Great recap! And totally with you about Somebody Somewhere ❤️
In Shrinking, Derek is my favorite character. He’s so grounded and doesn’t pretend or try to be more than who he is. Ex: in season 1, pre-retirement, Liz tells him he’s going to need to figure out how to be out of the house and he calmly corrects her, saying it’s her turn to be in the world.
Season 2 - annoying that they were repeatedly giving therapy to each other and that friends were walking in on therapist’s sessions. This season was entertaining enough but wasn’t focused, like they were running down every thread because the writers didn’t know what they actually wanted to say.
I think shows sometimes like to add to the stakes by introducing new characters, and it ends up muddying the waters rather than giving the audience more joy.
Great recap! And totally with you about Somebody Somewhere ❤️
In Shrinking, Derek is my favorite character. He’s so grounded and doesn’t pretend or try to be more than who he is. Ex: in season 1, pre-retirement, Liz tells him he’s going to need to figure out how to be out of the house and he calmly corrects her, saying it’s her turn to be in the world.
Season 2 - annoying that they were repeatedly giving therapy to each other and that friends were walking in on therapist’s sessions. This season was entertaining enough but wasn’t focused, like they were running down every thread because the writers didn’t know what they actually wanted to say.
I think shows sometimes like to add to the stakes by introducing new characters, and it ends up muddying the waters rather than giving the audience more joy.
Exactly! More Derek, less of ... all the other randos. :)