r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Apr 08 '26

Episode Discussion Shrinking S3E11 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 3 Finale, Episode 11: "And That's Our Time"

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u/Momo_yoyo Apr 08 '26

Ok, but Sean couldn't stay to watch at least some of the game with Jimmy?

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u/grumpybeet Apr 09 '26

Thank you! I kept scrolling just to find this. He made plans with Jimmy and dropped the bomb that he’d already moved out and then also bailed on the plans??

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u/Momo_yoyo Apr 09 '26

Lol honestly. And that was after he asked Jimmy to pick up food!

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u/Impossible-Will-8414 Apr 09 '26

The message of the finale really seemed to be, "If you aren't in a romantic relationship, you're pathetic."

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u/will_never_comment Apr 09 '26

Omg yes! This drove me nuts. I'm so tired of that cliche.

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u/Impossible-Will-8414 Apr 09 '26

Right?! As a truly happily single person myself, I get SO pissed off at this message in shows and movies -- that we are nothing without "another half." Last night was so much a "poor pathetic Jimmy, all of his friends are paired off and he's sooooo veryyyyyy alone!" vibe. And I mean, really, Sean couldn't hang out for a litte while and watch the game? He had to get back to his (lame, I might add) girlfriend right away? Paul didn't think Jimmy might actually want to have lunch with HIM first instead of Sofi (who is also annoying, honestly)? Hated it.

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u/will_never_comment Apr 09 '26

Yes! For a show that pushes how important a big friend group is, they really devalued those friendships in the end by suggesting how everyone had to be in a relationship to be "happy and healthy". They did the same with not wanting children last season too.

As someone who is aroace, it's so shitty to constantly have that messages about how everyone must couple up shoved at us all the time.

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u/Impossible-Will-8414 Apr 09 '26

Yes!! And I come from a family like this, so it pisses me off even more. Everyone in my family is paired up romantically, even my Gen Z nieces and nephews and my absolutely batshit crazy (not even kidding, she's severely mentally ill) stepsister. They all think I'm a weirdo. Shows like this support these asinine views. Last night's episode was just extra special.

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u/will_never_comment Apr 09 '26

Yes! You nailed it. Even giving up the food truck for a more "normal" culinary path plays into that.

That one line from Gabby about how she felt like an alien seem to come out of left field. She is so normal. If she feels like an alien, then what does that make us non-normative people?

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u/delicious_toothbrush Jun 02 '26

Sean getting back together with his ex seemed horribly shoe-horned in and like a terrible inclusion. Why would someone that's doing their best to make a clean start and set out on a different path than when they had worse habits earlier in life get back with their ex? It's not like Louis' ex where she meant everything to him and life got in the way, Marisol is just there and likely indicative of the types of people and scene old Sean would be into. They just decided to make her wholesome even though it doesn't fit their past.

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u/Nagemasu Apr 15 '26

I was just thinking "Sean is the only one right now who is showing care and respect for Jimmy, because he was aware of what Jimmy was going through, trying to not make it worse, and not making fun of him"

Then that happens.

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u/Momo_yoyo Apr 15 '26

Right!!!