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Shrinking – Season 2, Episode 2 I Love Pain

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Shrinking – Season 2, Episode 2

I Love Pain

Aired Oct 16, 2024

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Paul and Jimmy disagree about Sean's treatment plan; Gaby's sister asks for her help; Liz has an idea for boosting business at the food truck.

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Jason Segel

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Bill Lawrence

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Jimmy

Jessica Williams

Gaby

Harrison Ford

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Ben Rosenstock

New York Magazine/Vulture

10/16/2024

4/5

By the way, this is a pretty funny episode, more so than the premiere!

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Shelby Elpers

Fangirlish

07/22/2025

Shrinking Season 2, Episode 2, “I Love Pain,” moves towards those uncomfortable conversations that Shrinking Season 2, Episode 1, “Jimmying,” avoids to try to find some healing.

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Melody McCune

Tell-Tale TV

10/17/2024

4/5

Its return is enough to make one realize how much we need a series like this on TV, one that’s equal parts hopeful and bitingly funny.

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Gissane Sophia

Lady Geeks Media

10/16/2024

Written by Annie Mebane, with directing from Randall Keenan Winston, Shrinking’s second episode of its sophomore season diligently focuses on the power of our fear and the human ability to overcome it.

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

10/15/2024

4.5/5

Relationships grow more fraught as Paul and Jimmy disagree over a patient's treatment, not to mention Jimmy's tendency to involve himself personally with patients.

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Synopsis

Paul and Jimmy disagree about Sean's treatment plan; Gaby's sister asks for her help; Liz has an idea for boosting business at the food truck.

Creator: Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein
Executive Producer: Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel, Brett Goldstein, Neil Goldman, Jeff Ingold, Liza Katzer, James Ponsoldt, Randall Keenan Winston
Network: Apple TV
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Oct 16, 2024