Sabrina Mittermeier, Author at The Spoilist

Review: Office Romance (2026)

June 6, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

The biggest issue with Office Romance is that its writers know romcoms too well. Brett Goldstein and Joe Kelly worked together on Ted Lasso, a show that already proved that they know how to pay

Recap: Shrinking – 3×11- “And That’s Our Time”

April 8, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein and Neil Goldman Directed by Randall Keenan Winston This time, I don’t have to write some long tearful goodbye to a Bill Lawrence show after three seasons only for

Recap: Shrinking – 3×10 – “The Bodyguard of Sadness”

April 1, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Brett Goldstein & Neil Goldman Directed by Randall Keenan Winston Really, this episode should just be called Daddy Issues: Part 2, or Daddy Issues Redux, or maybe Daddy Issues: Tokyo Drift given we

Recap: Shrinking – 3×09 – “Daddy Issues”

March 26, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Rachna Fruchbom Directed by Anu Valia Last week I noted that Gaby was the first character to experience a big setback while trying to move forward… and well, now she’s no longer alone,

Recap: Shrinking – 3×08 – “Depression Diet”

March 18, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Emily Wilson (who joined the show in Season 3, and has worked on Bill Lawrence’s Cougar Town and The Muppets workplace sitcom that was cancelled way too soon) Directed by Anu Valia Let’s

Recap: Shrinking – 3×07 – “I Will Be Grape”

March 11, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Zack Bornstein Directed by James Ponsoldt It’s Tia’s birthday, and this time, Alice did not forget. Neither did Jimmy, who reminisces about one of her past parties where they sang Christina Perri’s “A

Recap: Shrinking – 3×06 – “Dereks Don’t Die”

March 5, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by C.J. Hoke (who started out as a writer’s assistant on the show in S1, shout out!) Directed by Randall Keenan Winston This is definitely one of the angstiest episodes of Shrinking, which is

Recap: Shrinking – 3×05 – “Hold Your Horsies”

February 25, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Sofi Selig (the reason why Sofi is called Sofi) Directed by Randall Keenan Winston Look, I’m writing these recaps cause some terrible shit happened to me, too, but also cause I’m such a

Recap: Shrinking – 3×04 – “The Field”

February 18, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Directed by Rebecca Asher Written by Ashley Nicole Black (yay!) We cold open with Jimmy on a train wreck of a date with Lisa Gilroy’s Kimmy. Kinda saw this coming cause of the casting, as

Recap: Shrinking – 3×03 – “D-Day”

February 11, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Directed by Zach Braff Written by Bill Posley It’s D-Day! Delivery day, that is. Liz of course does treat it like war, although her plan immediately falters when Ava goes into labor earlier than expected.