This Is Us Season 3, Episode 18"Her" Posted by Shannon I do love a season bookend. We haven’t had one yet in This Is Us: season one ended with a whimper, season two with a wedding, and neither spoke directly to their season’s respective openers. … [Read more...]
“We have been having the same fight since we met.” – This Is Us Recap – R & B
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 17"R & B" Posted by Shannon I thought I was ready for this. On its face, I was. I was ready for Beth and Randall to throw down, to see just how far the show was willing to take this argument. But I wasn’t ready for … [Read more...]
“It’s you. Final answer.” – This Is Us Recap – Don’t Take My Sunshine Away
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 16"Don't Take My Sunshine Away"Posted by Shannon To be perfectly honest, I’m still recovering from last week’s episode. I think the show is too; after all, it’s standard practice to get a bit of a breather episode … [Read more...]
“This family stays.” – This Is Us Recap – The Waiting Room
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 15"The Waiting Room" Posted by Shannon A well timed, well executed bottle episode is a thing of beauty. They can’t be overused, and you shouldn’t necessarily see one coming, but if a bottle episode hits it out of the … [Read more...]
“Ready for the graduation double feature?” – This Is Us Recap – The Graduates
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 14"The Graduates" Posted by Shannon Generally speaking, this is not a family that handles large-scale transitions well. Without their patriarch, without their self-declared center, big life changes tend to throw … [Read more...]
“I’m gonna forget that part of me.” – This Is Us Recap – Our Little Island Girl
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 13"Our Little Island Girl" Posted by Shannon In hindsight, it’s a crime how little we’ve known about Beth Pearson. I don’t fully disagree with the slow burn of her career change leading us to this, the first full hour … [Read more...]
“Yeah, you’re Jack’s kids, alright.” – This Is Us Recap – Songbird Road, Part One
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 11"Songbird Road: Part One" Posted by Shannon One of the only true and tangible signs of growth, in this writer’s humble opinion, is the ability to learn from mistakes. It’s a theme throughout the episode, but I’m … [Read more...]
“What’s on my mind? Uh, John Stamos, mostly.” – This Is Us Recap – The Last Seven Weeks
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 10"The Last Seven Weeks" Posted by Shannon A fundamental truth about my media taste is that I am a massive sucker for a story told backwards. (Fiddling with time structures in general is a win for me, which is why This … [Read more...]
“This family lifts each other up.” – This Is Us Recap – The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 9 “The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning” Posted by Shannon Is this my favorite episode of This Is Us ever? I can't say for sure. But it’s on the list, right up there with “Memphis” and the entire Big Three … [Read more...]
“No one person can be my MVP.” – This Is Us Recap – Six Thanksgivings
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 8 "Six Thanksgivings" Posted by Shannon Thanksgiving is the perfect Pearson holiday. It’s got just the right dash of drama that comes with families of all sorts coming together and making traditions, without the … [Read more...]
“I’ve gotten really good at just swallowing the bad stuff.” – This Is Us Recap – Sometimes
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 7 "Sometimes" Posted by Shannon I’m a solo traveller. Almost exclusively, when I head out of town it’s by myself, with a Rick Steves backpack and a vague outline for what I’m gonna do when I get where I’m going. … [Read more...]
“Live in this house for a while, you learn your way around a talk.” – This Is Us Recap – Kamsahamnida
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 6 “Kamsahamnida” Posted by Shannon For better or worse, the Pearsons are fighters. Each in their own way, sometimes misguided and sometimes valiant, but fighters nonetheless. “Kamshamnida” gives each member of the … [Read more...]
“Fits and starts, right?” – This Is Us Recap – Toby
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 5 "Toby" Posted by Shannon If you told me this time last year that I would be annoyed when an episode titled “Toby” focused on all our main characters rather than diving deep into the life of its namesake, I never … [Read more...]
“It’s not your job to fight his demons.” – This Is Us Recap – Vietnam
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 4 "Vietnam" Posted by Shannon “Vietnam” is a beginning, not an ending. This week’s episode is our first look into Jack and Nick’s time serving in one of the most horrific displays of this country’s militarism to … [Read more...]
“The solo gets all the glory, but the bass holds down the root.”- This Is Us Recap – Katie Girls
This Is Us Season 3, Episode 3 "Katie Girls" Posted by Shannon There certainly was a lot happening this week. “Katie Girls” isn’t so much a throughline episode - instead, the hour is busy making a whole lot of plot happen. Each of the Pearsons … [Read more...]
“I see so much of him in you.” – This Is Us Recap – A Philadelphia Story
Posted by Shannon It goes without saying that death and trauma have lasting effects. We haven’t seen much of the first days after Jack’s passing, and while the ripples into his family have been a constant fixture of the show, we’re all still … [Read more...]
“I dunno how you’re gonna make this right with Oprah.” – This Is Us Recap – Nine Bucks
This Is Us, Season 3 Episode 1 "Nine Bucks" Posted by Shannon Hello hello and welcome to Season Three! If you joined us for my recaps last year (in which case, thank you, good to have you back) you might remember that after last season’s finale, … [Read more...]