This post contains spoilers for the This Is Us Season 3 finale.[hhmc]
After a long season of rocky confrontations between Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson), it appears This Is Us is finally willing to let its sturdiest couple breathe.
Randalls run for city council put a strain on his pathologically perfect branch of the Pearson family tree—and especially on his marriage with Beth, whose own career has taken an unexpected turn as shes chosen to become a ballet instructor. For a brief minute, it appeared like the two might really be headed for a divorce, as both sides dug in their feet—Randall insisting Beth should stay home to provide the kids a stable family environment, while Beth asks why its her career that should take a backseat. But instead, during Tuesdays finale, the two finally found a solution that worked for both of them. Rather than hiring a babysitter—seriously, why not just hire a babysitter?!—Beth and Randall decided to kill two birds with one stone: theyll move to Philadelphia, cutting down Randalls commute while giving Beth a fresh start as she plans to open her own dance studio.
But this is This Is Us, and therefore everything cant be all sunshine and roses leading into a potential Season 4. (The series, so far, has not yet been renewed.) We need a central mystery with potentially soul-crushing ramifications to keep things interesting! For those purposes, look no further than a few dangling threads left hanging: Kevin and Zoe break up because Zoe knows shell never want kids and Kevin does (wah!). But in a flash-forward on Tuesday night, viewers got to meet Kevins son (yay!). Who he had this child with remains to be seen—as does whatever happened to Kate and Toby to make them apparently split up.
Weve known something was amiss with Future Kate and Toby for a while. In a previous flash forward, Toby said he didnt think “she” would want him around—a statement that could have pertained to either Kate or Rebecca, whom everyone is going to visit in the future. At this point, he and Kate have welcomed their son, Jack—yes, named for Kates dead father (Milo Ventimiglia)—who was born prematurely and, as such, requires a little more care. Both Rebecca and Kevin opted in the finale to move closer to Kate to help out with the baby—but in a flash forward, we see Toby once again without his wedding ring. He says hes talked to Jack, and “theyre” on their way. Its unclear who “they” are, but it seems safe to assume well spend some time next season unpacking that line, as well as whatever happened between him and Kate.
Oh, and we should probably talk about the whole reason for this gathering of future Pearsons: a very old, bed-ridden Rebecca was finally revealed in the finale and appears to be senile, perhaps (probably) on her deathbed. Jacks long lost, once presumed dead brother Nicky, whom we got to know this season, is already at her bedside as Randall enters the room at the end of the episode, reminding his adoptive mother who he is as the camera finally unveils Mandy Moore under Read More – Source
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