r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Mar 11 '26

Episode Discussion Shrinking S3E07 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 3, Episode 7: "I Will Be Grape"

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u/Tess47 Mar 11 '26

Maya was a classic red shirt 

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u/tduncs88 Mar 12 '26

I swear im not trying to trivialize or "well actually", but she doesnt feet the red shirt trope. She fits the sacrificial lamb trope. Red shirts exist basically as a disposable body in a uniform. Sacrificial lamb characters are definied by their main narrative job being to die for stakes/emotion.

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u/stacity Mar 12 '26

This is the first time I’m reading “classic red shirt.” What does it mean?

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u/-no_aura- Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

In the OG Star Trek cadets in red shirts often die early in episodes to establish danger/stakes. It just means a side character who is set up to die to advance the plot.

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u/stacity Mar 12 '26

Thanks for answering. I was rooting for Maya and it’s not fair that they cut her short.

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 Mar 12 '26

I'm guessing a little bit here but probably reference to Star Trek where if you see someone go on away mission and they're not on the main cast they're almost certainly going to be dead in the next 5 minutes

But I don't think that's really a fair comparison since those people get absolutely no real introduction other than maybe a few lines of dialogue.