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This Is Us Too: 5.15 – “Jerry 2.0”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.15 -“Jerry 2.0”.

 Blake chats his bachelor party, we also discuss the contrasting scale of the arcs for Madison and Kevin, and when we both knew we were going to get married…

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This Is Us Too: 5.07 – “There”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.07  – “There”.

Blake delves more into the complicated relationship with his dad, the importance of visual storytelling in contrast to emotional manipulation, and why Jack’s peeing in the coach’s pool…

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This Is Us Too: 4.14 – “The Cabin”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.14  – “The Cabin”.

Blake talks about his mother’s letters, we chat about how this was a culmination of the entire big three story, and we have more Twilight references than we care to admit…

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This Is Us Too: 4.02 – “The Pool: Part Two”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.02  – “The Pool: Part Two”.

In this episode, Blake chats about wanting his kids to grow too quickly, we break down Toby’s workout choices, and the visual growth of This Is Us…

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This Is Us Too: 3.18 – “Her” | SEASON 3 FINALE

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us season 3 finale – episode 3.18  – “Her”.

In this episode, Mary discusses her realization that her mom knew what she was talking about, being in on Zoe being out, feeling like a mid SERIES finale, and make sure you stay through the absolute end because things get weird and we haven’t laughed this hard in a long time….  

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This Is Us Too: 2.18 – “The Wedding”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.18: The Wedding.

In this episode we chat Blake’s most vivid memory from our wedding, the appropriate amount of fan service, another complete character arc for each person, and who could possible be HER…

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This Is Us Too: 2.15 – “The Car”

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: 2.03 – “Deja Vu”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the This Is Us Season episode 2.03: Deja Vu.

In this episode we chat how colic threw Mary for a huge loop, LOVING the Sly Stallone cameo despite our initial reservations, the underlying theme of masculinity, how This Is Us traverses a very thin line of TV tropes  and much more…

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This Is Us Too: 1.15 – “Jack Pearson’s Son”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 15: Jack Pearsons Son. 

In this episode we chat about having to personally deal with breaking down and having the shakes, deconstructing the myth and legend of Jack Pearson at the same time as propping it up, why this episode has a perfect arc for each character, Mary and her questions about dragons, and much more…

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This Is Us Too: 1.08 – “Pilgrim Rick”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 8: Pilgrim Rick. 

In this episode we chat why parents aren’t superheroes, why nobody in their right mind would eat hotdogs cheese and crackers, the current showrunners, why this episode is one of our favorites, why it’s good that Randall finds the note and much more…

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