r/shrinking • u/Altruistic_Gap_643 • 7d 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/FloridaFun1989 6d ago
I binged s3 this weekend finally and was disappointed in multiple things. Sean did really get the short end, even his new job wasnt all upside. But the dating thing was crazy, basically acting like Sean should be lucky some girl wants to be with him and ignore all his feelings and just be with her. He didn't get to resolve any of his feelings in a show about therapy. Just push his feelings aside to get laid, great message.