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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Shrinking season 2, episodes 1-7.Apple TV+'s Shrinking leans into the comedy side of its dramedy genre label to influence the actors the show brings into the fold, leading to an all-star guest ensemble. The newest additions to the Shrinking cast have increased the already impressive profile of Bill Lawrence's show by introducing actors from several hit sitcoms in roles of varying importance. Although Shrinking's main characters remain the story's focus, the newer figures are impossible to ignore due to the pedigree of the actors playing them.

Led by huge names like Jason Segal and Harrison Ford, Shrinking has quickly become one of the best shows on Apple TV+. Its ability to pivot quickly between emotional moments and sidesplitting gags is a signature move of showrunner Bill Lawrence, and Shrinking does it just as well as Lawrence's other projects - like Scrubs and Ted Lasso.

Since the turn of the millennium, notable genre movie releases from the Philippines are few and far in between. In recent years, the action genre became more prominent in local television as a supplement to daily soap operas that at times when action movies are made recently, they carry with them some of the tendencies of those tv dramas. Viva Films' latest offering, “Karma,” is a sample of those that exhibits this tendency.

In an unnamed rural region, a team of assassins roam around executing justice against the corrupt and the criminals. The most talented in the team, Angel (Rhen Escano) believes in the just cause of their dark existence. His partner Rommel (Sid Lucero), however, is starting to question their activities and gets more weary as days go by. Along with Keana (Krista Miller), the team answers to the commands of someone they refer to as Chief (Roi Vinzon), a friend of Angel's father.