Its overwhelming if you think about it, Kevin says near the end of this weeksThis Is Us.
The power of these little decisions.
Lets break down the roads each Pearson travels in Flip a Coin.
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But its parents weekend, which means Rebecca is off to see Randall, leaving Kate all alone.
Rebecca catches on; she remembers her son had mentioned dating a girl named Beth.
And so she walks right over and introduces herself, Randall lagging behind.
She asks if she can sit as Carol looks on a little bewildered.
Randall admits, perhaps mistakenly, that he and Beth went on a date.
They bond over shared widowhood; but while Carol considers herself together, she sees Rebecca struggling.
She describes starting a new chapter in life a sentiment Rebecca takes to heart.
Its time for them to turn the page.
Toby forces them to run late, however, leading the family to walk into the class mid-session.
Its too much stimulus for Jack to handle.
He sobs through it all, Kate and Toby struggling to get through it.
Toby suggests they take it one step at a time.
RANDALL
Well stick to the present-day action for this particular story.
Or at least Randall thinks so.
But while Beth tries to work through this problem, Randall has bigger fish to fry.
Deja brings Malik to the studio to meet the family, per Beths wishes.
But Randall stands up for his wife.
He says they wont move the date.
And he gets to work moving everything outside.
Later, when shes with her mother alone, Beth asks how she and Rebecca got along.
Carol says fine but that the family is far too broken for Beth.
She says she deserves better than that.
She goes to his dorm suddenly to ask him.
Shes deeply moved stunned, maybe by the consideration.
She walks right toward him and kisses him.
Its a small decision, but a life-changing one.
As theyre headed to another AA meeting, they run into who else!
Jennifer Morrisons Cassidy, who is chewing out someone for not notifying her that the meeting had been rescheduled.
Kevin figures they have five hours to kill.
Im an actor, Im great at filling up free time, he says.
As they browse, Kevin keeps getting stopped by fans ofThe Manny.
She says she was being a dick.
He smiles, in friendly acknowledgment that she was and understands why.
Kevin is reevaluating what he wants.
Of course, life didnt work out that way.
But here with Cassidy and Nicky, he sees a new opening.
And so he buys a trailer for himself, parked right next to Nickys.
And he tells Cassidy hes going to help her win her husband back.
But of course, Kevins always been a man of action.
As the ending of this episode reminds, hed been engaged before, too.
We flashback to Rebecca and Kate at home, listening to a voicemail by Kevin, also away.
He runs through the motions of how things are going.
Then he says hes engaged as if hes talking about the weather.
He knows a thing or two about dramatic life shakeups.
