River Callaway/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment When Bill Lawrence and his Shrinking co-creators were writing the show's second season, they knew that casting the part of Louis - the drunk driver who killed the wife of Jason Segel's Jimmy - was going to be extremely difficult. Segel suggested tapping Brett Goldstein, but Lawrence was resistant.