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Oh,This Is Usfam, where do we even begin?
An ode to the crying men on ‘This Is Us’
There is so much to process!
So much to discuss!
This fall finale final montage deserved that instrumental, you know?
Like, a lot went down.
It was wonderful and heartbreaking and mystifying in the bestThis Is Usway possible.
Its Randalls big debate night … foran electiontaking place, I dont know, in January?
What kind of election is this?
This storyline makes zero logistical sense and yet we plow through.
Okay, so Annie is obviously holding the Pearson unit down.
Annie is the best of them.
Beth wants her husband to focus.
He was meant to do this.
He is Serena Williams.
Beth is the person you want in your corner, always.
Councilman Brown is hammering home the fact that Randall isnt from there, he isnt one of them.
He makes fun of Randall, he cuts him off repeatedly.
Randall is no Serena Williams in her catsuit.
And then he snaps.
He wont be railroaded.
He sits down on the steps because he refuses to talk down to his constituents.
Hes tired of being underestimated and he thinks they are too.
He says a lot of very smart, impassioned things and you guys, he wins that crowd over.
Take a chance on me!
he yells into the uproarious auditorium.
It is rousing … and also maybe arousing?
Im still figuring that out.
Randalls feeling great post-debate until Jae-won shows up with some bad news.
He got some poll numbers back and it is impossible for Randall to win this election.
Theres not enough time to make up the ground they would need to defeat Brown.
If it helps, Jae-won looks pretty torn up about it.
(It doesnt.)
While Randalls getting some tough news, Rebecca and Tess are handing out flyers.
but the way this whole thing shakes out, its a blessing in disguise.
It turns out that Rebecca was the exact correct person to have looking out for Tess.
After the car chat implodes, Rebecca tries again post-debate.
If anyone knows what keeping a secret can do to a person, its her.
An old lady, aching from the inside out.
It resonates with Tess.
This scene is wonderful.
Eris Baker will break your heart three times over.
Should anyone ever have the need to unburden themselves, you should call up Beth and Randall.
Hold me, Beth!
Thats where things get dicey.
But Randall reminds her that this campaign isnt over until its over.
Id rather the yelling!
This feels really bad.
Like, the beginning of the end bad.
And that feeling is compounded once we jump back to the dreaded flash forward.
Were back in the hallway with Old Randall and Adult Tess.
Randall asks if Tess told her mom that they were on the way.
Um, why wouldnt Randall?
Why wouldnt Randall talk to his wife?!
Is this a red herring?
That detail will surely come up later, it is veryThis Is Us.
But for now, the mysterious her has been revealed to be Rebecca.
Where can I get Beths future sweater?
Shes going back to college to get her degree!
She and Toby are having a baby boy!
But this ominous jump to the future isnt the only mysteryThis Is Us isthrowing down before hiatus.
We gotta go to Vietnam.
Kevin and Zoe finally make it to thevillewhere Jack was stationed.
Theyre accompanied by a very nice man who is a big fan of theThe Manny.
(Getting a shirtless selfie for his sister?
This dude is brother of the year!)
He doesnt recognize Jack or the woman in the photo.
Kevin is beyond disappointed.
Their mission is to make it home.
The next morning, Jack finds Nicky high he doesnt want to be sober, not here.
Later, Nicky is missing.
you might see the panic on Jacks face … and then you hear the explosion.
A boat out on the water exploded and someone thinks a U.S. soldier was on it.
Jack dives in after him.
Nick Pearson didnt die in the war.
