This is us..

[PopSugar]

I'm really loving this show. I didn't really see the twist coming but when the kids yelled "grandma and grandpa" my eyebrows went up because I know they referenced their dad in the past tense in the first episode. Made me wonder who grandpa was.

But it could have been the wife's parents- right?

 

[mi*vida*loca]

But it could have been the wife's parents- right?

I thought that too but ut as soon as I saw the necklace I knew it was his parents.

 

[PopSugar]

This is weird- I looked up the cast and says Dr only in one episode.. But they showed him in Ep 3? Right?

And Randall's 2 girls are only in 2 episodes

 

[soccerdad72]

This is weird- I looked up the cast and says Dr only in one episode.. But they showed him in Ep 3? Right?

And Randall's 2 girls are only in 2 episodes

It might be that whatever you're looking at is being updated week-to-week?

 

[E&Cmom]

Finally watched the first 2 episodes last night and loved them!

 

[wenrob]

I wanted to like this show but the fat storyline turned me off.

Oh my goodness, why? It's very real. I cried the first episode when she was trying to step on the scale. I've felt the exact same way she did trying to avoid going to the party and feeling everyone was staring at her. And losing it at the meeting on the skinny chick, I'd like to say I haven't thought some of the same things always having the skinny friend who in my mind had jack to complain about. Being obese is painful and it's struggle with so much more than just food. I would hate for them to portray her as "the funny fat girl." I find her very endearing as an adult and as a child.

 

[Music City Mama]

I was confused when Randall's wife was telling his dad the story of Randall not being able to see a few years ago. What did that have to do with anything? I know she was making the point about him being optimistic, etc., but why such a convoluted story unless they're planting a seed now that he has some medical condition and will lose his vision at some point? Or was it all some type of metaphor and I just missed it? Confused.

 

[smokeyblue]

Oh my goodness, why? It's very real. I cried the first episode when she was trying to step on the scale. I've felt the exact same way she did trying to avoid going to the party and feeling everyone was staring at her. And losing it at the meeting on the skinny chick, I'd like to say I haven't thought some of the same things always having the skinny friend who in my mind had jack to complain about. Being obese is painful and it's struggle with so much more than just food. I would hate for them to portray her as "the funny fat girl." I find her very endearing as an adult and as a child.

I think Kate's character so far is the most real portrayal of a overweight, 30-something woman. The funny fat girl and fat best friend thing has be played out too many times.

 

[okeydokey]

I was confused when Randall's wife was telling his dad the story of Randall not being able to see a few years ago. What did that have to do with anything? I know she was making the point about him being optimistic, etc., but why such a convoluted story unless they're planting a seed now that he has some medical condition and will lose his vision at some point? Or was it all some type of metaphor and I just missed it? Confused.

Randall's wife was sharing with William, what kind of man her husband is. That he always tries to do the right thing, and to take care of everyone and he would do it to the determent of his own health. So he will never ask William to leave, but the wife will ask William to leave if he has to go.

 

[wenrob]

I was confused when Randall's wife was telling his dad the story of Randall not being able to see a few years ago. What did that have to do with anything? I know she was making the point about him being optimistic, etc., but why such a convoluted story unless they're planting a seed now that he has some medical condition and will lose his vision at some point? Or was it all some type of metaphor and I just missed it? Confused.

What I got from it was that he put so much in to making her happy, the house livable and his work so relentlessly that he exhausted himself not just mentally but physically. He pushed himself right over the edge and it's something he's prone to do. She was warning William that she would step in if it got to that point trying to help him.

I'm bothered by something silly: why did Randall not get a "K" name as well?

 

[kimblebee]

What I got from it was that he put so much in to making her happy, the house livable and his work so relentlessly that he exhausted himself not just mentally but physically. He pushed himself right over the edge and it's something he's prone to do. She was warning William that she would step in if it got to that point trying to help him.

I'm bothered by something silly: why did Randall not get a "K" name as well?

Maybe someone at the hospital gave him that name when he was brought in? I know that it wouldn't be 'official' and they could obviously change it, but maybe they decided not to mess with it. Plus, maybe they did it in some way in regards to the baby they lost..they didn't want to use that name.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'm bothered by something silly: why did Randall not get a "K" name as well?

I didn't think about that!

I guess maybe they had a "K" named picked out for the baby who died and just felt too weird using it, or the nurses named Randall before it was all settled, or maybe he was dropped off at the fire station with his name pinned to the blanket?

 

[PopSugar]

I didn't think about that!

I guess maybe they had a "K" named picked out for the baby who died and just felt too weird using it, or the nurses named Randall before it was all settled, or maybe he was dropped off at the fire station with his name pinned to the blanket?

The baby who died was a real person(in TVLAnd) and would have THAT name they chose-it would be on his Tombstone

 

[wenrob]

I didn't think about that!

I guess maybe they had a "K" named picked out for the baby who died and just felt too weird using it, or the nurses named Randall before it was all settled, or maybe he was dropped off at the fire station with his name pinned to the blanket?

The baby who died was a real person(in TVLAnd) and would have THAT name they chose-it would be on his Tombstone

I wouldn't have expected them to use the name for the baby that had passed but on the brink of the 80s there were plenty of "K" names back then. I wonder if it will play into Randall feeling a little more of the separation from his siblings. They also call him "little brother" even though they were born on the same day. Though we call my DD "the youngest" even though she's only two minutes younger than DS. I'm probably way overthinking it, lol.

As far as a tombstone I don't think having services/burials for stillborn babies was as prevalent back then as it is now. Not saying it didn't or couldn't happen, just I don't recall any with the people I knew. Of course I was still pretty young back then and people didn't speak of those kind of things to kids or really speak of those types of things at all.

William doesn't even remember dropping Randall off at the fire station so I don't think he'd think to name him. Then again, something in his brain told him to drop the baby off so he must have cared a little.

 

[kimblebee]

I wouldn't have expected them to use the name for the baby that had passed but on the brink of the 80s there were plenty of "K" names back then. I wonder if it will play into Randall feeling a little more of the separation from his siblings. They also call him "little brother" even though they were born on the same day. Though we call my DD "the youngest" even though she's only two minutes younger than DS. I'm probably way overthinking it, lol.

As far as a tombstone I don't think having services/burials for stillborn babies was as prevalent back then as it is now. Not saying it didn't or couldn't happen, just I don't recall any with the people I knew. Of course I was still pretty young back then and people didn't speak of those kind of things to kids or really speak of those types of things at all.

William doesn't even remember dropping Randall off at the fire station so I don't think he'd think to name him. Then again, something in his brain told him to drop the baby off so he must have cared a little.

Two episodes in and we are all way overthinking already LOL

Yep, it's a hit.

 

[wenrob]

Two episodes in and we are all way overthinking already LOL

Yep, it's a hit.

I was thinking the same thing as I was typing it, lol.

 

[phamton]

I have twins, have tons of friends with twins, 2 friends with triplets. This was supposed to take place in 1980, not 1960. It just seemed so unrealistic. A triplet pregnancy was considered more high risk than it is now.

I had to have a c/s after 36 weeks due to pre-eclampsia, and was scheduled for a c/s at 38 weeks because baby b was breech. However, if we went the natural route, I would have delivered in the OR with an epidural in place, just in case. There were to OB's in the OR, lots of nurses, and two pediatricians. 36 years ago, a triplet birth would be like quintuplets today.

Well just to muddy the water a little. I gave birth to twins in Jan. 1980. They were both breech and my OB/GYN doctor said I would be able to deliver them both without a C-Section. My pediatrician recommended that I have a c-section because he said often in breech births, the second twin may try to breathe before being delivered and have aspirated pneumonia. So I talked to my OB doctor and he said he was willing to do a c-section if that is what i felt most comfortable with. I also knew a lot of mothers of multiples and it was usually split about 50/50 between c-section and V. delivery. In fact one of my friends delivered the first twin naturally and then the second baby had to be delivered with an emergency c-section. My twins were both 7 pounders and were my second birth. And I had 2 more babies after my c-section twins and they were both vag. births and not c-sections (v-backs) I am not sure they even will even chance a vaginal birth after a c-section nowadays.

 

[TeresaBelle]

I wouldn't have expected them to use the name for the baby that had passed but on the brink of the 80s there were plenty of "K" names back then. I wonder if it will play into Randall feeling a little more of the separation from his siblings. They also call him "little brother" even though they were born on the same day. Though we call my DD "the youngest" even though she's only two minutes younger than DS. I'm probably way overthinking it, lol.

As far as a tombstone I don't think having services/burials for stillborn babies was as prevalent back then as it is now. Not saying it didn't or couldn't happen, just I don't recall any with the people I knew. Of course I was still pretty young back then and people didn't speak of those kind of things to kids or really speak of those types of things at all.

William doesn't even remember dropping Randall off at the fire station so I don't think he'd think to name him. Then again, something in his brain told him to drop the baby off so he must have cared a little.

Regarding the bolded... I don't like that Randall was soooooo mad at William, at first. In today's (2016) world.. with news of babies being thrown in dumpsters and left in toilets, etc.. I'd be thankful that my "father" left me at a fire station.

I DO love this show, though! Both episodes left me with drop-jaw! lol

 

[anniemae]

Regarding the bolded... I don't like that Randall was soooooo mad at William, at first. In today's (2016) world.. with news of babies being thrown in dumpsters and left in toilets, etc.. I'd be thankful that my "father" left me at a fire station.

I DO love this show, though! Both episodes left me with drop-jaw! lol

I can absolutely understand Randalls anger at William. He probably suffered years of dealing with abandonment and identity issues. As much as his family loves him, it had to be unbelievably difficult growing up in a white family in the 70's. He probably always felt a sense of being incomplete, wondering where he came from, who he looked like, what his birthparents were like etc. While I'm sure he felt grateful to have wound up in a great family and growing up loved, he must have had years of built up anger that released upon seeing William.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

Oh my goodness, why? It's very real. I cried the first episode when she was trying to step on the scale. I've felt the exact same way she did trying to avoid going to the party and feeling everyone was staring at her. And losing it at the meeting on the skinny chick, I'd like to say I haven't thought some of the same things always having the skinny friend who in my mind had jack to complain about. Being obese is painful and it's struggle with so much more than just food. I would hate for them to portray her as "the funny fat girl." I find her very endearing as an adult and as a child.

I guess because every thing about Kate it about her weight. She is a big whiner (at least to me). If she is that miserable, she should not be morbidly obese. Eat less, move more.
And why pair her with a fat boyfriend? I have known plenty of heavier women who have hot boyfriends. To me it implies she couldn't get anyone else.