This Is Us Season 5, Episode 16"The Adriondacks" Posted by Shannon This post has been sponsored by Meghan, who is one of our wonderful Patreon supporters! If you’re interested in helping us keep the site up and receiving this and other benefits, … [Read more...]
“This is the strangest bachelor party in history.” – This Is Us Recap – Jerry 2.0
This IS Us Season 5, Episode 15Jerry 2.0Posted by Shannon Please humour me, folks, as I get a little meta and more than a little emo right up top. As I sat down to start on this recap, I realized that this was the first big, momentous Pearson … [Read more...]
“Keep those lines straight and your back tall.” – This Is Us Recap – The Music and the Mirror
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 14"The Music and the Mirror" Posted by Shannon Failure is an inevitability. It’s so easy to lose oneself in that specific, sinking emotion - to spiral out and zero in, losing all sense of perspective. This week’s … [Read more...]
“Here we go.” – This Is Us Recap – Brotherly Love
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 13"Brotherly Love" Posted by Shannon This post has been sponsored by Will, who is one of our wonderful Patreon supporters! If you’re interested in helping us keep the site up and receiving this and other benefits, … [Read more...]
“You two are my moon.” – This Is Us Recap – One Small Step
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 11"One Small Step" Posted by Shannon This post has been sponsored by Margaret, who is one of our wonderful Patreon supporters! If you’re interested in helping us keep the site up and receiving this and other benefits, … [Read more...]
“You’re my day one.” – This Is Us Recap – I’ve Got This
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 10"I've Got This" Posted by Shannon Y’all, I am not gonna lie. This Is Us needed a shot in the arm. Don’t get me wrong, this season has been very solid - complicated, with lots of fits and starts, but well written and … [Read more...]
“You are the start of my family tree.” – This Is Us Recap – The Ride
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 9"The Ride" Posted by Shannon We’ve had an episode revolve around big moments in family cars before, all the way back in season two. Early 2018 feels like a lifetime ago for a whole bunch of real world reasons, but the … [Read more...]
“The new Big Three.” – This Is Us Recap – In the Room
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 8"In the Room"Posted by Shannon The more I think about what This Is Us did this week, the more I love it. The more I’m struck and moved by it. The more I find within it. And after days of ruminating and re-watching, I … [Read more...]
“Everything I do, I do with his voice in my head.” – This Is Us Recap – There
This Is Us, Season 5, Episode 7"There"Posted by Shannon Welcome back from our impromptu break, folks! I have to admit, it is really hard to get into the rhythm of the season when so much is up in the air and schedules change in the blink of an … [Read more...]
“I didn’t even know I was looking for you.” – This Is Us Recap – Birth Mother
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 6"Birth Mother"Posted by Shannon It’s time for me to admit something. I love the standard format of This Is Us. Truly, I do. I love mixed up, wide ranging, time jumping, family scattering storytelling. But my very … [Read more...]
“I made it alone and I lived with it alone.” – This Is Us Recap – A Long Road Home
This Is Us Season 5, episode 5"A Long Road Home" Posted by Shannon Solitude is a mixed bag. I’ve always been a person who needs a lot of time on their own, not just to recharge, but to process and settle myself. (Living alone during a global … [Read more...]
“Don’t make your dreams smaller. Make them bigger.” – This Is Us Recap – Honestly
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 4"Honestly" Posted by Shannon Buckle up for an unevenly distributed season, folks. “Honestly” is only the fourth episode of season five, but thanks to pandemic production schedules, it’s called upon to serve as our … [Read more...]
“This is me now, guys.” – This Is Us Recap – Changes
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 3"Changes" Posted by Shannon Looking back on season four, two things are becoming very clear. It’s been my favorite of the run - and it was incredibly emotionally draining. (Those two things definitely relate to each … [Read more...]
“The world is a brilliant, resilient place.” – This Is Us Recap – Forty: Part Two
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 2"Forty: Part Two" Posted by Shannon Well, now we know why Dan Fogleman wanted to air these back to back. The seam between “Forty: Part One” and “Forty: Part Two” is nearly invisible, only formally identified by a … [Read more...]
“I feel like this is all happening just as the world is falling apart.” – This Is Us Recap – Forty: Part One
This Is Us Season 5, Episode 1"Forty: Part One" Posted by Shannon We will be wrestling with the best ways to represent the pandemic in television and film for years. But if I may offer up a general rule of thumb for television shows? If you’re … [Read more...]