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Filming for the third season of Shrinking has officially wrapped, and something about the timing feels different this time. It wasn’t just a production update posted in passing. The announcement came alongside another headline. Season 2 of the Apple TV+ comedy has picked up seven Emmy nominations, including one that marks a turning point for the show and for one of its most recognizable stars.
Season 1 had only two nominations. Season 2 more than tripled that. The nominations went to Jason Segel, Michael Urie, Jessica Williams and Harrison Ford. For Ford, it’s his first Emmy nod, and it comes at the age of 83. The performance was subtle, even quiet in places, but there was something steady in the way he carried his character, Dr. Paul Rhoades. The nomination arrived at a moment when the production itself was winding down. And then came the speech.
Harrison Ford closes the season with a message
After filming finished, Ford stood in front of the cast and crew, next to Segel. It wasn’t a press conference or a rehearsed farewell. He just spoke. Someone hit record. The video was later posted by Apple TV+.
What he said was simple.
“You guys are the best. The very, very best at what you do and how you do it, and how you make people feel is just f**king amazing.”
He added:
“I love this place, I love working with you guys. I hope we can all get back here and do it again.”
Segel said:
“Yeah, buddy.”
Ford, staying in character a little longer, replied:
“I wasn’t talking to you.”
The exchange didn’t need polish. It felt like a summary of everything the series tries to capture. Unfiltered emotion with a dry edge. These characters, this team, built something that clearly left a mark offscreen too.
How Shrinking keeps shifting quietly
Shrinking was created by Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein. It follows Jimmy Laird, a therapist in the middle of his own crisis, navigating grief and trying to help others at the same time. The show introduced Paul, Liz, Gaby and others who each carried their own private weight. Season 1 revolved around loss. Season 2 brought forgiveness into focus, especially between Jimmy and Louis, the man responsible for his wife’s death. Now, with Season 3 headed to post-production, the attention turns to what’s next.
Collider’s article doesn’t confirm the new arc, but Lawrence has said the third season is still being written and that there are decisions he hasn’t made yet. The ending is one of them. Specifically, what will happen with Paul. The last season revealed that he had stopped taking his Parkinson’s medication. Not out of defiance, but because it had stopped working. That detail alone suggests the story is approaching a moment of change.
Behind-the-scenes hesitation about the future
Lawrence was honest in the interview. He said:
“I don’t know if I could stomach having to see that, and I haven’t decided yet.”
He and Goldstein both have family connections to Parkinson’s and have spoken about the importance of portraying the condition with care. What that means for the show isn’t defined yet. It’s part of what still makes the third season feel like open ground.
No official release date, but a direction is forming
So far, there’s no official release date. Collider points to late 2025 or early 2026. The gap between wrap and release gives Shrinking time to take shape. And it leaves time for the rest of the industry to respond to the Emmy buzz, especially around Ford. There’s no confirmation that the show will continue past Season 3. That was always the likely endpoint. But the energy in Ford’s message wasn’t one of closure. It sounded like someone who didn’t want Shrinking to end, or at least not yet.
A possible ending, but no clean goodbye
If it does end here, it closes with more visibility than it started. Not many shows find a rhythm by slowing down. Shrinking never tried to be fast. It stayed close to the people, to their contradictions. Episodes didn’t build toward major twists. They leaned into conversations. Some painful, some ridiculous. The movement came from the way people reacted to one another. From how they held things in and how they let go.
There’s something specific about how this show handles discomfort. It doesn’t try to solve it. That might be why the audience stayed. There’s space for contradiction and for quiet. And even when someone explodes, the aftermath is still allowed to breathe.
The questions still hang in the air
All of that is still intact heading into Shrinking Season 3. The production is done. The footage exists. The edit will come. The nominations are already out. But the questions remain. What happens to Paul. Whether the group stays together. Whether Jimmy finds anything resembling peace. Those are all pieces that might not be answered immediately. Some might not be answered at all.
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What’s clear is that this third season of Shrinking has a different weight around it. The team finished it with the kind of sendoff that rarely makes the news. And that Emmy recognition wasn’t just a coincidence. It marked a shift. One that changed the stakes, even if no one’s saying what happens next.
For now, Shrinking Season 3 moves into the quiet. There’s no trailer. No official poster. Just a speech caught on camera and a list of names on a nomination ballot. But for a show built on people figuring things out one step at a time, that seems exactly right.
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