This Is Us Season 1

This Is Us Too: 1.18 – “Moonshadow” | SEASON 1 FINALE

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the This Is Us Season 1 finale – episode 18: Moonshadow. 

In this episode we chat why Mary stopped Blake dead in his tracks when they first met, Mandy Moore and Candy, when subversion does and does not work, incredible directing during the fight, and a complete arc for all the characters…

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This Is Us Too: 1.17 – “What Now?”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 17: What Now?. 

In this episode we chat about more bookending, the show potentially being disingenuous, feeling like a finale in-and-of-itself, being like The Godfather by settling all the family business in one fell swoop, being take-dependent, all of the Tangled quotes, being out on Sophie and much more…

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This Is Us Too: 1.16 – “Memphis”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 16: Memphis. 

In this episode we chat about Blake’s similar trip with his Dad, this being the best episode of This Is Us, having the “it” factor, the fine structure of bookending, a complete arc for William, genuinely laugh out loud moments,  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: 1.14 – “I Call Marriage”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 14: I Call Marriage. 

In this episode we chat about Blake’s being scared and feeling inadequate with being a husband at times, why Duke the dink is ruining Kate’s whole story, Randall’s only fault maybe being not being able to let go, why we think Sophie may not be around much longer and much more…

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This Is Us Too: 1.13 – “Three Sentences”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 13: Three Sentences. 

In this episode we chat about Mary’s backwards birthday parties, The Princess Bride, lending more texture to Kevin’s first scene ever in the show, why Randall surprised us, Kate having a breakthrough, Duke the dink and much more….

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This Is Us Too: 1.12 – “The Big Day”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 12: The Big Day. 

In this episode we chat about Blake losing his mother, why this was hands down the best episode yet, loving the idea of Love and all it’s stages, why fireman Joe was a gamble that may not have been worth taking, Dr. K stealing the show Mary not knowing what tapestries are, and much more…

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This Is Us Too: 1.11 – “The Right Thing To Do”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 11: The Right Thing To Do. 

In this episode we chat why Blake suffered the same problem Kevin had at one point in his life, why The Big Three is Mary’s binkey and why Dr. K is Blake’s binkey, the complexities of Jack and Rebecca’s relationship with their parents, the beauty of showing and not telling, why Randall’s interaction with Jesse was pure gold, and much more…

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This Is Us Too: 1.10 – “Last Christmas”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 10: Last Christmas. 

In this episode we chat why Mary had learned forgiveness through a life altering encounter, why Mary can’t tell the difference between Laura Dern, Laura Linney and Helen Hunt, getting a bait and switch with Toby, why Dr. K rocks, and much more

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This Is Us Too: 1.09 – “The Trip”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us Season 1 episode 10: The Trip. 

In this episode we chat Blake’s experience with mushrooms and squirrels, why Randall has become a binky, liking the chance the writers took with this episode, why we’re OUT on Olivia, Police Academy 3 being sneaky good, and much more.

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