Shrinking’ Returns, Travis Kelce Hosts ‘Celebrity,’ An ‘Elementary’ Outbreak, Team Players

Jason Segel and Harrison Ford return as therapists who could use one themselves in Season 2 of the Apple TV+ comedy Shrinking. NFL star Travis Kelce moonlights as a game-show host in Prime Video’s Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? A ringworm outbreak rattles the staff of Abbott Elementary.

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With an expert blend of humor and poignant emotion, the comedy about therapists in need of therapy themselves returns for a strong second season.

The sad widower Jimmy Laird (a heart-on-his-sleeve Jason Segel) has a crisis of professional conscience after one of his clients (Saturday Night Live’s Heidi Gardner) goes to jail, and his curmudgeonly boss Paul (the hilarious Harrison Ford) isn’t much help.

As he reflects: “If my patients don’t wind up OK, I’ll still be fine. You? Not so much.” Paul is also critical of Jimmy opening his home to Sean (Luke Tennie), a patient with combat-related PTSD issues who’s operating a food truck with snarky neighbor Liz (Christa Miller).

Emmy-nominated Jessica Williams is a delight as Gaby, Jimmy’s co-worker and current bedmate, with Ted McGinley bringing the quirky warmth as Liz’s extremely indulgent husband, Derek.

Shrinking is one of the year’s finest comedies, created by Ted Lasso’s Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, the latter appearing in a significant cameo role. The season opens with two episodes, the rest dropping weekly.