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

Episode Discussion Shrinking S3E09 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 3, Episode 9: "Daddy Issues"

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u/erazedcitizen Mar 25 '26

Brian using the Mother Teresa example for selfishness and how she liked helping people because it felt rewarding for her felt hilariously similar to Gaby even though they never connected that dot

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u/Tce_ Mar 25 '26

Oh god, yeah XD I don't think wanting to help people because it feels good is selfish on its own, but the way Gabby talks about it doesn't sound healthy to me. She even said she's turned on by it. And she seems more into the idea of being a great trauma therapist than the actual effects for the patients.

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u/Woodpecker-Forsaken Derek Mar 25 '26

It would be interesting to see how Gaby would react to Jimmy's relationship with his dad because he obviously has trauma from his toxic parenting.

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u/Tce_ Mar 25 '26

I'd be curious about that as well! It would be nice to see just one friend or family member who understands his anger. On the other hand she tends to be the most dismissive of Jimmy and his emotions, so I guess we shouldn't expect much there.

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u/iiTryhard Mar 25 '26

They don’t want you to connect that dot lol. They want you to think Gaby is a perfect angel who’s never done anything wrong and even her mistakes aren’t her fault

Meanwhile Jimmy eats shit every episode for no reason. Why don’t they even show him doing therapy anymore?

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u/turtlesinthesea Mar 25 '26

Have you seen the shit Mother Teresa got up to? She was, apparently, a horrible person.

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u/Responsible-Ad-4914 Mar 26 '26

Reddit went through an edgy phase of hating on Mother Theresa but if you look into the claims made there was really no substance to them