Dan Fogelman

This Is Us Too: 5.16 – “The Adirondacks” | SEASON 5 FINALE

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Usseason 5 finale –  episode 5.16 -“The Adirondacks”.

Blake chats his namesake, we also discuss the way This Is Us has taught it’s viewers to watch the show, and why Kevin and co. are actually waiting for Domino’s in the flash forward… 

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This Is Us Too: 5.01 + 5.02 – “Forty: Parts One And Two” | SEASON 5 PREMIERE)

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: 4.18 – “Strangers : Part Two” | SEASON 5 FINALE

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us season 4 finale – episode 4.18  – “Strangers: Part Two”.

Mary describes how she went full Randall on her dad, why the editing is sensational in this episode, and why Bing Crosby’s voice is like butter with bacon grease…

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This Is Us Too: 4.01 – “Strangers” | SEASON 4 PREMIERE

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us season 4 premiere – episode 4.01  – “Strangers”.

In this episode, Mary discusses her first major awkward encounter with her inlaws, we break down all the new characters, and Blake graduates a new character into “my boy” status… Strangers.

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This Is Us Too: 3.04 – “Vietnam”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 3.04  – “Vietnam”

In this episode we discuss a really big coincidence, telling Nicky’s arc in a matter of one minute, and why This Is Us is always better when it focuses it’s episodes narrative on just one character…

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This Is Us Too: 2.14 – “Super Bowl Sunday”

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: 2.01 – “A Father’s Advice” | SEASON 2 PREMIERE

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the This Is Us Season 2 premiere – episode 2.01: A Father’s Advice. 

In this episode we chat why Mary once saved Blake just like Rebecca did for Jack, the past not having to repeat itself, worries about Jack becoming just a “hook” and the great symbolism of a burned house.

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