This Is Us

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Anonymous wrote:Can we talk about the size of the actress playing Kate? Chrissy Metz is very talented and quite beautiful but I can't believe how large she is. It makes me wonder if they actually padded her to make her look that large. I'm not trying to fat shame (I'm fat, too) but a woman her size who made any sort of attempt at dieting should be dropping weight left and right.

No, she's really that big.
http://people.com/bodies/this-is-us-chrissy-metz-inspire-people-struggling-with-weight/

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else find it a little far-fetched that, in 2016, so many parents at some high end school would be laughing out loud at the AA girl playing Snow White?

The laughing was Randall's perception only. He felt like they were laughing at his daughter but they even showed his father laughing which makes me think they were just enjoying the show, and the laughing had nothing to do with her race.

Ah, that makes sense.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else find it a little far-fetched that, in 2016, so many parents at some high end school would be laughing out loud at the AA girl playing Snow White?

The laughing was Randall's perception only. He felt like they were laughing at his daughter but they even showed his father laughing which makes me think they were just enjoying the show, and the laughing had nothing to do with her race.

That was my take also.

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I love this show. But I find myself weeping through it and by the end, just sobbing a big sob! Its exhausting, I don't think I can take any more.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any theories about the photograph (last 3 minutes)? 6 people - the dad, mom, and kids as young kids and a black woman (the woman from the pool?).

Found a pic - sorry if this is super large!

I read that she becomes a lifelong friend (I think I saw it in an article in EW). But what happened to her son? Why isn't he in the photo? I loved last night's episode -- so many great lines. Can't wait to find out what happens to Jack - especially after the last scene when he was laying with the kids. He clearly loves them...and yes, I know it's a tv show

Very interesting! I can't wait to see what we learn about this women in the picture.

Just read that the actress is Sterling K. Brown's wife in real life.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't they already say that the dad is dead?

I also thought that he died just a year before the show takes place.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that this show is tackling racial issues. Randall picking a pool that he knows more black people go to because even at 8 years-old he understands that he's different and wants to be around people that look like him. I'm glad that the mother put her ego aside and asked for help from the black woman.

I was getting nervous about how the show would handle the Snow White scenes. I was nervous it would be 'eventful.' And it all made sense at the end, when he said how it was so uneventful for his daughter. Because that was their goal. To raise them, in some ways, to not see anything there. That's awesome! But he knows there's still something there, in the way the older generation was reacting. It's an interesting generational-racial discussion. And three generations reacting to events all differently (the way Randall and William reacted differently to the security guard).

I just was glad they handled it 'inside' the head. It means more to me that way. Because so much of racial stuff that happens is in the head. It's REAL but it isn't lived-out as much as it's thought about. I'm not summarizing all racial tension here, just the kind you see in a rich suburb / less action, more talk.

And the speech in the pants store, ending with "now try on the flat panel pleated kacki's I think they'll look nice on you." I love him. I just love this show.

Where has Sterling K. Brown been all of my TV-watching life? First he created a compelling Christopher Darden that the real Christopher Darden could only aspire to be, then he creates this complex, entertaining character of Randall who grabs our hearts. Give that man another Emmy!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any theories about the photograph (last 3 minutes)? 6 people - the dad, mom, and kids as young kids and a black woman (the woman from the pool?).

Found a pic - sorry if this is super large!

I read that she becomes a lifelong friend (I think I saw it in an article in EW). But what happened to her son? Why isn't he in the photo? I loved last night's episode -- so many great lines. Can't wait to find out what happens to Jack - especially after the last scene when he was laying with the kids. He clearly loves them...and yes, I know it's a tv show

Very interesting! I can't wait to see what we learn about this women in the picture.

Just read that the actress is Sterling K. Brown's wife in real life.

That's a neat twist.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't they already say that the dad is dead?

I also thought that he died just a year before the show takes place.

I don't remember any sort of discussion of his death. It was clearly a surprise plot twist to have Grandpa show up and there's Miguel instead of Jack.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't they already say that the dad is dead?

I also thought that he died just a year before the show takes place.

I don't remember any sort of discussion of his death. It was clearly a surprise plot twist to have Grandpa show up and there's Miguel instead of Jack.

I also don't think the kids would be calling Miguel Grandpa is their real grandfather had just died a year earlier.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't they already say that the dad is dead?

I also thought that he died just a year before the show takes place.

I don't remember any sort of discussion of his death. It was clearly a surprise plot twist to have Grandpa show up and there's Miguel instead of Jack.

I also don't think the kids would be calling Miguel Grandpa is their real grandfather had just died a year earlier.

That's right - its part of the story we just don't know yet.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that this show is tackling racial issues. Randall picking a pool that he knows more black people go to because even at 8 years-old he understands that he's different and wants to be around people that look like him. I'm glad that the mother put her ego aside and asked for help from the black woman.

I was getting nervous about how the show would handle the Snow White scenes. I was nervous it would be 'eventful.' And it all made sense at the end, when he said how it was so uneventful for his daughter. Because that was their goal. To raise them, in some ways, to not see anything there. That's awesome! But he knows there's still something there, in the way the older generation was reacting. It's an interesting generational-racial discussion. And three generations reacting to events all differently (the way Randall and William reacted differently to the security guard).

I just was glad they handled it 'inside' the head. It means more to me that way. Because so much of racial stuff that happens is in the head. It's REAL but it isn't lived-out as much as it's thought about. I'm not summarizing all racial tension here, just the kind you see in a rich suburb / less action, more talk.

And the speech in the pants store, ending with "now try on the flat panel pleated kacki's I think they'll look nice on you." I love him. I just love this show.

Where has Sterling K. Brown been all of my TV-watching life? First he created a compelling Christopher Darden that the real Christopher Darden could only aspire to be, then he creates this complex, entertaining character of Randall who grabs our hearts. Give that man another Emmy!

Army Wives.

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Oh, that's where I know him from! That show was cheesy but I loved it!

[Anonymous]

Wondering if the writer is from Pittsburgh? 1st episode: main character (white dad) was wearing only a Terrible Towel sitting on the bed. Last night, the black adopted son talked about growing up in a Pittsburgh suburb called Bethel Park (it really exists) where he would count the black children and adults he would meet.

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Felt too much like Parenthood. Too predictable, trying too hard to be different.

I stopped mid-way into the first episode and deleted it.

Should I give it another try?