Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 11:58     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Please Beth, say no.
Of all the ideas, this one seems the least thought out.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 11:35     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I didn't love it either. It felt slow and not much happened. I know that each episode can't be a huge blockbuster but it just wasn't all that exciting. Frankly, I'm getting a little annoyed with Randall and all his "big ideas" - fostering a kid, now renovating the house? Dude, you're having a mid life crisis, go see someone.


Is he renovating their house? I thought it was over the top that he wants to buy that building so people can live for free. I'm not clear on how they have so much money if he isn't working. What is Beth's job? It sounds non profit. Beth had a strong personality. When is she going to say no to his ideas?


I got the sense that she's about done.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 11:23     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:Teen Kate looks too stylish to be true also.
She layers/accessorizes which is a more recent way of styling.


Especially for a middle/working class kid in Pittsburgh. If she feels like a fat girl, though, maybe the layers are to hide her body.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 11:00     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Teen Kate looks too stylish to be true also.
She layers/accessorizes which is a more recent way of styling.

I’m 4 years younger than the big three, so my older bro’s age and all of the girls I really looked up to.
I’d like to see what I saw growing up. Ranged from I Tonya style to Abercrombie/skater; flares. I think one time I saw her with the grunge plaid wrapped around her waist, I guess.

I’m going to give the producers the benefit of the doubt, I guess. But so far she looks like she’s dressing in the ‘00s and beyond.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 10:01     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here’s my take on teen Kate, who I can understand:

I noticed a while ago and kept meaning to mention that teen Kate isn’t big. A little chubby but not by much.

Well, it turns out, and she admits to Madison as much, that she had lost weight. It didn’t come by being healthy. It came by practically starving herself.

When people reach goals and it’s not achieved by emotionally healthy means (size 7 in her case), the success can feel distorted. She saw herself that gorgeous dress, and still didn’t feel beautiful. In fact, no matter the size, she would feel bad. I’m not saying the way she got there (baby carrots) caused the problem. But theyre both symptoms of another problem:

Body dismorphic disorder.


Teen Kate had bothered me from the start. Because she was not fat! And that did not fit the story line of her being fat her whole life. Last night explained it, but I still think it was weird they hadn't mentioned this before.

Also 90s Rebecca dresses SO weird. I am the same age as The Big 3 and NONE of my friend's mothers dressed like Rebecca. Especially the stay at home moms. They were MUCH MUCH more dowdy. The 90s was not so glamorous for suburban motherhood fashion. She does not look like a late 40s middle class SAHM in 1997 at all.


She wasn't late forties, I don't think. More like early forties.


She was thirty when the triplets were born so 46-47 in the teen episodes. I think Rebecca dresses a lot like the moms I remember in the late 1980s in Pittsburgh. Her clothing seems typical 1990s casual to me.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 09:59     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here’s my take on teen Kate, who I can understand:

I noticed a while ago and kept meaning to mention that teen Kate isn’t big. A little chubby but not by much.

Well, it turns out, and she admits to Madison as much, that she had lost weight. It didn’t come by being healthy. It came by practically starving herself.

When people reach goals and it’s not achieved by emotionally healthy means (size 7 in her case), the success can feel distorted. She saw herself that gorgeous dress, and still didn’t feel beautiful. In fact, no matter the size, she would feel bad. I’m not saying the way she got there (baby carrots) caused the problem. But theyre both symptoms of another problem:

Body dismorphic disorder.


Teen Kate had bothered me from the start. Because she was not fat! And that did not fit the story line of her being fat her whole life. Last night explained it, but I still think it was weird they hadn't mentioned this before.

Also 90s Rebecca dresses SO weird. I am the same age as The Big 3 and NONE of my friend's mothers dressed like Rebecca. Especially the stay at home moms. They were MUCH MUCH more dowdy. The 90s was not so glamorous for suburban motherhood fashion. She does not look like a late 40s middle class SAHM in 1997 at all.


She wasn't late forties, I don't think. More like early forties.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 09:57     Subject: Re:This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:Last episode was again one of those that seems to drag on with nothing really happening.

Is it really the recommended path out of rehab to take a Hollywood actor and go have him live with his mom and set a regular grocery-shopping schedule? That sounds so tedious and boring, is that really supposed to help him stay on the wagon? I would think being actually busy with something real would be better for him?

Also, why did Randall want to believe that William was having an affair with a woman? Why was that so important?

Those Pearsons are awfully cavalier about electrical in their house . . . we've got wonky washing machines, bad fuses, AND no one replaces the battery in the smoke alarm!


Agree about the electrical. Very cavalier for someone who should know better. And given that Jack works in construction, surely he would have an electrician friend or acquaintance who could've helped him out with a professional discount if money was the problem.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 09:52     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here’s my take on teen Kate, who I can understand:

I noticed a while ago and kept meaning to mention that teen Kate isn’t big. A little chubby but not by much.

Well, it turns out, and she admits to Madison as much, that she had lost weight. It didn’t come by being healthy. It came by practically starving herself.

When people reach goals and it’s not achieved by emotionally healthy means (size 7 in her case), the success can feel distorted. She saw herself that gorgeous dress, and still didn’t feel beautiful. In fact, no matter the size, she would feel bad. I’m not saying the way she got there (baby carrots) caused the problem. But theyre both symptoms of another problem:

Body dismorphic disorder.


The aftershow interviews with the teen actors explains this really well. The best aftershow of the whole series, I think.

what are the aftershow interviews? where can I watch them?


The NBC app. You don't have to sign in to watch them.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 09:49     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:Here’s my take on teen Kate, who I can understand:

I noticed a while ago and kept meaning to mention that teen Kate isn’t big. A little chubby but not by much.

Well, it turns out, and she admits to Madison as much, that she had lost weight. It didn’t come by being healthy. It came by practically starving herself.

When people reach goals and it’s not achieved by emotionally healthy means (size 7 in her case), the success can feel distorted. She saw herself that gorgeous dress, and still didn’t feel beautiful. In fact, no matter the size, she would feel bad. I’m not saying the way she got there (baby carrots) caused the problem. But theyre both symptoms of another problem:

Body dismorphic disorder.


Teen Kate had bothered me from the start. Because she was not fat! And that did not fit the story line of her being fat her whole life. Last night explained it, but I still think it was weird they hadn't mentioned this before.

Also 90s Rebecca dresses SO weird. I am the same age as The Big 3 and NONE of my friend's mothers dressed like Rebecca. Especially the stay at home moms. They were MUCH MUCH more dowdy. The 90s was not so glamorous for suburban motherhood fashion. She does not look like a late 40s middle class SAHM in 1997 at all.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 09:41     Subject: Re:This Is Us -- Season 2
Last episode was again one of those that seems to drag on with nothing really happening.

Is it really the recommended path out of rehab to take a Hollywood actor and go have him live with his mom and set a regular grocery-shopping schedule? That sounds so tedious and boring, is that really supposed to help him stay on the wagon? I would think being actually busy with something real would be better for him?

Also, why did Randall want to believe that William was having an affair with a woman? Why was that so important?

Those Pearsons are awfully cavalier about electrical in their house . . . we've got wonky washing machines, bad fuses, AND no one replaces the battery in the smoke alarm!
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 09:07     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:Here’s my take on teen Kate, who I can understand:

I noticed a while ago and kept meaning to mention that teen Kate isn’t big. A little chubby but not by much.

Well, it turns out, and she admits to Madison as much, that she had lost weight. It didn’t come by being healthy. It came by practically starving herself.

When people reach goals and it’s not achieved by emotionally healthy means (size 7 in her case), the success can feel distorted. She saw herself that gorgeous dress, and still didn’t feel beautiful. In fact, no matter the size, she would feel bad. I’m not saying the way she got there (baby carrots) caused the problem. But theyre both symptoms of another problem:

Body dismorphic disorder.


I agree. I also notice that all the conversations about Kate's weight as a kid are when she is 9 and 10, not as a teen. I don't recall Rebecca saying anything to teen Kate about food or Rebecca and Jack discussing any concern over her food fixation at that stage in her life. The conflict between Rebecca and Kate is about not hearing each other - Rebecca not knowing that Kate wants to pursue singing at Berklee College of Music or Kate thinking that Rebecca is being high-handed when she asked Jack to stay with Miguel to cool off.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 09:02     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here’s my take on teen Kate, who I can understand:

I noticed a while ago and kept meaning to mention that teen Kate isn’t big. A little chubby but not by much.

Well, it turns out, and she admits to Madison as much, that she had lost weight. It didn’t come by being healthy. It came by practically starving herself.

When people reach goals and it’s not achieved by emotionally healthy means (size 7 in her case), the success can feel distorted. She saw herself that gorgeous dress, and still didn’t feel beautiful. In fact, no matter the size, she would feel bad. I’m not saying the way she got there (baby carrots) caused the problem. But theyre both symptoms of another problem:

Body dismorphic disorder.


The aftershow interviews with the teen actors explains this really well. The best aftershow of the whole series, I think.

what are the aftershow interviews? where can I watch them?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 08:48     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Anonymous wrote:Here’s my take on teen Kate, who I can understand:

I noticed a while ago and kept meaning to mention that teen Kate isn’t big. A little chubby but not by much.

Well, it turns out, and she admits to Madison as much, that she had lost weight. It didn’t come by being healthy. It came by practically starving herself.

When people reach goals and it’s not achieved by emotionally healthy means (size 7 in her case), the success can feel distorted. She saw herself that gorgeous dress, and still didn’t feel beautiful. In fact, no matter the size, she would feel bad. I’m not saying the way she got there (baby carrots) caused the problem. But theyre both symptoms of another problem:

Body dismorphic disorder.


The aftershow interviews with the teen actors explains this really well. The best aftershow of the whole series, I think.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 08:10     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
Here’s my take on teen Kate, who I can understand:

I noticed a while ago and kept meaning to mention that teen Kate isn’t big. A little chubby but not by much.

Well, it turns out, and she admits to Madison as much, that she had lost weight. It didn’t come by being healthy. It came by practically starving herself.

When people reach goals and it’s not achieved by emotionally healthy means (size 7 in her case), the success can feel distorted. She saw herself that gorgeous dress, and still didn’t feel beautiful. In fact, no matter the size, she would feel bad. I’m not saying the way she got there (baby carrots) caused the problem. But theyre both symptoms of another problem:

Body dismorphic disorder.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 07:50     Subject: This Is Us -- Season 2
7:43 here. I thought the last episode was good except for Randall and his building idea at the end. It wasn't believable.

Can someone explain teen Kate not being happy after she lost the weight? I didn't understand adult Kate's explanation. She wanted me to have an angry nagging in her head and be overweight?