This Is Us (spoilers likely)

[ESF]

Who is watching?

I kind of hate Jack because I kind of hate everyone that isn’t Randal or his family, but I’m already teary. Damn this show!

[ESF]

Feb 4, 2018 23:00:11 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

tell me they didn't really drive the kids to miguel's before taking him to the E.R.??

his mouth was literally BLACK with soot. this is pissing me off.

Right?! Isn’t he sitting in an ambulance? Just go!

[poundcake]

He has no oxygen on!

[ESF]

H and I have been making up death scenarios for Jack since they are making us wait. Just get to it! This is like when I used to watch my childhood cat injure chipmunks in the yard, let them hop along and then pounce again, slowly killing them over an hour.

[ESF]

My H just compared the scene with Rebecca on the phone to the chaos behind her to Sarah Palin being interviewed with the turkey being slaughtered. There’s your comic relief.

[VillainV]

While she was on the fucking phone?

[pugz]

Ugggggggggh

[poundcake]

He was alone.
And she was just saying we are here for a burn?? :waves arms around:

[pugz]

My social worker heart is exploding 😭😭😭. Tess!

[jackie011]

Feb 4, 2018 23:49:01 GMT -5 pugz said:

My social worker heart is exploding 😭😭😭. Tess!

Was not expecting that!!

ETA: Did it seem like the camera lingered on the painting in Tess’ room? Any significance to that?

[bronxgirl]

Feb 4, 2018 23:34:03 GMT -5 poundcake said:

He was alone.
And she was just saying we are here for a burn?? :waves arms around:

she was in shock.

This was a really good episode. I loved the twist at the end. I love Randall and family so much.

[mssaint]

I literally jumped up and said “awwww!” when they flashed forward to Tess.

[janegold]

When they showed the social worker at the beginning, I thought it looked so much like Tess and then I guessed later in the episode that it was a flash forward since they continued focusing on young Tess. They do a good job casting. I wonder if it was also her a few episodes ago with the baby to be placed, since they have yet to come back to that.

[krystee]

Anyone else check smoke detector batteries and order fire extinguishers tonight? Just me? I find fire so terrifying.

Such a good episode. I'm so glad Kate has the tape. Also, I used to hate Toby, but I like him now. And I loved that Tess was the social worker!

[So_Fetch]

Feb 4, 2018 23:53:26 GMT -5 jackie011 said:

Feb 4, 2018 23:49:01 GMT -5 pugz said:

My social worker heart is exploding 😭😭😭. Tess!

Was not expecting that!!

ETA: Did it seem like the camera lingered on the painting in Tess’ room? Any significance to that?

I want to say that deja painted it or she painted it with her.

[firedancer10288]

Feb 4, 2018 23:53:26 GMT -5 jackie011 said:

Feb 4, 2018 23:49:01 GMT -5 pugz said:

My social worker heart is exploding 😭😭😭. Tess!

Was not expecting that!!

ETA: Did it seem like the camera lingered on the painting in Tess’ room? Any significance to that?

She painted it with Kevin. It may have been the episode when William died.

ETA- the girls had asked him what happens when someone dies and it was his explanation that we (the colors) are all interwoven and when someone dies they are still a part of our paining.

[somersault72]

Beth steals every scene she's in. God I love her. I thought Mandy Moore did a fantastic job in this episode.

[tacokick]

Anyone else think it is weird Randall is wearing a “hot dad” apron with flames in it to celebrate the day his family house burnt down and his dad died?

[georgeglass]

My aunt died in a fire last Christmas. She came in from a party and put a present on her stove and must have accidentally turned a burner on. All of these commercials and teasers have been so terrible to watch. I can't imagine how my cousin feels.

[melissa]

I just watched it as I couldn't stay up last night and get up on time for work this morning. I thought this was one of their better episodes and I loved the surprise of Tess being the social worker. It just warmed my heart!

[tealblue]

I stayed up and watched last night. Such a good episode - tears nearly the whole time.
I love Tess being a social worker and am interested to see where the Deja story goes.

I was a little frustrated with the death- he burns his hands getting Kate to his room but yet- hardly anything when he goes back in, grabs a pillow case and fills it with pictures, tapes and jewelry, runs downstairs and gets he dog? And doesn’t go to the ER in the ambulance?

I usually dislike the Kate/Toby interactions but I loved Toby here. I also liked Kevin- I’m glad he’s finding peace.

[tacokick]

Feb 5, 2018 8:40:12 GMT -5 tealblue said:

I stayed up and watched last night. Such a good episode - tears nearly the whole time.
I love Tess being a social worker and am interested to see where the Deja story goes.

I was a little frustrated with the death- he burns his hands getting Kate to his room but yet- hardly anything when he goes back in, grabs a pillow case and fills it with pictures, tapes and jewelry, runs downstairs and gets he dog? And doesn’t go to the ER in the ambulance?

I usually dislike the Kate/Toby interactions but I loved Toby here. I also liked Kevin- I’m glad he’s finding peace.

Yes! I mean, all that stuff could have been on their dresser but still! I guess we are supposed to believe that the fire wasn’t some how near the steps to downstairs?

[somersault72]

georgeglass, I'm very sorry for your loss. I was thinking about that, too (people who have survived fires or lost someone in a fire), as well as anyone who has lost their dad, especially at a young age.

[sushi]

Feb 5, 2018 9:16:05 GMT -5 c7 said:

Why couldn't he have just sent Kate and Randall out of their own windows? Why did he have to shepherd them back to his room?

You're looking for logic? This show is all about emotional manipulation. I have up ages ago. I figured I'd read the conclusion when it finally came. I wonder if viewership will now drop drastically.

[somersault72]

Feb 5, 2018 9:16:05 GMT -5 c7 said:

Why couldn't he have just sent Kate and Randall out of their own windows? Why did he have to shepherd them back to his room?

I thought I heard him say it was too high to get down from Kate's window?

[ESF]

Feb 5, 2018 8:40:12 GMT -5 tealblue said:

I stayed up and watched last night. Such a good episode - tears nearly the whole time.
I love Tess being a social worker and am interested to see where the Deja story goes.

I was a little frustrated with the death- he burns his hands getting Kate to his room but yet- hardly anything when he goes back in, grabs a pillow case and fills it with pictures, tapes and jewelry, runs downstairs and gets he dog? And doesn’t go to the ER in the ambulance?

I usually dislike the Kate/Toby interactions but I loved Toby here. I also liked Kevin- I’m glad he’s finding peace.

All of this.
Adult Tess is so pretty.
I don’t understand how he collected all that stuff.
Toby usually drives me wild but he was less bothersome last night.
Kevin is the character I hate the most and even he was a little likable last night.

The other thing that irked me: She drove to Miguel’s all by herself like five minutes after getting that news? Why didn’t she have Miguel take the kids to the hospital?

[mbcdefg]

I don't watch this show (I heard about the first episode's premise and decided, NEWP). But my sister was talking about it last night when we were at our mom's house for the game, and there were all those teaser commercials, so I came in here to see how it turned out.

Is every episode a sob-fest? I can't watch stuff like that.

[MrsAxilla]

Feb 5, 2018 11:08:00 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

I don't watch this show (I heard about the first episode's premise and decided, NEWP). But my sister was talking about it last night when we were at our mom's house for the game, and there were all those teaser commercials, so I came in here to see how it turned out.

Is every episode a sob-fest? I can't watch stuff like that.

I don’t watch, either, but all the hype made me care -lol.  

[ESF]

Feb 5, 2018 11:08:00 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

I don't watch this show (I heard about the first episode's premise and decided, NEWP). But my sister was talking about it last night when we were at our mom's house for the game, and there were all those teaser commercials, so I came in here to see how it turned out.

Is every episode a sob-fest? I can't watch stuff like that.

Pretty much. I mostly hate-watch, and I still cry for about 50% of the shows.

[sushi]

I binged somewhere in season 1. I roll my eyes too often to cry.