Bill Lawrence Archives - The Spoilist

Auf Wiedersehen, Ted Lasso

May 31, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Ted Lasso went home, back to Kansas. Much like Dorothy, and Bernie Taupin, he realized his future lies beyond the yellow brick road. But he didn’t leave Richmond and its A.F.C., or us, unchanged. Much

Recap: Ted Lasso – 3×10 – “International Break”

May 17, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Jane Becker Directed by Matt Lipsey I usually put this at the end of my recap, but the line of the week clearly is “I’m sorry”. Nate’s father says it to him, Nate

Recap: Shrinking 1×10 – “Closure”

March 24, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Here we are, 9 weeks and 10 episodes later. The season finale, written by co-exec Neil Goldman is titled “Closure”, and while it gives us that in many ways, it also ends on big old

Recap: Shrinking – 1×09 – “Moving Forward”

March 17, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

An upbeat opening set to Eddie Vedder’s “The Dark” has three patients waiting and pairing off with Paul, Gaby and Jimmy. Jimmy takes his on an excursion to scatter his mother’s ashes at the Rose

Recap: Shrinking 1×08 – “Boop”

March 10, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

This week feels like a narrative calm before the storm, a quiet moment before the big finale (which I expect to at least partially be set at Brian and Charlie’s wedding). It’s a classic 8

Recap: Shrinking – 1×07 – “Apology Tour”

March 3, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Let’s start by saying that this one is the funniest yet. I laughed a lot about episode 4, “Potatoes”, even despite some of its tropes, but this one managed to do the same without them

Recap: Shrinking – 1×06 – “Imposter Syndrome”

February 24, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

If you‘re here for the first time, I now created a landing page for all my episode reviews/recaps of Shrinking. We open with Sean describing his war flashbacks, doing the work. The work Jimmy himself

Recaps of “Shrinking”

February 17, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Shrinking is a dramedy created by Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Ted Lasso), Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), and Brett Goldstein (SuperBob, Ted Lasso). I’m Sabrina Mittermeier, a new contributor to The

Review: Shrinking – 1×05 – “Woof”

February 17, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

If you‘re here for the first time, I now created a landing page for all my episode reviews of Shrinking. Derek and Liz‘s marriage continues to be flawless. No notes. We open the morning after

Review – Shrinking 1×04 – “Potatoes”

February 10, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

We open on a rainy morning in LA. Yes, they do in fact exist. Derek, by now a favorite character, pees into the flower pots on the balcony because Liz “hogs the bathroom in the