This Is Uscreator drops hints about final three episodes of the season

We feel like fans almost deserve a break, because its been really heavy. We take that approach of giving somebody an episode and learning their story. What can you expect to experience in the season 2 finale? Ron Batzdorff/NBC (You may now spend the next few weeks wondering why Fogelman kept using the word presumably. What other kind of moving family event could it be? You cant havetwofunerals in one season, right, gulp?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Kimberly Brown

This Is Uscreator on finally revealing who 'Her' is, Randall and Beth's future

But that was hardly the only notable moment in the hit family drama’s last episode of 2018. (We mean, besides the revelation that Kate and Toby are having a boy. And that Deja is intent on having a relationship with her mother. Ron Batzdorff/NBC And that Tess semi-coming out to Randall and Beth. Yes, a critical clue in the Who is “Her”? flash-forward mystery was revealedspecifically, the identity of “her.”...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Shannon Flores

This Is Uscreator on Kate's huge secret and Rebecca's racist mother

(Poor Toby spent most of the episode telling various Pearsons to take it easy physically.) The problems here are much more than skin deep. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Remember when Kate and Toby agreed to take things slowly? Credit: Ron Batzdorff/NBC (3) Life has definitely thrown them a curveball here. AsChrissy points out, we havent seen a lot of plus-size pregnancies depicted on data pipe TV. Kates is very specific. So thats a big part of where were going in next weeks episode and the rest of the season....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 667 words · Michael Larson

This Is Uscreator on that fire — and the 'thrilling,' 'heartbreaking' Super Bowl episode

Things are really heating up for Jack and the rest of the Pearsons. In a very scary way. But thats too many days away from now. Ron Batzdorff/NBC ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, were really doing this? There are a lot of teary fans out there right now. I think its a little bit of everything when it comes to what people should be bracing themselves for. Ive constantly been surprised by the emotional reaction people have had to the show since inception....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Jennifer Li

This Is Uscreator says 'powerful' Vietnam episode answers questions about Jack and Nicky

On Tuesday night, Jack is going to Vietnam. And youre going to… get some answers about his past. This episode really focuses on the formative brotherhood of these two boys and young men. Ron Batzdorff/NBC This episode starts filling in those pieces. Viewers have an inkling that Jack has undersold the traumas in his life, namely his service in Vietnam. Now comes the time to stitch those frames together, albeit in an unconventional narrative style....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Tamara Mendez

This Is Uscreator says the show will 'attack' pandemic 'head on' in season 5

Same route to get there,' Dan Fogelman also said. We’ve decided to attack things head on. Very proud of @ThisIsUsWriters. Credit: Ron Batzdorff/NBC (The show traditionally returns in late September.) It’s a really huge challenge for us," he said. “I keep saying, ‘As if juggling this show with 18,000 timelines and characters isnt hard enough.’ It really is a complicated question. It’s been complicated for all shows. We’ve been all over the map....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 243 words · Amy Shaffer

This Is Uscreator teases season 5, new characters, and the endgame

Dan Fogelman also offers insights into the big moves of the season 4 finale. This is Cain-and-Abel-key in stuff for these two. And obviously it’s all done in one take. Ron Batzdorff/NBC Along with the clash came other gasps. Surely this is the pregnant fiancee that Kevin referred to earlier this season in that flash-forward? Fogelman would only say that the answer is coming soon. “There are many more chapters in Kevin’s romantic story....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · William Buchanan

This Is Uscreator: Vietnam is big part of season 3, but 'Jack and Nicky is even bigger'

Surely, your brain is swirling with curiosity, uncertainty, and scenarios. Where do we pick up at the beginning of this season? The season 2 finale wedding certainly felt like a bit of a respite and a reward from that. NBC Does that lightness continue in this season to some extent? And what themes will emerge as the season progresses?I think the season will have lighter moments. What we dont have is the death of Americas most loved patriarch in the middle of our season....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 684 words · Sara Walker MD

This Is Usfall finale recap: Let's break down those two huge twists

Well folks, we finally got that big, juicyThis Is Ustwist weve been waiting for. Kate and Toby are having a boy! I kid, of course. THIS IS US — “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning” Episode 309 — Pictured: Sterling K. Brown as Randall — (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC).Ron Batzdorff/NBC Seriously guys: If Randall and Beths marriage isnt safe, what is? But one things for sure: This show knows how to reel you back in....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 631 words · Jason Suarez

This Is Usfall finale: Creator explains that shocker about Jack's brother Nicky

Remember all that mystery over that Pearson fellow who died tragically years ago? Well, heres a twist to shout about over the holidays: Hes not dead anymore! Whether he was alive or not was another question. Ron Batzdorff/NBC; Brent Lewin/NBC And viewers didnt have to wait long for a definitive answer to that new question. How much, if anything, did Jack know of this secret? What would a Pearson family reunion with Nicky possibly look like?...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Whitney Hoover

This Is Usfinale: Justin Hartley breaks down Kevin's brutal fight with Randall, Madison bombshell

Its the day they brought you home. from their one-night stand. What was it like to film the shows most brutal fight and, sure, the cologne ad? Credit: Ron Batzdorff/NBC How did Randall’s words impact Kevin’s decision with Madison to go “all in”? Is there still hope for Kevin and Sophie (Alexandra Breckenridge)? ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Well, that was darker than expected. What was your first reaction when you read that script and saw those words being hurled?...

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1361 words · Kaitlyn Perkins

This Is Usfinale: Sterling K. Brown breaks down Randall and Kevin's nuclear fight

This Is Ushas uncorked season finales with some dramatic and dark moments but oh, brother wasthatdark. And it will take alooongtime for that fight to be water under the bridge. Because right now that bridge is burned worse than, well, the Pearson home after that aforementioned fire. Ron Batzdorff/NBC But Randall kept advocating, ultimately and secretly guilt-twisting her arm into signing on. But when a suspicious Kevin wrung the truth out of Randall, a hideous fight followed....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 908 words · Katrina Mejia

This Is Usproducer breaks down Kate and Toby's weight challenges, Jack's blindness

Executive producer Isaac Aptaker offers insights into the events of ‘The Pool: Part Two.’ Warning: This article contains plot details from Tuesdays episode ofThis Is Us, The Pool: Part Two. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This was a very disorienting episode in the wake of last weeks premiere.Where was Darnell? Credit: Ron Batzdorff/NBC Who are these people? I just got used to this whole other gang! Oh, I remember! These are the Pearsons!...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 804 words · Sherry Serrano