this is us season 2

This Is Us Too: 5.03 – “Changes”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.03  – “Changes”.

Mary chats her own controversial video she made as a teenager, the direction of the Randall and Tess scene, and why Madison’s love of Outlander has shot her past Miggy in our ranks…

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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: 2.17 – “This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.17: This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life.

In this episode we chat Mary’s first time having to adult for her parents, the significance of repeating lines purposely, why Shauna is a sympathetic character, and writer Kay Oyegun’s expert use of transference.

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This Is Us Too: 2.16 – “Vegas, Baby”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.16: Vegas, Baby.

In this episode we chat Mary’s dust up at her bachelorette party, the writers showing great self awareness, needing to get the characters and audience away from their comfort zones, and having the courage to go right back to Jack.

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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: 2.14 – “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: 2.13 – “That’ll Be The Day”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.13: That’ll Be The Day.

In this episode we chat Blake being at a crossroads with his career, the importance of unique settings, the Pearson house being a character, and possible “LOST-style” narrative shifts for future the storytelling of This Is Us.

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This Is Us Too: 2.12 – “Clooney”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.12: Clooney.

In this episode we chat Mary’s coming to grips with her step mom, Kevin and Miguel’s honesty being in service to Rebecca, why the Randall maze is meaningful and opposites driving Life.

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This Is Us Too: 2.11 – “The Fifth Wheel”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.11: The Fifth Wheel.

In this episode we chat Mary’s family therapy sessions, Blake’s Irish Catholic guilt, buying into Kevin’s woes, and season 2 being focused on Rebecca.

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This Is Us Too: 2.10 – “Number Three”

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake discuss This Is Us episode 2.10: Number Three.

In this episode we chat Blake’s first time with All Things Must Pass, finally coming around on the Deja story, and the mature writing of this episode.

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