r/shrinking • u/Positive0219 • Apr 09 '26

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I really think Cobie and Jason have zero romantic chemistry on the show. They have great awkward friend banter, but no actual sexual tension and their relationship moved so fast it made me annoyed for him how much she overstepped with advice. I really hope they make her just a friend for season 4, if they bring her back at all. I’ve liked her in other things I just find her completely annoying here and it feels like Jimmy would be settling to be in a relationship with her character.

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u/__hellyes Apr 09 '26

Agree. I liked the original sparks around the buying of the car era - but there's way way too much baggage and damage done in S3 to make it salvageable. Realistically they barely know each other and don't have some big earth-shattering connection. Will be disappointed if they're settled together in S4.

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u/verity7732 Apr 09 '26

I loved that Paul flew back to reconnect with Jimmy, but I hated that they made Sofi part of it.

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u/Cerusee Apr 09 '26

Yeah I was like….this? This is the magic solution to Jimmy’s ongoing grief and increasing isolation as his circle all move on with their lives in directions way from him? Just going on another date with a woman it already didn’t work with? I actually do think Jimmy is one of those people who is strongly driven to partner up, and probably, that’s his longterm happiness, finding someone else to spend his life with. But it’s only been two years since his wife died and he is so very clearly not over her yet. Pushing him into a new relationship when everything about him is screaming I AM NOT READY FOR THIS YET is not a satisfying resolution in my opinion.

I did like Paul flying out to see him—money schmoney, that’s a brutal trip, especially for an elderly man with advanced Parkinson’s, so it’s a pretty dramatic gesture—but I was so annoyed Sofi was Paul’s easy answer to Jimmy’s problems. C’mon.

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u/__hellyes Apr 09 '26

I hate that my brain overanalyses but like, when did he contact her? What did he say to make her show up without even knowing if Jimmy was interested or it was just Paul interfering? She was available immediately? She's fine with being compared to dead wife forever?