I think Kevin has pretty much convinced himself he loves Madison–he surely loves the idea of wife and family. Madison’s questioning of the realities of Kevin’s idea make me think she is not all in.
I’m also expecting a clearer connection to Vietnam, although I’ll buy the fact that the timing of when so many people fled is convenient to Hai’s story.
Did I miss anything about where Hai is going to live, now that he’s turned the keys over?
He has his own home where he lived with his late wife.
Thanks!
And what about other members of the Dubois Family that is supposed to be a prominent NOLA family to which Randall now belongs?
Good question!
Next episode pushed back to 2/2
Whoa! I clicked on that link and my DVR had not previewed the next episode - I did not know that SOMETHING happened! Did everyone see the preview?
Yep- rerun last night https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/amp35258108/this-is-us-season-5-new-episode-tonight-2021/
I actually enjoyed watching The Cabin episode again. The show at its best, IMHO.
It will be interesting to see if there is ever further mention of Laurel’s parents. She moved back to the same town and must have seen them.
From a historical perspective, the last name caught my ear. “Du Bois”
Ack! Last night I saw I have two episodes on the DVR! How did I miss that? (damn Jan 6th and 20th 
) I have some catching up to do!
@JustaMom - January distractions messed us up too. When in catch up mode, we accidentally watched episode 506 before I realized (due to this thread) that we had accidentally skipped 505. Caught up now - ready for Feb 
I missed the first 15 minutes. What did I miss? Wait— is this a rerun?
Not a new episodes tonight.
Realized that after watching a few minutes. When is the next one that isn’t a rerun?
2/9
Birth Mother episode - ugh! I honestly felt like I was watching a soap opera (no offense to soap operas!). Sorry, but this was a weak episode.
I’m still in, but wow, that was not a great one.
Oh man- got distracted (for a very good reason— grandbaby is on the way!) and only saw the last 5-10 minutes (where KEvin was trying to talk his way onto the plane) What did I miss?
Madison goes into labor six weeks early Kevin was about to shoot his big courtroom scene with DeNiro and walks out. We see him practically get in various wrecks while talking to Miguel/his mom, his agent, Madison, Randall, etc. while driving to Seattle, where Miguel has found a direct flight that night as he tries to get to Madison. On the way to the airport, he comes upon a car that’s driven off the road and stops to help even though he knows that he might miss his plane. He gets the guy to the hospital, then goes to the airport but realizes his ID has fallen out of his jacket pocket. We last see him trying to talk himself onto the plane. You would’ve seen the rest.
The backstory we saw was Kevin going to a QB camp with his dad and being totally stressed about it, to the point of throwing up. Jack realizes that he is kind of like his father in terms of pressuring his kid to excel in sports.