Shrinking season 3 | Apple TV comedy renewed

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Jason Segal and Harrison Ford will be back for a third series of Bill Lawrenceā€™s Apple TV comedy, Shrinking.


If you havenā€™t been watching Shrinking on Apple TV+, I would urge you to give it a go. Itā€™s a beautifully-written, warm-hearted comedy that gives Harrison Ford the opportunity to show off comedic skills so good itā€™s a shame he wasnā€™t being cast in sitcoms all through his career.

Shrinking is the latest show from Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence. He co-created the show with Jason Segel and Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein.

In it, Segel stars as therapist Jimmy, whoā€™s struggling following the loss of his wife. He begins to take liberties with his work, telling patients exactly what he thinks. Harrison Ford, showing a brilliant flair for deadpan comic delivery, plays his hardnosed boss Paul, Jessica Williams is his colleague Gaby and Christa Miller is his neighbour, Liz.

Luke Tennie, Michael Urie and Ted McGinley are also in the cast. Goldstein appears as a guest star and in the first episode a lovely cameo, which I wonā€™t spoil, serves as a highlight for fans of Scrubs and an in joke casting choice that calls back to The Fugitive.

According to Deadline, Shrinking has been renewed for a third series by Apple TV+. Lawrence and his team of writers previously said that they see it as a three season show, which was also how they approached Ted Lasso, but that should the story open itself up to further exploration then they are willing to write more. The same seems to be happening with Ted Lasso, given the recent news about the possibility of a fourth series.

You can watch series 1 of Shrinking on Apple TV+; the first two episodes of series 2 are available to watch now, with the rest being released weekly on Wednesdays.

Weā€™ll leave you for now with the synopsis for series 2, which reads as follows:

Season 2 sees Jimmy continuing to reconnect with his daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell) while mourning the loss of his wife. Meanwhile, Ford’s Dr. Paul Rhoades comes to terms with his Parkinson’s diagnosis after sparking a romance with his neurologist Dr. Julie Baram (Wendie Malick).

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