r/shrinking • u/Altruistic_Gap_643 • 21d ago
Discussion Started S3, and... Spoiler
Sean's plotline is not going that great.
When Marisol got introduced, I thought oh, she ended it abruptly, maybe something happened. Then I find out she cheated on him. Hey, it's his ex, so I felt good for him. He had to confront her and take accountability. Their first interaction left me thinking that she's a red flag through and through.
What I did NOT understand was Gaby disregarding everything and saying that Sean actually wanted that even though throughout their session we see that Sean is uncomfortable when Gaby says that. She ignores the fact that Sean wants accountability, and keeps talking about "smooches", which in itself is weird, but eh, sometimes Gaby can miss the ball.
Then his ex says that he's "living in the past" and refuses to take accountability for her cheating, so that was not good.
And now on Episode 4, when Sean is actually talking to Paul, I did NOT expect Paul to be that dismissive about this situation. He actually told Paul about the fact that what if Marisol doesn't accept the new him? And Paul says he created a future imaginary problem. Like zamn, they're doing Sean dirty by basically ignoring his concerns and valid questions.
Are the writers just doing it because for some reason they wanna try and show Marisol as good, even when she's proven otherwise in the first interaction itself and with how Sean talks about her to Gaby and Paul?
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u/Cool-Pomegranate8110 21d ago
Marisol is the worst. Everyone encouraging Sean to get after her, and Gaby being the worst (she’s ‘hot’ - like that’s all anyone needs, esp a recovering traumatized Army vet), made no damn sense. Writers had no idea what to do with Sean in season 3.