This Is Us Review (Spoilers)

I review the whole series as well as analyze the main and supporting characters. I was also on a walk so please enjoy the relaxing sounds of cars passing #Multitasking 

 

Show notes:

 

-How it ended

 

-I cried after every episode (except one)

 

-Rebecca and Jack

 

-Miguel

 

-I’m walking home

 

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

 

JACK

 

-A fixer

 

-Relationship with Nicky

 

-Jack’s death

 

-Kate’s guilt

 

-Idealizing Jack

 

-Jack’s pain

 

-REBECCA

 

-What she wanted at first

 

-The anchor of the family

 

-The cast revolved around her

 

-MIGUEL

 

-Loyal

 

-His relationship with Rebecca 

 

-“His favorite person”

 

-Another fixer

 

-Reconciling and closure

 

-RANDALL

 

-Sterling K. Brown’s performance

 

-Randall’s arc and identity

 

-Adoption and grief

 

-Beth and the worst case scenario game

 

-WILLIAM

 

-Substance abuse

 

-Guilt

 

-Redemption

 

-Randall and fixing

 

-The good and bad of fixing

 

-Closure

 

-William’s life

 

-KATE

 

-Kate’s arc

 

-Jack 

 

-Body image

 

-Finding purpose

 

-Marriage, kids, money

 

-Her life at the finale

 

-The Pearsons and their issues

 

-Madison

 

-Eating disorders (Kate, Madison, and Kevin)

 

-KEVIN

 

-My least favorite character

 

-Things usually just worked out

 

-What would have been a better arc

 

-Sophie

 

-Group therapy scene - Watch it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD7CqBYEq8Q

 

-Tension with Randall

 

-TOBY

 

-Chris Sullivan and The Knick

 

-Geek and nerdy in adulthood

 

-My apartment

 

-My nephew

 

-Depression

 

-Pressure

 

-Tension with Kevin and Randall

 

-“Being Jack”

 

-Idealizing someone after death

 

-Still loving Kate

 

-Toby’s relationship status?

 

BETH

 

-R&B!

 

-Relationship with Randall

 

-Relationship with her mother

 

-Jobs

 

-Strong character

 

-Using humor

 

-Anxiety and pressure

 

NICKY

 

-His personality compared to Jack’s

 

-Drafted to Vietnam

 

-Recovering from Vietnam

 

-Griffin Dunne and Johnny Dangerously

 

-Void, non-support, substance, abuse, PTSD

 

-Kevin and Nicky

 

-Kevin’s resources and easier writing

 

-Kevin and Toby

 

-Using humor

 

-The writing

 

TANGENT

 

-Why I turn to music, movies, and TV

 

-Expressing feelings

 

-Growing up in the 80s and 90s and “acceptable” emotions

 

-Destructive and constructive coping mechanisms

 

-Seeking therapy

 

END TANGENT

 

-Great overall

 

-Ran its course

 

-Rebecca and Alzheimers 

 

-Respecting the kind moments for people with Alzheimers

 

-Jack’s speech to Kevin and Randall

 

-Going back 

 

-Appreciating the moment

 

-Healthy fondness of the past without overly nostalgic

 

-Goals

 

-Plugs!

 

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