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Plot
A grieving therapist begins telling his clients exactly what he thinks
Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making major changes in people’s lives—including his own. Share the key moments that defined their characters in Season 1, and reveal who does the best Harrison Ford impression. When Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel, and Bill Lawrence were asked how they got Harrison Ford on the show, Segel said that Goldstein originally wanted a “Harrison Ford type” and would audition people who looked like Ford.
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Segel told Goldstein that they had to at least get him to Ford first, figuring he would turn it down outright, but at least other people would hear that Harrison Ford was offered the role, generating interest from other notable actors. In the end, Goldstein talked to Ford and sold him the role. Goldstein still doesn’t understand what he did to convince him, but he was elated nonetheless.
Harrison Ford plays Dr
Two episodes in and this show is showing a lot of promise, the chemistry between the characters is infectious and even weirdly so at times… it’s touching in a way that most shows aren’t, only reminiscent of Community for those elements. I’m not sure if it accurately depicts a therapist’s way of dealing with issues, but it certainly gives room for Jason Segel to put his own spin on it. Rhodes, a sort of boss and mentor to Jason.
Overall, this is shaping up to be an amazing show and I hope it just keeps getting better from here
I wasn’t sure how his character would work in this show, but Rhodes’s antisocial resemblance certainly plays into the personality that Ford knows all too well when thinking about the more apprehensive elements of his Han Solo character in Star Wars, it just fits like a glove in this show. Somehow very relatable, Sean (Luke Tennie) plays a sort of son figure to Jimmy (Segel) as he deals with his own family issues with his daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell)… What I see here feels so vivid and the possibilities perhaps (?) endless as I watch Jimmy navigate these things. In fact, the intro theme for this show is so good that I didn’t even skip it when I watched the 2nd episode… And the music for this show is so good.
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