Michael J. Fox returns to acting after 10 years in Shrinking Season 3

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After five years away from the screen amid his "second retirement," Michael J. Fox returned to acting this year in a big way. The beloved Back to the Future star joined the stacked cast of Shrinking Season 3 in a meaningful role as Gerry , a Parkinson's disease patient who forms a bond with and becomes the hallucination of Harrison Ford 's Dr. Paul Rhoades as he learns more about his own diagnosis. Although his appearances were limited, it was a role tailored for him that Fox was eager to take on because of how it promoted the realities of living with Parkinson's in a humorous but truthful way. The part was also an opportunity to reunite with his former Spin City co-creator Bill Lawrence .