This Is Us. Anyone watching?

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“Seems like the leaving on opening night was not really a big deal - I’d think the show would be ruined after that.” - everything else I’ve been able to suspend my imagination for, but THIS was absolutely NOT one of them. I “suppose” an understudy would have filled in on opening night (even the smallest of productions have understudies who are just chomping at the bit to get their chance to shine) - but I cannot even fathom that barring an excuse to the producers of a “life or death” emergency that a principal actor could just disappear and reappear without being fired. And why, oh why, would Ron Howard take his niece to the “second opening night” – oy. This one was too clunky for me to swallow.

Ok, rant over.

Now…EVERY dang time they showed Jack I was certain he was going to die in the scene. That was a very stressful watch for me. I am not looking forward to that. At all.

Blue Hawaiians! Hilarious. I do love how they toss in these little modern notations of “real” life, but they seemed to revolve around William (his sexuality, his medical mj use). Now what?

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Yes. The whole theatre-related storyline isn’t believable.

@conmama What Jesse said, "William offered a soft arm rest for weary souls to lean on.”

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yeah, I’m going to miss William and his relationship with Randall and his family. I really like Randall’s wife, too.

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Thanks @alwaysamom ! Love that line.

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You’re welcome. I love it, too, especially coming from Denis O’Hare. :slight_smile:

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The William soft landing line was something like “Like the cushion of an armchair, William was people’s soft place to land.”

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We did, and also liked it. We thought he was the strongest part of it, and were really glad to see that he’s getting good work.

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^^Sterling K Brown has been working continuously as an actor since graduating from Tisch with his MFA in the early 2000s, both on stage and on screen. His excellent Emmy-winning performance as Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson was largely responsible for him being cast in This is Us.

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I really liked the character development in Army Wives.

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According to one website, it was “He was a soft armrest for weary souls to lean on.”

We watched thee OJ show a couple of weeks ago and were delighted to see Brown. I love his voice.

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Season finale?!! Really? They better hope we come back.

I had an inkling this was going to be a non-event when Entertainment Tonight said cast members were apologizing for tonight’s show.

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Aargh that was disappointing. I thought we’d get more answers.

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I’m fine with it. We already know he dies, so what’s the rush?

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I don’t like the direction any of the characters are going, except perhaps Randall.

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@TempeMom I posted Jesse’s quote in post #281.

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Jack’s monologue at the end saved the episode, which I otherwise did not really enjoy. I’m fine with not yet knowing how he died, however.

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I’m fine with the cliffhangar, because Jack was just so cute to look at in this episide. I loved his monologue, too. I felt like smacking Rebecca. Amazing how much older they can make him lookwith the scruff.

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I didn’t mind either. I’m afraid once they show when and how he dies, he won’t be in as many scenes.

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I had a feeling he wasn’t going to die in a car accident on the way to see Rebecca. It was disappointing to not even get a clue as to how he died.

Kate’s new career plan would just put her into more conflict with Rebecca. It seems contrived to make that happen.

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Except for Jack’s monologue, the episode was meh for me. I guess we should be glad there is still some meat on the bone for season 2.