This Is Us final season

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Anonymous wrote:"I said, we haven't seen the last of Migs!"

-Beth, as always, FTW.

That scene was hilarious.

I think I am about to boo hoo for the last ten minutes though.

This is why Beth is the best Pearson by a mile. I was howling with laughter at her detective work.

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t cried during This Is Us for a long time, but the end of this one did me in.

At the same time I wish they hadn’t waited till almost the end of the series to give us more of Miguel’s back story.

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Just so poignant. I love Miguel. But agree, it feels like the writers realized all of a sudden that they hadn’t given Miguel his due and so decided to cram it all into one episode.

I think Jon Huertas mentioned in an interview that Miguel's back story was relegated to S6 because of the two episodes that were cut for S5 due to the pandemic. I felt from that FaceBook message exchange after Tess's birth that Rebecca and Miguel's love story would be really beautiful. It was also realistic about how older friends/lovers reconnect - long phone calls while they eat their dinners, etc. I love how Rebecca made the first move.

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How old was Rebecca when she had the kids? Trying to figure out timeline.

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Anonymous wrote:That was a good episode. I think my only complaint is that we should have seen this over a few episodes - not whole Miguel/Rebecca episodes, but this felt a little throwaway.

Really disliked next week's preview. GROW UP.

I missed the preview. What was it?

Kevin and Randall fighting over Rebecca's care (who should she live with) and Kate has to make the decision because that's what Rebecca wanted. Which means ANOTHER flashback to their childhood. I am always happy to see more Mandy Moore though.

My deal with this is - isn't Randall a US Senator from Pennsylvania? And Beth runs a dance company? Randall obviously isn't going to be home to be there day in and day out - is Beth expected to be?

Obviously, money is no object for any of them.

Love Randall, but find his OCD/control complex to be a bit much. Hasn't he been in therapy? Like, you're pushing 50 dude. Obtain some self-awareness.

Yeah, this seems like poorly manufactured drama so they can draw back upon Rebecca choosing Kate to make decisions for her. Rebecca is living in a house designed with her mobility in mind, with an established routine and full time nurse. She doesn't need to move. Randall needs to make arrangements so he can be closer to her, not the other way around.

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Anonymous wrote:That was a good episode. I think my only complaint is that we should have seen this over a few episodes - not whole Miguel/Rebecca episodes, but this felt a little throwaway.

Really disliked next week's preview. GROW UP.

I missed the preview. What was it?

Kevin and Randall fighting over Rebecca's care (who should she live with) and Kate has to make the decision because that's what Rebecca wanted. Which means ANOTHER flashback to their childhood. I am always happy to see more Mandy Moore though.

My deal with this is - isn't Randall a US Senator from Pennsylvania? And Beth runs a dance company? Randall obviously isn't going to be home to be there day in and day out - is Beth expected to be?

Obviously, money is no object for any of them.

Love Randall, but find his OCD/control complex to be a bit much. Hasn't he been in therapy? Like, you're pushing 50 dude. Obtain some self-awareness.

Yeah, this seems like poorly manufactured drama so they can draw back upon Rebecca choosing Kate to make decisions for her. Rebecca is living in a house designed with her mobility in mind, with an established routine and full time nurse. She doesn't need to move. Randall needs to make arrangements so he can be closer to her, not the other way around.

Exactly. But Kevin is the only one with the time to oversee her care, yet his kids live in LA. Which means there really is no ideal scenario here.

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Anonymous wrote:That was a good episode. I think my only complaint is that we should have seen this over a few episodes - not whole Miguel/Rebecca episodes, but this felt a little throwaway.

Really disliked next week's preview. GROW UP.

I missed the preview. What was it?

Kevin and Randall fighting over Rebecca's care (who should she live with) and Kate has to make the decision because that's what Rebecca wanted. Which means ANOTHER flashback to their childhood. I am always happy to see more Mandy Moore though.

My deal with this is - isn't Randall a US Senator from Pennsylvania? And Beth runs a dance company? Randall obviously isn't going to be home to be there day in and day out - is Beth expected to be?

Obviously, money is no object for any of them.

Love Randall, but find his OCD/control complex to be a bit much. Hasn't he been in therapy? Like, you're pushing 50 dude. Obtain some self-awareness.

Yeah, this seems like poorly manufactured drama so they can draw back upon Rebecca choosing Kate to make decisions for her. Rebecca is living in a house designed with her mobility in mind, with an established routine and full time nurse. She doesn't need to move. Randall needs to make arrangements so he can be closer to her, not the other way around.

Exactly. But Kevin is the only one with the time to oversee her care, yet his kids live in LA. Which means there really is no ideal scenario here.

My best guess is that this is where Nicky comes in, with Kevin going back and forth weekly and the other kids coming as they are able.

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Anonymous wrote:How old was Rebecca when she had the kids? Trying to figure out timeline.

I think she was 30, in 1980. I am not sure if she and Jack married in 1974 or 1976 thinking back.

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t cried during This Is Us for a long time, but the end of this one did me in.

At the same time I wish they hadn’t waited till almost the end of the series to give us more of Miguel’s back story.

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Just so poignant. I love Miguel. But agree, it feels like the writers realized all of a sudden that they hadn’t given Miguel his due and so decided to cram it all into one episode.

I think it was actually more “meta” than that—deliberately underscoring how overlooked stepparents tend to be when they enter an entrenched family dynamic (Kevin’s line about never having asked Miguel about himself). The show itself mirrored that dynamic. I thought they did a good job planting the seeds that would grow into this full episode. Jon Huertas was really wonderful in this ep. Agree with a pp, first time I’ve cried since the early seasons. The last few scenes were really beautiful.

Do hate all the unnecessary discontinuities though. We know Miguel also had a daughter, so please acknowledge her existence, even if it’s a short “I’m glad my relationship with my daughter is ok now but I haven’t talked to my son on 5 years.” How hard would that have been?

It was weird. We saw her in the flashback sitting on the stairs with her brother, while the parents were fighting, but it was unclear at the end if the woman with Miguel's son was his wife or his sister.

They were both there in all the scenes. In the house at Christmas, the sister was in the kitchen with Kate, Kevin and Sophie (tan sweater), and in the living room, his wife was in the chair to his left (red sweater over dark blouse). And on the porch steps, it’s him, his wife to his left a step above him, and then his sister on the right end of the porch. Then, in the post-funeral shot (I assume - they’re all in black), it’s the 5 kids - 3 Pearsons, Andy and Amber - with Rebecca looking at the apple tree. And finally, in the two scenes spreading the ashes, it’s Kate, Randall and Amber spreading them under the apple tree, and Kevin and Andy on the island where he grew up spreading them on the baseball field.

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Mandy Moore is on 1A on WAMU right now!

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I loved this episode.

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin and Sophie were off together somewhere during the fire. He snuck out during the night. Rebecca was scared because he wasn't there when the family got out.

The kids were 17 when the house burned down. Sophie was Kevin's girlfriend at the time. It makes sense he carried the valentine in his wallet.

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I can't believe all of these details have to be spelled out for certain PPs.

The point was it’s the recipient, not the sender, who carries it — but a pp pointed out that a “yes” was circled and Sophie returned the valentine to Kevin. These are types of details the writers invite you to obsess over — it a hallmark throughout the series.

Yes, the details! Like how they often show the text messages characters are reading, which I can’t see from my chair, so I have to get up and go to the TV, and then it’s too late and so I have to rewind to read a detail I’d better not miss!

OMG, they did it again! I had to constantly pause and go closer to the TV to read all the subtitles and Facebook posts.

Good thing there are only 3 more episodes of this show, or I’d have to spring for a bigger TV!

What details are you talking about from last night?

Subtitles and Facebook posts, as noted.

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Good episode. Yes, it’s clear now that Nicky is her caregiver so she can remain in the new PA cabin because none of the kids make sense. And obviously he has the wedding ring because he’s now married. I hope they don’t spend all of next episode fighting to get to this conclusion.

Gosh, Beth Pearson needs her own show. She’s the best.

The big 3 are my age (41) and this is how I understand timeline-
Big 3 born- Rebecca is 30
Jack died- Rebecca was 46, big three were 16
When Miguel left for TX- Rebecca was about 50 and big three were 20 (bc Randall in middle of college then)
Miguel found her on FB- 8 years later so that would make Rebecca 58 and the big three 28 when they walked in on them kissing
Kate’s wedding- 5 years into future so that means Rebecca is 76 and big three are 46
Miguel’s death- I think it seems to be 1-2 years after Kate’s wedding. ?? So Rebecca 78ish, big three 48ish, and Tess would be 20 (in college)

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Anonymous wrote:Good episode. Yes, it’s clear now that Nicky is her caregiver so she can remain in the new PA cabin because none of the kids make sense. And obviously he has the wedding ring because he’s now married. I hope they don’t spend all of next episode fighting to get to this conclusion.

Gosh, Beth Pearson needs her own show. She’s the best.

The big 3 are my age (41) and this is how I understand timeline-
Big 3 born- Rebecca is 30
Jack died- Rebecca was 46, big three were 16
When Miguel left for TX- Rebecca was about 50 and big three were 20 (bc Randall in middle of college then)
Miguel found her on FB- 8 years later so that would make Rebecca 58 and the big three 28 when they walked in on them kissing
Kate’s wedding- 5 years into future so that means Rebecca is 76 and big three are 46
Miguel’s death- I think it seems to be 1-2 years after Kate’s wedding. ?? So Rebecca 78ish, big three 48ish, and Tess would be 20 (in college)

Weren't the Big 3 born in 1980? They are no longer 41. Remember the seasons would always start with their birthdays?

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Wow. One of the BEST This Is Us episodes. Certainly the best since William's death. So beautiful...the full arc of a life. Hit me on so many levels. So wonderful to see 50-somethings find love after all the knocks they've been through in life. So beato see Miguel's devotion. The Billy Joel song couldn't have been better placed...plodding melody...leading to the inevitable end. The highs of loving someone creates the lows of losing someone. The window into the reality of aging... the very real reality for most women of outliving their husbands.

I'm tearing up right now just thinking about it.

Any television show that can touch so many emotions in 60 minutes is uniquely high calibre. I see awards for Jon Huertas (?) from this episode.

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..typo
So beautiful to see Miguel's devotion...