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The cast of “Shrinking” shares the defining moments that defined their characters in Season 1 and reveal who is the best Harrison Ford impersonator

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A grief counselor begins telling his clients exactly what he thinks, and by ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge changes in people’s lives — including his own. When asked how they got Harrison Ford to join the show, Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel, and Bill Lawrence said that Goldstein originally wanted someone who was a “Harrison Ford type” and was going to audition for people who looked like Ford.

Eventually, Goldstein talked to Ford and convinced him to take the part

Segel told Goldstein that they had to at least pitch it to Ford first, thinking that he would reject it outright, but at least other people would hear that Harrison Ford had been featured in the project, which had piqued the interest of other big-name actors. Goldstein still doesn’t understand what he did to convince him, but he was overjoyed nonetheless.

This is pure and simple fun

Featured on WatchMojo: Top 10 TV Shows of 2023 (So Far) (2023). Concisely written, great one-liners, enough pathos to keep it from turning into a middle-class Big Bang Theory, a joy to watch.

Are some of the characters stereotypes?

Yes, real therapists wouldn’t behave this way, but anyone with a functioning brain cell would know that, so criticism from this perspective is just negative to bring the rating down. Yes, but I don’t take offense and it shouldn’t be taken that way, FYI, I worked with a gay man who was the exact stereotype depicted here.

Finally, who knew what a great comedic actor Harrison Ford is?

The real success is in combining the seriousness of therapy and grief with the pain of growing up at different ages, stages, and lifestyles and making it damn funny. A complete revelation and worth watching this show just for him.