This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.01 -“One Giant Leap”.
Mary chats about her only attempt to skip school, and we also discuss character investment, subverting love story tropes, and why Mary gives Blake serious dork chills.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.13 -“Brotherly Love”.
Mary chats about her ongoing education in racial awareness, and we also chat the visual dynamic of such hard conversations, the running theme of perspective, and why Madison is definitely playing Mall Madness with Nicky…
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.06 – “Birth Mother”.
Blake chats about his experience with deep depression, why the words from LOST “answers only lead to more questions” rings true with this episode, and Mary & Blake’s very different visions for a vacation in New Orleans…
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us season 5 premiere – episodes 5.01 and 5.02 – “Forty: Parts One and Two”.
Blake remembers back to what it was like when he heard “Hanks got he Rona”, we discuss the guts to tackle tough subjects but how it’s harder to root that choice in character, and why Mary agrees he should be called “Meh”guel from now on…
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.17 – “After The Fire”.
Blake chats about anger with a parent, why that “What If” scenario is only the thing that gets us to the thing, and Mary’s twelve hamsters….
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.07 – “The Dinner And The Date”.
In this episode, Mary chats about skipping school, we break down the perfect use of tension and comedy, and we jam out to The Black Eyed Peas, while discussing “third base” — you don’t wanna miss this one…
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 3.17 – “R&B”
In this episode, Mary chats our second date, why the flashbacks are not what they seem, and why a pillow is perfect visual storytelling…
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us episode 3.02 – “A Philadelphia Story”
In this episode we discuss Mary wanting a way to pass down her maiden name, the distinct difference between wants and needs for characters, and why Kay Oyegun gets Whitney from now on.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.17: This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life.
In this episode we chat Mary’s first time having to adult for her parents, the significance of repeating lines purposely, why Shauna is a sympathetic character, and writer Kay Oyegun’s expert use of transference.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.13: That’ll Be The Day.
In this episode we chat Blake being at a crossroads with his career, the importance of unique settings, the Pearson house being a character, and possible “LOST-style” narrative shifts for future the storytelling of This Is Us.
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