Alpha’s squeaky-clean faire face got re-dirtied oddly fast. Did she stop to grind it in the mud right after she left?

I was under the impression that was to show a passage of time. Each time they said it, another year had passed. Not the same day. At first they were lost outside. Then they were safe in a community. Then they had been working and looked different. I’d have to re-watch but I thought it was to mean “Another year passed”…

Winter should be a major problem for the whisperers. It’s going to be pretty hard to amble around quietly in a herd of zombies when it’s cold and wet and someone sneezes or shivers or coughs, but just like everything else that doesn’t make a damn bit of sense with the whisperers, I’m sure it will just be fine.

Speaking of telegraphing a death:

Different Whisperer.

Yes, and then the second she and Randall walked out the front door, you could tell right away, before Beth even said a word, that she had already listened to the message,

No what he said makes sense, you're just dumb.

Fact: what you wrote is a pretentious jumble of words.

I was so glad to read this review and agree with every single one of your points, Caroline. To add my personal touch: I have never outright hated an episode of This is Us, but this one brought be pretty close. Every Pearson in that waiting room was behaving so frustratingly and almost awkwardly, and I think much of…

Pumpkin pie with chocolate sauce is delicious and so is watermelon. I’m Team Miguel all the way.

I mean, I don’t hate fat people. I actually love the fact that there is a fat woman with a life in this show as it represents me, a fat women who also has a normal life. However, this storyline is so annoying and predictable. Kate knew all the bad things that could happen with this pregnancy and she still was like a…

This episode was as boring as waiting in a hospital. It’s not like sitting there helps Kate. If you insist on doing that take shifts. I get that Rebecca is traumatize from Jack’s death and how she sat in waiting room thinking her family was safe, joking about pie and just like that, he was gone. Forcing everyone else…

I have resigned myself to the fact that I am a horrible person with all the thoughts I have about Kate.

This felt like the time I went to see the Sartre play “No Exit” in an off off Broadway theater. As I recall a key summary of the play (and Sartre’s philosophy) is that “hell is other people.” So as tedious as it was, I admire the intent, even if the execution left much to be desired.

The way I saw Rebecca’s refusal to eat was not necessarily as an eating disorder, but a call-back to that candy bar she ate in the waiting room while Jack died. She said at some point that she still can’t believe she kept eating the candy after she was told of Jack dying and maybe she now associates eating with guilt…

“The good news is, I found a solution to Randall and Beth’s childcare woes! They should simply hire whatever magical person they trust enough to watch their kids for a last-minute cross-country trip of indeterminate length.”

I think it’s waiting room trauma done subtly (surprising for this episode). She is haunted by the fact that she left Jack to get a candy bar and while she was gone he died. She’s also haunted by that bite she took. She’s not eating because of that trauma I think.

Overall another really solid episode. I don’t think it can be overstated how much better this writing and pacing is compared to what we were getting back in the throes of the Negan and Lucille days. Things aren’t perfect of course, but this is very watchable television.

THIS. HERE we are AGAIN. Now did Fogelman HAVE everyone win the lottery like every fucking day? Did Jack discover oil? Secretly co-found apple? perhaps microsoft? Where the fuck are they getting all this money?

Poignant, arresting, emotional, and beautiful. Sometimes things don’t have to be a total shock or unexpected. There were surprises here to be sure, and we may have guessed some of the results before they were revealed, but sometimes it’s the journey and the destination. Both were wonderful and sad, tragic but…