Ta-da! The GOATs are back. This applies to the three main therapists at Paul Rhodes’ (Harrison Ford) practice and their extended web of friends and family. Apple has released the trailer for the Shrinking’s upcoming third season.
Created by Emmy Award-winners Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein alongside Segel, “Shrinking” season three will premiere globally with a one-hour season premiere episode on Wednesday, January 28 followed by one new episode weekly, every Wednesday until April 8, 2026 on Apple TV.
Jimmy (Jason Segel) has to work hard to mask his sadness and project excitement at Alice’s (Lukita Maxwell) recruitment to play soccer at a college in Connecticut. Brett Goldstein’s Louis Winston will be back in Season 3 as he and Jimmy sit on a bench — quite a common setting in this series — talking about it.
“All I want is for her to live peacefully, and then she can go off and make whatever mistakes a young woman in her 70s might make,” Jimmy tells Louis, who remarks that “that sounds healthy.”
Cue Kid Cudi’s “Mr. Miracle” as Paul dispenses a nugget of wisdom: “Life is gonna keep demonstrating what you need most.” Creator Bill Lawrence told Deadline at the end of Season 2 that Season 3’s main theme will be “moving forward.”
Sofi (Cobie Smulders) has a brief appearance, but Jimmy fails to has her out, as pointed out by Liz (Christa Miller) spying from her balcony, Sean (Luke Tennie) doing something on the pool house roof and Derek (Ted McGinley) getting a football out of a tree.
And Michael J. Fox makes his grand entrance to the series when he appears at what looks like a doctors office Paul is visiting, joking that he’s in for “a haircut” after Paul tells him he’s getting seen for his Parkinson’s.
Brian Urie is back starring as Jimmy’s best friend Brian, and Season 3 brings back guest stars Goldstein, Damon Wayans Jr., Devin Kawaoka, Wendie Malick and Smulders, along with new additions Jeff Daniels and the aforementioned Fox, who has Parkinson’s disease in real life and has become an advocate for it.
“Shrinking” is produced for Apple TV by Warner Bros. Television, where Lawrence and Goldstein are under overall deals along with Lawrence’s Doozer Productions. Lawrence, Segel, Goldstein, Neil Goldman, James Ponsoldt, Jeff Ingold, Liza Katzer, Randall Winston, Rachna Fruchbom, Brian Gallivan, Ashley Nicole Black and Bill Posley executive produce.
Watch the trailer above.