This Is Usis picking up right where it left off after the season 4fall finale— with two new faces.
For a brief period of time, in present-day, all the Pearson family members are in Los Angeles as Randall (Sterling K. Brown) makes a secret trip to the West Coast on a mission to find his mother Rebecca (Mandy Moore) the best neurologist for her ongoing memory loss, which has been preliminarily diagnosed as mild cognitive impairment.
Then, there’s Kevin (Justin Hartley), who is determined to find a partner, even shamelessly hiring a matchmaker. But a spontaneous trip to a local coffee shop finds him locking eyes with Lizzy (Sophia Bush) for what appeared to be a perfect meet-cute.
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However,This Is Usfans are already very familiar with how big twists in storylines can make things complicated, both in past and present. Such is the case for the midseason premiere, “Lights and Shadows.”
The episode explores Rebecca and Jack’s early romance as boyfriend and girlfriend. After Jack’s disastrous (and boozy) golf endeavor with her dad, he takes her father’s discouraging words to heart when he breaks up with Rebecca for “being too different,” especially their contrasting financial backgrounds. And in what appears to be Rebecca’s first step of defying her father, she rushes to Jack’s job site to tell him, “I love you” first, and to give their romance another try.
Though the truth comes out for his family members, Randall is still keeping things in the shadows. Along with keeping Rebecca’s diagnosis a secret from Kevin and Kate. The councilman is also having to deal with the stresses of his new job. Though his dedication to Rebecca is shown through his 47 emails to the L.A. neurologist, his need to prioritize his own mental health is foreshadowed for next week’s episode.
The burglary cliffhanger sets up the episode, titled “A Hell of a Week: Part One,” which is the first of another set of Big Three-centric episodes. The first of three episodes will focus on Randall and how he deals with his anxiety after coming home from L.A.
“Fogelman and our writers came up with a storyline that I think is quite compelling. It allows us to further delve into Randall’s mental health and how he takes care of himself — what’s right and what’s wrong about how he takes care of himself and how he could potentially do a better job of that,” Brown recently teased. “This moment happens where you’re like, ‘Oh. Oh s—, this is going to go sideways.”
This Is Usairs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on NBC.
source: people.com
