Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Shrinking, season 2, episode 8, “Last Drink.”
Shrinking Season 2, Episode 8, ‘Last Drink’ shows Jimmy (Jason Segel) having a reaction that doesn’t make sense for his character. Although Jimmy continued to heal and grow as a person in Season 2, he begins the season with some regression when he meets Brett Goldstein’s friend. Shrinking character, Louis, who is revealed to be the drunk driver involved in the car accident that killed Tia (Lilan Bowden). When Louis goes to see Jimmy at work, Jimmy directs his unresolved anger at Louis.
Jimmy remains angry with Louis and continues to see him as the villain who caused Tia’s death. Meanwhile, others Shrinking characters, namely Brian (Michael Urie) and Jimmy’s daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell) forgave Louis and even become friends with him. Jimmy’s reaction to seeing Alice and Louis at the end of episode 7 is negative, as he doesn’t accept seeing his daughter laughing with the drunk driver whose actions led to Tia’s death, but Jimmy’s reaction only gets worse in episode 8.
Jimmy’s scene with Louis in Shrinking Season 2 Episode 8 contradicts his guilt
Jimmy was not a good father to Alice in the year after Tia’s death
With Alice’s encouragement, Jimmy goes to Louis’ house to forgive him. However, the forgiveness Jimmy offers is not genuine, and he uses it to make Louis promise that he will never see Alice, Brian, Jimmy, or anyone else in their lives again. Jimmy’s refusal to forgive Louis makes no sense after he saw Alice laughing, smiling and at peace. Anyone can see that Alice’s forgiveness and friendship with Louis are helping her, and Jimmy is only harming Alice’s healing by forcing Louis to stay away from her.
Episode 8 also focuses a lot on the guilt Jimmy feels for being a terrible father who didn’t support Alice in the year following Tia’s death. This is shown in the flashbacks in the first half of the episode and in the final scene with Paul (Harrison Ford), as Jimmy talks about whether he can forgive himself for the way he disappointed Alice. Since he still feels guilty about hurting Alice, it doesn’t make sense for him to hurt her further. ensuring that she and Louis cannot see each other again.
How Jimmy’s Conversation With Louis Will Backfire With Alice In Shrinking Season 2
Alice will lose trust in Jimmy again
Since Shrinking In the first season, it became clear that secrets don’t stay buried for long in this series and lies never end well. This is likely to continue, as Jimmy has just made the mistake of not telling Alice about the ultimatum he gave Louis. That’s it It’s only a matter of time before Alice finds out why Louis doesn’t see her anymore and this will inevitably strain her relationship with Jimmy. She won’t take kindly to Jimmy removing someone from her life who was helpful to her.
Much of this progress could be undone when Alice discovers the truth, which will destroy much of the trust she has built with Jimmy.
The “Last Drink” flashbacks serve as a reminder of what a neglectful father Jimmy was after Tia’s death, making it even more apparent why he had to work hard to earn back his daughter’s trust. Much of this progress could be undone when Alice discovers the truth, which will destroy much of the trust she has built with Jimmy. Instead of the main conflict in Shrinking Being Season 2 with Louis, the main conflict is now set to be between Jimmy and Alice.