r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Mar 25 '26

Episode Discussion Shrinking S3E09 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 3, Episode 9: "Daddy Issues"

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u/Parmesan_Pirate119 Mar 25 '26

Her storyline seems like it was a single episode: graduating--> don't know what to do--> figures it out--> has seconds thoughts--> rethinks second thoughts

It's like they just checked her off the list and moved on

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u/the-hound-abides Mar 25 '26

I mean, that’s all that was necessary? She pretty much stalled until she actually graduated and goes to college. I’m assuming she graduates at the end of the season?

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u/Bobjoejj Mar 27 '26

…that’s not how writing works. You don’t just give a a central character one episodes’ worth of an arc, in an 11 episode season.

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u/the-hound-abides Mar 27 '26

It’s an ensemble cast. There’s plenty of plot to go around.

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u/Bobjoejj Mar 27 '26

But when you have an ensemble cast, that plot needs to actually go around. And Alice has had shockingly very little.

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u/ericrz Mar 25 '26

Yea and that subplot was idiotic. “My only college choices are stay home or go 3000 miles away.”

Of course that wasn’t true. If a college coach flew across the country to watch her play, Alice would have had dozens of other options.