From a widowed therapist getting patients off the couch in “Shrinking” to a chef going all-in on his work after a family death in “The Bear,” to unlikely friendships helping people heal in “Dead to…
Grieving’s painful process takes center stage in Apple TV+ series “Shrinking.” Jason Segel, known for comedic roles in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “How I Met Your Mother,” takes on a darker, yet still humorous role as Jimmy Laird, a psychiatrist mourning the death of his wife. In an unconventional move for himself and his patients, as well as an attempt to move forward, Jimmy breaks through the monotony of his work by experiencing life with those seeking his help.
Jason Segel, who starred alongside Harrison Ford in “Shrinking,” received his first Emmy nomination for his performance as grieving therapist Jimmy LairdSegel also noted how a post-pandemic landscape makes topics like grief more prevalent to explore, even in comedy: “We filmed right after the pandemic. We all had this sense that something was taken from us that we’ll never get back.”
Jeremy Allen White as Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto, Lionel Boyce as Marcus, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard ‘Richie’ Jerimovich in FX’s “The Bear.” “His life was so not full. It was so focused on industry and moving forward,” White shared in an interview before the SAG-AFTRA strike. “I remembered a time in my life where I was really wrapped up in, not only my work — I think that can be a good thing — but also in success and whatever that meant to me at the time. I think Carmy is, at times, battling with a similar thing.
It isn’t until Mabel fully addresses her childhood trauma of losing her father to cancer that she begins to remember what truly happened the night of Bunny’s murder. “I didn’t know how to cope with him dying, so I didn’t,” Mabel admits in the series. “Instead, I flipped the pieces over in my mind until I couldn’t see the image anymore, just like he’d shown me.”
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