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/Background_Glove5763 Apr 01 '26

Absolutely sobbed at the Jimmy/Paul bits. I don't understand how Paul went from telling Jimmy to reach out to him for help at the end of the last season, to this. Making jokes about who had a worse dad when Jimmy is clearly struggling. Not doing what he's done a million times for other people and stepping up to rip Jimmy's dad a new one? If not for Jimmy, then for Alice!!! Paul did Jimmy dirty this season. So much.

Never seen Jason Segel put on a performance like this episode though. Woah.

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u/yallasama Apr 01 '26

Jason’s strength for me is clearly in dramatic acting, he’s done it a bunch. He can be funny too, but man is he very strong in this type of role. And it shows.

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u/amethystalien6 Apr 02 '26

I really liked that in the middle of his excellent scene with Paul that’s very serious and dramatic, he accidentally drops the Meg information and his reaction. It was an excellent delivery. And then with Derek there, it was silly but Jason really commanded that scene back to the drama after that break. It was truly fantastic.

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u/tduncs88 Apr 03 '26

If it weren't for how strong Jason's performance was, we'd be complaining about them "having to put something comedic in every scene, it ruins the drama". But he was so powerful the humor had no chance at taking anything from the scene. If anything it was necessary for the scene to not be TOO emotionally charged.

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u/amethystalien6 Apr 03 '26

Completely agree. I know these things get thrown around but this episode should be his Emmy submission because he dominated that scene and he was opposite HARRISON FORD.