Anonymous
11/17/2016 23:53
Subject: This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:Just watched this week's episode. Still love this show so much.
- Love Kate's story line. I lost 150 lbs without surgery and every day is still so.damn.hard.. I'm sorry for those sick of the story line, but holy shit, they have nailed the emotions. In all of her scenes tonight, I knew exactly where it was going the second I saw it, because I've lived it. The binging in the car... been there. Recently. Literally in the parking lot after a weight watchers meeting. And this is after the weight loss. It messes with you. Also, binging isn't always (or even usually?) messy. There's a big component of ritual and routine to it for many people, and they may lay things out a certain way, only go to certain stores, wait until they get to a certain seat in their home, etc.
- The Tupperware the mom was eating out of late at night (when she realized they hadn't eaten dinner) seemed out of sync with the time to me. It looked like the disposable type of ziploc Tupperware that is popular now. If they were in high school, that would have been early 90s, right? I think they still would have had REAL Tupperware, likely in harvest colors (that stuff lasted forever and wasn't replaced frequently,) and a lot of it was round in shape with kind of that fanned lid design. It definitely was not usually clear! Stuff a little older was sometimes a milky pastel color, translucent. I thought that felt off.
I too have lost 150 lbs without surgery, we need to form our own support group!
I also noticed the tupperwear thing. One of the writers should have raided their parents (or grandparent's) kitchen for the real thing.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 23:08
Subject: Re:This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Also, why were Randall and Kevin playing on opposing high school football teams?
Randall went to that prep Academy in middle school in one of the prior episodes - I assume he continued on to the high school associated with the different school. That's a huge story line that he went to a different school.
Oh yeah, forgot about that.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 22:49
Subject: This Is Us
Last thing on the binging... another thing is that sometimes the first slip when you're on a diet is that you're "just going to have one." We know we can't control it and will end up binging, but it starts as having a reasonable treat... then devolves into a binge. We may have been seeing that first step over the line.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 22:42
Subject: This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:Also they are not showing any really undignified face-stuffing, which happens when you binge. They are glossing over it - you see the empty packets in Toby's house. He delicately consumes his giant ice cream at the restaurant and Kate nibbles her tiny cookie.
Er, no sorry - there would be speed and gorging and MESS.
Do you have binge eating disorder? I do, and my binging isn't like this at ALL. It is very neat, I have a certain place the food goes, wrappers are cleared away before another one is opened, etc. Binging isn't always shoveling food in fast, but rather eating a larger than normal amount in a shorter than normal period. It could be 6 bagels in 3 hours... way more than normal, but no one would see the binge if they walked in to the one on the table.
My binge eating is likely partially a control issue, my desire to have control over things and my surroundings and to soothe myself when things feel chaotic. I go to almost a Zen state when I binge because it is numbing me out.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 22:35
Subject: Re:This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:
Also, why were Randall and Kevin playing on opposing high school football teams?
Randall went to that prep Academy in middle school in one of the prior episodes - I assume he continued on to the high school associated with the different school. That's a huge story line that he went to a different school.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 22:33
Subject: This Is Us
Just watched this week's episode. Still love this show so much.
- Love Kate's story line. I lost 150 lbs without surgery and every day is still so.damn.hard.. I'm sorry for those sick of the story line, but holy shit, they have nailed the emotions. In all of her scenes tonight, I knew exactly where it was going the second I saw it, because I've lived it. The binging in the car... been there. Recently. Literally in the parking lot after a weight watchers meeting. And this is after the weight loss. It messes with you. Also, binging isn't always (or even usually?) messy. There's a big component of ritual and routine to it for many people, and they may lay things out a certain way, only go to certain stores, wait until they get to a certain seat in their home, etc.
- The Tupperware the mom was eating out of late at night (when she realized they hadn't eaten dinner) seemed out of sync with the time to me. It looked like the disposable type of ziploc Tupperware that is popular now. If they were in high school, that would have been early 90s, right? I think they still would have had REAL Tupperware, likely in harvest colors (that stuff lasted forever and wasn't replaced frequently,) and a lot of it was round in shape with kind of that fanned lid design. It definitely was not usually clear! Stuff a little older was sometimes a milky pastel color, translucent. I thought that felt off.
- Love Kate's story line. I lost 150 lbs without surgery and every day is still so.damn.hard.. I'm sorry for those sick of the story line, but holy shit, they have nailed the emotions. In all of her scenes tonight, I knew exactly where it was going the second I saw it, because I've lived it. The binging in the car... been there. Recently. Literally in the parking lot after a weight watchers meeting. And this is after the weight loss. It messes with you. Also, binging isn't always (or even usually?) messy. There's a big component of ritual and routine to it for many people, and they may lay things out a certain way, only go to certain stores, wait until they get to a certain seat in their home, etc.
- The Tupperware the mom was eating out of late at night (when she realized they hadn't eaten dinner) seemed out of sync with the time to me. It looked like the disposable type of ziploc Tupperware that is popular now. If they were in high school, that would have been early 90s, right? I think they still would have had REAL Tupperware, likely in harvest colors (that stuff lasted forever and wasn't replaced frequently,) and a lot of it was round in shape with kind of that fanned lid design. It definitely was not usually clear! Stuff a little older was sometimes a milky pastel color, translucent. I thought that felt off.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 22:27
Subject: Re:This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:I have a list of things I'd like to complain aboutI am not sure why they called it "this is us" when the focus is mostly on Randall''s life. He is the only one who is not a one-dimensional character. Kate is fat, Toby is fat, Jack is the parent of the decade unlike Rebecca, and Kevin is handsome. All black characters are wise insightful do-gooders, including William who is actually a saint. We have to feel bad that Rebecca kept William away from Randall, yet it was Rebecca who followed William into the apartment and attempted to get to know him. Many story lines are fragmented: e.g, Kevin and Kate suppose to be super close but it's not obvious from their childhood or adolescent flashbacks - they barely talk to each other. It's unclear how the relationship between Rebecca and the woman at the pool developed (where is that family friend?). Where is Miguel's wife and Beth's large family?
Also, why were Randall and Kevin playing on opposing high school football teams?
Anonymous
11/17/2016 22:07
Subject: This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:Did anyone else catch it when Kevin and Randall were fighting in the street and when they heard the sirens, Randall immediately said, "We gotta run, I'm still black."? I thought that was an interesting commentary on modern times.
Oh, and to the pp who thought that white couples wouldn't be allowed to adopt a black child in the '70s, I know multiple white couples who adopted AA kids back in that era.
Yea, caught that.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 14:51
Subject: This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:Did anyone else catch it when Kevin and Randall were fighting in the street and when they heard the sirens, Randall immediately said, "We gotta run, I'm still black."? I thought that was an interesting commentary on modern times.
Oh, and to the pp who thought that white couples wouldn't be allowed to adopt a black child in the '70s, I know multiple white couples who adopted AA kids back in that era.
I believe that poster was opining that AA parents couldn't adopt a white child then.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 14:49
Subject: This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:Did anyone else catch it when Kevin and Randall were fighting in the street and when they heard the sirens, Randall immediately said, "We gotta run, I'm still black."? I thought that was an interesting commentary on modern times.
Oh, and to the pp who thought that white couples wouldn't be allowed to adopt a black child in the '70s, I know multiple white couples who adopted AA kids back in that era.
Yes, it was huge in the 70s. In Europe too.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 14:03
Subject: This Is Us
Anonymous wrote:I've been tired of Kate's storyline for awhile. I'm fat and the writers might be amazed to hear that I do a ton of things in my life which have nothing at all to do with how I look.
Due respect, I think there is a differencertain between being fat and being morbidly obese, the actress is awesome and still beautiful and so much more than her weight, but if I'm being totally honest is a ticking time bomb. It will dominate daily life on many days for those who are at the edge of a path of certain early death if they continue
Anonymous
11/17/2016 11:45
Subject: This Is Us
Did anyone else catch it when Kevin and Randall were fighting in the street and when they heard the sirens, Randall immediately said, "We gotta run, I'm still black."? I thought that was an interesting commentary on modern times.
Oh, and to the pp who thought that white couples wouldn't be allowed to adopt a black child in the '70s, I know multiple white couples who adopted AA kids back in that era.
Oh, and to the pp who thought that white couples wouldn't be allowed to adopt a black child in the '70s, I know multiple white couples who adopted AA kids back in that era.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 11:26
Subject: Re:This Is Us
I have a list of things I'd like to complain about I am not sure why they called it "this is us" when the focus is mostly on Randall''s life. He is the only one who is not a one-dimensional character. Kate is fat, Toby is fat, Jack is the parent of the decade unlike Rebecca, and Kevin is handsome. All black characters are wise insightful do-gooders, including William who is actually a saint. We have to feel bad that Rebecca kept William away from Randall, yet it was Rebecca who followed William into the apartment and attempted to get to know him. Many story lines are fragmented: e.g, Kevin and Kate suppose to be super close but it's not obvious from their childhood or adolescent flashbacks - they barely talk to each other. It's unclear how the relationship between Rebecca and the woman at the pool developed (where is that family friend?). Where is Miguel's wife and Beth's large family?
I am not sure why they called it "this is us" when the focus is mostly on Randall''s life. He is the only one who is not a one-dimensional character. Kate is fat, Toby is fat, Jack is the parent of the decade unlike Rebecca, and Kevin is handsome. All black characters are wise insightful do-gooders, including William who is actually a saint. We have to feel bad that Rebecca kept William away from Randall, yet it was Rebecca who followed William into the apartment and attempted to get to know him. Many story lines are fragmented: e.g, Kevin and Kate suppose to be super close but it's not obvious from their childhood or adolescent flashbacks - they barely talk to each other. It's unclear how the relationship between Rebecca and the woman at the pool developed (where is that family friend?). Where is Miguel's wife and Beth's large family?
Anonymous
11/17/2016 08:10
Subject: This Is Us
I've been tired of Kate's storyline for awhile. I'm fat and the writers might be amazed to hear that I do a ton of things in my life which have nothing at all to do with how I look.
Anonymous
11/17/2016 07:42
Subject: This Is Us
Kate wasn't messy binging because she was in public. She was doing the furtive, if I am discrete and dainty no one will realize the fat girl is eating too much thing.