This Is Us Season 4, Episode 18"Strangers: Part Two" Posted by Shannon Welcome back to This Is Us, friends! It’s been much longer than usual since we’ve sat down to spend an hour with the Pearsons, and it’s certainly the longest stretch I’ve ever … [Read more...]
“I have been a good son.” – This Is Us Recap – After the Fire
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 17"After the Fire" Posted by Shannon There’s been something about season four. Maybe it’s the expanded world of characters. (I’m looking at you, “Strangers.”) Maybe it’s the fact that, after season two’s mourning and … [Read more...]
“I want to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” – This Is Us Recap – New York, New York, New York
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 16"New York, New York, New York"Posted by Shannon I guess I tempted fate last week when I begged This Is Us to lay off the late-60’s folk musicians. This week they came for something I never could have seen coming, and … [Read more...]
“Carpe Diem and all that.” – This Is Us Recap – Clouds
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 15"Clouds" Posted by Shannon Season four is really out to get me. I keep thinking they can’t possibly sneak in another episode which settles its spine on the life and love of a sad folk singer, and yet, the hits keep … [Read more...]
“We’re gonna do this together.” – This Is Us Recap – The Cabin
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 14"The Cabin" Posted by Shannon For all my cynicism and only child solitude, there’s a simple reason I always connect with This Is Us. I’m a sap. I’m the kind of person who always wishes I’d had the opportunity to bury … [Read more...]
“Things we like can be bad for us sometimes.” – This Is Us Recap – A Hell of a Week, Part Three
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 13"A Hell of a Week: Part Three" Posted by Shannon Of all the entries to the Sad Three trilogy, this is the one I was the most anxious about. Kate’s storyline is so often the one that doesn’t quite work, doesn’t … [Read more...]
“We have a history of getting each other through funerals.” – This Is Us Recap – A Hell of a Week: Part Two
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 12"A Hell of a Week: Part Two" Posted by Shannon There are two things I know for sure. First: Justin Hartley is consistently delivering one of the most underrated performances on network television. I will NEVER … [Read more...]
“I’m not okay.” – This Is Us Recap – A Hell of a Week, Part One
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 11"A Hell of a Week, Part One" Posted By Shannon Whenever the fire is included in a “previously on,” you know we’re in for it - even without the build up of last week’s cliffhanger and the promise of a second Big Three … [Read more...]
“I talk, you listen.” – This Is Us Recap – Light and Shadows
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 10"Light and Shadows" Posted by Shannon Truth be told, I’m still not over the fact that “So Long, Marianne” happened. I don’t know if I ever will be. And yet, the show goes on. “Light and Shadows” brought us back from … [Read more...]
“It’s Leonard Cohen, he’s a poet.” – This Is Us Recap – So Long, Marianne
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 9"So Long, Marianne" Posted by Shannon When I first saw the title for this episode and realized it was likely going to be the fall finale, I knew someone in production was out to get me. Anyone following along with … [Read more...]
“When you’re sick you gotta let the people who care about you help.” – This Is Us Recap – Sorry
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 8"Sorry"Posted by Shannon I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what kind of responsibility an older generation has to the younger. And no, it’s not because of the boomer vs millennial smackdown - I’m talking on a … [Read more...]
“This dinner’s about to get awkward as hell.” – This Is Us Recap – The Dinner and the Date
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 7"The Dinner and the Date" Posted by Shannon Here’s a fun fact about tiny child me: I absolutely LOVED when my parents had people over for dinner. I’m an only child and I grew up without much in the way of family … [Read more...]
“Let me ask you – do you see yourself there?” – This Is Us Recap – The Club
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 6"The Club" Posted by Shannon Wheeew. It’s been a minute since an episode went straight through me, and to be honest it hadn’t happened yet this season. I guess we were overdue. It’s no wonder, either, since this hour … [Read more...]
“You really do have the strangest relationships with people.” – This Is Us Recap – Storybook Love
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 5"Storybook Love" Posted by Shannon Moving is the worst. Everything is out of place, boxes seem to multiply on their own no matter how much you unpack, and on top of all the logistical nightmares, there’s the pressure … [Read more...]
“We go with sweet instead of funny.” – This Is Us Recap – Flip a Coin
This Is Us, Season 4"Flip a Coin" Posted by Shannon Every once and a while, Pearsons across time and space unify their efforts and remind me precisely why I love and identify with them. It’s not that they’re all perfect this (or any) week, … [Read more...]
“We are gonna look like the toughest gang in the neighborhood.” – This Is Us Recap – Unhinged
This is Us Season 4, Episode 3"Unhinged"Posted by Shannon I’ve spent a lot of time yelling about friendship in This Is Us over the years. Almost exclusively, I’m speaking of their lack. It’s not unusual for family shows to have a tendency to … [Read more...]
“You had me at ‘Okay, so here’s what’s up.’” – This Is Us Recap – The Pool: Part Two
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 2"The Pool: Part Two" Posted by Shannon I’ve been revisiting my all-time favorite novel recently (A Prayer for Owen Meany, which, for the record, leaves the crying ratio for This Is Us out in the cold). Within … [Read more...]
“Ladies and Gentlemen, Jack Damon.” – This Is Us Recap – Strangers
This Is Us Season 4, Episode 1"Strangers"Posted by Shannon Welcome to the halfway point of This Is Us, fam! With the three (THREE!) season renewal the show landed earlier this summer, it was all but confirmed that Dan Fogelman and friends … [Read more...]