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- Episode aired May 24, 2022
- TV-PG
- 44m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
2.1K
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The Big Three come to new understandings about life.The Big Three come to new understandings about life.The Big Three come to new understandings about life.
Jon Huertas
- Miguel Rivas
- (credit only)
Chris Geere
- Philip
- (credit only)
Niles Fitch
- 19 Year Old Randall
- (credit only)
Logan Shroyer
- 19 Year Old Kevin
- (credit only)
Hannah Zeile
- 19 Year Old Kate
- (credit only)
Lyric Ross
- Déjà Pearson
- (credit only)
Asante Blackk
- Malik Hodges
- (credit only)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe scenes showing Kevin, Kate and Randall when they were young were filmed several years before the rest of the episode. Because the kids would grow they carved out a week and filmed the past part of the finale while they were doing the third season.
- Quotes
Jack Pearson: That's what we're doing, just collecting these little moments. We don't recognize them when we're in them, because we're too busy looking forward. But then we spend the rest of our lives looking back, trying to remember.
- ConnectionsReferences Back to the Future (1985)
Featured review
The simplicity of this episode WAS the point...
Yes, initially, I too was disappointed. It's not that I wanted a big reveal or a twist, oh no, but I think I wanted for this to pull at my heartstrings one more time, and so I was waiting for some profound emotional moments.. whether from flashbacks or funeral time.
But I think given us this "soft landing" episode that felt more like a run-of-the-mill middle-season episode was the point: we're always so focused on wanting more or thinking of the future, that we forget to internalize the simple moments, the memories that together make up the tapestry of our lives.
Think about it. We're all saying how we're gonna miss this show and this family. Well then what better gift than to give us just a few more minutes, a few more scenes of beautiful Pearson family life.
For having lost a parent not long ago, trust me... you'd give anything for just one more laugh, one more scene, one more dinner or evening in the living room together, one more simple moment.
Also, there was no other way:
I give it an 8 because:
This was a soft landing. Someone else said: an epilogue to the true finale The Train. Now we know not to expect anything grand, we should watch it again, no expectations, a final goodbye just watching the kids and the flashbacks one final time.
Goodbye Pearsons. Thank you Dan Fogelman.
But I think given us this "soft landing" episode that felt more like a run-of-the-mill middle-season episode was the point: we're always so focused on wanting more or thinking of the future, that we forget to internalize the simple moments, the memories that together make up the tapestry of our lives.
Think about it. We're all saying how we're gonna miss this show and this family. Well then what better gift than to give us just a few more minutes, a few more scenes of beautiful Pearson family life.
For having lost a parent not long ago, trust me... you'd give anything for just one more laugh, one more scene, one more dinner or evening in the living room together, one more simple moment.
Also, there was no other way:
- a shock twist or ending would have caused controversy and people either loving or hating (think Lost finale)
- a view to all the futures, same, some would have loved, others not (think Will & Grace finale)...
I give it an 8 because:
- yes some dialog and scenes felt forced in that attempt to pull at heartstrings or find meaning.. like that look between pregnant Deja and older Randall at the end, or Rebecca trying to be funny saying she doesn't want to watch them shower.
- and because my need for symmetry wasn't fulfilled, Randall got more screen time and got the final look of the show to his dad. Why him? Why couldn't Rebecca, lying next to Jack, just have closed her eyes and fade to black.
This was a soft landing. Someone else said: an epilogue to the true finale The Train. Now we know not to expect anything grand, we should watch it again, no expectations, a final goodbye just watching the kids and the flashbacks one final time.
Goodbye Pearsons. Thank you Dan Fogelman.
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- cosmochickita
- May 28, 2022
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