This Is Us -- Season 2

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^^This is a great show and it makes sense that viewers care about details.

I agree it's a great show, and I think the writers do a fantastic job of tying everything together. I, personally, couldn't care less if Jack's hair isn't blowing in the correct direction as determined by the Farmer's Almanac for that precise day and hour.

Others might.

Then “others” should go to another new thread where they can discuss ad nauseum the direction of wind, at exactly which arena at exactly what time Springsteen sang and other similar super relevant things.

PREACH!!! This thread should simply be to discuss the story and characters. Not wasting space with debates about exactly how old a certain character must be or whining because the show didn't take the time to accurately portray the exact amount of time it would have taken to get from point A to point B.

[Anonymous]

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EXACTLY. I suggested starting a new thread myself. It could be called, "Miniscule and Unimportant Editorial Discrepancies: This is Us." That way, the rest of us who simply want to enjoy the story and the characters, won't have to wade through that nonsense.

I would like a new thread called This Is Us: I Must Have Missed Something for all the posts about things that are obvious if you're actually watching the show (e.g., Why was Randall there when the foster parents were meeting the little boy? When/why did Rebecca put on her Steelers shirt again? What was the significance of the smoke detector? How was the doctor there, I thought he died? The Springsteen tickets say January 31, 1988; what year did Jack die? etc. etc. etc.) I'd rather not have to wade through that nonsense. The show is almost too obvious and yet DCUM posters can't seem to follow it.

Pompous.

DP. How is it pompous to ask people to just pay attention to the story so that they don't have to come here and ask blindingly obvious questions?

[Anonymous]

I watch the show and understand what is going on (the randall vising adult tess and other things), however, that does NOT mean that little errors don't bother me as a viewer. Plot holes bother me in movies and things like changing geography or timelines bother me as well. It does take away from the story because you are being asked to overlook factual errors. Yes, the show is fiction, but it is not science fiction or fantasy. It is about a family but you can't change the space/time continuum just because it allows your story to unfold the way you want.
It is sloppy and crappy writing and frankly, this show is better than that. I wish the writers would realize they need to step up their game when it comes to details.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watch the show and understand what is going on (the randall vising adult tess and other things), however, that does NOT mean that little errors don't bother me as a viewer. Plot holes bother me in movies and things like changing geography or timelines bother me as well. It does take away from the story because you are being asked to overlook factual errors. Yes, the show is fiction, but it is not science fiction or fantasy. It is about a family but you can't change the space/time continuum just because it allows your story to unfold the way you want.
It is sloppy and crappy writing and frankly, this show is better than that. I wish the writers would realize they need to step up their game when it comes to details.

I don't find it "sloppy or crappy writing" at all. I guess because I'm too engrossed in the characters and storyline to care (or even notice) if something isn't absolutely, perfectly, to the second, accurate. That's why a new thread for that kind of stuff would be great. I'll even start it for you.

[Anonymous]

I don't think writing needs to be perfect but glaring errors like geography? Yeah, that is noticeable and can take away from a show. Especially when it happens again and again. It is not like they spent one episode messing up the NJ/PA/CA geography thing, it is constantly. Then it becomes sloppy writing.

Why is it so hard to understand than to some people these things matter and can distract from the show because they are trying to figure out and reconcile with what they thought they knew this new set of situations/story lines. Fact, Kevin and the tree coulnd't have happened in the time frame they gave unless the tree was in NJ. So, some people were trying to figure out where this tree would be. Same with the therapy session. Yeah, it does matter if it only took Randall 20 minutes to get to work or 2 hours because that could affect his mental health. It is like the writing have never commuted to work.

Does it ruin the show? Not fully, but i hate have to reconcile new information that does not fit at all with other information they have already given me or facts.

[Anonymous]

What if Kevin left very early in the day? (To go to the tree)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if Kevin left very early in the day? (To go to the tree)

Pittsburh/NJ is a 6 hour commute.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What if Kevin left very early in the day? (To go to the tree)

Pittsburh/NJ is a 6 hour commute.

So if he had a brief conversation with mom at 8:30am then mysteriously disappears (drives), he could get there by 4:30 or 5. Not 100% dark yet.

[Anonymous]

PP here who really doesn't love all this minutia, but understands. Remember how in Brothers and Sisters, they were moving back and forth from Pasadena to Santa Barbara?!

About the tree. It is 4 hours away. The doctor said it would be four hours until they get the results. They drove there and almost immediately the hospital called. I looked at a map, and Pittsburgh is about a 4 hour drive from Philadelphia so I'm going to pretend the tree was there.

So, let's say Kevin and Rebecca talked in the morning about what they would do. Rebecca went to the grocery story, Kevin tried to keep busy. By 10 am, he's on the road (on a Sunday - so less traffic) to the tree. From a north point of NJ (I picked New Brunswick), he's about 1 hours from this tree in Philadelphia.

He does his talk, and is back on the road by noon. He arrives around 2. All daylight, still enough time to watch the Super Bowl with his mom.

I hope this clears this up. I don't know NY Commute to NJ well enough to solve that one...but I really want to get back to focusing on the characters and the storylines. So I'm hoping this one (with wiggle room for an hour here or there) clears it up.

[Anonymous]

PP here - remember Rebecca doesn't live in Pittsburgh present day. She's somewhere in Jersey, closer to Randall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yikes. I watched the Tuesday episode. You guys had me thinking it was a boring episode but it has been brutal for me. The most crying I’ve done in many episodes. And the only ugly crying.

I lost my dad when I was 20. I remember the day of the memorial service. I have two siblings and things haven’t always been good with them, including the day after the service.

And this show in general makes me think I’ve done everything wrong. I can’t imagine my husband propping me up the way Jack did after the MRI. We don’t have the gushing love of Jack and Rebecca. And I am nowhere near the parent these two are, including not knowing how to save my family from a fire.

I know this is a show but this episode has made me forget that somehow.

PP, I feel the same way. My husband and I love each other, but not like Jack and Rebecca. Whenever I feel down about that, I have to remind myself it's all fictional. Jack is supposed to be the ideal husband (minus the alcoholism, of course). I highly doubt many people actually have a marriage like that.

This makes me feel warm inside, my husband and I are similar to Jack and Rebecca. We have both experienced a tumultuous past, it's the two of us against the world in the sense that there aren't other people outside of our marriage that we use for emotional support. IDK why, that's just how we fit together. Our parents, siblings, friends, ect for various reasons cannot be the roles we fulfill for each other.

But don't compare your marriages to the show. Jack and Rebecca do not have close relationships with their parents, they do not have siblings apart of their lives, even their inner circle of friends recognize Jack and Rebecca operate together. If your mother or father would be that person who would prop you up after significant blow, I envy that so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think writing needs to be perfect but glaring errors like geography? Yeah, that is noticeable and can take away from a show. Especially when it happens again and again. It is not like they spent one episode messing up the NJ/PA/CA geography thing, it is constantly. Then it becomes sloppy writing.

Why is it so hard to understand than to some people these things matter and can distract from the show because they are trying to figure out and reconcile with what they thought they knew this new set of situations/story lines. Fact, Kevin and the tree coulnd't have happened in the time frame they gave unless the tree was in NJ. So, some people were trying to figure out where this tree would be. Same with the therapy session. Yeah, it does matter if it only took Randall 20 minutes to get to work or 2 hours because that could affect his mental health. It is like the writing have never commuted to work.

Does it ruin the show? Not fully, but i hate have to reconcile new information that does not fit at all with other information they have already given me or facts.

What ruins the show for me is coming here to discuss with other fans, only to have everything come to a screeching halt because some posters can't move past tiny, inconsequential "errors" that were made, probably because there simply isn't enough time in an hour to show all the commuting you guys seem to want to see. For the sake of brevity, they don't shoot the show that way, which I appreciate. I'm not interested in watching a character driving a car endlessly just for the sake of accuracy. I appreciate that they move the story along without wringing their hands over trivial matters. I wish some of the posters here would embrace the story, and let go of the obsession over distances, geography, weather, and time. Or, as several posters have suggested, *start a new thread.*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here who really doesn't love all this minutia, but understands. Remember how in Brothers and Sisters, they were moving back and forth from Pasadena to Santa Barbara?!

About the tree. It is 4 hours away. The doctor said it would be four hours until they get the results. They drove there and almost immediately the hospital called. I looked at a map, and Pittsburgh is about a 4 hour drive from Philadelphia so I'm going to pretend the tree was there.

So, let's say Kevin and Rebecca talked in the morning about what they would do. Rebecca went to the grocery story, Kevin tried to keep busy. By 10 am, he's on the road (on a Sunday - so less traffic) to the tree. From a north point of NJ (I picked New Brunswick), he's about 1 hours from this tree in Philadelphia.

He does his talk, and is back on the road by noon. He arrives around 2. All daylight, still enough time to watch the Super Bowl with his mom.

I hope this clears this up. I don't know NY Commute to NJ well enough to solve that one...but I really want to get back to focusing on the characters and the storylines. So I'm hoping this one (with wiggle room for an hour here or there) clears it up.

AMEN. Let's hope this satisfies so we can move on, already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes. I watched the Tuesday episode. You guys had me thinking it was a boring episode but it has been brutal for me. The most crying I’ve done in many episodes. And the only ugly crying.

I lost my dad when I was 20. I remember the day of the memorial service. I have two siblings and things haven’t always been good with them, including the day after the service.

And this show in general makes me think I’ve done everything wrong. I can’t imagine my husband propping me up the way Jack did after the MRI. We don’t have the gushing love of Jack and Rebecca. And I am nowhere near the parent these two are, including not knowing how to save my family from a fire.

I know this is a show but this episode has made me forget that somehow.

PP, I feel the same way. My husband and I love each other, but not like Jack and Rebecca. Whenever I feel down about that, I have to remind myself it's all fictional. Jack is supposed to be the ideal husband (minus the alcoholism, of course). I highly doubt many people actually have a marriage like that.

This makes me feel warm inside, my husband and I are similar to Jack and Rebecca. We have both experienced a tumultuous past, it's the two of us against the world in the sense that there aren't other people outside of our marriage that we use for emotional support. IDK why, that's just how we fit together. Our parents, siblings, friends, ect for various reasons cannot be the roles we fulfill for each other.

But don't compare your marriages to the show. Jack and Rebecca do not have close relationships with their parents, they do not have siblings apart of their lives, even their inner circle of friends recognize Jack and Rebecca operate together. If your mother or father would be that person who would prop you up after significant blow, I envy that so much.

PP here. This is very true. My mom is my very best friend and she would absolutely be (and has been) my emotional support in bad times. Not that my husband isn't there for me, but he's just not a very empathetic person. I go to her for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think writing needs to be perfect but glaring errors like geography? Yeah, that is noticeable and can take away from a show. Especially when it happens again and again. It is not like they spent one episode messing up the NJ/PA/CA geography thing, it is constantly. Then it becomes sloppy writing.

Why is it so hard to understand than to some people these things matter and can distract from the show because they are trying to figure out and reconcile with what they thought they knew this new set of situations/story lines. Fact, Kevin and the tree coulnd't have happened in the time frame they gave unless the tree was in NJ. So, some people were trying to figure out where this tree would be. Same with the therapy session. Yeah, it does matter if it only took Randall 20 minutes to get to work or 2 hours because that could affect his mental health. It is like the writing have never commuted to work.

Does it ruin the show? Not fully, but i hate have to reconcile new information that does not fit at all with other information they have already given me or facts.

What ruins the show for me is coming here to discuss with other fans, only to have everything come to a screeching halt because some posters can't move past tiny, inconsequential "errors" that were made, probably because there simply isn't enough time in an hour to show all the commuting you guys seem to want to see. For the sake of brevity, they don't shoot the show that way, which I appreciate. I'm not interested in watching a character driving a car endlessly just for the sake of accuracy. I appreciate that they move the story along without wringing their hands over trivial matters. I wish some of the posters here would embrace the story, and let go of the obsession over distances, geography, weather, and time. Or, as several posters have suggested, *start a new thread.*

DCUM ruins the show for you? Hmm.