It's a truly ensemble affair, with this season allowing the characters more room to branch out into anxieties and challenges — with one big one in particular. Jason Segel's Jimmy is haunted by the past again — but it's different this time.

Whatever one thought of how the show portrayed therapy, and plenty were appalled by the idea that doctor-patient boundaries are more annoying inconvenience than ironclad principle, Season 1 of “Shrinking” at least had a hook-y premise to structure its broader study of grief.

Apple TV’s hit comedy series “Shrinking” is back for a second season. Watch the first two episodes now on the streaming platform with a free trial. “Shrinking” follows a grieving therapist who starts to break the rules by telling his clients exactly what he thinks.