**Score: 1/10 — A Shrinking Return on Your Time Investment** Why did they even make this show? That's not a rhetorical question, I genuinely want to know who looked at the script, the effects, and the premise and thought, "Yes, this is ready for public consumption." The premise has been done a bazillion times across TV shows and movies, with far more engaging storylines. But this? This is a masterclass in missed opportunities and baffling creative decisions. I'm one episode in, and nothing about the first episode has inspired me to watch the second one. Let me count the ways this show fails. **The Premise: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid** His wife gets sprayed in the face, and her entire body, including all her clothes is reduced in size. This is stupid! The shrinking liquid is delivered by a toy fire truck. This is stupid! She's supposed to be six inches tall, but a house fly is twice the size of her head. This is stupid! The internal logic doesn't hold up for a single moment. If the shrinking liquid was some sort of chemical agent, why does it shrink her perfectly but also shrink her clothes? Why does it not affect the room around her? How does a toy fire truck deliver a payload of anything? The show treats these questions with the same disregard it treats basic physics, narrative coherence, and the audience's intelligence. **The Effects: Shockingly Poor** For a show released i…

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