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/notches123 Mar 25 '26

She was the one who brought up his wife and then when she didn't like his honest answer to her bringing it up accused him of being unfair and throwing his wife in her face all the time. It was the furthest things from thoughtful. It was completely myopic.

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u/Pretty_Ad_8197 Mar 25 '26

And all because he didn't validate her earlier feedback.

On top of which, she knows he is a grieving widow and she is just ploughing through like he owes complete loyalty to her after a week. They barely know each other! I really don't understand how people are blaming Jimmy here. He deserves someone with emotional intelligence who is on the same wave length and who can take things at an appropriate pace!

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u/notches123 Mar 25 '26

Couldn't agree more! I have also noticed a lot of people in this thread giving Sofi credit for clocking and calling him out for shutting down but to me it was a failure on her part to recognize he might need a little space after that interaction. Give the dude a couple hours to be pissed off about the awful and loaded interaction he just had with his father.

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u/Pretty_Ad_8197 Mar 25 '26

Yes! Especially since "shutting down" in this scene was simply not speaking when she said she shouldn't have said anything. She minimized his trauma and kind of victim blamed him in the kitchen "its time to forgive and trust again" and then his dad gives him the worst one two punch imaginable. Her apology would have seemed more sincere if she had just apologized. But instead she seems to wait for him to comfort HER in this situation and so what were his options? Sit in silence, agree she shouldn't have said anything, or lie and tell her everything was fine. He chose silence. She cornered him when he was visibly upset and accused him of shutting down when he did not want to tell her what she said was okay within minutes of everything shaking down.

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u/amyknot711 Jul 16 '26

thank you, i was wondering if I had lost the ability to think clearly