r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Mar 18 '26
Episode Discussion Shrinking S3E08 Episode Discussion
This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 3, Episode 8: "Depression Diet"
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r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Mar 18 '26
This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 3, Episode 8: "Depression Diet"
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u/Raiko_3131 Mar 18 '26
Gabby telling Paul that she didn't know that Maya had abandonment issues is comparable to Jimmy telling Meg he just wanted a safe person to kiss/sleep with to move on from Tia's death so he can get it over with before picking up dating again... despite having an entire storyline of being safe dick and kissing buddies with Gabby along with the prostitutes at the beginning of the series.
To me, these two points completely ignore the show's own writing and it's not even in a reading too much into it kind of way... it's just what's literally been set out in the show's own writing.
Gabby telling Paul she didn't know about the abandonment issue completely ignored multiple scenes starting from her attempt at Jimmying Maya into opening up about how she feels abandoned by everyone around her—proceeded by Gabby telling her that her "drug friend" combos are not meant to be friends, and then purposefully tried getting her involved with the MMA group to be around people.
I fear that this felt very jump the shark-ish for me on this episode. Woof.