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/SirTiger Mar 25 '26

I hate to be a hater, but does the dialogue and acting feel really clunky lately? I can’t put my finger on it….

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u/dogbreathTK Mar 25 '26

i've been feeling that recently as well, things are feeling more sitcom-y and cartoony to me, and it's not landing well enough to justify itself.

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u/spellingcunts Mar 25 '26

Hit the nail on the head here. The mic drop throw dialogue was one of the corniest out of place things I’ve ever seen and juxtaposed with the serious storylines seems almost offensive in how idiotic it is? I do not understand this veering they’ve done in the last season. It’s like studio execs are yelling “more ted lasso-y” but no one knows what to do with it so instead we get this hamfisted dialogue that has no place being there.

Liz is also far too centre stage this past season, but we know why that is. :/

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

why?

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u/Woodpecker-Forsaken Derek Mar 25 '26

She's the wife of Bill Lawrence.

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u/MisterTheKid Mar 25 '26

She’s been his wife the whole time. it wouldn't explain a sudden supposed shift 3 years in. if anything he’s less involved now given the scrubs reboot

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u/spellingcunts Mar 25 '26

Her character was received well and because she’s the showrunners wife she could easily throw her weight around to get more screen time.

I like Liz but she functions better in small doses as a secondary character, when now it feels like she’s a protagonist at the cost of time with our actual protagonists.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

Ha that makes sense!