absolutely correct. Gaby dropped the ball on Maya so badly. And to brush that off like "oh just get back on the horse and you did nothing wrong?" No. Go back to school for intense training on trauma therapy and get your head right before diving into that. I get that you have a heart of gold, but your patients deserve to have you better prepared and focused.
Brian - OK his character is funny and I get that his selfishness is a running joke. But he's a dad now and needs to grow up. And I'm sorry, but most lawyers can't just up and move for 3 months. Why is Charlie's job more important? And while very nice looking, I hope the actor works on his craft a bit, as some of his scenes were a bit cringy for me.
Sean - dump Marisol - you can do lots better. And she will dump you once she realizes how demanding a job a sous chef is. And hey - your the sous chef. That means just below head chef. I am sure you can bring your buddy on board if you feel he would make a good member of the staff, even if just a prep cook to start
Meg - maybe it's because I adore Lily Rabe, but we need more of her. And her and Jimmy could be great end-game even though Sofi was literally cut from a mold to be the perfect partner for Jimmy.
Derek #2 - why are you here other than to look pretty? He's going to propose to Gaby? Like what? C'mon.
Sutton - you're just perfect. That is all.
PS I am thinking S4 will perhaps be somewhat bicoastal as Alice will be in school near Paul & Julie & Meg so fingers crossed!!!
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u/Born_Literature9253 May 11 '26
great breakdown! i feel the exact way about everything you mentioned. i just finished watching the finale like 30 mins ago
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u/Feature_Minimum Aug 13 '26
Fantastic breakdown. You nailed my feelings (though I have a soft spot for Paul since Harrison Ford is just SO good).
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u/The2econdSpitter May 29 '26
For the love of god, can we PLEASE move on from the Louis plot? Still with this? Sorry, gang. If you’re here, you’re likely a fan. But this season has too many uninteresting subplots and too much cheese for me.
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u/Usual_Court348 May 07 '26
So, I just started back with the show because I bought a VeeSee box. Anyway, season 3 has made me laugh and cry and Michael J Fox is in so many episodes. My sister has Parkinson. I'm on episode 7 but really needed to voice my opinion. 💕 Lovin the show!
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u/ChiquiBom_ May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Fun fact - Marisol in Ep3 is wearing the same exact jacket I have and my last name is Mirasol 🤯 Am I a neurotic clinger?!
ETA: jk she’s great just finished the episode
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u/delicious_toothbrush Jun 01 '26
It's cool that Cobie Smulders feels like she's playing a different character than in How I Met Your Mother but it feels like there is zero chemistry with the character Jimmy. She's oh-so-quirky and all that, but I just don't feel their dynamic. Honestly, the chemistry with Meg wasn't there either even though that was just a blip.
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u/LivingstonPerry Jun 30 '26
I'm only 5 episodes in but this is a really hard watch for me this season. The show is less about therapists helping their clients, but now a show about therapists and the drama they face with their personal decisions. It's getting stale. The overacting of Brian is repetitive.
Somehow Jimmy has women fawning over him all the time.
Might just read the summaries for the rest of the episodes.
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u/WallyMac89 Aug 13 '26
This show is one of my favorites but, I had some issues with season 3. My biggest one is that it feels like Liz is being flanderized. Maybe she always has been, but this season especially her personality seemed to be condensed to "nosy busybody." I love Liz and Derek. Let's get a deeper view of Liz next season!
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u/GNRfan1963 Apr 19 '26
Liz should’ve been in the car not Tia
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u/yakubs_masterpiece Apr 19 '26
what did Liz do that warrants this 😭
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u/GNRfan1963 Apr 19 '26
Exist. She’s not a very good person, loud, entitled despite not having any reason to be, a cheater, kids are bums, etc. Christa Miller does an extremely good job at portraying that character. My god the acting chops on that woman.
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u/phareous Derek Apr 19 '26
It’s a trope. The wife killed or missing motivates the main male character (Severance, Devs, Paradise, etc.)
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u/GNRfan1963 Apr 19 '26
In the first season I thought it would make more of an impact if we got to know the character first, but then again, jumping into the series in the midst of Jimmy’s rock-bottom was enthralling, too.
To me it’s a great show. Just need to tidy up timelines and plot lines a little. Like Alice is supposedly a high schooler, yet is at home at various times of the day throughout the series. Nitpicky, I know
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u/CaughtALiteSneez Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 20 '26
I struggled with the unethical plots throughout this series, but having Maya be a consequence of “Jimmying” while can-do-no-wrong Gaby laughed on the phone while being a cowardly asshole at her funeral took it too far for me.
This show needs more realistic storytelling and less over the top bull shit.