Shrinking Season 1 Episode 1 Coin Flip Video Mp4 Download Movie
Jimmy, a therapist mourning his wife, takes a more proactive approach with his patients in the hopes that helping them will help himself.
The comedy series opens with a rather sad pool party, Jimmy (played by Segel) is blasting music at three in the morning, while two young ladies swim in his pool. Neighbor Liz (Christa Miller) comes round to complain, noticing pills on the table and the hookers swimming in the water beside an unstable Jimmy. The man’s a total mess, but he apologizes respectfully and listens to the neighbor’s demands. The next morning, a hungover Jimmy is blanked by his daughter and drenched by his sprinklers on the front lawn as he waves off the party guests. To make matters worse, his car won’t start.
Jimmy rushes to the local therapy center and enters a calming office. Inside, a suited man waits for Jimmy, asking if he’s all right on his arrival. You’d think Jimmy is the one late for the therapy session, but in fact, he’s the therapist. It’s an ironic setup that perfectly illustrates the premise of the show. We are dealing with a therapist that is possibly more broken than his patients.
This notion is hammered home with a fun little montage. Jimmy’s patients complain about their usual issues and the therapist responds with the same tired cliches. The monotony and relentlessness of this montage cause Jimmy to snap and he rants at one of his poor patients. His first target, Grace is in an emotionally abusive relationship and Jimmy finally just loses his cool and tells her to leave her husband. He threatens to stop being her therapist if she doesn’t leave the man and Grace, surprisingly, agrees. It’s highly unprofessional, but it may actually be effective.
Sensing the guilt of what he has just done, Jimmy tests the waters with his fellow therapists in the break room. Here, we are introduced to Gaby (Jessica Williams) and Paul (Harrison Ford). Jimmy doesn’t exactly admit to his wrongdoings but brings up the topic in conversation. Paul summarizes Jimmy is feeling compassion fatigue. The patients aren’t changing and Jimmy just wants to give them some hard truths, to make them do the right thing. Paul calls this psychological vigilantism, commenting on how Jimmy would be robbing the patient of a chance to help themselves. Clearly, they don’t agree with his process, but it is far too late for pointers now.
Shrinking
Season Number: 1
Episode Number: 1
Episode Title: Coin Flip
Air Date: Jan 27, 2023
Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Source: Shrinking.S01E01.1080p.WEB.h264-TRUFFLE.