I noticed a parallel to the Season 1 finale. When Joel climbed out her bedroom window, he asked her, “Did you always look like this in the morning?” It was really striking to me because I realized that he had never before seen her looking less than perfect, and that’s when I started to sympathize with Joel. She always…

Why on earth would Midge suddenly assume that she will spend her entire life alone, especially when we already know that Benjamin is completely supportive of her career as a comic? Benjamin might be a little robotic, but I’m not at all convinced that he wouldn’t encourage Midge to pursue a six month life on the road…

Yeah, it was an uneven finale at best, and that’s how the whole season was for me. It hopped from thing to thing so quickly that nothing seemed to develop organically. The brother is in the CIA? (why?). Mom ran away to Paris? Midge gets demoted and promoted and serves as a wedding planner for a coworker whose wedding…

You’re very welcome for doing these recaps! I honestly loved the episodes I gave A’s to. If you want criticism though, you are in luck: a few recaps coming out today focus more on what I feel the show is missing. I’ll also have more of my response to the season as a whole in the season finale recap.

These are very good points and they better articulate what I have been feeling while watching this season. 

It’s almost sitcom-y in how the characters don’t evolve from episode to episode. I’ve loved the season so far, but if you missed the first couple of episodes, you wouldn’t know Rose and Abe briefly became two completely different people.

The “weird” comment was important because that was his prospective bride criteria.

Honestly, I think the French diversion was little more than that; a chance to provide the audience with another beautifully realized set piece. And it was beautiful.

In a simpler time Juggie would’ve been delighted to be handcuffed to a fridge.

Kevin will be obsessed with gargoyles soon enough. They all will. All hail the Gargoyle King.

Your are correct! “We love you no matter what” is what you say to your kid when you find out they got arrested for drugs and you want to be supportive, it is NOT what you say when they come out.  

I can still re-watch the episode where they’re infiltrating James Cameron’s house and laugh every time.

I agree, that was an excellent episode and this is an excellent review. Thank you.

The writers must have made a conscious decision between 2 and 3 to make Kevin an actual character people could give a fuck about.

Definitely agree with this review. This is Us works the best in its quieter moments. And this episode had them in spades. Sometimes less is more and an episode like this reminds us of why subtlety and nuance are so important in an emotional show like this.

Scott told Paula that their son is his ‘weed guy’. That was so funny and so wrong at the same time.

I love that you slipped and called Nick, Ron

i’m currently trying to binge-watch P&R (currently s3). part of me is angry that i didn’t watch it when it aired (i think i started but just sort of stopped) so i missed out big time. but the other part of me is happy that i can just binge it all with no waiting and no commercials.

Give me all the Amy and Nick you have.