This Is Us
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There was just no way they could come back from that.
Divorce is the only option.
Oh ye of little faith!
Of course they did!
But of course this problem is fixable!
It takes a two-pronged approach.
Prong one: Randall must get his head out of his ass.
If so, Im terrified.
This City Council thing wasnt realistic and it is only a job.
But before Randall can give Jae-won a heart attack, Beth stops her husband.
She has a solution to their problem.
Possibly one that a certain recapper suggested earlier but, like, what does she know?
Theyre moving to Philadelphia.
This is not her dream.
Shes going to open her own studio and run it the way she wants to.
That is her dream.
So rest easy, kids.
Mom and dad are okay!
It was clear that one conversation about never having kids wasnt going to be enough.
Thats a huge decision to make!
Of course it comes up again as Kevin and Zoe babysit Tess and Annie for the day.
(Kevin telling Tess that becoming closer with Randall helped him find a piece of himself?
Be still, my Kevin-and-Randall-loving heart.)
Friends, I am so gladThis Is Uslets Zoe stand her ground here.
Once theyre home, they have a hard conversation.
Unlike Beth and Randall, this is a problem that cannot be fixed.
But, as it turns out, Kevin does one day achieve his dream of becoming a father.
So, the future is basically the same.
Theres very little in the way of dramatic stakes there.
But thats just promos.
In the actual episode, Rebeccas car accident is used to set up the flash-forward, emotionally speaking.
SometimesThis Is Uscan really stretch that idea of thematically connecting timelines, but its effective here.
Back in the 90s, Rebecca is a horrible driver.
I get that thats not the point, but it needs to be said.
Um, no you didnt, you dummy.
You were driving a car and you bent over!
Apparently, he stinks at it.
I love the precious giftThis Is Ushas bestowed on us by poking fun at its long-winded speeches.
Jack tries to explain to the nurse just why he and his kids are there outside of visiting hours.
I mean, thats me paraphrasing, but you get it.
To show us how scared they were without Rebecca.
Knowing this makes the flash-forward all the more devastating, because in the future, Rebecca is dying.
More than that, it seems she has some sort of dementia.
You cant unsee it.
It belongs to Kevin.
Is they Jack and Kate?
Is Kate even alive?
If she is, what happened to KaToby?
And it seems like a very normal thing for everyone involved.
