This Is Us. Season 3

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Anonymous wrote:None of you ever talked with 70 yr old relatives about the draft and Vietnam war? Have you been to the Vietnam Vet war memorial? Be sure to do both.

Yeah, really. I'm surprised about the ignorance here. My dad told me from a young age that he was really lucky to have turned 18 in 1973, after the draft ended. My uncle was lucky to not have been drafted, but was planning on running away to Canada if his number had been called.

No, not ignorant about the draft or Vietnam in general but specifically how the lottery was televised on tv. I have actually spoken to 73 year old family member about their time in Vietnam, but the topic of the tv lottery never came up. I do recall he told me the thing he missed the most over there was cold pop and beer.

My dad calls these guys Rear Eschelon Motherf*ckers. They never saw combat, didn’t see fresh injuries, and were pretty safe to booze, smoke, and screw while my dad was trying to not get shot down. The worst many of them dealt with was sh*t-burning duty (which we saw Nicky doing) and general diseases.

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Anonymous wrote:None of you ever talked with 70 yr old relatives about the draft and Vietnam war? Have you been to the Vietnam Vet war memorial? Be sure to do both.

Yeah, really. I'm surprised about the ignorance here. My dad told me from a young age that he was really lucky to have turned 18 in 1973, after the draft ended. My uncle was lucky to not have been drafted, but was planning on running away to Canada if his number had been called.

No, not ignorant about the draft or Vietnam in general but specifically how the lottery was televised on tv. I have actually spoken to 73 year old family member about their time in Vietnam, but the topic of the tv lottery never came up. I do recall he told me the thing he missed the most over there was cold pop and beer.

My dad calls these guys Rear Eschelon Motherf*ckers. They never saw combat, didn’t see fresh injuries, and were pretty safe to booze, smoke, and screw while my dad was trying to not get shot down. The worst many of them dealt with was sh*t-burning duty (which we saw Nicky doing) and general diseases.

^Venereal

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Anonymous wrote:Tonight's episode: I wept the whole way through. OMG.

I wanted to react that way, but for me, it just fell flat. It didn’t seem realistic to me. I couldn’t suspend disbelief. Jack should have had a military buzz cut, especially as he seemed to be a natural leader and straight arrow. Getting the foot shot off? It seemed sensational, like a patient on Grey’s Anatomy impaled on their bicycle’s handlebars. Those are just a couple of little things. Maybe post Private Ryan and Ken Burns’ Vietnam documentary, etc., we have a more realistic idea of what war looks like, and this just seemed like a Hollywood creation.

Agreed. I didn't like it at all. And I see no evidence that Kevin's Vietnam movie is any good, either.

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So the final scene I've decided will be Rebecca's death. The show seems to be about the great life of Jack. We're seeing Jack's back-story, we're learning about his kids, and we've seen his death. We've seen how he met his wife, his wedding, the birth of his kids, etc. I think the story ends with Rebecca reuniting with him in death.

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoyed this episode. I'm still bothered by how Randall is going to run for city council in center city Philly when he lives in NJ. What gives?

This is driving me up a wall.

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Anonymous wrote:He knew that his brother wasn't psychologically wired to be a soldier. He knew that his brother was struggling. The look in Nicky's eyes when he turned and saw Jack was haunting. He looked like he was not right.... falling apart.

Yes, that shot was awesome. Jack had felt a lifelong duty to protect him, and this was his final attempt to be his "Superman."

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Anonymous wrote:So the final scene I've decided will be Rebecca's death. The show seems to be about the great life of Jack. We're seeing Jack's back-story, we're learning about his kids, and we've seen his death. We've seen how he met his wife, his wedding, the birth of his kids, etc. I think the story ends with Rebecca reuniting with him in death.

I think Rebecca is too obvious for TIU.

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Anonymous wrote:Viet Nam vets were so traumatized by their experiences there and then vilified when they returned home. Who would want to talk about that? Other soldiers in other wars were heroes when they returned home. The VN soldiers were often drug and alcohol addicts upon return, and were the first war vets to openly experience PTSD en masse. It was ugly and no one wanted to talk about it.

I'll never forget the day I was sitting on a bench nearly 30 years ago waiting for something and I started chatting with the man next to me, asking questions. He was talking about Vietnam and when he was done he said thanked me for the talk and said he has never spoken to his family about it but it was easier to tell a stranger.

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The only time my Dad really spoke about Vietnam was when we were at Udvar Hazy and my Dad walked up to a Huey helicopter on display. His face changed, and you could see him going back in time. He proceeded to tell us where he sat (he was a gunner), the other men with him, and the smell of death. I will never forget it.

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My relatives and their friends talk a lot about the draft. And how close their numbers/birthdays were to being called. And the ways every one of them avoided the war (mostly by going to college).

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Anonymous wrote:The only time my Dad really spoke about Vietnam was when we were at Udvar Hazy and my Dad walked up to a Huey helicopter on display. His face changed, and you could see him going back in time. He proceeded to tell us where he sat (he was a gunner), the other men with him, and the smell of death. I will never forget it.

Please watch "Ken Burns' Vietnam". It will take you to where your dad was (as well as where our country was and where the Vietnamese were).

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I'm really glad the Philly neighborhood where Randall is trying to run for city council isn't accepting him and won't let him swoop in to play the hero. What he's doing -- using his dad's address -- seems borderline fraudulent.

Maybe I grew up in a bubble, but it's hard to believe that in the mid 1990s in an east coast city, someone would have such an obvious reaction to a white girl dating a black boy. Not liking it or being surprised, sure, but the people I knew would have been better at keeping that to themselves.

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I have been a big fan of TIU from the beginning of the show but this season has not been grabbing me as much as the past. I like it but it feels slow or something to me.

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I loved most of this episode— all but the Randall running for councilman scenes. Those were painful, yet boring.

Miguel! I want more Miguel. I want to see little boy Miguel, and young man Miguel.

I’ve always found Toby so annoying, but little Toby impersonating Rodney Dangerfield was surpiringly adorable and lovable.

Rebecca talking about music with teen Kate was just heartbreaking.

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Maybe I grew up in a bubble, but it's hard to believe that in the mid 1990s in an east coast city, someone would have such an obvious reaction to a white girl dating a black boy. Not liking it or being surprised, sure, but the people I knew would have been better at keeping that to themselves.

I think you grew up in a bubble. Spike Lee's Jungle Love was about an interracial romance, the backlash/discrimination the couple encounters, in NYC in the 1990s.