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* UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball: The family are all huge fans of the Steelers, and Rebecca actually asked Jack to make her a fan of the game so she wouldn't be left out whenever it was on like her mother. The triplets were conceived [[spoiler: directly after their victory in Super Bowl XIV, and Kate now watches every year with her father's ashes beside her.]]
** Season 2 reveals that [[spoiler: Jack dies the night of the Super Bowl.]]
** Season 2 reveals that [[spoiler: Jack dies the night of the Super Bowl.]]
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* UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor: The reason why the pilot gets away with showing Milo Ventimiglia's nude rear in its opening shot.
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* HappilyAdopted: Randall lets William, his biological father, know that he grew up in a wonderful adoptive family, stating that Jack and Rebecca were wonderful parents. [[spoiler:Jack passed away when the kids were young teens, and his ashes sits on Kate's mantle.]] His relationship with Kevin is rockier, but Kevin admits that he genuinely cares about his brother's opinion and Randall tells him there's still time to improve. [[spoiler:His relationship with Rebecca becomes quite strained once he learned that she had been keeping William a secret from him his whole life.]]
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* HappilyAdopted: Randall lets William, HappilyAdopted:
** Zig-zagged with Randall. The Pearsons gave him a great life for which he was incredibly grateful, and on paper, he probably would have been better off with them than with a then-unstable William and a (presumably) dead Laurel. He genuinely bonds with and loves hisbiological father, know that he grew up in a wonderful adoptive family, stating that Jack and Rebecca were wonderful parents. [[spoiler:Jack passed away when the kids were young teens, and even though his ashes sits on Kate's mantle.]] His relationship with Kevin is rockier, but Kevin admits rockier. But this is deconstructed throughout the series as Randall explores his identity, and confesses that he genuinely cares about felt tremendous pressure to always express gratitude as an adoptee, that he longed to know his brother's opinion biological parents and Randall tells him there's still time to improve. [[spoiler:His relationship would spend long nights as a child imagining life with Rebecca becomes quite strained once them. As he began attending a transracial adoptee support group, he learned that she had been keeping William these feelings were common, and he confessed to Kevin that his "ghost kingdom" fantasy made him feel guilty.
** Played asecret bit more straight with Deja. She has some obvious trauma from him his whole life.]]her life with Shauna, especially when Shauna gives up her parental rights. For the most part, she happily integrates into the Pearson family after that, although it's not without complications – she misses Shauna a lot, and is sad to see that she's doing so well without her; she accuses Randall and Beth of "taking her" from her mom; and, because she has lived a very "adult" life at a young age, she sometimes leverages that and believes she is more ready for adulthood than she actually is.
** Zig-zagged with Randall. The Pearsons gave him a great life for which he was incredibly grateful, and on paper, he probably would have been better off with them than with a then-unstable William and a (presumably) dead Laurel. He genuinely bonds with and loves his
** Played a
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* ContractualObligationProject: Kevin finds out that dramatically quitting The Manny means nothing when he signed a multi-year contract.
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* ContractualObligationProject: ContractualObligationProject, in-universe: Kevin finds out that dramatically quitting The Manny means nothing when he signed a multi-year contract.
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* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: In Season 3, after a difficult birth and emergency surgery, Kate and Toby are blessed a baby boy (albeit very premature) and they decided to name him Jack after her late father.]]
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* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: In Season 3, after a difficult birth and emergency surgery, [[spoiler: Kate and Toby Toby]] are blessed a baby boy (albeit very premature) and they decided to name him Jack [[spoiler: Jack]] after her late father.]]
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** 32-year-old Music/MandyMoore is eight years younger than Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley, and is four years younger than Chrissy Metz. She has to wear aged-up makeup for Rebecca's scenes in 2016.[[note]]The original intention was to cast an older actress as Present Day Rebecca, but since they had trouble finding an actress who could look like an older version of Mandy Moore, they simply had her wear age makeup.[[/note]]
** Brian Tyree Henry portrays William's estranged cousin Ricky in the 1970s and also dons old-age makeup to play him in the present day as he's about 20 years younger than Ron Cephas Jones.
** In the 1997-1998 scenes, Jack and Rebecca look much more like a couple in their 30s as opposed to their 50s.
** 32-year-old Music/MandyMoore is eight years younger than Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley, and is four years younger than Chrissy Metz. She has to wear aged-up makeup for Rebecca's scenes in 2016.[[note]]The original intention was to cast an older actress as Present Day Rebecca, but since they had trouble finding an actress who could look like an older version of Mandy Moore, they simply had her wear age makeup.[[/note]]
** Brian Tyree Henry portrays William's estranged cousin Ricky in the 1970s and also dons old-age makeup to play him in the present day as he's about 20 years younger than Ron Cephas Jones.
** In the 1997-1998 scenes, Jack and Rebecca look much more like a couple in their 30s as opposed to their 50s.
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* InterracialAdoptionStruggles: Randall is the third child of the Pearson family, adopted by parents Jack and Pearson after their third triplet was stillborn. It is obvious he is adopted, as while the rest of the Pearsons are white, Randall is Black. Throughout the seasons, there are many storylines that touch on adoption issues, Randall meeting his biological father and his adoptive family trying to foster his relationship with the Black community. While his upbringing was generally loving and supportive, a season five episode touches on the then recent cases of police brutality against Black men (directly mentioning George Floyd) and Randall has a discussion with his white sister about his adoptive family not preparing him well enough for those kinds of social justice issues facing people like him.
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* BastardBoyfriend: Teenage Kate has one named Mark in Season 4.
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Created by Dan Fogelman (''Film/CrazyStupidLove'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''), it tells the story of four characters all turning thirty-six years old on the same day:
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Created by Dan Fogelman (''Film/CrazyStupidLove'', (best known for ''Film/CrazyStupidLove'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''), it tells the story of four characters all turning thirty-six years old on the same day:
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* ModernStasis: Aside from a couple futuristic kitchen appliances, the 2030s don't seem much different than the 2020s.
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** Watching Kate and Toby's early relationship takes on a very different dynamic [[spoiler:now that we know they would eventually split up. A lot of Toby's overbearing behaviors and Kate's internalized resentments in the first couple seasons now come across more as red flags and signs of incompatibility, whereas these things were mostly interpreted on first watch as a mainly happy couple working through issues and finding their footing.]]
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* HardTruthAesop: The show has a few morals and themes that aren't often portrayed in family-friendly dramas, including:
** Sometimes divorce is a healthier option than staying together – and you will all be better people for it in the end.
** Adoption isn't always straightforward, and adoptees don't always have to feel unconditional gratitude for being "chosen."
** It's good to try and understand your child when they're coming to grips with their sexual/gender identity, but they don't have to reward you just for "trying," and it's hard for them to know that you have to try so hard with them.
** Sometimes we say things to our children that we don't realize will damage them, and even though we don't mean it, that still doesn't erase the damage it does.
** Trying to use shame as a motivator for losing weight might not help you actually lose the weight – and will probably ruin your relationship with food.
** Step-parents can be very important figures in your life, and co-parenting without stigma ensures a happier life for your children than making them resent their step-parents.
** Sometimes divorce is a healthier option than staying together – and you will all be better people for it in the end.
** Adoption isn't always straightforward, and adoptees don't always have to feel unconditional gratitude for being "chosen."
** It's good to try and understand your child when they're coming to grips with their sexual/gender identity, but they don't have to reward you just for "trying," and it's hard for them to know that you have to try so hard with them.
** Sometimes we say things to our children that we don't realize will damage them, and even though we don't mean it, that still doesn't erase the damage it does.
** Trying to use shame as a motivator for losing weight might not help you actually lose the weight – and will probably ruin your relationship with food.
** Step-parents can be very important figures in your life, and co-parenting without stigma ensures a happier life for your children than making them resent their step-parents.
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* BreakfastInBed: In the episode [[Recap/ThisIsUsS1E05TheGamePlan "The Game Plan"]], Kate brings Toby breakfast in bed as a way of returning the favor for the nice things he had done for her. The breakfast consists of chia squares and hemp seeds, which Toby won't eat.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The show has a few morals and themes that aren't often portrayed in family-friendly dramas, including:
** Sometimes divorce is a healthier option than staying together – and you will all be better people for it in the end.
** Adoption isn't always straightforward, and adoptees don't always have to feel unconditional gratitude for being "chosen."
** It's good to try and understand your child when they're coming to grips with their sexual/gender identity, but they don't have to reward you just for "trying," and it's hard for them to know that you have to try so hard with them.
** Sometimes we say things to our children that we don't realize will damage them, and even though we don't mean it, that still doesn't erase the damage it does.
** Trying to use shame as a motivator for losing weight might not help you actually lose the weight – and will probably ruin your relationship with food.
** Sometimes divorce is a healthier option than staying together – and you will all be better people for it in the end.
** Adoption isn't always straightforward, and adoptees don't always have to feel unconditional gratitude for being "chosen."
** It's good to try and understand your child when they're coming to grips with their sexual/gender identity, but they don't have to reward you just for "trying," and it's hard for them to know that you have to try so hard with them.
** Sometimes we say things to our children that we don't realize will damage them, and even though we don't mean it, that still doesn't erase the damage it does.
** Trying to use shame as a motivator for losing weight might not help you actually lose the weight – and will probably ruin your relationship with food.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The show has a few morals and themes that aren't often portrayed in family-friendly dramas, including:
** Sometimes divorce is a healthier option than staying together – and you will all be better people for it in the end.
** Adoption isn't always straightforward, and adoptees don't always have to feel unconditional gratitude for being "chosen."
** It's good to try and understand your child when they're coming to grips with their sexual/gender identity, but they don't have to reward you just for "trying," and it's hard for them to know that you have to try so hard with them.
** Sometimes we say things to our children that we don't realize will damage them, and even though we don't mean it, that still doesn't erase the damage it does.
** Trying to use shame as a motivator for losing weight might not help you actually lose the weight – and will probably ruin your relationship with food.
** Sometimes divorce is a healthier option than staying together – and you will all be better people for it in the end.
** Adoption isn't always straightforward, and adoptees don't always have to feel unconditional gratitude for being "chosen."
** It's good to try and understand your child when they're coming to grips with their sexual/gender identity, but they don't have to reward you just for "trying," and it's hard for them to know that you have to try so hard with them.
** Sometimes we say things to our children that we don't realize will damage them, and even though we don't mean it, that still doesn't erase the damage it does.
** Trying to use shame as a motivator for losing weight might not help you actually lose the weight – and will probably ruin your relationship with food.
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** Also related to Laurel – a little-known fact about the American adoption system is that when someone is legally adopted, their birth certificate and any proof on paper that they are related to their birth parents (or any biological family) are permanently altered. Randall does not even have any paper proof of who his birth parents are, since he would not have had a birth certificate with William or Laurel's names on it. Does it mean he is any less their child? Not at all. But it also means him magically "owning" Laurel's farmhouse is a bit more complicated, considering he is not identified as her next-of-kin.
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** After [[spoiler:Kate and Toby divorce]] sometime in 2022, the show leaps forward and never goes back to 2022 again – first it travels to Kate and [[spoiler:Phillip's]] wedding in 2026, then about a year or so to [[spoiler:Miguel's death]], then at least another year or so for [[spoiler:Rebecca's]] death. No year is specified, but given that Nick II, Franny and Hayley (born in 2020) all appear to be pre-teens and Deja (who was 16 in 2021) is now a medical resident, we have to assume it's around 2031-32.
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** Weird meta example: In the finale, "Us," we see character iterations we haven't seen all season: Kevin, Randall and Kate when they're around 10-12. This stage of Pearson memories was largely left out of the sixth season because the three actors who played the Big Three had gone through puberty and now looked significantly too old, particularly Mackenzie Hancsicsak (young Kate) who had already gotten visibly taller than her on-screen brothers, than Hannah Zeile (teenage/young adult Kate) and even Chrissy Metz herself. However, the show took a pragmatic approach and had filmed scenes with them several years ahead, giving the audience one last chance to say good-bye to them to the show.
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** Inverted with Kate and Toby, who are a good match with an imperfect marriage. When they have a baby, him being a premature baby with special needs ends up only making their relationship much more complicated.
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** Inverted with Kate and Toby, who are a good match with an imperfect marriage. When they have a baby, him being a premature baby with special needs ends up only making their relationship much more complicated. [[spoiler:They eventually divorce, but this actually ends up making them better parents.]]
* BackForTheFinale: Well, the penultimate episode. In "The Train," Rebecca [[spoiler:travels through a sort of dream train as she approaches her death.]] We see characters whom we haven't seen in a few years, including William and Dr. K.
* BackForTheFinale: Well, the penultimate episode. In "The Train," Rebecca [[spoiler:travels through a sort of dream train as she approaches her death.]] We see characters whom we haven't seen in a few years, including William and Dr. K.
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* CoolOldGuy: Dr. K
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** Few people wouldn't consider William Hill the coolest man they've ever seen. He manages to charm just about everyone around him, dresses well for a poor man, is a gifted poet, musician and chess player, has a boyfriend and gives effortless advice.
** Being that they're somewhere between 50-53 at the end of the series, Kevin and Randall (and even Toby) become this.
** Being that they're somewhere between 50-53 at the end of the series, Kevin and Randall (and even Toby) become this.
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''This Is Us'' is a {{dramedy}} series aired by Creator/{{NBC}} starting in 2016 and slated to consist of six seasons.
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''This Is Us'' is a {{dramedy}} series aired by Creator/{{NBC}} starting that started in 2016 and slated to consist of ended in 2022 after six seasons.
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* FirstFatherWins: Both Kevin and Randall are not fond of [[spoiler:their stepfather, only really tolerating him for their mother's sake.]] Especially since [[spoiler:the Pilgrim hat that comes out reminds them of Jack]].
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* FirstFatherWins: Both Kevin and Randall are not fond of [[spoiler:their stepfather, stepfather Miguel, only really tolerating him for their mother's sake.]] Especially since [[spoiler:the Pilgrim hat that comes out reminds them of Jack]]. It gets better, and by the fifth season the kids treat him like one of their own.
** Averted with Kate's kids and [[spoiler:Philip]], whom they adore, while still being close with their dad [[spoiler:Toby]]. They even have a strong co-parenting relationship.
** Averted with Kate's kids and [[spoiler:Philip]], whom they adore, while still being close with their dad [[spoiler:Toby]]. They even have a strong co-parenting relationship.
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** In "Our Little Island Girl" we get an episode focused almost entirely on Beth's childhood as a dance student and college-bound teenager.
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** In [[Recap/ThisIsUsS3E13OurLittleIslandGirl "Our Little Island Girl" Girl"]] we get an episode focused almost entirely on Beth's childhood as a dance student and college-bound teenager.
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* TragicStillbirth: One of the triplets Jack and Rebecca were expecting ends up stillborn. This paves the way for them adopting Randall.
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* ShoutOut: In "So Long, Marianne", Kate compares ''Film/PolicAcademy 3'' and ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''.
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* ShoutOut: In "So Long, Marianne", Kate compares ''Film/PolicAcademy ''Film/PoliceAcademy 3'' and ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''.
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* ShoutOut: In "So Long, Marianne", Kate compares ''Film/PolicAcademy 3'' and ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''.
