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.
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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.
Did we just witness one of, if not the, darkest moments inThis Is Ushistory?
STERLING K. BROWN:Yeah, we did.
I said, Dan, are you sure you want to end the season like this?
He’s like, Yeah!
And I was like, It doesn’t have a very feel-good vibe to it, man.
Are you positive this is it?
So I said, Okay.
And he goes, You remember when you called me when you’re shootingPredatorabout the finale of season 1?
I said, Yeah.
He goes, This is worse.
[Laughs] I said, Oh,really?
And when I watched it, he has a point.
It wasn’t two people yelling at each other in the heat of the moment.
It was a more thoughtful, like, No, I’mmeaningeverything that I’m saying right now.
This one seemed like, No, f you.
This is how I really feel.
[Laughs]
Those words spoke louder than yelling, for sure.
What do you remember about filming those scenes?
Justin indicated that a healthy dose of levity and trash talking got you through it.
Justin and I sorry, Im doing pull-ups we love each other.
He is my brother.
I said, It’d be Justin andSue.
It wouldn’t have been the same if we didn’t go there, so to speak.
Lets talk about Randalls wounding words.
He tells Kevin that Jack died ashamed of him.
And that Kevin was chasing Randalls shadow, not even his dads.
Which of those things does he truly believe about his brother?
Theres always that grain of truth.
There is truth and there is akindnesswith which truth can be spoken.
And in this particular instance, there was truth with a lack of kindness.
I feel like Randall does see himself as the man who sort of duplicated his father’s life.
He found the love of his life.
He sees his brother going from relationship to relationship and not being able to make one particular thing stick.
So the idea of him knowing what it means to take care of other people is anathema to Randall.
Whereas Kev was like, Oh, I just got to do me.
And there’s no shame and there’s no shade in him doing him.
He had to go to New York so he could pursue his career.
It’s very hard to do from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
So there’s no begrudging that on a personal level.
I think there’s sincerity in what he’s saying.
Where did you personally net out, rooting interest aside?
I probably agree more with Kevin than I do with Randall in this particular instance.
And we will butt heads with one another.
And I don’t think that I would have employed that particular tactic.
Do they hasten the evolution of thought he might have had?
You see him searching and looking for his tribe.
Clarity and purpose that he had not had to that point in his life.
He just happens to be good at.
But football was what he wanted, football was the passion.
And that got taken away from him.
One would think that the pregnant fiancee Kevin mentioned would be Madison, but this isThis Is Us.
Any hints, or just a devilish Santa laugh?
So… we know that Madison is having twins.
We see Kev in the future with this beautiful boy and this beautiful girl.
Ummm… [laughs]… that’s all I can really say!
Will they forced to be choose sides in this serious family fracture?
I think Miguel is always going to do whatever his wife wants to do.
He tries to be as Switzerland as possible when it comes to the Big Three.
So it’ll be tough for [Kate].
Tougher than it is for Miguel.
Kevin is now a year sober, while Randall is in the throes of therapy and anxiety.
He is committed to that path in terms of trying to find healing.
I know some things that happen in the next season that will further explore that.
She got a lot of s going on.
That’s going to be a source of sadness, for sure.
There’s no way for it not to be.
So there’s no way that that can’t be a sense of profound sadness for her.
And Ill leave it at that.
Before we finish up soon, hows the workout going?
Are you still doing pull-ups?
Yeah, I got gloves.
Given that all seasons have begun on the 40th birthday, what does Randalls birthday party look like?
Does he go big on his own?
I have no hints.
I speculate that time spent with family will be the thing that he has.
So he’s used to not being with the whole family together.
I think it will be sad for him to not be with his mother.
So hell be aight.
Does Randall get a cologne ad of his own?
That picture made me laugh so hard.
Will Randall have a cologne ad?
I think as a city councilman, fifth district in Philadelphia, that would not be a good look.
You brought the brothers back together.
