Shrinking

Alice is still so fucking mad.

I know. It stinks.

Look, if she wants to stay in touch with this guy, fine.

I guess I gotta live with it. But it doesn't mean that I have to.

I get it. I'm totally on your side.

I appreciate that, but I know that you're also obsessed with Alice.

Are you gonna be able to be on my side when she's around?

Of course. No problem.

Okay.

I just don't know what she wants from me.

I want you to do more.

You should do more.

I can tell that Louis is still struggling.

You help every other person on the planet. Why can't you help him?

What the fuck, Jimmy?

Liz, nice seeing ya.

Yeah, I should go.

Look, if he's struggling so much, he should go talk to somebody.

Dad, you know it would mean so much more coming from you.

Mom would have helped him.

It's not gonna be me.

- Okay. - So can we all just please stop yelling?

And yes, I know, I'm the only one yelling, so I'll stop.

It doesn't matter.

I'm more sad than mad anyways.

Alice, please don't do this.

You're not the person I thought you were.

I'm sorry I caved so quickly.

Seriously, Liz?

Oh, fuck.

No, the last time we were all together was at your daughter's wedding.

- Remember that? - Yes.

Oh, my God. What a crazy time that was.

- Oh, hey. - Hey.

What's going on here?

Are we running a beauty pageant?

Who are these fucking people?

When we decided to live together you did know that I have friends?

Yeah, I did. I just didn't wanna believe it.

You forget to take your meds?

I took my meds, but they're not lasting as long as they usually do.

I called Sykes and her receptionist said she's fully booked up,

so I'm just gonna drop in. She loves it when I surprise her.

You really think that she has a thing for you?

Well, she's a human female, right?

Nice to see you, ladies.

Thanks.

- Bye. - Bye.

I hate them.

Okay, then.

Sorry Ava went with the other couple. How are you guys doing?

Well, Charlie's taking it hard.

I'm more stable.

Yes, you've demonstrated that time and time...

We'll never find a baby.

Again.

I was going to say again.

I don't want this anymore.

I found it after our meeting with Ava, but now it's tainted by her rejection.

So you can give it to her, or you can burn it.

I don't care. Just want her to know there's no hard feelings.

But definitely burn it, maybe send her the ashes.

Look, I'm making sure your brochure gets seen by lots of other mothers.

We have someone expecting twins.

Can we take them both and then after a year decide which one we wanna keep?

You cannot.

That's an insane question.

We have a 38-year-old woman...

A grandma baby. Great.

What's it nurse on?

Dust?

- Hey. - Hi.

Oh, thank God, Charlie's here.

- Sorry, I'm late. - Please.

You are worth the wait.

Slut.

Oh, my God. Babies everywhere.

- Here you go. Hope that cheers you up. - Thank you.

Yeah.

Oh, shit. I gotta go.

Close the truck up for me and that's free.

Why do people keep confusing me for a helpful person?

I have no idea.

Where you off to?

I'm kinda seeing someone. It's casual.

She's super busy, so when she has the time, I make it work.

Oh, my God. You're a boy toy.

Yeah, you definitely have a glow lately.

Yeah, truck's making money.

I'm crushing in therapy.

Only bummer is, I always gotta go to her place.

I can't really take her to the pool house.

Have you thought of moving out?

I'd love to, but it's really hard to find another spot with a pool

that's only $65 a month.

He only charges you $65?

That's as much as one of my massage add-ons.

Your rent is a lavender scrub.

We'll finish up. Go to your maiden.

Thank you, guys. Keys are in the truck.

Brian, I'ma spread the word that you love doing people favors.

I hope you can't perform.

Sexually!

I got it.

Pill o'clock.

It's time to take your meds. I'll go grab you some water.

- Thank you, sweet angel. - Of course.

That's cute. I love pill o'clock.

Mom, Nikki seems like a dope-ass nurse.

She's an angel, like the daughter I never had.

Well, as one of the daughters you do have,

would you maybe wanna do dinner at my place next Thursday?

You know, I may be serving a turkey 'cause it's Thanksgiving.

Court's coming. It'd mean a lot to me if you came too.

Well, like you said, you know, I'm much happier here in my own house,

closer to my friends and my life.

I think I'll just go dive into all that.

Thank you, sweetie pie.

Enjoy your turkey.

All right, well, go on ahead and be stubborn.

I will break you.

I mean, I'm not gonna break her physically.

I mean, I'm gonna break her emotionally, like a horse.

Not better.

Anyway, thank you for helping us out.

I know she can be a bit tricky.

Actually, I think she's handling it really well,

being abandoned by her daughter.

- Excuse me? - I'm sorry.

I get sensitive because I lost my mom,

and I didn't take care of her when I should have.

Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

I'm fucking with you.

My mom lives with me because I'm a decent person.

Dr. Sykes, hi.

Paul, what are you doing here?

I went by your office

and your new assistant said that you knocked off a little early

and came over here for a drink.

She shouldn't have told you that.

Well, in her defense, I did tell her that I was your dad.

Okay, what's the emergency?

Well, I noticed that my meds don't seem to be suppressing my tremors

as well as they used to.

So I'm worried that my meds are losing their efficacy.

Let's not jump to the worst case.

There could be other factors.

Lack of sleep, anxiety.

Any new stress in your life recently?

Well, my old neurologist moved in with me,

and just between you and me,

I said that I knew she had friends, but I had no idea.

Okay, how about you come in for a proper appointment tomorrow?

Thanks.

Sup, Paul.

Well, if she can't have me, guess it makes sense.

So, anyway, that's how I got kicked off of the group Slack channel,

but the main thing that I wanted to tell you about

is worse than the Whole Foods incident...

I'm... Are you even listening?

I was not, sorry.

I'm in my head about some personal stuff.

But watch, doctoring in three, two, one, go.

No, now you're paying too much attention, just find a middle ground.

- Better. - Great.

Okay, so my neighbor, Jack, he lost his dog, Bandit, right?

Which is super sad. He put up signs everywhere.

Good news, I found Bandit.

But as I was waiting for Jack to come home I started to play with Bandit,

and then I took him to the park and we really connected.

Anyway, I ended up not giving him back.

So that was, what, yesterday?

Nine days ago,

and I probably should've said something about it at our last session.

Well, we only had an hour.

What should I do?

Give the dog back, Wally.

Well, is there an option B?

Yes, there is actually, give the dog back.

Either one works.

Fine. But he's gonna miss his play date with a really submissive corgi,

and those are very hard to find.

That's a sex thing?

Oh, yeah.

Otherwise, I'm still struggling with eating by myself at restaurants.

Somebody once told me it's like defecating in public 'cause it's...

You shouldn't be doing it.

You know what the worst thing about kids are?

Yeah, they get all your money when you die.

I'm not sure why that's a negative.

No, I was going to say that they have this amazing ability

to cut you to your core and then just go on with their day.

No, Paul, I just wanna complain about Alice.

Please don't do that thing where you look out the window

and get all philosophical.

You ever think the world puts two people together for a reason?

Okay.

You're the one that's always saying that we're so alike,

maybe you're right.

Meg and I were estranged