Season 1

This Is Us Too: 1.04 – “The Pool”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 4: The Pool. 

In this episode Mary tells a personal story she’s never mentioned to anyone in her life before, why we dive deep into the theme of fulfillment, the great use of the song: “Someday Soon,” why Mary is totally Kevin, the surprise emotional anchor of this episode, finally being happy with a strong story with no manipulative reveal and much more!

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This Is Us Too: 1.03 – ‘Kyle”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 3: Kyle. 

In this episode we chat why Blake doesn’t miss the newborn phase, our main character’s struggle with identity, why the bus scene was the epitome of “show me, don’t tell me” and why we think Randall is inevitably going to find out the truth – and the person to tell him will definitely subvert the viewers expectations.

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