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Anonymous wrote:That was a good episode. I think my only complaint is that we should have seen this over a few episodes - not whole Miguel/Rebecca episodes, but this felt a little throwaway.

Really disliked next week's preview. GROW UP.

I missed the preview. What was it?

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t cried during This Is Us for a long time, but the end of this one did me in.

At the same time I wish they hadn’t waited till almost the end of the series to give us more of Miguel’s back story.

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Just so poignant. I love Miguel. But agree, it feels like the writers realized all of a sudden that they hadn’t given Miguel his due and so decided to cram it all into one episode.

I think it was actually more “meta” than that—deliberately underscoring how overlooked stepparents tend to be when they enter an entrenched family dynamic (Kevin’s line about never having asked Miguel about himself). The show itself mirrored that dynamic. I thought they did a good job planting the seeds that would grow into this full episode. Jon Huertas was really wonderful in this ep. Agree with a pp, first time I’ve cried since the early seasons. The last few scenes were really beautiful.

Do hate all the unnecessary discontinuities though. We know Miguel also had a daughter, so please acknowledge her existence, even if it’s a short “I’m glad my relationship with my daughter is ok now but I haven’t talked to my son on 5 years.” How hard would that have been?

It was weird. We saw her in the flashback sitting on the stairs with her brother, while the parents were fighting, but it was unclear at the end if the woman with Miguel's son was his wife or his sister.

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t cried during This Is Us for a long time, but the end of this one did me in.

At the same time I wish they hadn’t waited till almost the end of the series to give us more of Miguel’s back story.

+1
Just so poignant. I love Miguel. But agree, it feels like the writers realized all of a sudden that they hadn’t given Miguel his due and so decided to cram it all into one episode.

I think it was actually more “meta” than that—deliberately underscoring how overlooked stepparents tend to be when they enter an entrenched family dynamic (Kevin’s line about never having asked Miguel about himself). The show itself mirrored that dynamic. I thought they did a good job planting the seeds that would grow into this full episode. Jon Huertas was really wonderful in this ep. Agree with a pp, first time I’ve cried since the early seasons. The last few scenes were really beautiful.

Do hate all the unnecessary discontinuities though. We know Miguel also had a daughter, so please acknowledge her existence, even if it’s a short “I’m glad my relationship with my daughter is ok now but I haven’t talked to my son on 5 years.” How hard would that have been?

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin and Sophie were off together somewhere during the fire. He snuck out during the night. Rebecca was scared because he wasn't there when the family got out.

The kids were 17 when the house burned down. Sophie was Kevin's girlfriend at the time. It makes sense he carried the valentine in his wallet.

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I can't believe all of these details have to be spelled out for certain PPs.

The point was it’s the recipient, not the sender, who carries it — but a pp pointed out that a “yes” was circled and Sophie returned the valentine to Kevin. These are types of details the writers invite you to obsess over — it a hallmark throughout the series.

Yes, the details! Like how they often show the text messages characters are reading, which I can’t see from my chair, so I have to get up and go to the TV, and then it’s too late and so I have to rewind to read a detail I’d better not miss!

OMG, they did it again! I had to constantly pause and go closer to the TV to read all the subtitles and Facebook posts.

Good thing there are only 3 more episodes of this show, or I’d have to spring for a bigger TV!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t cried during This Is Us for a long time, but the end of this one did me in.

At the same time I wish they hadn’t waited till almost the end of the series to give us more of Miguel’s back story.

+1
Just so poignant. I love Miguel. But agree, it feels like the writers realized all of a sudden that they hadn’t given Miguel his due and so decided to cram it all into one episode.

I think it was actually more “meta” than that—deliberately underscoring how overlooked stepparents tend to be when they enter an entrenched family dynamic (Kevin’s line about never having asked Miguel about himself). The show itself mirrored that dynamic. I thought they did a good job planting the seeds that would grow into this full episode. Jon Huertas was really wonderful in this ep. Agree with a pp, first time I’ve cried since the early seasons. The last few scenes were really beautiful.

Do hate all the unnecessary discontinuities though. We know Miguel also had a daughter, so please acknowledge her existence, even if it’s a short “I’m glad my relationship with my daughter is ok now but I haven’t talked to my son on 5 years.” How hard would that have been?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t cried during This Is Us for a long time, but the end of this one did me in.

At the same time I wish they hadn’t waited till almost the end of the series to give us more of Miguel’s back story.

+1
Just so poignant. I love Miguel. But agree, it feels like the writers realized all of a sudden that they hadn’t given Miguel his due and so decided to cram it all into one episode.

Anonymous wrote:Randall’s kids missing from scenes again.

Anonymous wrote:How old are the twins supposed to be in the most of the Miguel episode? K&K look exactly the same except obviously wearing wedding rings.

I was too distracted watching last night (another reason I usually avoid watching shows “live”) and missed the tears. Was it little boy Miguel?

I don’t understand why Miguel and his kids were estranged. That’s never been addressed at all.

Yes, it has. It's because Miguel worked all the time and spent very little time with the kids. And when they split, Shelly did all she could to make them hate their dad. Watch the first clip which was a flashback. https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/this-is-us-recap-miguels-adult-children-lash-out-at-rebecca/