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[chocolatine]

29 minutes ago, BAForever said:

About 5 episodes behind, long story but I reward myself for surviving life with one new show a week. Anyway, Randall cannot be president as either Ben Wyatt or Leslie Knope are president in the future. 

Randall can Pearson-talk either of them into giving him the presidency.

[methodwriter85]

I still think the last scene is going to be a rip-off of Titanic, with everyone cheering on as Rose (Rebecca) reunites with Jack. (Jack)

 

[GeorgiaRai]

I need Kate & Toby to remarry in the future, and at their 2nd wedding, Jack sings & dedicates to them an original song he wrote (which won him at least 2 Grammys) titled "You're Both Here".  The end.

[Diana Berry]

On 5/5/2022 at 6:47 PM, Diana Berry said:

Oh mercy that would be so beyond cheese but wouldn’t surprise me.  I’ll go a step further.  
 

Desha discovers the cure for “ fill in the blank”; Tess becomes a Goodwill Ambassador; Kate’s Jack wins a Grammy or better yet becomes a EGOT winner; Beth’s dance company becomes internationally well known; Kevin’s company makes the Forbes list; Annie continues to be forgotten or is the one looking at the snoglobe in the last scene.

 

So now we know Kate gets a Masters and is designing the Arts curriculum for the entire state of California.    How can these people be any more fabulous?lol.

[LoveLeigh]

I think Rebecca dies next week. The End. Then, the final episode begins with something confusing... somebody being interviewed and some alternate universe unfolds. 

[SunnyBeBe]

So, Mandy Moore was on Fallon tonight. She said that the next to the last episode was so severe that it made her throw up!  And, that viewers may need to take off a day from work it’s so powerful!  But, the final episode is like a warm hug.
 

 AND, that some of the scenes from these last two episodes were filmed 3 years ago!  She said they wanted to capture the kid actors before they aged too much.  

[buttersister]

Mandy’s comment + Kate not appearing in the preview + the Toby phone call saying she’d want him there = Rebecca outlives Kate. 

Kate got her professional goals exceeded, two husbands, her mother’s ultimate trust and the ability to match her brothers? Hmm. Toby and wife get the kids. Phillip has two dead wives stories. Yeah, #WhereIsKate?

[chocolatine]

Just now, buttersister said:

Mandy’s comment + Kate not appearing in the preview + the Toby phone call saying she’d want him there = Rebecca outlives Kate. 

That's impossible because we saw a flash-forward with Kate, Toby, and their spouses meeting at a bar to watch young adult Jack perform. That took place several years after Rebecca's death.

[Diana Berry]

Some are speculating the the other ‘ script’ the Kevin mentions pitching is the story of Us - his family.  Also, May coincide with what looks like an Oscar.

[debraran]

I thought they filmed most years ago. Kevin's twins couldn't age and they were afraid others might change in some way. The group pic that producer posted with all of them in Kevin's living room was from then too.

I don't think the "throw up" comment was made to be more than "you should watch if you weren't planning on it" but I hope it is emotional. They said similar things about Jack's episode and that didn't effect me the same way. Part of shock is not knowing something. I can't imagine not knowing any surprises but seeing people from the past will be sad and maybe Dan thought of an inventive way to show her passing. It sounds like everyone says their goodbye and that can be tear jerking but I think "the train" part is afterwards. How they squeeze it all in with commercial breaks every few minutes is a chore itself.

[Diana Berry]

2 hours ago, debraran said:

I thought they filmed most years ago. Kevin's twins couldn't age and they were afraid others might change in some way. The group pic that producer posted with all of them in Kevin's living room was from then too.

I don't think the "throw up" comment was made to be more than "you should watch if you weren't planning on it" but I hope it is emotional. They said similar things about Jack's episode and that didn't effect me the same way. Part of shock is not knowing something. I can't imagine not knowing any surprises but seeing people from the past will be sad and maybe Dan thought of an inventive way to show her passing. It sounds like everyone says their goodbye and that can be tear jerking but I think "the train" part is afterwards. How they squeeze it all in with commercial breaks every few minutes is a chore itself.

Yes, either the train is interspersed or at the end.  I imagine her going through each car with a guide- father, William, Miguel, Jack, maybe ending with Kyle or if no Kyle ending with Jack.  

[bonniejmac]

I read an interview with Mandy this week where she elaborated on the ‘throw up’ comment and said she doesn’t really expect anyone else to have quite that extreme a reaction; she herself is just so close to the character/story that it hit her extra hard. 

[SunnyBeBe]

3 hours ago, Diana Berry said:

Yes, either the train is interspersed or at the end.  I imagine her going through each car with a guide- father, William, Miguel, Jack, maybe ending with Kyle or if no Kyle ending with Jack.  

Did you read there’s a train involved?  That’s how Goliath the series ended its series finale.  

[debraran]

11 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:

Did you read there’s a train involved?  That’s how Goliath the series ended its series finale.  

They have talked about train/caboose since first episode this year.  Randall’s speech at wedding also referenced it and Dan said it would be important to The Train” episode.  William is also in it. Can’t fit too many in 40 min but will be interesting. 

Edited May 11, 2022 by debraran

[SunnyBeBe]

Just now, debraran said:

They e talks about train/caboose since first episode this year.  Randall’s speech at wedding also referenced it and Dan said it would be important to The Train” episode.  William is also in it. Can’t fit too many in 40 min but will be interesting. 

That is interesting.  I may pass on watching it next week and wait until later.  

[buttersister]

9 hours ago, chocolatine said:

That's impossible because we saw a flash-forward with Kate, Toby, and their spouses meeting at a bar to watch young adult Jack perform. That took place several years after Rebecca's death.

Thanks for the reminder!

[SunnyBeBe]

Not too many spoilers in this article.  It does confirm that there will be no  questions about what happened to someone.  I hope Miguel isn’t thrown under the train for a idealized version of Jack. Ugh….lol
 

https://parade.com/1357418/lauren-thoman/this-is-us-season-finale-ending/

Edited May 11, 2022 by SunnyBeBe

[debraran]

4 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:

Not too many spoilers in this article.  It does confirm that there will be no  questions about what happened to someone.  I hope Miguel isn’t thrown under the train for a idealized version of Jack. Ugh….lol
 

https://parade.com/1357418/lauren-thoman/this-is-us-season-finale-ending/

I hope not but Milo said he gets to shine a bit last show. I’m glad Sophie has more scenes than they have shown. Her mom Claire was a second mother to Kevin but he will need her to lean on I’m sure when Rebecca passes. He was there for her too 

Edited May 11, 2022 by debraran

[Diana Berry]

I just think the Miguel episode was beautiful. I think they could’ve just made the episode 90 minutes.  Dealt with Rebecca Dealing with the loss and the big three coming to terms with her care.

Maybe just me but I didn’t feel like last nights episode was up to par with the Miguel episode

 

Edited May 11, 2022 by Diana Berry

[PRgal]

I’ve been thinking.   Based on Annie’s age, she’s probably still an undergrad when she picks Deja up from the hospital to go to the cabin 10 years from now.  So yep, she’s doing nothing (other than going to school).  

[CountryGirl]

On 5/11/2022 at 1:45 AM, chocolatine said:

That's impossible because we saw a flash-forward with Kate, Toby, and their spouses meeting at a bar to watch young adult Jack perform. That took place several years after Rebecca's death.

Yep.

[BuckeyeLou]

On 5/11/2022 at 12:15 AM, SunnyBeBe said:

So, Mandy Moore was on Fallon tonight. She said that the next to the last episode was so severe that it made her throw up!  And, that viewers may need to take off a day from work it’s so powerful!  But, the final episode is like a warm hug.
 

 AND, that some of the scenes from these last two episodes were filmed 3 years ago!  She said they wanted to capture the kid actors before they aged too much.  

I saw that interview, Mandy is so lovely.  But, when she said when she read the script it made her vomit, I was like "Oh No! " Will I be able to watch?  I will be sure to have tissues ready...

[debraran]

27 minutes ago, BuckeyeLou said:

I saw that interview, Mandy is so lovely.  But, when she said when she read the script it made her vomit, I was like "Oh No! " Will I be able to watch?  I will be sure to have tissues ready...

She backtracked a bit on that dramatic utterance. She said she meant it was the final day for her, she was very emotional listening to them say their goodbyes and it made it more real. She didn't expect others to feel the same but it will be emotional.

[PRgal]

I’ve been thinking:  I wonder if we’ll ever find out who that horseback riding girl is, exactly/her significance to the show.  

[Aloeonatable]

15 hours ago, debraran said:

She backtracked a bit on that dramatic utterance. She said she meant it was the final day for her, she was very emotional listening to them say their goodbyes and it made it more real. She didn't expect others to feel the same but it will be emotional.

Those were actually 2 different days. She saw the penultimate episode (the one that made her vomit) several weeks before her final day on set. However, I'm sure everyone who saw that episode, cast and crew, was emotional. I think I read somewhere that Milo said he cried watching episode #17. Mandy, on her instagram, was too emotional to speak on her last day, but was so very grateful to the crew. 

[Pallas]

4 hours ago, PRgal said:

I’ve been thinking:  I wonder if we’ll ever find out who that horseback riding girl is, exactly/her significance to the show.  

She was the daughter of Madison's OB/GYN, played by Josh Hamilton, who was supposed to have been a recurring character in season 5. His storyline became a casualty of COVID. 

[PRgal]

7 minutes ago, Pallas said:

She was the daughter of Madison's OB/GYN, played by Josh Hamilton, who was supposed to have been a recurring character in season 5. His storyline became a casualty of COVID. 

I wonder if she’ll make another appearance.  Because right now, that’s all we know. 

[Pallas]

Probably not, any more than we'll get a follow-up to Kevin's saving Josh Molina's character. This is life.

[debraran]

I think it was explained that when Covid curtailed the episode, they needed to cut some to get to the end (I guess extending it to June wasn't available?) So things like the doctor and horse, the telephone call from Sophie, the ring episodes where Kevin earns it etc and probably Toby in hotel room being anything, maybe alone, maybe not, was ignored. I think someone said even Kevin's hotel room was changed, the armoire with clothes, other garments on bed etc were "forgotten" and they wrote some dribble about who's bra it was. They also had to lengthen the Madison story with Covid in Canada and here keeping Alex from traveling and vice versa. I think twins were Sophie's at one point. Also never addressed how Jack could "kill" Nicky when Army didn't.

But all in all, they tried to keep it on track but if they never did the wedding with Kate, it would have been much easier.

Edited May 13, 2022 by debraran

[LoveLeigh]

The final episode has to end with a shocking twist that is a tearjerker. That is this shows MO. Is Kyle alive? Could he be alive? Was that sweet country doctor a black market baby seller? Will a doorbell ring and somebody unexpected is there? Or will they just wrap it up neatly? 

Final epiodes to series have to be remarkable. The writers know this. What do they have up their sleeve?

[AriAu]

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Also never addressed how Jack could "kill" Nicky when Army didn't.

Maybe my memory is bad, but we never did get much backstory on what Uncle Nicky did for all those years after he got blown up ish and Jack dis-owned him.

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The final episode has to end with a shocking twist that is a tearjerker. That is this shows MO. Is Kyle alive? Could he be alive? Was that sweet country doctor a black market baby seller? Will a doorbell ring and somebody unexpected is there? Or will they just wrap it up neatly? 

From what we have read from Fogelman etc...supposedly they will wrap it up neatly and not leave un-answered questions, or at least we will have answers to the questions they put out there in the flash forwards. On the other hand, they need to bring some level of misery....other than the misery of listening to Randall get all Pearsony on us.

On the other hand, maybe they will put all the misery into the penultimate episode (Rebecca dying) and then tie up all remaining loose ends with flash forwards. If they follow the path of Six Feet Under, they could tie up all loose ends in a moving, cohesive and ultimately satisfying way....altho there is no need to show everyone dying over time, but with this show, who knows!

[Diana Berry]

I think for me the train episode is probably going to be more emotional than the actual final episode. I shouldn’t say it but I really don’t care that much about the future generations. We know Randall will probably become president ( eye roll) , Kate gets her masters and is working on the art curriculum for all of LA (eye roll), Tess  becomes a social worker, Daysha a doctor, Kate’s Jack a famous singer. Beth has a successful dance studio. Kevin has a successful construction company for vets.

I hope most of the episode is Rebecca going on her journey versus everyone having some kind of maudlin  goodbye speech that she’s not even comprehending.

guess we will see.

[debraran]

I think so too. I'm keeping expectations low because part of me hates pulled strings with emotions and I know Randall's goodbye will be longer than the his siblings. ; ) I want to see her journey though.

They showed us SO many future clips that filling in a few is not a yawn, but "ehh" we know already. Maybe Sophie and Kevin have blanks to fill in future since his "mystery" made future clips harder but we pretty much know everyone will be happy, probably well off and making their mark in the world. Hope we see happy Toby too.

9 hours ago, AriAu said:

Maybe my memory is bad, but we never did get much backstory on what Uncle Nicky did for all those years after he got blown up ish and Jack dis-owned him.

 

They showed Nicky going to hospital by helicopter and you know his parents were told. He was slightly hurt but he also got a psych eval and stay and later signed himself out as "Clark Kent" That is what he played with Jack as a kid and signed his post cards (CK) he sent to him. We know he lived in the same area/state and had a landline and address the army sent him disability checks or something like that. They showed a closeup one show before the great reveal. We know his army buddies invited him to get-to-gethers and he never wanted to go but they really pushed the one where Jack went. Of course he saw him and chickened out and then Jack took very bad advice from an army buddy to not tell Rebecca about the war incidents. They never explained any of his past with parents and I thought being such good writers, they really bombed on that one. Having Milo agree didn't help, they could have done the same outcome but had something about his mom.

[LoveLeigh]

Ugh I hope the final episode is not a retrospective look back at some of the past memorable events. 

[debraran]

7 minutes ago, LoveLeigh said:

Ugh I hope the final episode is not a retrospective look back at some of the past memorable events. 

Just what we need more clips we can see streaming ourselves. 

[Diana Berry]

3 hours ago, Diana Berry said:

I think for me the train episode is probably going to be more emotional than the actual final episode. I shouldn’t say it but I really don’t care that much about the future generations. We know Randall will probably become president ( eye roll) , Kate gets her masters and is working on the art curriculum for all of LA (eye roll), Tess  becomes a social worker, Daysha a doctor, Kate’s Jack a famous singer. Beth has a successful dance studio. Kevin has a successful construction company for vets.

I hope most of the episode is Rebecca going on her journey versus everyone having some kind of maudlin  goodbye speech that she’s not even comprehending.

guess we will see.

Nicely done.  it does look like last show will be clips. No.just No.

the random family meeting Jack and wow the boy grows up to discover a cure…goodness.  At least it wasn’t Desha.  

[3 is enough]

I'm really hoping the last episode will not be a clip show.  Maybe they just showed the clips in the preview to throw people off.

[LoveLeigh]

1 hour ago, 3 is enough said:

I'm really hoping the last episode will not be a clip show.  Maybe they just showed the clips in the preview to throw people off.

It does look like the last episode will be a look back... a massive fail if that is correct. Maybe it will be scenes from previous shows with new things from different angles thrown in... like tonight's episode when Jack died we saw another view of what happened in the hospital. 

But just a retrospective will be disappointing: This Was Us ??? Please, no! 

They should do something new. 

ETA: I am laughing because the final episode of Game of Thrones was awful.... after such a great series. I seriously hope this will not be the case with This Is Us, a  great episode followed by a terrible final one. 

Edited May 18, 2022 by LoveLeigh

[Cristofle]

3 hours ago, LoveLeigh said:

ETA: I am laughing because the final episode of Game of Thrones was awful.... after such a great series. I seriously hope this will not be the case with This Is Us, a  great episode followed by a terrible final one. 

To be fair though, if the GoT finale had just been clips of previous episodes, it would have been 10000% better than what we got, lol.

I don't think the finale will just be a clip show - there are some indications of Jack and Rebecca talking in the bed in the promo, as well as the Big Three maybe at her funeral? I hope we'll see at least a couple of glimpses into the future. 

[Pallas]

Articles and interviews with Dan Fogelman indicate that the final episode will feature Rebecca's funeral and the future of the far-flung family, as well as some new footage from the past, shot four years ago. 

[Ohiopirate02]

5 minutes ago, Pallas said:

Articles and interviews with Dan Fogelman indicate that the final episode will feature Rebecca's funeral and the future of the far-flung family, as well as some new footage from the past, shot four years ago. 

All of that sounds like perfectly good building blocks to a satisfying ending.  I can see the show ending on a family get-together at Jack and Lucy's cut with those footage from the past scenes with the old child actors as the Big 3. 

[Pallas]

42 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

I can see the show ending on a family get-together at Jack and Lucy's cut with those footage from the past scenes with the old child actors as the Big 3. 

That sounds about right! Jack and Lucy were definitely preparing for a throng. Redemption of a cooking apparatus too, as well as an allusion to Rebecca's last heroic moment as a nurturer. Perhaps a long shot out from the home, with an overlay of Kevin's painting, suggesting all of the lines connecting Us with the world.

[Ohiopirate02]

10 minutes ago, Pallas said:

That sounds about right! Jack and Lucy were definitely preparing for a throng. Redemption of a cooking apparatus too, as well as an allusion to Rebecca's last heroic moment as a nurtuerer. Perhaps a long shot out from the home, with an overlay of Kevin's painting, suggesting all of the lines connecting Us with the world.

I completely forgot about the massive amounts of meat Jack was smoking in that episode.  I just went with the first place that came to mind.  The location is not really that important.  If not Jack and Lucy's palatial Hollywood home, Kevin's compound works as well.  Just somewhere where the next generation of Pearsons meet up as cousins. 

[Pallas]

You're right; meat portions aside, the compound makes even more sense: Pearson Central, where ashes are laid, Pilgrim Rick endures to host Thanksgivings, the Big Green Egg finally nests, and summer is for lemonade. 

[StaceyNotStacie]

I’m hoping we get some of Jack and Rebecca watching over their children and grandchildren. I’m assuming we will get Rebecca’s funeral, the birth of Deja’s baby, and some sort of vision of the grandchildren as adults. 

[Diana Berry]

Any idea why Teen Kate was not shown last night and why the actress wasn’t used?  Wonder if they had to change the script for that.

if random family young boy hadn’t coded, would the doctor been able to save Jack?

 

 

[debraran]

19 minutes ago, Diana Berry said:

Any idea why Teen Kate was not shown last night and why the actress wasn’t used?  Wonder if they had to change the script for that.

if random family young boy hadn’t coded, would the doctor been able to save Jack?

 

 

Or if Jack had told them about his "hidden" heart ailment he lied about to get into army. I thought the Marcus thing was a bit much but I'm sure Dan had a reason.

[GeorgiaRai]

Prediction: Every character in the finale will casually work into conversation another of Kate's  accomplishments. 

Madison to Sophie: It's been fun hanging out together while Kate's busy implementing her curriculum in Spain and Greece.

Hailey to Phillip:  I can't find the earrings I want to wear to prom!
Phillip to Hailey: Oh, here they are - under your mom's Nobel Prize medals!

Randall to Beth:  I only became POTUS so I could make Kate the Secretary of Education.
 

[Cristofle]

On 5/18/2022 at 12:10 PM, StaceyNotStacie said:

I’m hoping we get some of Jack and Rebecca watching over their children and grandchildren. I’m assuming we will get Rebecca’s funeral, the birth of Deja’s baby, and some sort of vision of the grandchildren as adults. 

Have we seen Kevin's kids as adults yet? We've seen Randall's girls as adults, obviously (although typically, we know the least about Annie, lol). We've seen Jack and Hailey as adults. Did I miss any glimpse of Kevin's twins as adults? I feel like I've lost track of some of the jump aheads. 

[CountryGirl]

An extended preview of the finale: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CdtXaswJqT_/?igshid=NWRhNmQxMjQ=

Photos from the finale:

https://ew.com/tv/this-is-us-series-finale-photos/?did=782127-20220519&utm_campaign=ewk-tv_newsletter&utm_source=ew.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=051922&cid=782127&mid=87636040975&slide=0e09308e-ecec-4454-a4fa-a5ff310f537f#0e09308e-ecec-4454-a4fa-a5ff310f537f