Brett Goldstein is nothing like Roy Kent on ‘Shrinking.’ One powerful new episode shows why that was a good choice

Or Brett Goldstein opens up about the emotional scene at the center of this week’s episode of “Shrinking.”

Brett Goldstein knew he had to nail the emotional scene at the center of this week’s episode of “Shrinking,” in which Alice (Lukita Maxwell) confronts the man who killed her mother in a drunk driving accident, played by the “Ted Lasso” alum. Thankfully, this isn’t his first time riding the Bill Lawrence train of heartbreaking television. “Shooting that scene was really, really special,” Goldstein, who co-created the series alongside Lawrence and star Jason Segel, told CNN in an interview last month. “I think we all knew this scene really matters so we better get it right.” Still angry about her mother’s death, Alice agrees to talk to Louis (Goldstein) after Brian (Michael Urie) confesses that he’d been in contact with him after a chance encounter. At Louis’ house, Alice lovingly recalls a memory of her mother before the mood shifts. “All I can tell you is that not a single moment goes by that I don’t think about her or you or your dad,” Louis tells Alice, his eyes welling up. “I wish I could change it, I wish I could go back…” Before he can finish, Alice interrupts him. “I forgive you,” she says.