49/43
A grief counselor starts by telling his clients exactly what he thinks
Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge changes in people’s lives—including his own. Check our renewals & cancellations list to see if your favorite show has been picked up. When Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel, and Bill Lawrence were asked how they got Harrison Ford to join the show, Segel said that Goldstein originally wanted a “Harrison Ford type” and was going to audition for people who looked like Ford.
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Segel told Goldstein that they had to at least pitch it to Ford first, thinking he would reject it outright, but at least other people would hear that Harrison Ford had been approached for the project, which had piqued the interest of other big-name actors . Eventually, Goldstein talked to Ford and convinced him to take the part. Goldstein still doesn’t understand what he did to convince him, but he was thrilled nonetheless.
This is pure and simple fun
Concisely written, great one-liners, enough pathos to keep it from turning into a middle-class Big Bang Theory, a joy to watch. Yes, real therapists wouldn’t behave this way, but anyone with a functioning brain cell would know that, so criticism from that perspective is just negative to bring the rating down. Are some of the characters stereotypes?
Finally, who knew what a great comedic actor Harrison Ford is?
Yes, but I don’t take offense and it shouldn’t be taken that way, FYI, I worked with a gay man who was the exact stereotype depicted here. The real success is in combining the seriousness of therapy and grief with the pain of growing up at different ages, stages, and lifestyles and making it damn funny. A total revelation and worth watching this show for him alone.