I watched the Paley Center special tonight- wow, really good and really got me in the mood for the next season!
Loved how they showed pieces of the main actors actual auditions for the show. And that night they were shooting the show in a random neighborhood and Milo noticed a home across with the tv on - and Milo realized the people in the house were watching This Is Us! He rounded up the cast and they went and knocked on the door and surprised the family!
Did you see tonightâs season opener? What did you think? I have several theories swirling around in my head. There were a few intriguing moments and Iâm so glad itâs back! Oh- and I didnât cry once! Oh wait. Yes I did.
Feel like I have to watch the episode again, so much going, flashbacks, present day, snippets of future events.
I would enjoy reading your âtheoriesâ @psychmomma!
Loved it. Feel like many questions were answered but not the main one, alluded to at the end. I didnât cry either.
I still love Beth so much, and I am still worried she is who is killed off, though this episode made me think it was Deja. Didnât yâall think that was a funeral home at the end? Or a hospital?
It worried me that it might be Kate, since Randall was talking to Toby.
Except Toby said that he wasnât sure that he should go, but if itâs Kate it seems like a no-brainer that he would. Unless by then they are divorced, I guess.
I guess Rebecca really makes the most since. Sheâd be plenty old by then, and everyone would have a reason to be there.
I donât know why Toby would be so upset about Rebecca, though.
My guess is that Toby and Kate are divorced by then, but Iâm not sure if theyâre heading to see Kate in a hospital or a funeral home.
I fell asleep so missed the end, but I think (spoiler alertâ donât read if you donât want to know) Toby becomes almost paralyzed by his depression and regrets to bed after throwing out his antidepressants to help Kate get pregnant, and has problems with Rx withdrawal. The other possibility is that Kate, who has been warned of the risks of an IVF pregnancy, might have a bad outcome, which also would send Toby to retreat to bed.
Because if things didnât end well with Kate (either by divorce or complications with pregnancy), then he might be afraid to see Rebecca because sheâll blame him.
I just read the most disturbing theory about that last scene. Skip the WashPo story if you donât want to know. Itâs just a fan theory so likely not true, but itâs disturbing.
The fertility plot of this episode made me so angry, I want to scream. First of all, for the Doc to tell Kate that no other doctor would take her on is ludicrous. Many IVF docs routinely take overweight and obese patients. But far more upsetting was Toby dumping his antidepressants into the toilet. First of all, its a very bad precident and message to send out. Any reasonable person should understand the dangers of stopping cold turkey. But beyond that, it is just another instance of the trite plot device that these people refus toe talk to each other. If they are married, trying to have a baby and working as a team, shouldnât Toby have discussed this move with Kate? Shouldnât she be prepared for what might happen and have a say in it?
Not to mention the fact that if one is doing IVF, low sperm count hardly matters. That is one of the benefits of IVF, as long as there are SOME usable sperm, it can work. IVF works by injecting ONE sperm into each egg. SoâŠmaybe he should have discussed this with the doc first? UGH!
PLEASE, if anyone is out there struggling with infertility, DO NOT flush your meds down the drain.
P.S. Flushing meds down the drain is unsafe, bad for the environment and contanimates the water for everyone else.
So who are they going to se?!? I was thinking it was a hospital, but I am not sure. Last year I thought it was Deja and it was jail, but I donât think that anymore. I was thinking maybe Kate because of Toby. My daughter read online that it might be Beth. Bethâs dad had Alzheimerâs so she might have it and the daughter doesnât like seeing her like that and Toby was always buddies with her.
@gallentjill people with mental illness do not always behave logically or in the best interests of themselves and the ones they love. His actions in dumping his meds down the toilet made sense to me knowing that he deals with depression. There had already been a scene where they had discussed IVF being dumb, stupid, not the way to go. Then they got the call back from the doctor.
This was maybe his way of saying he still thought that IVF treatments was not the way to go and he wanted to continue to try having kids without doing the IVF. He may be hoping that Kate will become pregnant before going in for the treatment and that she would never know what he did.
@bajamm You may be right and that would make sense. I hope they address it in future episodes. The more I think about it, the more Iâm upset that Toby didnât think to talk to Kate about it. It doensât bode well for their marriage at all. I hope he comes clean soon!
Does Randall say to Toby, âAre you coming down?â - as if they are in the same building? That leads me to think itâs a hospital of some sort. But the more I think about it, maybe he just means down here and itâs a funeral home. They are dressed nice, right? Ugh. I donât want to think about any of the remaining characters dying.
I didnât see the WaPo article but I got ready bad vibes from the end of the episode, when Jack pulls up across the street with flowers and sees Rebecca at her door.
their relationship has always seemed fairly lopsided to me though which could explain their lack of communication when it comes to Toby and his issues. He has always struck me as an emotional giver/supporter where Kate is more of a taker of support. i feel like sheâs always focused on herself.
I thought Toby was just being impulsive and thinking he would be able to get her pregnant the typical way and help her avoid IVF. I wonder if people donât realize how bad cold turkey withdrawal from depression meds can be until theyâve already done it.
Can we talk about the football player, Franco Harris? Heâs going to have to figure in somehow given the scenes with his family. Father of a half-sibling for Randall (although his bio mom would have been awfully young)? Related to Beth in some way (although since heâs famous that surely would have come up earlier if there was an obvious link)?
I was thinking that maybe the football player is a grandfather or something to Deja.