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This Is Us Too: Episode 6.01 – “The Challenger” | SEASON 6 PREMIERE

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us season 6 Premiere –  episode 6.01 -“The Challenger”.

Mary chats her run in with a drugged out vet, we also discuss the muted and theme heavy beginning, the great balance of tragedy and humor, and why Blake would ALWAYS choose door number Mary…

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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: 5.10 – “I’ve Got This”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.10  – “I’ve Got This”.

Blake chats how Mary had to take over finances, we chat the contrasting elements funneling to a well told theme, and Mary learns the difference between a commune and a compound…

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This Is Us Too: 5.08 – “In The Room”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.08  – “In The Room”.

Mary chats about her love of Hanson, we also discuss why we always praise risk taking regardless of outcome, and why we may have yet another Mary & Blake Media Hall Of Fame moment concerning Miguel in this episode….

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This Is Us Too: 5.04 – “Honestly”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.04  – “Honestly”.

Blake chats his experience with the cry it out method, why this episode feels sleepy yet very intriguing at the same time, and why Mary goes FULL Moira Schitt…

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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: 4.16 – “New York, New York, New York”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.16  – “New York, New York, New York”.

In this episode, Mary chats when she knows Blake is wrong and just lets him go, Rebecca’s arc of choices, and our very bad, horrible, no good motel choices over the years.

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This Is Us Too: 4.09 – “So Long, Marianne” | FALL FINALE

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us Fall Finale – episode 4.09  – “So Long, Marianne”.

Mary chats about her new Thanksgiving food tradition, we break down the difference between being “talky” and showing what you intend in the time jumps, and why Mary literally does not care who Kevin’s fiancee is.

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This Is Us Too: 4.07 – “The Dinner And The Date”

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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