Spoilers for "Shrinking" Season 2 are ahead. If you aren’t caught up, you can stream the series with an Apple TV+ subscription.
There’s no easy way to talk about death, and "Shrinking" Season 2 really hones in on that point. While the first season was about Jimmy finding himself again after the death of his wife, the sophomore season introduces us to the drunk driver who killed her, presenting a whole new set of challenges for Jason Segel’s character, especially when it comes to telling his daughter Alice about it all.
Of course, in a real "Shrinking" way, Jimmy breaks the news that the driver showed up at his office to his daughter in a surprisingly funny way, making for a great scene in the series. So, when I had the chance to chat with Jason Segel about his project on the 2024 TV schedule and this big moment between the father and daughter, he told me why it’s a great example of how the show balances comedy and drama.
There’s no easy way to talk about death, and "Shrinking" Season 2 really hones in on that point. While the first season was about Jimmy finding himself again after the death of his wife, the sophomore season introduces us to the drunk driver who killed her, presenting a whole new set of challenges for Jason Segel’s character, especially when it comes to telling his daughter Alice about it all.
Of course, in a real "Shrinking" way, Jimmy breaks the news that the driver showed up at his office to his daughter in a surprisingly funny way, making for a great scene in the series. So, when I had the chance to chat with Jason Segel about his project on the 2024 TV schedule and this big moment between the father and daughter, he told me why it’s a great example of how the show balances comedy and drama.
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00:00I was curious if you could talk to me a bit about how you guys kind of figured out that that was
00:03how he was going to break the news because it's such a funny moment but it's also really heavy
00:07at the same time which is something the show balances so brilliantly. Thanks yeah and that
00:12is a really good example of what I think is really great about the show all modesty aside is that
00:19we are dealing with um we're dealing with pretty big and heavy issues at times but we always do it
00:26through the lens of how clumsy it ends up being in real life you know like in a drama it would
00:33be a dramatic scene of let's sit down and talk but that's not really how it goes in real life
00:38you like work up your courage and then you get it wrong and the phone rings in the middle of
00:43the speech you know what I mean and so I think that we all try to um we try to write things
00:50that are reflective of how clumsy life is.