This Is Us (TV Series)

A Manny-Splendored Thing (2017)

Chrissy Metz: Kate Pearson

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• Kate Pearson : Tobe? Where's that punch bowl that my mom sent us? If we don't put it out, she's gonna think that we don't use it.

  Toby Damon : We don't use it.

  Kate Pearson : She can't know that!

• Kate Pearson : You overcompensate for me, mom, and you always have. And here I am, a 37 year old woman, and you still make me feel like a stupid... fat little kid.

  Rebecca Pearson : I'm sorry. What have I ever done to make you feel like that?

  Kate Pearson : I'm not gonna do this.

  Rebecca Pearson : Kate. I want to know. What have I ever done?

  Kate Pearson : You existed. It's everything about you, mom. It's not just that you're beautiful or thin. Or that you have perfect pitch even when you talk. It's everything. And you wanted a daughter like you, and I was never gonna be you.

  Rebecca Pearson : No. No. I never wanted you to be like me, Kate.

  Kate Pearson : Oh, no. You wanted me to be the you that you never became.

  [silence] 

  Kate Pearson : Well, you did it, ma. You got me to say terrible, unfair things. Least you could do is say something terrible back.

  Rebecca Pearson : I... I just can't think of anything that would be... quite that terrible, is the thing. You're my entire life, Kate. You know that. You and your brothers are my entire life.

• Kevin Pearson : [giving his family a tour of the "Man-ny" set]  All right, you guys, I got to go get ready. So do me a favor, can you please be nice to Sophie? Please?

  Kate Pearson : Kev, you know we like her more than you.

  Sophie : This is what I keep telling him.

• Toby Damon : [Kate ends a phone call]  Who was that?

  Kate Pearson : It was the house band that I sent my demo to.

  Toby Damon : Shut up.

  Kate Pearson : They need me to fill in tonight. Their singer got strep throat.

  Toby Damon : That is awesome. I knew strep throat had a purpose. Good for strep throat.