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A grieving therapist begins telling his clients exactly what he thinks
Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making big changes in people’s lives, including his own. Check out our list of renewals and cancellations to see if your favorite show passed the test. 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 that he was going to audition people similar to Ford.
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Segel told Goldstein that they had to at least get him to Ford first, thinking he would immediately turn him down, but at least other people would hear that Harrison Ford had been brought in for the project, leading to interest from other notable actors. In the end, Goldstein spoke to Ford and sold him the role. Goldstein still doesn’t understand what he did to convince him, but he was elated nonetheless.
This is pure, simple fun
Clearly written, great one-liners, enough pathos to stop it becoming The Big Bang Theory for the middle classes, a joy to watch. Yes, real therapists wouldn’t behave like this, but anyone with a functioning brain cell would know that, so criticism from that perspective is just negativity for the sake of lowering the rating. Are some of the characters stereotypes?
Finally, who knew what a good light comedy actor Harrison Ford is?
Yes, but no offence is taken or should be taken at anyone, FYI I worked with a gay guy who was exactly the stereotype portrayed here. The real success here is mixing the seriousness of therapy and grieving with the growing pains of life at different ages, stages and ways of life and making it damn funny. A total eye-opener and the show is worth watching for him alone.
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