This Is Us -- Season 2

[Anonymous]

I just wish they’d cut Jack’s greasy hair and lose the mustache. As the kids get older, it no longer fits the time period. He looks stuck in the 70’s.

[Anonymous]

I agree PP about his greasy hair and mustache! Ick.

Why didn't everyone just jump out their windows?? I think that's what would have happened in the non-TV world. They were only on the second floor. Broken leg or crispy critter, you decide.


As far as the hospital scene. He should have been on O2 and had cardiac monitoring. They would have seen he was having cardiac ischemia. He may still have died since the lung damage may have been worse than what he was showing.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree PP about his greasy hair and mustache! Ick.

[/b]Why didn't everyone just jump out their windows?? I think that's what would have happened in the non-TV world. They were only on the second floor. Broken leg or crispy critter, you decide.[b]


As far as the hospital scene. He should have been on O2 and had cardiac monitoring. They would have seen he was having cardiac ischemia. He may still have died since the lung damage may have been worse than what he was showing.

I thought the same thing. I know their window went out onto the porch roof, but it seemed like a lot of time wasted and dangerous to all gather in that one bedroom.

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Anonymous wrote:The last scene in which Jack was alive, just before Rebecca went to make phone calls and get snacks, I got the feeling that Jack knew he was going to die. The look on his face said he knew something wasn't right.

and how he calls her name & she turns around to look at him. I think he sensed something wasn’t right & wanted to look at her one last time.

Yes, and when she was in front of the vending machine, she heard him say "Becs" as he was dying, and she turned around.

I had closed captions on and it said"man"

Interesting. I'm pretty sure I heard Becs. Curious what others heard.

Lots of people on twitter heard it, too.

NP. I totally missed this!!

My closed captioning said “Ma’am”.

I did too - is it confirmed that Jack said something at that moment? I didn't hear anything.

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Anonymous wrote:The last scene in which Jack was alive, just before Rebecca went to make phone calls and get snacks, I got the feeling that Jack knew he was going to die. The look on his face said he knew something wasn't right.

and how he calls her name & she turns around to look at him. I think he sensed something wasn’t right & wanted to look at her one last time.

Yes, and when she was in front of the vending machine, she heard him say "Becs" as he was dying, and she turned around.

I had closed captions on and it said"man"

Interesting. I'm pretty sure I heard Becs. Curious what others heard.

Lots of people on twitter heard it, too.

NP. I totally missed this!!

My closed captioning said “Ma’am”.

I did too - is it confirmed that Jack said something at that moment? I didn't hear anything.

Confirmed by Milo in an interview that he said "Becs." The closed captioning doesn't always include improvisations or things that were otherwise added after the script was "finished."

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Anonymous wrote:I realize this is a fictional show and I'm wasting my gray matter ... but I've been wondering if going back for the dog (and the photo albums, geez) really made the difference re: Jack's MI.

Would it have happened just from the smoke he inhaled getting Randall, getting Kate, and then getting them all out?

I have too much time on my hands!

Well the dog survived the smoke and he was in there the same time as Jack

It’s implied the extra time killed him.

Small dog low to the ground on the first floor. Very different from Jack standing up on the second floor. He would have been exposed to far more smoke.

Its also really stupid of him to go into the flames to rescue the dog. Maybe he should've waited until the firemen came to ask them to go in.

I agree. I've been fighting the urge to dissect the whole fire scene, but it's been bugging me. Where WERE the firemen?? It's not like they lived in the middle of nowhere. They had neighbors. No one noticed an entire house engulfed in flames?

Also, if the stairs were passable enough for Jack to go downstairs and get the dog and the mementos, why did everyone else have to escape from the second story window? Couldn't they all have gone down the stairs and out the front door? I guess it's supposed to add to the drama and Jack's heroics.

I agree. Where was the fire truck? Where was the ambulance? Why was Rebecca talking about driving Jack to the ER herself? Would Jack have lived with better medical care?

Have you seen a house engulfed in fire? It happens really quickly and that is why they tell everyone seconds count and to have a plan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UYPYf1mtUs

PP here. Of course it happens quickly, but we are talking about enough time for the entire house to go up in flames, for the family to all gather in the bedroom (Jack retrieved each kid separately, remember), for all of them to escape, AND for Jack to go back in, get the dog, collect some things and come back out. How long would all of that take? 10 minutes? 15?

I was wondering where the fire trucks were, too. There were definitely siren sounds as they were standing in the front yard, though.

I was wondering why Rebecca didn’t call 911 before even getting dressed. And I also wondered why on earth the ambulance didn’t take Jack to the hospital.

I missed that anyone called 911. Who/when was it?

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Anonymous wrote:I realize this is a fictional show and I'm wasting my gray matter ... but I've been wondering if going back for the dog (and the photo albums, geez) really made the difference re: Jack's MI.

Would it have happened just from the smoke he inhaled getting Randall, getting Kate, and then getting them all out?

I have too much time on my hands!

Well the dog survived the smoke and he was in there the same time as Jack

It’s implied the extra time killed him.

Small dog low to the ground on the first floor. Very different from Jack standing up on the second floor. He would have been exposed to far more smoke.

Its also really stupid of him to go into the flames to rescue the dog. Maybe he should've waited until the firemen came to ask them to go in.

I agree. I've been fighting the urge to dissect the whole fire scene, but it's been bugging me. Where WERE the firemen?? It's not like they lived in the middle of nowhere. They had neighbors. No one noticed an entire house engulfed in flames?

Also, if the stairs were passable enough for Jack to go downstairs and get the dog and the mementos, why did everyone else have to escape from the second story window? Couldn't they all have gone down the stairs and out the front door? I guess it's supposed to add to the drama and Jack's heroics.

I agree. Where was the fire truck? Where was the ambulance? Why was Rebecca talking about driving Jack to the ER herself? Would Jack have lived with better medical care?

Have you seen a house engulfed in fire? It happens really quickly and that is why they tell everyone seconds count and to have a plan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UYPYf1mtUs

PP here. Of course it happens quickly, but we are talking about enough time for the entire house to go up in flames, for the family to all gather in the bedroom (Jack retrieved each kid separately, remember), for all of them to escape, AND for Jack to go back in, get the dog, collect some things and come back out. How long would all of that take? 10 minutes? 15?

I was wondering where the fire trucks were, too. There were definitely siren sounds as they were standing in the front yard, though.

I was wondering why Rebecca didn’t call 911 before even getting dressed. And I also wondered why on earth the ambulance didn’t take Jack to the hospital.

I missed that anyone called 911. Who/when was it?

I think that's the issue -- we didn't see anyone call 911, but surely someone would have.

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Neighbors?

[Anonymous]

If I were Becca I would have to deal with a shitton of anger in the aftermath. Maybe you don't have to be superman all the damn time!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just wish they’d cut Jack’s greasy hair and lose the mustache. As the kids get older, it no longer fits the time period. He looks stuck in the 70’s.

A lot of men get stuck in a look and don't change until someone in their family insists.

Example 1: My dad.

[Anonymous]

Do you all think Milo will come back as Jack's brother w/o the Mustache?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you all think Milo will come back as Jack's brother w/o the Mustache?

No.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just wish they’d cut Jack’s greasy hair and lose the mustache. As the kids get older, it no longer fits the time period. He looks stuck in the 70’s.

A lot of men get stuck in a look and don't change until someone in their family insists.

Example 1: My dad.

+1 I was looking at photos of my parents the other day and there's no visual distinction between their graduation in 1971 and the birth of my youngest sibling in 1992.

[Anonymous]

Example 2: My Dad who still has his 70s mustache. He shaved it one time in the early 90s but grew it back rather quickly. Been the same ever since.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you all think Milo will come back as Jack's brother w/o the Mustache?

Hundred percent. He’ll have a vaguely European accent.