This episode was so choppy
Yes.
And beyond choppy, it also felt a bit frenetic to me. Which is weird since there wasn't constant drama.
I was coming here to post something similar. I was ready to give up in season 3. I had to force myself to watch the season 4 finale 7 months later. I'm feeling over it
I felt that at some point. Season two? Three? And a bit this week as well.
But since it pulled me back in before, I figure it will do it again.
I think the end of last night was distorted by how they chose to pace the commercial breaks. Sure, the first hour and a half had limited commercial breaks, which made the last half hour irritatingly jam packed with them. I found it very distracting.
Bang on.
Completely understand that feeling. I think it may be they are addressing it because it actually helps them film using the protocols
That was my exact thought. I liked their protocols much better than a soap I tape - The Bold and the Beautiful. They are not bringing Covid into the storyline. So what happens? Many single shots, where you can tell the actors are talking to no one off camera. Or kissing a dummy or their real life partner, husband or wife - wearing a bad wig, with not the same beard stubble from shot to shot.
Good on the early creative Covid techniques by them right out of the gate, but it can be so distracting.
So This Is Us was easier to take in, despite me not wanting to see Covid reality.
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And I lost the quote of yours about Randall finding the medication and coming to the rescue. I get your point but Randall would be the one to find it as I assume he is on meds himself and continually needs to be on top on possible interactions.
He is consumed with sadness over what is happening in the world and is transferring that sadness to his family relationships.
Just my observation
A good observation.
He is so consumed with sadness and processing it all. Heck I have been too, and I am not black. (Obviously my processing is nothing like Randall's)
I think what is going on in the world is bringing up mixed feelings on his adoption. Being raised in a white family has kind of denied him of his culture. Even Malik joked about his "white dad jokes." I read an article once about a Korean girl who was adopted by an American couple. She said white people saw her as Asian because of her looks, but Asian people saw her as white because of the way she acted (ate American food, did not speak Korean etc. ) I think Randall may feel this with his culture.
And the racial part goes on even without adoption. I know quite a few black friends/loved ones that were continually called white or not black enough, for just being themselves.
I am sure it happens in many communities.
She is by far the best character on this show.
Hands down and back around. Always has been for me.
There are two characters where I insanely felt like I had lost someone when the show ended. I know - weird me.
Peggy Olson - Mad Men
And oh man Claire Fisher - Six Feet Under. She was such a groundbreaking character for me. I felt someone understood the world in the same way. And family dynamics as well, that struggle.
Both Elisabeth Moss and Lauren Ambrose are incredible actors, the writing makes it but you need talent to bring it all to life
I suspect after this ends it will be all Beth and Deja for me.
I was shocked about Randall's mother! It just makes the whole thing even more tragic for William - having to make a decision like that at all, and then we find out he did it without all the real facts?
When I suspected she was alive in season one, well it was William in my thoughts. Sigh. I suspect it will do me in, with William, no matter what they decide.
I think Randall’s therapist will be a black man.
Yes.
I think so too.
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As for the weird circumstances of how Randall might meet his mother, assuming she is still alive, it is not all that out there and soapy.
I obviously watch way too much reuniting stories, twins living apart and ancestry shows.
But there are a myriad of stories where two relatives pass through each others' lives. It is crazy. And downright magical, in my opinion.
