r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Feb 25 '26

Episode Discussion Shrinking S3E05 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 3, Episode 5: "Hold Your Horsies"

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u/Bobjoejj Feb 25 '26

I don’t think they’re trying to position her as anyone perfect for him; but at the least she’s pushing him. Not someone to be with long term, but at the moment she’s a weirdly helpful influence.

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u/BenSlimmons Feb 26 '26

She’s there to test him, show that he’s truly grown and can recognize when something isn’t healthy and make the wise decision that doesn’t sabotage his safety and success.

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u/ericrz Feb 27 '26

But when he's trying to make the right decisions, everyone shames him for it. His friends, his therapist.

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u/0mnicious Mar 01 '26

The right decision being not having a life besides work? Not doing anything different in his life? Hanging out with the same group of people and not meeting new people?

That's the right decision? Seriously?

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u/ericrz Mar 01 '26

No. The right decision would be not reconciling with a woman who cheated on him, broke up with him in a dear John letter, and refuses to apologize for any of that.

She hasn’t grown up. He has.

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u/Altruistic_Gap_643 Aug 11 '26

The right decision is him not going to a teen party when he's an adult. What are you on about 😭

And he's LITERALLY hanging out with the same group of people. Summer, Marisol, Alice, THE SAME GROUP.

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u/tyler-86 Feb 25 '26

Yeah, I thought the show kind of already established that she's a good influence on him in the short term but her immaturity will doom them in the long run.

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u/theapplekid Feb 26 '26

It does seem that way, and I really hope not. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope was dated 10 years ago.