Shrinking Season 3 is confirmed – and there’s loads that we all know already about it.
It looks like simply yesterday Season 2 of Shrinking premiered as a part of the 2024 TV schedule and already began to make us sob uncontrollably within the first episode. Now, the Shrinking Season 2 finale has come and gone – and a few of us are nonetheless crying, this time at Harrison Ford’s speech within the finale.
Now, we all know that Season 3 of the present is confirmed. However what’s the subsequent season going to be about? And what can we count on from it? Here’s what we all know to date concerning the subsequent season of Shrinking.
When Is The Shrinking Season 3 Premiere Date?
On the time of penning this in December 2024, there’s no set premiere date for Shrinking Season 3, which isn’t that stunning. The finale of Season 2 aired not that way back, so it could be fairly stunning if we already had a premiere date for the brand new season.
Nevertheless, we are able to not less than theorize. Shrinking has been fairly constant in its launch schedule, with the primary season popping out in 2023 and the second, clearly, popping out this yr in 2024. So, with that observe report, I’d say that the third season is predicted to come back out as a part of the 2025 TV schedule.
Which, actually, is a blessing at the present time. There are such a lot of unbelievable streaming exhibits on the market, however a lot of them are inclined to take years to supply seasons. Bridgerton Season 4 on Netflix will most likely be launched in 2026. Stranger Issues Season 5 shall be launched subsequent yr after a three-year wait. These are simply two examples of exhibits that have a tendency to attend eternally.
Even so, Apple TV+ has all the time been fairly in step with their productions, so I am hoping it’s protected to count on Shrinking to return subsequent yr.
The Shrinking Season 3 Solid
When it comes to who from the Shrinking solid is coming again, we don’t have something confirmed but, however there are loads that we are able to count on to return, together with:
- Jason Segel as Jimmy Laird
- Jessica Williams as Gaby
- Luke Tennie as Sean
- Michael Urie as Brian
- Lukita Maxwell as Alice
- Christa Miller as Liz
- Harrison Ford as Dr. Paul Rhoades
- Ted McGinley as Derek
It wouldn’t actually be Shrinking with out all of those characters coming again, and since Season 2 ended with all of them collectively, we are able to count on they’ll return for a 3rd spherical.
Invoice Lawrence Additionally Needs Louis To Return
One other character that grew to become an enormous a part of Season 2 of the present was Louie, the drunk driver who had killed Jimmy’s spouse and Alice’s mother. Performed by co-creator Brett Goldstein (who can also be recognized from the Ted Lasso solid), we acquired to see into Louie’s thoughts and actually get to know him – and ended up loving him far more.
Sure, Brett Goldstein’s character broke my coronary heart, and I used to be very anxious about him within the Shrinking finale, however he pulled by way of. And not too long ago, in an interview with The L.A. Occasions in December 2024, co-creator Invoice Lawrence mentioned that they’d like to have Louie be part of Season 3, and that he can’t see them transferring ahead with out the character within the story:
I believe the viewers would really feel cheated if that weren’t the case. Clearly, Brett’s acquired tons of s— he’s engaged on, however he’s so good within the present this yr, so the thought of getting to indicate how he [Louis] strikes ahead pursuits us. Don’t overlook, we pitched this present the place the primary yr is about grief, second yr is about forgiveness, [the] third yr is about transferring ahead. It might be bizarre to not embrace his character as a part of that.
I wish to see far more of him too, in order that works for me!
What Shrinking Season 3 Is About
Whereas Shrinking Season 2 has come to an finish, there are some things that we all know concerning the following season. Here’s what you may count on:
Season 3 Will Be All About “Transferring Ahead”
Each season of Shrinking has had a theme, and fortunately, Jason Segel has given us an thought of what the following season shall be about in an interview with Selection in December 2024 – “transferring ahead:”
I’m allowed to say our phrases for Season 3 are ‘transferring ahead.’ In order that’s all we actually know to date. Season 1 was grief, Season 2 was forgiveness, and Season 3 is transferring ahead.
Okay, so already I’m questioning how they’re going to maneuver ahead, and I’ve a sense it’s going to harm.
Sofi May Come Again
For individuals who don’t bear in mind, Sofi was a tiny little visitor position that appeared in Season 2 of Shrinking, performed by Cobie Smulders – who was truly a co-star of Segel’s within the How I Met Your Mom solid.
There are on the spot sparks between Sofi and Jimmy, in my view, and in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in December 2024, Lawrence responded that it’s “a good suggestion” to deliver her again and that the intention is to deliver Smulders again:
That’s a good suggestion. Surely. Our fingers being crossed. The one bummer of working with people who nice is that they typically have plenty of jobs. Lily Rabe, who performs Harrison’s daughter, is unquestionably within the present within the third yr, and she or he’s beginning a Broadway play proper after we begin taking pictures. So, we’ll work all of it out, however yeah. Our intent was that the illustration of what transferring ahead appears to be like like for Jimmy can be again.
If Season 3 is all about transferring ahead, which means Sofi could possibly be an enormous a part of it; who is aware of?
Paul’s Illness Will Play A A lot Greater Function In Season 3
One thing else that’s an enormous factor with Shrinking is that Paul’s Parkinson’s illness has gotten steadily worse, and proper now the medication usually are not working for him. In that interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Lawrence mentioned that how Paul learns to take care of that is going to be an enormous a part of his “transferring ahead” second and the way he’s studying find out how to settle for assist from others:
We knew that for this sort of three-season story, and we’re nonetheless hoping to inform one other three-season story with this group, that we wished to finish with displaying what which means, and having hopefully gotten Paul to a spot in his life that if he’s going to navigate it, he’s going to navigate it not on an island however with the individuals round him, and so it’s gonna be an enormous a part of subsequent yr.
His illness has all the time been an enormous a part of his storyline, so I’m curious to see how he reacts subsequent.
Filming For Season 3 Is Anticipated To Start In January 2024
The very last thing we all know is that filming for Season 3 is predicted to start before you assume. In an interview with Collider, Brett Goldstein mentioned that he expects them to start filming in “January 2025,” which is subsequent month.
Which means we’ll hopefully be getting extra updates actually quickly, and that makes me much more excited.
What are you wanting ahead to with Shrinking Season 3? All I do know is that I must see the following a part of the story – and I’ll be crying most likely the entire approach by way of too.