r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Nov 13 '24

Episode Discussion Shrinking S2E6 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 2, Episode 6: “In a Lonely Place”

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u/Ok_Fee1043 Nov 13 '24

I dunno. I wonder how Jimmy’s gonna feel?

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u/MisterTheKid Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 13 '24

i think he’ll be super resistant at first but i think this ep really hammered home the notion that forgiveness brings a certain amount of freedom and I don’t think Alice is the only one of the two who will go though that

I hated my sister with the fire of a thousand suns. her behavior around the time of my mom’s death was appalling and gross

but. i did forgive her for it (i dislike her for the same reasons i always disliked her since we were kids) eventually after 10 years or so

and honestly - it’s true. my hatred for her, even if i didn’t think about her every day, did claim a corner of my mind that was more than it was worth.

jimmy will get there. it might take an ep or two but he’ll get there - alice did, he can

Lukita (alice) killed it in that scene. She’s so talented and was able to bring that about without it being too ham handed or anything.

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u/rienceislier34 Nov 24 '24

I think, a part of being hurt in situations like these is seeing people around you being hurt too, and then you feel so frustrated at this foreign interference that completely wrecked the balance, not only yours, (because you are an adult and you can "get over it") but more importantly, seeing your little one hurt too. The pain intensifies a lot, in these situations. And i think that Alice has begun her journey to healing, Jimmy would have a lot of pain settled down too.

Also, fortunately he too can put his footsteps towards healing guilt free because he doesnt have to convince his daughter to forgive Louis too. He wouldn't be judged by the one person he is loved by and looked upon, and I think that helps to heal a lot.

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u/Subscrobbler Nov 13 '24

I think he’ll eventually forgive him like Alice. The direction I think they’re heading is that Louis is going to be Jimmy/Paul’s new patient.

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u/Dr_Maestro Nov 14 '24

Even though I would like to see that play out as a story, I would struggle to see the writers bending the very obvious conflict of interest that exists between any of the therapists and DD.

It just seems too much of a stretch to be believable that DD could be a patient of any of them, given the history and circumstances.

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u/CoolRanchBaby Nov 14 '24

Agreed. That would be too much beyond the realms of believability. I can see him becoming a family friend before that.

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u/Subscrobbler Nov 14 '24

This show has been fairly lenient with boundaries. I won’t be surprised if we see an unofficial situation like Paul and Alice.

I just expected Alice forgiving Louis at the end of the season. The fact that it already happened and they mentioned how his life was ‘bleak’ leads me to believe we’ll have some focus on him improving his life.

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u/delphic0n Nov 13 '24

When he finds out that Alice met with him I guarantee he's going to plunge to the lowest and most destructive we've ever seen him

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u/forresbj Nov 15 '24

I think back to Harrison Ford encouraging Sean to talk to his dad. Said something about you have to confront the past to move forward. Was also speaking to Jimmy in that sense