This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.15: The Car.
In this episode we chat Mary’s irrational fear of needles, Rebecca’s empty shell, this being a large denoument for another mini trilogy, and lasagna.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.14: Super Bowl Sunday.
In this episode we chat wanting to celebrate life and Blake’s final moments with his mom, rooting the emotionality in Rebecca’s perspective, the difference between a climax and whats called a “denoument”, Jack’s death not belonging to us but only to Rebecca, and why Kevin’s painting makes this episode sing. Also, be sure to stick around to the very end for a great surprise and a recontextualized final goodbye to Jack
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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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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.12: Clooney.
In this episode we chat Mary’s coming to grips with her step mom, Kevin and Miguel’s honesty being in service to Rebecca, why the Randall maze is meaningful and opposites driving Life.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.11: The Fifth Wheel.
In this episode we chat Mary’s family therapy sessions, Blake’s Irish Catholic guilt, buying into Kevin’s woes, and season 2 being focused on Rebecca.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.10: Number Three.
In this episode we chat Blake’s first time with All Things Must Pass, finally coming around on the Deja story, and the mature writing of this episode.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the This Is Us Season episode 2.09: Number Two.
In this episode we chat Mary skipping school with her boyfriend, one of the most rare conversations we’ve ever seen on television, and why we can’t get over the breaker scene.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the This Is Us Season episode 2.08: Number One.
In this episode we chat Blake’s own complicated relationship with his dad, why it’s interesting both Pearson men end up on their knees, and giving us something to finally latch onto for Kevin as a character.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the This Is Us Season episode 2.07: The Most Disappointed Man.
In this episode we chat the very unique circumstances of Mary and Blake’s first contact, the sanctity and failure of governmental systems, and we break down character vs. plot.
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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the This Is Us Season episode 2.06: The 20’s.
In this episode we chat how Mary almost had a baby in the back of Blake’s Charger, why this is absolutely a Rebecca episode, and we discuss the passion of the 20’s.
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