This Is Us. Season 3

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Glad I'm not alone in thinking this season is a big snooze fest!

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Anonymous wrote:This show gets worse each week. All the characters annoy me now.

Then just stop watching it and leave this thread. You're wasting your time and ours.

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Anonymous wrote:So who do we have to petition to get Dr. Luka on the show as a permanent cast member?

YAAASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, what a sight for sore eyes.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like the Beth episode at all. I love her and adore Zoe but this episode didn’t do anything for me for some reason.

I agree, I had zero emotional reaction to it. Beth's parents seemed already elderly during her child years. Her mother kept referring to these mystery older brothers and sisters who we never saw and Beth has never mentioned or had a relationship with otherwise (unless I'm forgetting things.)

Perhaps part of what bothered me is that as a former professional dancer, tv shows wanting to portray the ballet world can never seem to get it right. None of the girls they had dancing in Bethany's childhood classes had the skill to make it anywhere near professional level. The adult Beth actress didn't look like she'd done a plie in her life before during her Flashdance moment. I get that this is fiction and we can use our imagination and suspend reality, but can't NBC afford to hire real dancers for their episodes??

So true! The cut aways to hide her dancing were so distracting. At least they could have done a CGI face swap like Black Swan with the body of an actual dancer. I did like that they took the effort to add the little eye spot on teen Beth, which adult Beth also has. But why was Howard University so white? A HBUC would have way more Bs.

That wasn't Howard. It was Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Didn't you see the red sign near the name tag table?

DP. Aha! So is this where Randall went, instead of Howard? So he could stay close to home with Rebecca?

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like the Beth episode at all. I love her and adore Zoe but this episode didn’t do anything for me for some reason.

I agree, I had zero emotional reaction to it. Beth's parents seemed already elderly during her child years. Her mother kept referring to these mystery older brothers and sisters who we never saw and Beth has never mentioned or had a relationship with otherwise (unless I'm forgetting things.)

Perhaps part of what bothered me is that as a former professional dancer, tv shows wanting to portray the ballet world can never seem to get it right. None of the girls they had dancing in Bethany's childhood classes had the skill to make it anywhere near professional level. The adult Beth actress didn't look like she'd done a plie in her life before during her Flashdance moment. I get that this is fiction and we can use our imagination and suspend reality, but can't NBC afford to hire real dancers for their episodes??

So true! The cut aways to hide her dancing were so distracting. At least they could have done a CGI face swap like Black Swan with the body of an actual dancer. I did like that they took the effort to add the little eye spot on teen Beth, which adult Beth also has. But why was Howard University so white? A HBUC would have way more Bs.

The eye spot on both child and teen Beth was an awesome detail.

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Anonymous wrote:This show gets worse each week. All the characters annoy me now.

Then just stop watching it and leave this thread. You're wasting your time and ours.

Wasting your time?? You took the time to comment, and i can comment on anything i want. You are as pathetic as this show. Read fast, times a tickin'.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like the Beth episode at all. I love her and adore Zoe but this episode didn’t do anything for me for some reason.

I agree, I had zero emotional reaction to it. Beth's parents seemed already elderly during her child years. Her mother kept referring to these mystery older brothers and sisters who we never saw and Beth has never mentioned or had a relationship with otherwise (unless I'm forgetting things.)

Perhaps part of what bothered me is that as a former professional dancer, tv shows wanting to portray the ballet world can never seem to get it right. None of the girls they had dancing in Bethany's childhood classes had the skill to make it anywhere near professional level. The adult Beth actress didn't look like she'd done a plie in her life before during her Flashdance moment. I get that this is fiction and we can use our imagination and suspend reality, but can't NBC afford to hire real dancers for their episodes??

You are not forgetting things. Unless I am forgetting things in season 1 didn't Beth William smoke weed together and she told him her uncle had cancer (no mention of her father) and before she met Randall she did not want children because she had to take care of a bunch of siblings growing up and when she left she was happy to have her own space and be alone. Zoe is a cousin and while she is younger, they don't appear to be too far apart in age. Also, by the way she said it, to me it implied that she grew up kind of poor. Her family was clearly middle class and where were all the siblings she was forced to practically raise? Suspect the show may be re-writing her story a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like the Beth episode at all. I love her and adore Zoe but this episode didn’t do anything for me for some reason.

I agree, I had zero emotional reaction to it. Beth's parents seemed already elderly during her child years. Her mother kept referring to these mystery older brothers and sisters who we never saw and Beth has never mentioned or had a relationship with otherwise (unless I'm forgetting things.)

Perhaps part of what bothered me is that as a former professional dancer, tv shows wanting to portray the ballet world can never seem to get it right. None of the girls they had dancing in Bethany's childhood classes had the skill to make it anywhere near professional level. The adult Beth actress didn't look like she'd done a plie in her life before during her Flashdance moment. I get that this is fiction and we can use our imagination and suspend reality, but can't NBC afford to hire real dancers for their episodes??

You are not forgetting things. Unless I am forgetting things in season 1 didn't Beth William smoke weed together and she told him her uncle had cancer (no mention of her father) and before she met Randall she did not want children because she had to take care of a bunch of siblings growing up and when she left she was happy to have her own space and be alone. Zoe is a cousin and while she is younger, they don't appear to be too far apart in age. Also, by the way she said it, to me it implied that she grew up kind of poor. Her family was clearly middle class and where were all the siblings she was forced to practically raise? Suspect the show may be re-writing her story a bit.

I don't see inconsistencies. Beth has spoken about her sisters before a couple of times. She said there were 11 people in their house, parents, 4 siblings, cousins (and maybe grandparents). She also told William about her father's lung cancer and the weed when she baked those brownies. They showed her putting together a memory box with her daughters before William passed just like she had done for her father (including a menu from a restaurant in Jamaica). No mention of an uncle, except about Zoe's father (who I think was married to Beth's aunt).

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like the Beth episode at all. I love her and adore Zoe but this episode didn’t do anything for me for some reason.

I agree, I had zero emotional reaction to it. Beth's parents seemed already elderly during her child years. Her mother kept referring to these mystery older brothers and sisters who we never saw and Beth has never mentioned or had a relationship with otherwise (unless I'm forgetting things.)

Perhaps part of what bothered me is that as a former professional dancer, tv shows wanting to portray the ballet world can never seem to get it right. None of the girls they had dancing in Bethany's childhood classes had the skill to make it anywhere near professional level. The adult Beth actress didn't look like she'd done a plie in her life before during her Flashdance moment. I get that this is fiction and we can use our imagination and suspend reality, but can't NBC afford to hire real dancers for their episodes??

The actress is a trained dancer: https://www.tvinsider.com/753818/this-is-us-young-beth-actress-susan-kelechi-watson-dancer/

"In the final moments of "Our Little Island Girl," Beth tears it up on the dance floor, showcasing her abilities as a ballerina The sequence was both empowering and surprising since many have never seen Beth's skills in action, which begs the question, were those moves via a body double or can Watson actually dance?

The answer? Yes, that really was Watson. The actress spoke with People about her character's special passion and how it mirrors her own dancing past. "Dance is so important to me because it's a way of expression without speaking," the actress told the outlet.

The TV star studied ballet, modern, tap, jazz, Brazilian, Caribbean, and African dance. Similar to Beth, Watson's parents could tell she had a gift from early on. "My mom said there was never a time when music played that you did not dance. I do that to this day. … I think Beth and I have that in common.""

[Anonymous]

It was still weird that she busted out modern dance after having trained in classical ballet.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like the Beth episode at all. I love her and adore Zoe but this episode didn’t do anything for me for some reason.

I agree, I had zero emotional reaction to it. Beth's parents seemed already elderly during her child years. Her mother kept referring to these mystery older brothers and sisters who we never saw and Beth has never mentioned or had a relationship with otherwise (unless I'm forgetting things.)

Perhaps part of what bothered me is that as a former professional dancer, tv shows wanting to portray the ballet world can never seem to get it right. None of the girls they had dancing in Bethany's childhood classes had the skill to make it anywhere near professional level. The adult Beth actress didn't look like she'd done a plie in her life before during her Flashdance moment. I get that this is fiction and we can use our imagination and suspend reality, but can't NBC afford to hire real dancers for their episodes??

You are not forgetting things. Unless I am forgetting things in season 1 didn't Beth William smoke weed together and she told him her uncle had cancer (no mention of her father) and before she met Randall she did not want children because she had to take care of a bunch of siblings growing up and when she left she was happy to have her own space and be alone. Zoe is a cousin and while she is younger, they don't appear to be too far apart in age. Also, by the way she said it, to me it implied that she grew up kind of poor. Her family was clearly middle class and where were all the siblings she was forced to practically raise? Suspect the show may be re-writing her story a bit.

I don't see inconsistencies. Beth has spoken about her sisters before a couple of times. She said there were 11 people in their house, parents, 4 siblings, cousins (and maybe grandparents). She also told William about her father's lung cancer and the weed when she baked those brownies. They showed her putting together a memory box with her daughters before William passed just like she had done for her father (including a menu from a restaurant in Jamaica). No mention of an uncle, except about Zoe's father (who I think was married to Beth's aunt).

Wow, you have a good memory! I don't remember that at all!! (the father's memory box with menu)
-DP

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like the Beth episode at all. I love her and adore Zoe but this episode didn’t do anything for me for some reason.

I agree, I had zero emotional reaction to it. Beth's parents seemed already elderly during her child years. Her mother kept referring to these mystery older brothers and sisters who we never saw and Beth has never mentioned or had a relationship with otherwise (unless I'm forgetting things.)

Perhaps part of what bothered me is that as a former professional dancer, tv shows wanting to portray the ballet world can never seem to get it right. None of the girls they had dancing in Bethany's childhood classes had the skill to make it anywhere near professional level. The adult Beth actress didn't look like she'd done a plie in her life before during her Flashdance moment. I get that this is fiction and we can use our imagination and suspend reality, but can't NBC afford to hire real dancers for their episodes??

The actress is a trained dancer: https://www.tvinsider.com/753818/this-is-us-young-beth-actress-susan-kelechi-watson-dancer/

"In the final moments of "Our Little Island Girl," Beth tears it up on the dance floor, showcasing her abilities as a ballerina The sequence was both empowering and surprising since many have never seen Beth's skills in action, which begs the question, were those moves via a body double or can Watson actually dance?

The answer? Yes, that really was Watson. The actress spoke with People about her character's special passion and how it mirrors her own dancing past. "Dance is so important to me because it's a way of expression without speaking," the actress told the outlet.

The TV star studied ballet, modern, tap, jazz, Brazilian, Caribbean, and African dance. Similar to Beth, Watson's parents could tell she had a gift from early on. "My mom said there was never a time when music played that you did not dance. I do that to this day. … I think Beth and I have that in common.""

I find this interesting because it was clear to me in the dance sequence that they used a body double. They'd show a tight shot of her face, then a shot of the whole body from behind - without showing her face.

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Anonymous wrote:It was still weird that she busted out modern dance after having trained in classical ballet.

I agree. And I still find it weird that up until that point, adult Beth had never danced - taken a class, etc. So we're to assume that a woman in her 40s is tearing it up on the dance floor after not having danced since she was a teen. Hmm.

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Anonymous wrote:It was still weird that she busted out modern dance after having trained in classical ballet.

I agree. And I still find it weird that up until that point, adult Beth had never danced - taken a class, etc. So we're to assume that a woman in her 40s is tearing it up on the dance floor after not having danced since she was a teen. Hmm.

The big 3 are only 38, so I think Beth is about that age, too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like the Beth episode at all. I love her and adore Zoe but this episode didn’t do anything for me for some reason.

I agree, I had zero emotional reaction to it. Beth's parents seemed already elderly during her child years. Her mother kept referring to these mystery older brothers and sisters who we never saw and Beth has never mentioned or had a relationship with otherwise (unless I'm forgetting things.)

Perhaps part of what bothered me is that as a former professional dancer, tv shows wanting to portray the ballet world can never seem to get it right. None of the girls they had dancing in Bethany's childhood classes had the skill to make it anywhere near professional level. The adult Beth actress didn't look like she'd done a plie in her life before during her Flashdance moment. I get that this is fiction and we can use our imagination and suspend reality, but can't NBC afford to hire real dancers for their episodes??

The actress is a trained dancer: https://www.tvinsider.com/753818/this-is-us-young-beth-actress-susan-kelechi-watson-dancer/

"In the final moments of "Our Little Island Girl," Beth tears it up on the dance floor, showcasing her abilities as a ballerina The sequence was both empowering and surprising since many have never seen Beth's skills in action, which begs the question, were those moves via a body double or can Watson actually dance?

The answer? Yes, that really was Watson. The actress spoke with People about her character's special passion and how it mirrors her own dancing past. "Dance is so important to me because it's a way of expression without speaking," the actress told the outlet.

The TV star studied ballet, modern, tap, jazz, Brazilian, Caribbean, and African dance. Similar to Beth, Watson's parents could tell she had a gift from early on. "My mom said there was never a time when music played that you did not dance. I do that to this day. … I think Beth and I have that in common.""

I find this interesting because it was clear to me in the dance sequence that they used a body double. They'd show a tight shot of her face, then a shot of the whole body from behind - without showing her face.

They did not use a body double:

https://people.com/tv/this-is-us-susan-kelechi-watson-refused-stunt-double-beth-dancing/