This Is Us final season

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Anonymous wrote:If they never show Dad/Jack again I wouldn’t be sad. So over all their cheesy scenes. He was an alcoholic and it’s likely they would have gotten divorced later. He was not super dad.

I agree, BUT, as the child of a charming alcoholic, I think they get this right. When my dad was good, he was REALLY good, and everyone put him up on a pedestal.

That, plus, people have a way of canonizing the dead.

+1 I’ve said it before - they need to move on from the past. Not looking forward to next week’s story of the little kids seeing their first movie.

And did they need a whole hour to find an old flame that has nothing to do with the series or the stories we care about?

I enjoyed it—gave Nicky the closure he needed to move forward with his life and gave Rebecca the rare opportunity to connect with a woman her age and realize how blessed she’s been despite her dire prognosis. There was a parallel in terms of first love vs second love storylines. Malik and Dayja are sweet together. As someone who did not like the first ep, I have no complaints about this one.

I liked it, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Damn this show. Nicky is so irritating and yet I'm tearing up with him and Edie at the end.

I did not like the Deja and Malik story - maybe it's because I have a teen, but ick. That is real life though. I do get that.

What do we think is going on when Randall asks Deja how the drive up was at the cabin? It's a normal question, but Deja's answer is so weird - she sighs, says it was ok, but it always goes by faster than you think. Which is of course a metaphor for this whole show, but didn't she drive up with Annie or Tess? What's up?

the only thing I objected to re: Deja and Malik was that we're supposed to believe they wouldn't have already had sex....

Agreed. Not realistic.

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Anonymous wrote:Damn this show. Nicky is so irritating and yet I'm tearing up with him and Edie at the end.

I did not like the Deja and Malik story - maybe it's because I have a teen, but ick. That is real life though. I do get that.

What do we think is going on when Randall asks Deja how the drive up was at the cabin? It's a normal question, but Deja's answer is so weird - she sighs, says it was ok, but it always goes by faster than you think. Which is of course a metaphor for this whole show, but didn't she drive up with Annie or Tess? What's up?

the only thing I objected to re: Deja and Malik was that we're supposed to believe they wouldn't have already had sex....

Agreed. Not realistic.

Why not? You don't think Randall's all over that?

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Anonymous wrote:Damn this show. Nicky is so irritating and yet I'm tearing up with him and Edie at the end.

I did not like the Deja and Malik story - maybe it's because I have a teen, but ick. That is real life though. I do get that.

What do we think is going on when Randall asks Deja how the drive up was at the cabin? It's a normal question, but Deja's answer is so weird - she sighs, says it was ok, but it always goes by faster than you think. Which is of course a metaphor for this whole show, but didn't she drive up with Annie or Tess? What's up?

the only thing I objected to re: Deja and Malik was that we're supposed to believe they wouldn't have already had sex....

Agreed. Not realistic.

Why not? You don't think Randall's all over that?

Protective parents cannot stop their high schoolers from having sex if they want to have sex. I guess Deja could've really said she didn't want to yet....but again, seems unrealistic.

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Malik already has a kid. Maybe they both realize the risks?

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Did Malik's ex move to Boston to be near the child? That whole part was weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Did Malik's ex move to Boston to be near the child? That whole part was weird.

Yeah that's unclear to me too.

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Anonymous wrote:Did Malik's ex move to Boston to be near the child? That whole part was weird.

Yeah that's unclear to me too.

Especially for a young woman who didn't want anything to do with the child at first. Boston is expensive. How is she making that work?

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Anonymous wrote:Did Malik's ex move to Boston to be near the child? That whole part was weird.

Yeah that's unclear to me too.

Especially for a young woman who didn't want anything to do with the child at first. Boston is expensive. How is she making that work?

Do her parents live in Boston? Wasn't she talking about taking Janelle (that's her name, right?) to dinner with her parents. Maybe they moved up there and she is now living with them?

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Anonymous wrote:Did Malik's ex move to Boston to be near the child? That whole part was weird.

Yeah that's unclear to me too.

Especially for a young woman who didn't want anything to do with the child at first. Boston is expensive. How is she making that work?

Do her parents live in Boston? Wasn't she talking about taking Janelle (that's her name, right?) to dinner with her parents. Maybe they moved up there and she is now living with them?

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Ah good call. Yes, the strange comment about her parent's favorite dress.

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Anonymous wrote:Damn this show. Nicky is so irritating and yet I'm tearing up with him and Edie at the end.

I did not like the Deja and Malik story - maybe it's because I have a teen, but ick. That is real life though. I do get that.

What do we think is going on when Randall asks Deja how the drive up was at the cabin? It's a normal question, but Deja's answer is so weird - she sighs, says it was ok, but it always goes by faster than you think. Which is of course a metaphor for this whole show, but didn't she drive up with Annie or Tess? What's up?

the only thing I objected to re: Deja and Malik was that we're supposed to believe they wouldn't have already had sex....

Agreed. Not realistic.

Why not? You don't think Randall's all over that?

Protective parents cannot stop their high schoolers from having sex if they want to have sex. I guess Deja could've really said she didn't want to yet....but again, seems unrealistic.

During a pandemic, with everyone always at home, it's kind of realistic. It can be tough for parents, too!

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Anonymous wrote:Did Malik's ex move to Boston to be near the child? That whole part was weird.

Yeah that's unclear to me too.

Especially for a young woman who didn't want anything to do with the child at first. Boston is expensive. How is she making that work?

Do her parents live in Boston? Wasn't she talking about taking Janelle (that's her name, right?) to dinner with her parents. Maybe they moved up there and she is now living with them?

I feel like there was some passing mention when Malik first got together with Deja about Jennifer's family moving to Boston? Like they wanted her to move on? I don't know how they let her go through with the pregnancy in the first place, only to leave the child behind for him to raise. I'm guessing her parents were kind of snooty, and that is part of the reason his parents were wary of Randall and Beth at their first dinner.

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Beth ftw once more! She needs her own show.

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Anonymous wrote:Beth ftw once more! She needs her own show.

At first I wondered wth wasn’t she upset her kid sneaked oos without their knowledge, then it became clear she was concerned but her role is always to lighten Randall’s heavy moods. Poor Beth.

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So disappointed in this last season. Enough about Dad/jack! I used to cry in every episode. This season is just falling flat.

The only interesting part was kates son jack and the hint about what happens with the green egg.