I thought it was the original actress, Lyric Ross, who played Deja in this episode.
La Trice Harper plays adult Deja
She was a good āstand inā as somewhat looking the same and she tried to mimic the ārealā Dejaās tone and all, but for me, I needed real Deja!
I thought Deja was older in real life but Iām wrong - sheās only 18.
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I didnāt think this was filmed during the first season as Mandy Moore said she threw up reading the script and that was recent. She also said that the train scene had many memories of the Pearson life including the height chart in the kitchen and a game they played. I noticed them playing a game, but not other āeaster eggsā, will have to rewatch. That made me think of the Pin the Tail on the Donkey that Beth brought to the cabin during the first flash forward. We havenāt seen that yet. Thinking we may see that in the last episode.
Agree that the ārealā Deja could have been aged to play a 20-something. I also thought the older Malik looked nothing like the teen Malik.
Agree that Dr. Kās speech to Rebecca was a beautiful message at the end of her life.
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Iām not sure what youāre saying - are you saying this episode aired this week was filmed the first season??? There was just an article posted above from the director/writers saying that the train scene wasnāt even decided on until very early this current season.
I always felt that young Rebecca was very vibrant, positive, cheery. (well, most of the time). Once Jack died I feel she lost her spunk - from then on she was always much more subdued.
Perhaps young Rebecca on the train represented her best time of life. And thatās where she mentally always felt at her best.
A friend posted this poem on Facebook today. I donāt think she even watches This Is Us (although I asked!). Very relevant:
āā¦It seems I inherit the dead.
One day
after the death of all those I love,
I will sit alone in a cafƩ
without any sense of loss,
because my body is a huge basket
where all those who leave
drop things
that bear their traces.ā Iman Mersal
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Hereās a link to the whole poem.
https://www.arkint.org/iman-mersal-it-seems-i-inherit-the-dead
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When they played Circle Game I thought Iād drown in my own tears. I think this episode was one of the best of the entire series.
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Her shared story is that she carried him for nine months. I think that would be enough. Maybe not to see him grown, but to see the baby.
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I think that wouldāve been a nice moment.
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@JustaMom The Joni Mitchell reference as her favorite was wonderful. As was Kevin telling the (slightly embellished) story of them breaking into her house and Randall knocking it down to reality.
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How I hope some good series starts in the fall. TIU wasnāt always perfect, but IMO itās as good as network TV gets. Thereās no other series currently playing that I enjoy as much.
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Since I was occupied with houseguests at the time the Train episode aired I eagerly began to watch as soon as everyone else had gone to bed. I was as fully engaged and weepy as expected and thought that the episode was very nearly perfect. Actually, it may have been truly perfect but I wouldnāt know because my dvr cut out at about 2 minutes before the end so I never saw Rebecca enter the caboose and couldnāt find the ending moments anywhere on YouTube 
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The next day itās online at NBC.
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Also available on Hulu the next day.
OK, I just rewatched the last seven minutes and cried more today than I did Tuesday night. 
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I rewatched the entire episode last night. I liked noticing little details I missed the first time. The Marcus material didnāt seem to overwhelm the rest of the show like it did the first time for me, maybe because I wasnāt confused this go-around!
This time, I cried more when the Big 3 were telling their mom goodbye, since I just went through the same experience last year. But I had to do it on the phone. Itās really hard to condense a lifetime of thankfulness for someone in a few minutes.
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The family scene with Marcus in the car ā¦ before I put it all together I thought perhaps that was Uncle Nickās wifeās backstory, that her first family all died in a crash except her. When they didnāt die, I threw away that theory.
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In conversation with my daughter after she watched last night. Me: I think Iāll watch it again this weekend. D: So, you are into emotional cutting?
I actually wonder if baby Kyle was in the train somewhere - another āeaster eggā