Very touching! They must have gotten rid of the lone bad writing team, but they do have to give us one “couldn’t-really-happen-in-real-life” scene. Have any of you been allowed to search a warehouse for your package?
No. And the scenes for a middle class family in Pittsburgh around 20 years ago, in searching for colleges did not ring true. The most real scenes for me were around the miscarriage scenes and the issues, grief with that.
The warehouse scene was totally not believable. Take a guy who threatens with his size and power and give him your scanning device and access to the warehouse. No way.
MommaJ- Write it up and see if you can sell the script. Sounds less real than what we’re watching!
I’m a sucker for a tender moment, so I loved it when Rebecca showed up to comfort Kate and that Kate was finally open to her mom’s love.
I like Rebecca so I loved that Kate was finally open to her.
I have to say it. Why are some of you still watching if you don’t buy the script, the details, etc.???
Fact checking the news is one thing, a non-biographical tv show is another.
I watched last night with my 27 year old daughter (she doesn’t live with us, but spent the night last night). Watching the miscarriage brought back a lot of memories for me because I had a miscarriage before I had my three kids. I remember the feelings, but then it was kind of weird to look over at my 27 year daughter, whom I got pregnant with 6 months after my miscarriage, and to think that if it hadn’t been for the miscarriage, she wouldn’t exist.
I thought it was a beautiful episode. I lost three babies, although much further along at 24 weeks, so I had tears flowing for much of the episode. I thought Chrissy Metz was terrific, her acting is what every actor should aspire to, subtle and expressive, at the same time. When she said to her mom, “how can I be this sad?”, I lost it. It was like it had happened to me yesterday. Those feelings and memories never go away. Never. I thought that Chris Sullivan was also excellent, especially in the scene where he tells Kate that he, too, lost the baby.
I’m glad that they had her mom show up at the door. It not only was what Rebecca would naturally do, but it also marked a kind of potential turnaround in their relationship. How she empathized with Kate and told her the story of never holding Kyle, and bottling up her grief. Wow, this was so true to what happens in these very painful situations.
I love the way that Ken Olin directed the episode.
Yes, I lost it too when she asked how she could be this sad. Brought back some painful memories . The director, writers and actors did a great job with that storyline.
The tears have been leaking a lot the past few weeks. This was another poignant episode. I’m sorry next week is the last episode for quite a while.
Brought back memories for me too. I was heartened to see the rapprochement between Rebecca and Kate. I was reluctant to tell my mother when I miscarried because she was the type who would’ve asked me what I did and I didn’t want to hear that. I questioned myself enough.
I have a theory. This episode, focused on Kate, also showed the scenes with the fuse issues - foreshadowing the fire. But this time, we saw her elderly dog, patiently waiting on her bed. My theory is Jack dies going back into the burning house to rescue Kate’s dog, explaining why she has said his death was her fault.
Yes, I also noticed that they replayed the fuse problem, and it seems plausible that Jack died saving Kate’s dog. I just don’t know if the writers would place such obvious clues to the storyline of Jack’s death.
I’m already crying at the Toyota ad that immediately preceded This Is Us!!
They may call Randall Number 3, but he is Number 1 in my book. I loved how the writers connected Randall’s search for balance through his teenage flashbacks, his flashback with William, and how he dealt with Daija’s departure. The talk in the car with his dad about how he would get balance, lose it, and get it again followed by the visit to the Vietnam Memorial just about broke me. I was so afraid they were going to leave us with a cliffhanger accident with Tess in the car. Thank goodness we got a resolution there.
Agree with being glad they didnt let Kevin hurt Tess. And I bet we haven’t seen the last of Deja.
Sterling K. Brown is an amazing actor. The emotions he conveys in his eyes, wow! And Ron Cephas Jones continue s to delight, so glad the writers have conveyed a way to have his character weave into the story.
I know why Randall’s story was last in the arc because the actors are so good. Everything in the other 2 episodes made so much sense in this episode.
I don’t watch the show but was excited to hear Howard University was in the storyline.
Yeah, it was a wonderful promotion for Howard. It wasn’t just in the storyline. Teenage Randall visited it with his father. The campus looked beautiful, they talked about how great the library was, and you could really feel how happy Randall was to be in a place where everyone was like him in important ways – not just skin color, but also ambition and intelligence. It was clear that was the right place for him, as it was for other kids he met there who had grown up as the only black kid in their classes and towns.