“Shrinking,” starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford, features clever writing and endearing, resonant characters that underscore its feelgood vibe.
Jason Segel as Jimmy Laird in “Shrinking,” premiering Jan. 27 on Apple TV+.Jessica Williams plays Gabby, Jimmy’s fellow therapist and friend who’s dealing with her own issues.Paul and Gabby, meanwhile, are dealing with their own issues: Paul’s Parkinson’s disease is getting worse, a concern he hides behind a veneer of gruff, pointed sarcasm and stoic acceptance. Gabby’s one-liner zingers are masking sadness in her personal life.
Jimmy, though, finds a personal and professional lifeline when, after a hard night of joyless partying, he shows up to work in a foul mood with his empathy at a breaking point — what Paul calls “compassion fatigue”). In an epiphany of sorts, Jimmy lashes out at a patient demanding that she leave her abusive husband or stop coming to him and complaining about it if she won’t heed his advice. She follows his advice. Emboldened, he uses the same m.o.
), Jimmy’s brash, flamboyant, uber-confident best friend — a lawyer whose mantra is “Everything goes my way” and a self-described “ray of light” and “human Zoloft.” Much to his dismay, Jimmy has shut Brian out of his life for the last year until he grudgingly calls to ask for a favor. Urie is terrific as this outsized character who, underneath his comic bravado, really does have Jimmy’s best interests at heart.
The cast meshes well and, early on, each of the “Shrinking” characters has their shining moment in scenes both funny and poignant. Segel, who co-created the series with Emmy-winning “
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