21/22
Scenario
A grieving therapist begins to tell his clients exactly what he thinks
Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making big changes in people’s lives – including his own.. The cast of “Downsizing” share their best defining moments in season 1 and find out who has the best Harrison Ford impression.. When Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel and Bill Lawrence were asked how they got Harrison Ford to star in the series, Segel said that Goldstein originally wanted a “Harrison Ford type,” and he auditioned for people who looked like Ford.
Eventually, Goldstein spoke to Ford and sold him the role
Segel told Goldstein that they had to at least take him to Ford first, thinking he would immediately reject it, but at least other people would hear that Harrison Ford had brought the project, generating interest from other notable actors. Goldstein still doesn’t understand what he did to convince him, but he was elated nonetheless. Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best TV Shows of 2023 (So Far) (2023).
This is pure and simple fun
Sharply written, great writing, enough pathos to keep it from becoming a middle-class Big Bang Theory, a joy to watch. Yes, real therapists wouldn’t act like that, but anyone with a functioning brain cell would know that, so criticism from that perspective is just negativity for the sake of lowering the rating. Are any of the characters stereotypes?
A total revelation and worth watching the show for him alone
Yes, but no offense and no offense intended, FYI, I worked with a gay man who was exactly the stereotype depicted here. The real success here is mixing the seriousness of therapy and grief with the growing pains of life at different ages, stages, and lifestyles and making it damn funny. Finally, who knew what a good light comedy actor Harrison Ford was?