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.
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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.
It wasnt a quote-unquote story line about the show that I was expecting necessarily.
The episode is alternately thrilling and brutally heartbreaking and sad.
If you stick with it and can make it through it [laughs], its very rewarding.
And its everything that Ive always wanted the show to be.
The show has always been the little moments feeling really big.
I think what was so beautiful about the end of the episode last night was its simplicity.
When you look at Randall, I think of myself.
Jack has a reputation of being something of a superhero, a super dad.
Its extraordinary…. Its fair to say that he goes out like he lived.
Next weeks episode was one of a couple of episodes that were part of my initial pitch to NBC.
The performances are extraordinary.
It certainlyappearsto be a fire.
Is it premature to say that?
I dont think its premature.
And its all kind of part of this, and this big canvas that were painting on.
We spent a lot of time on the dog last night.
Fans are theorizing that he goes back to rescue the dog.
What can you say?
What kind of connection should be drawing?We didnt shy from it.
That was a big part of the information that was given last night.
We know that the dog plays a part somehow.
He didnt get any kind of closure.
Thats part of what excites me about the next chapter of the show.
So, I dont think the entire Crock-Pot community should be blamed for this.
