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.
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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.”
Returned Randall: “I’m not either.”
I promised I bring it."
What to make of this latest clue in this season’s grand mystery?
That’s big news, right?
DAN FOGELMAN: That would seem to be big news.
We certainly answered the question about who everyone was going to see, who everyone’s been talking about.
Why are people dreading this family gathering?
Yeah, those are all good things to wonder about.
It’s like, “Oooh, I hope everyone’s together.
I hope everyone’s happy.
I hope everyone’s alive.
I think that’s part of the foreboding feeling you have with all of it all the time.
It’s a little incongruous.
Is that now trult in jeopardy?
But I would never put money against Randall and Beth, as a betting man.
I don’t want to answer.
Will we meet Tess' wife on this day in the deep future?
Who’s to say if she’s even married or not?
But it’s possible.
We see Beth running a dance studio in the flash-forward.
Susan has mentioned that Beth has a background in dance.
Is that something that we will explore in an upcoming episode that focuses on her story?
We’re actually in the process of making it right now.
This has always been a two-part mystery: Who is “her” and what exactly happened to/with her.
When can we expect resolution on this mystery?
Sometime later this season?
We’ve answered who they’re all going to see.
There’s no mystery about it being somebody in ill shape too soon.
The answers will come, and it becomes a very big part of the show.
What hint can you drop about this mystery in the second half of the season?
Where are Kate and Toby in that period?
Where is their relationship?
Do they have children?
Has Kevin figured out his love life?
If so, with whom?
Have Randall and Beth made it through as we hope Randall and Beth make it through?
What has come of their respective careers?
So, I would say that should be the focus right now.
Surely you’ve mapped out the future beyond the family dynamics.
Any technological advances you might hint at in the 2030s?
Or which celebrity is president?
If we can figure that out for 2030, I’ll feel we have done our job.
