This Is Us
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This Is Usis back and mamasgot on her crying pants.
By which of course I mean a giant Ebenezer Scroogestyle nightgown built to catch all of my tears.
Turns out I dont need such a contraption becauseThis Is Usisnt interested in eliciting my tears this week.
Its not likeThis Is Usdidnt warn us.
For weeks now,the trailerhas promised a season full of unfamiliar faces.
Alas, Omar Epps and Jennifer Morrison do not share the screen …yet.
For now, it sort of feels likeThis Is Usis showing off some new tricks.
I mean that as a compliment?
I mean, Im still here for Pearson shenanigans after all these years, and so are you.
Well, should we meet the newbies?
), and young son, Matty, waiting for her at home.
In short, the woman has PTSD.
And so she ends up seeking help at the local VA. Its all very moving (Morrison is great, no?)
… until a chair comes crashing through the window, thrown by a very drunk old vet walking around.
That drunk old vet is Nicky Pearson.
We also meet Malik (Asante Blackk), a teenager in Philadelphia with an infant daughter.
Malik is grappling with being both a parent and a teenager.
Darnell catches wind of what Maliks getting into and has a heart-to-heart with his son.
Her name is Deja.
Malik and Deja are so flirty and cute over hamburgers, it warms my cold, dead heart.
You know what warms it even more?
When Deja goes home to her new house and Randall asks, Whats happening with your face?
She issmilingand she cannot help herself.
Deja is in love and she doesnt care who knows it!
We find this young guy very hungover one morning, cooking breakfast for himself and his dog, Sam.
Sam unfortunately breaks the dish the Blind Musicians food is on, thus ruining breakfast.
Living out his grandmother and mothers dreams and acting all Jack Pearson-y.
This show hasnt met a full circle it doesnt love!
This parade of new faces is framed by two of our favorite faces: Jacks and Rebeccas.
We always knew Jack and Rebecca were INTENSE.
All the monologuing they do throughout their marriage alone is insane.
But we didnt fully know the extent to which they were intense from the beginning.
WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT ENDED.
The greatest suit salesman in all the land: Miguel Rivas.
This is how Jack and Miguel meet and honestly, I clapped when it happened.
When Miguel realizes Jack cant afford to buy the blazer, he lets him borrow it for a week.
Dear, sweet, Miguel, remember how wrong I was about you in the beginning?
Anyway, the dinner is awkward as hell.
Thats more or less what Rebeccas dad says when he pulls Jack aside after the meal.
And by fun, obviously I mean emotionally gutting because hi, hello, nothing on this show isfun.
All those new characters have been warned!
