For fans who have missed the dynamic duo who is Jason Segel and Harrison Ford, Fear Not: Apple TV+ has confirmed that Shrinking Season 3 has officially wrapped production with a video that gives a tear-jerking backer behind the scenes look at the crew shortly after they stopped shooting. However, we still do not have a confirmed release date for new episodes, with the earliest guess when we can see that it is late in 2025.
Although the show is a Techradar favorite, it is one that may have a wider audience missed. In short, it tells the story of grieving therapist Jimmy (Segal), who decides to break professional boundaries and offer his clients brutally honest, unconventional advice. Ford plays like senior therapist Paul Rhoades, Jimmy’s colleague, who has Parkinson’s disease.
Sure it doesn’t sound like a barrel laugh when you spell your plot into its basic terms, but I promise it’s one of the best Apple TV+ shows out there. Each episode is so far better than the last, and Shrinking Season 3 seems to be no exception. In fact, Ford may have already made my (and show’s) day with a small phrase at the end of the wrap shoot.
Shrinking season 3’s emotional wrapping message confirms that Harrison Fords wants a fourth season of the Apple TV+ series
Fortunately, Ford is as games to Shrinking Season 4 as any of us should see it. In the Wrap clip, Ford says to the crew, “You are the best. The very very best. On what you do, how you do it and how you make people feel. It’s just f ** cking amazing. I love this place. I love working with you. I hope we can all come back here and do it again.” When Segal agrees, Ford Ghostly says he “did not talk to him,” but it is clear that there are no dry eyes in the house.
Has Ford just put the wheels in motion for an early season 4 renewal? Well, it certainly doesn’t hurt, especially as Apple TV+ supports it by sharing its heartfelt speech. After the final Indiana Jones film in 2023 and Captain America: Brave New World Earlier this year it really looks like the working giant is involved in a project he’s in love with when it comes to Shrinking. Judging by the reactions to his speech, everyone else involved is equally eager to expand the show’s future.
Here’s the bad news. Showrunner Bill Lawrence has previously developed Shrinking As a show with three seasons, which means we have naturally reached the end of the line if his original plans are something to pass by. However, Lawrence has not completely excluded the idea of a fourth installment and tells the New York Post, “why do you know something? Because if anyone wants to do a season 4, then tell them I said yes. Just say it. Just put it out there. Let’s put it out there.”
With Ford’s backing, which now makes Season 4 more likely than ever, it’s whether it will actually be renewed, to see. The best way for us to get that is by streaming Shrinking Season 3 as if there is no one tomorrow, so I would suggest clearing your calendars for the last part of the year now.
