Anonymous wrote:Also, I don't think the actress who plays Kate is padded.

You're right! Thanks for posting that!

I just started watching - two episodes in- now the site says no episodes available?! Anyone know why??

Anonymous wrote:Also, I don't think the actress who plays Kate is padded.

I think she's padded for all public appearances for the big reveal of her weightloss in her character's storyline. Also in the show, her double chin / neck wattle is much bigger, which I think is done by make up. If they can make Mandy Moore look like she's in her 60s, they can add a few pounds to Chrissy Metz.

Thanksgiving episode was corny in parts but tugged at my heartstrings too. The way the kids remember the family tradition and the love they have for their dad. I'm dying to know how the dads life plays out........I'm already grieving him when he's inevitably going to be gone

Love the show now. Love the Dad. Love the actor brother. So sweet. Whose the actor in real life? Cause he's a cutie! And Randall's father is great especially how he changes character from young to old. The kids are adorable too ! Especially young Randall and the young actor character. And I adore Randall's younger daughter. Soooo cute.

Also, I don't think the actress who plays Kate is padded.

I like checking in on this thread every week. I have moved from tearing up to borderline sobbing every week. So hooked.

Anonymous wrote:Three locks was because " Randall was afraid of bears"

Mom dashing about inside locking doors - was a symbolic show while Jack described how she kept everyone "safe".

It was a terrible idea to show that, didn't fit with the rest of the episode at all - very theatrical and would maybe have worked on stage, but not on screen.

But then the writer is an established playwright, so this may be why we get these odd, stagey elements popping up.

I think it kind of worked, because he was tripping balls , so they could explain all that shit easily.

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Anonymous wrote:PP nailed it on Kate having bypass surgery. Interesting twist, and I hope they keep the struggle there. I'm sure they will, it won't be an easy fix for her.

I read somewhere on the Internet - so who knows if it's true or not - that the actress who plays Kate has a clause in her contract that she has to lose weight as her character does.

I know Kate is heavy in real life but I think she is wearing padding around her stomach area. When she was sitting on the tree stump her middle didn't look natural if that makes any sense. Fat hangs down, her mid section looked perfectly round and even. If the writers go the surgery route it will be easier to have her look smaller each episode without requiring weight loss.

It is correct that the actress has a commitment in her contract that she will lose weight. http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/this-is-us-star-chrissy-metz-my-contract-includes-weight-loss-w451353 Also, I don't think they are padding her.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, new perspective on Rebecca. She usually seems, mostly, happy. But maybe all of this killed her inside. All the weight and pressure of three kids the same age, and all so different,... She made it look easy/normal but she's the one who stays up at night worrying, or fulfilling perfection (as instilled by her mother as we've seen referenced a couple of times)...

If you think about it, we still don't know a lot about her. About her childhood family. Maybe there's some messed up crap she hides.

I think Rebecca is just a normal mom. We all struggle the same ways she does; protecting our kids, constantly worrying that we are messing it all up, trying to be the perfect parent, debating if our choices are right for our kids. If anything I think this show shos how seeminly minor things are remembered by kids and sometimes taken the wrong way and have a huge impact on their lives.

I think they make her out to "have issues" for example the Kate flashbacks where she feels bad about her body because her mother is thin (episode where she grabbed a shirt for her and saw the size S) but she is just a typical mom trying to do what is best for her kids. i don't think she is trying to be hard on Kate and her weight, but unfortunately Kate takes it that way and that is really her issue. I get it because I have struggled with my weight and still remember how a simple comment from my mom when I was 10 had a huge impact on me. All she said was "maybe you should have water with dinner instead of milk" 30 yrs later and I still remember it

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Anonymous wrote:So who did Kevin sleep with at the end? And what was she saying about Disney World? I missed that entire scene...
The preview for next week appeared to show Kevin kissing someone, I'm hoping it's not Olivia.

He slept with Sloane the playwright who got stuck there when Asher and Olivia absconded with her rental car. I think she's the "normal" that Kevin referred to when telling off A/O - she wants to be with her sister who's giving birth and loves Epcot. She's sweet. Plus, she's Lily from the AT&T commercials.

What?! I love Lily from AT&T. I did not recognize her at all.

Olivia is a useful character but not a long term interesting one.

And really, the playwright has more power to make Kevin a star now - with her plays.

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Anonymous wrote:PP nailed it on Kate having bypass surgery. Interesting twist, and I hope they keep the struggle there. I'm sure they will, it won't be an easy fix for her.

I read somewhere on the Internet - so who knows if it's true or not - that the actress who plays Kate has a clause in her contract that she has to lose weight as her character does.

I'm interested to see how they handle the bypass storyline. My sister had that surgery and it's hardly a quick and easy solution. She had to first lose 50 lbs via a doctor-supervised weight loss program before doing the surgery. It's been about a year and a half since she had the surgery and she has lost a ton of weight.

I am done with Olivia. If she and Kevin kiss or do anything one more time, I'm calling bs. She is basically a psychopath. And I could see for one season she changes or something. But the whole point of her, is that she will never guns mentally change. She's one of those people who wants to be messed up, relish in unhappy things. Sorry he has to keep working with her.

Anonymous wrote:So who did Kevin sleep with at the end? And what was she saying about Disney World? I missed that entire scene...
The preview for next week appeared to show Kevin kissing someone, I'm hoping it's not Olivia.

It was the playwright woman. The one who wrote their play and sits in front tow during rehearsals. She was talking about Disney because she's just normal. And pointing out that Olivia is the worst, can't even just take something like Epcot at face value/enjoy it for what it is. I guess she was thinking about her neice. Random, but maybe it was part of the conversation in their car, which we didn't see.