“We wanted there to be this little hint of magic realism.”
The season 2 finale is no exception, with the characters celebrating Thanksgiving.
And it was sad."
Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel.Credit:apple TV+ (2)
“you’re free to’t shake this thing.
It doesn’t go away.
People are judgmental, and it is a difficult thing.”
Ted McGinley, Jessica Williams, Jason Segel, Brian Urie, and Christa Miller in ‘Shrinking’ season 2.Beth Dubber/Apple
It is really, really hard, and also, it is time, if that makes sense.
This moment between the two of them is inevitable.
We wanted there to be this little hint of magic realism."
Jason Segel on ‘Shrinking’.Apple TV+
We’ve created this world and these characters and we’re putting out this forgiveness experiment.
Most likely, audiences expect Alice to show up as Louis’s guardian angel in those final moments.
“Alice hadfound peace in episode 6where she forgives him and that sets her free,” he explains.
Brett Goldstein on ‘Shrinking’.Beth Dubber/Apple TV+
It has to be him for there to be some peace."
“And that’s Jimmy’s story.
Louis can punish himself.
Harrison Ford and Jason Segel on ‘Shrinking’.Beth Dubber / Apple TV
Louis can hate himself for the rest of his life very easily without the help of anyone else.
He doesn’t need Jimmy to hate him [so that] to feel bad.
If Jimmy never forgave this guy, we would not be angry at him as an audience.
Cobie Smulders and Jason Segel on ‘Shrinking’.Apple TV+
Thankfully, there was never a version where someone didn’t reach Louis in time.
“It would’ve been another failure for Jimmy,” Segel reflects.
“But I like to believe that it was never going to happen.
“If we’re going to be super, super real,” Goldstein says.
And maybe there’ll be some change, some resolution, some positivity, something.'
And I think that’s it.
Just waiting one more day.
That’s something that kept him going.”
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Now that Jimmy and Louis have had this heart-to-heart, what lies ahead?
Will Jimmy strike up a friendship with Louis in the same way that Alice has?
“I don’t think we quite know what season 3 has in store yet,” Segel says.
It’s built into the storyline that these guys could have been friends.”
“That was a very big step,” says Segel.
But at some point, it becomes tiresome to keep talking to everybody about that.
That’s how Jimmy has been living since the accident."
“I would like to see him venture to be happy,” says Segel.
Perhaps he’ll find the answer in season 3.
