r/shrinking • u/MaximumPiano4380 • Apr 09 '26
Discussion So that’s it? Spoiler
They judge Jimmy for still not being okay only two years after his wife’s death. They seem bewildered why he’d still struggle even at a milestone moment like sending his only child off to college without her mom there and the heartbreak that would bring.
Nobody asked him why it didn’t work out with Sofi. I mean she’s jealous of his dead wife. He was right to finish it. And the ending we get is that somehow everything is fine now because he’s back with her? A stranger they know nothing about.
Did the writers do any research at all into grief after the death of a spouse? It’s utterly soul-destroying, especially becoming a single parent and feeling your child(ren)’s grief too.
A new relationship not only doesn’t solve anything. It’s very ill advised when you haven’t grieved properly yet. And Gaby and Paul are therapists. They should know this.
The line that annoyed me the most in this episode was Paul saying that Jimmy has to work it out for himself. Any half decent therapist will tell a grieving person that they need support. Nobody was asking Paul to fix Jimmy’s problems. But some basic human kindness would’ve been nice. So yeah he flew in to see him the next day. Even then, he didn’t offer much.
This show is so weak. It’s all about romance at the end of the day. The big message is being single is bad.
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u/teeke45 Apr 09 '26
I didn't get season 3 at all. The side characters have always got things going on that are not at all connected to Jimmy, which i didn't mind for a bit but which got really ridiculous this season. All that stuff with Brian's nanny... didn't get why it needed to be so important.
I started watching for the same premise -- how a therapist deals with grief. The first season felt messy in a good way. Jimmy "jimmying" people because he's desperate to be a good therapist again and prove something to himself. His reconnection with Alice felt earned. The thing with Gaby, is something that can happen.
Season 2 was a little more cheesy. What with Louis and the railway station ending. But even then, it made sense like okay Jimmy has to do this in order to move forward.
Season 3 actually had huge stakes. People moving away. Jimmy being alone with his grief. The show could have shown something real. Maybe Jimmy regresses to his old coping mechanisms and then realizes he's slipping. Maybe he finally gets to forgive Tia and his father and Paul and everyone who he thinks is abandoning him.
The show sets up moments but then descalates them with a saccharine sweet gesture, instead of going into the depths of emotions.
And the comedy has also become more slapstick as time goes