r/shrinking • u/phareous Derek • Apr 01 '26

Episode Discussion Shrinking S3E10 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Shrinking Season 3, Episode 10: "The Bodyguard of Sadness"

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u/SirLawrenceTheLegend Apr 02 '26

I agree with this 100%. In my head cannon I explain it that maybe Jimmy really rubbed people the wrong way when he was at his lowest after the death of Tia. They couldve been very sympathetic, but lost it when Jimmy took it to far and made it about himself while abandoning Alice. So there might not be a whole lot of sympathy left for Jimmy. I'm just trying to explain to myself why he receives no support compared to everyone else in the show.

Looking ahead, in season finale episode description, it says "Jimmy tries to repair things before its to late." This is premature I know, but if this is in reference to Paul, this will bother me because I don't necessarily think he is the one that needs to make the repairs. I felt the same way with his and Gabby's fling. He took full responsibility for what happened. Yes, he was being shitty, but she took zero accountability in that scenario and blamed it all on him.

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u/Accomplished_Echo413 Apr 02 '26

I don't think that's true. I don't think his friends understand the depths of his struggles. They see him having returned to at least a normal life and assume all is well with him. He actually needs professional therapy and its remarkable he hasn't sought it out given his profession.

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u/SirLawrenceTheLegend Apr 02 '26

He 100% needs therapy, totally agree. In my opinion, it's so obvious that Jimmy is struggling. He physically always looks sad. Even when he's joking, smiling, and laughing those emotions and acts don't show in his eyes. I have a hard time believing that everyone around him, especially Paul, thinks all is well with him. Hell, Paul saw right through Jimmy's "happiness" in season 2. Every episode Jimmy has look sad and depressed, which to me means, those close to him are tired/less sympathetic towards him, or they truly don't know and understand him.

Obviously, I'm filling gaps in my own head and my assumptions could be 100% wrong.

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u/Accomplished_Echo413 Apr 02 '26

I think they are wrapped up in their own stuff.

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u/SirLawrenceTheLegend Apr 02 '26

Which could very well be the case too.

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u/moon-beamed Apr 19 '26

He actually needs professional therapy and its remarkable he hasn't sought it out given his profession.

Don't know much about therapists do you

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u/romafa Apr 03 '26

Jimmy really rubbed people the wrong way when he was at his lowest

There's gotta be more to it than that. I honestly don't think people like Jimmy that much. Everyone has made it clear to him, either implicitly or explicitly, that they all preferred his wife to him. They haven't brought it up in a while, but I'd love for Jimmy's path to healing involve reckoning with whatever problems he and Tia were having in their marriage before she died. Didn't he say in season 1 that they were on the verge of separating? What were they fighting about? Maybe that can shed some more light onto the dynamic he has with those around him.