Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 21:55     Subject: This Is Us final season
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Anonymous wrote:If they never show Dad/Jack again I wouldn’t be sad. So over all their cheesy scenes. He was an alcoholic and it’s likely they would have gotten divorced later. He was not super dad.


I agree, BUT, as the child of a charming alcoholic, I think they get this right. When my dad was good, he was REALLY good, and everyone put him up on a pedestal.


That, plus, people have a way of canonizing the dead.


+1 I’ve said it before - they need to move on from the past. Not looking forward to next week’s story of the little kids seeing their first movie.


Interesting, my family all watches it together and the tweens/teens definitely like the episodes with The Big Three in them the most.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 21:54     Subject: This Is Us final season
Anonymous wrote:Damn this show. Nicky is so irritating and yet I'm tearing up with him and Edie at the end.

I did not like the Deja and Malik story - maybe it's because I have a teen, but ick. That is real life though. I do get that.

What do we think is going on when Randall asks Deja how the drive up was at the cabin? It's a normal question, but Deja's answer is so weird - she sighs, says it was ok, but it always goes by faster than you think. Which is of course a metaphor for this whole show, but didn't she drive up with Annie or Tess? What's up?


the only thing I objected to re: Deja and Malik was that we're supposed to believe they wouldn't have already had sex....
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 21:25     Subject: This Is Us final season
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Anonymous wrote:If they never show Dad/Jack again I wouldn’t be sad. So over all their cheesy scenes. He was an alcoholic and it’s likely they would have gotten divorced later. He was not super dad.


I agree, BUT, as the child of a charming alcoholic, I think they get this right. When my dad was good, he was REALLY good, and everyone put him up on a pedestal.


That, plus, people have a way of canonizing the dead.


+1 I’ve said it before - they need to move on from the past. Not looking forward to next week’s story of the little kids seeing their first movie.


And did they need a whole hour to find an old flame that has nothing to do with the series or the stories we care about?


DP. +1
They do this all the time - introduce some character who has nothing to do with anything. I mean, yes, she was important to Nicky, but for crying out loud. Move on.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 19:00     Subject: This Is Us final season
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If they never show Dad/Jack again I wouldn’t be sad. So over all their cheesy scenes. He was an alcoholic and it’s likely they would have gotten divorced later. He was not super dad.


I agree, BUT, as the child of a charming alcoholic, I think they get this right. When my dad was good, he was REALLY good, and everyone put him up on a pedestal.


That, plus, people have a way of canonizing the dead.


+1 I’ve said it before - they need to move on from the past. Not looking forward to next week’s story of the little kids seeing their first movie.


And did they need a whole hour to find an old flame that has nothing to do with the series or the stories we care about?



I enjoyed it—gave Nicky the closure he needed to move forward with his life and gave Rebecca the rare opportunity to connect with a woman her age and realize how blessed she’s been despite her dire prognosis. There was a parallel in terms of first love vs second love storylines. Malik and Dayja are sweet together. As someone who did not like the first ep, I have no complaints about this one.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 18:45     Subject: This Is Us final season
I would be happier with no Nicky storyline.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 18:39     Subject: This Is Us final season
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If they never show Dad/Jack again I wouldn’t be sad. So over all their cheesy scenes. He was an alcoholic and it’s likely they would have gotten divorced later. He was not super dad.


I agree, BUT, as the child of a charming alcoholic, I think they get this right. When my dad was good, he was REALLY good, and everyone put him up on a pedestal.


That, plus, people have a way of canonizing the dead.


+1 I’ve said it before - they need to move on from the past. Not looking forward to next week’s story of the little kids seeing their first movie.


And did they need a whole hour to find an old flame that has nothing to do with the series or the stories we care about?


This was definitely a Nicky-centric episode and I think it served the purpose of getting him one step further to being a fully developed person instead of the societal outcast he was for half his life. Man though, that dinner was uncomfortable to watch.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 17:01     Subject: This Is Us final season
Anonymous wrote:I've posted this before, but I think Miguel will die suddenly of a heart attack. The grief of losing a second husband will accelerate Rebecca's dementia, and she will spiral between grief over Miguel and grief over Jack. Kevin, with help of whoever his wife is (Sophie?), Nicky and Edie, take care of her.


He either dies suddenly or gets sick and she takes care of him until his end. That was a strange scene at the end of the two of them in the car. She probably will remember little of him since Jack was the love of her life.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 17:00     Subject: This Is Us final season
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If they never show Dad/Jack again I wouldn’t be sad. So over all their cheesy scenes. He was an alcoholic and it’s likely they would have gotten divorced later. He was not super dad.


I agree, BUT, as the child of a charming alcoholic, I think they get this right. When my dad was good, he was REALLY good, and everyone put him up on a pedestal.


That, plus, people have a way of canonizing the dead.


+1 I’ve said it before - they need to move on from the past. Not looking forward to next week’s story of the little kids seeing their first movie.


And did they need a whole hour to find an old flame that has nothing to do with the series or the stories we care about?
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 14:54     Subject: This Is Us final season
Poor Tess and Annie - will they have any storyline this season? Maybe Tess a little story line but what about Annie? Are the writers purposely writing them out? What happened to those characters?
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2022 14:48     Subject: This Is Us final season
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If they never show Dad/Jack again I wouldn’t be sad. So over all their cheesy scenes. He was an alcoholic and it’s likely they would have gotten divorced later. He was not super dad.


I agree, BUT, as the child of a charming alcoholic, I think they get this right. When my dad was good, he was REALLY good, and everyone put him up on a pedestal.


That, plus, people have a way of canonizing the dead.


+1 I’ve said it before - they need to move on from the past. Not looking forward to next week’s story of the little kids seeing their first movie.


Agreed. I liked this episode but I don’t need to see another flashback from their childhood. The show is ending soon! Show me the present versions! Show me the Miguel/Rebecca romance years- that’s the past we need to see!

I know they need to keep Milo V in the show, but I liked the limited use of him in this episode when Rebecca reminisced about their CA trip.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2022 19:29     Subject: This Is Us final season
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If they never show Dad/Jack again I wouldn’t be sad. So over all their cheesy scenes. He was an alcoholic and it’s likely they would have gotten divorced later. He was not super dad.


I agree, BUT, as the child of a charming alcoholic, I think they get this right. When my dad was good, he was REALLY good, and everyone put him up on a pedestal.


That, plus, people have a way of canonizing the dead.


+1 I’ve said it before - they need to move on from the past. Not looking forward to next week’s story of the little kids seeing their first movie.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2022 19:19     Subject: This Is Us final season
I've posted this before, but I think Miguel will die suddenly of a heart attack. The grief of losing a second husband will accelerate Rebecca's dementia, and she will spiral between grief over Miguel and grief over Jack. Kevin, with help of whoever his wife is (Sophie?), Nicky and Edie, take care of her.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2022 17:31     Subject: This Is Us final season
Damn this show. Nicky is so irritating and yet I'm tearing up with him and Edie at the end.

I did not like the Deja and Malik story - maybe it's because I have a teen, but ick. That is real life though. I do get that.

What do we think is going on when Randall asks Deja how the drive up was at the cabin? It's a normal question, but Deja's answer is so weird - she sighs, says it was ok, but it always goes by faster than you think. Which is of course a metaphor for this whole show, but didn't she drive up with Annie or Tess? What's up?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2022 14:15     Subject: This Is Us final season
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Anonymous wrote:This episode rang false to me. Beth and Randall let Deja get on a bus by herself to hang out with her boyfriend? Don't think so (how old is she anyway? Next episode shows her learning to drive so she's 15/16?)

Sally confesses all her marriage woes and suddenly she and Rebecca are BFFs? No.

Nicky is rude to a flight attendant ...and she marries him? No.



Deja didn't tell her parents she was going to visit her boyfriend... hence Randall's text and surprise in the preview.


OK...but it's what, 5 hours from Philly to Boston and they let her take the bus at 15? Doesn't ring true.


OP of this post...never mind, I must have missed that they thought she was staying with a local friend.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2022 14:14     Subject: This Is Us final season
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Anonymous wrote:This episode rang false to me. Beth and Randall let Deja get on a bus by herself to hang out with her boyfriend? Don't think so (how old is she anyway? Next episode shows her learning to drive so she's 15/16?)

Sally confesses all her marriage woes and suddenly she and Rebecca are BFFs? No.

Nicky is rude to a flight attendant ...and she marries him? No.



Deja didn't tell her parents she was going to visit her boyfriend... hence Randall's text and surprise in the preview.


OK...but it's what, 5 hours from Philly to Boston and they let her take the bus at 15? Doesn't ring true.