This is us..

[mom2rtk]

And at the risk of having to tiptoe out of here , I'm actually liking this show a little less every week. I'm especially over Kate. I was gleeful when Toby shut her down on the phone! I plan to watch the Christmas episode but I'm not sure it will stay on the DVR schedule in the spring.

I'm not ready to stop taping it, but I'm less enthusiastic than I was initially.

 

[ronandannette]

I don't think so because when Rebecca and Jack were talking and Rebecca was saying stuff like, "what if they want him back?" Jack said something like "That won't happen, he is legally ours."

Yes, but then she answered something mysterious along the lines of "but what if the parents have rights?" The whole thing just seemed oddly ambiguous; adoptive parents who have "been through a process" are usually much more clear on how things work. IDK - it could be nothing but with this show we've learned to watch for subtle clues about what might be coming.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I love this show. I was literally cracking up at Randall taking the shrooms.

I think Rebecca said something along the lines of "no one ever gave him up." Which could be a problem? I don't know. IMO Rebecca was right for not letting his father have contact with him when he was younger BUT she should have given Randall the info when he turned 18 or graduated high school. He made it known he wanted to know his birth father. BUT I get why she didn't.

I have never cried during the show but I'm not a crier so it doesn't worry me. It does tug at my heart though.

 

[mom2rtk]

Yes, but then she answered something mysterious along the lines of "but what if the parents have rights?" The whole thing just seemed oddly ambiguous; adoptive parents who have "been through a process" are usually much more clear on how things work. IDK - it could be nothing but with this show we've learned to watch for subtle clues about what might be coming.

I didn't take that as her truly being in doubt about the rights, but her coming up with more reasons to keep Jack from encouraging looking for birth parents.

 

[ronandannette]

I didn't take that as her truly being in doubt about the rights, but her coming up with more reasons to keep Jack from encouraging looking for birth parents.

We'll see, I'm sure. Thinking back to the premier, it was very odd and unrealistic that they just took Randall right home from the hospital seemingly without any "process". Anybody who has had anything at all to do with adoption (or even fostering) knows it's not anywhere near that simple - even in the '80's.

 

[mom2rtk]

We'll see, I'm sure. Thinking back to the premier, it was very odd and unrealistic that they just took Randall right home from the hospital seemingly without any "process". Anybody who has had anything at all to do with adoption (or even fostering) knows it's not anywhere near that simple - even in the '80's.

Absolutely agree that was quite strange. I just chalked it up to dramatic license.

 

[anniemae]

We'll see, I'm sure. Thinking back to the premier, it was very odd and unrealistic that they just took Randall right home from the hospital seemingly without any "process". Anybody who has had anything at all to do with adoption (or even fostering) knows it's not anywhere near that simple - even in the '80's.

Oh absolutely. There would have been a search for the parents, with the police involved. The child would probably have gone into foster care, then adopted. You can't just "take a baby home." I also chalked it up to creative story telling. Nobody wants to watch Jack and Rebecca fill out paperwork and go through a long arduous adoption process.

 

[kimblebee]

I'm pretty sure they just took him home from the hospital. When Jack said, he's ours legally Rebecca said but is he..and then something about it being a hospital adoption. I got the strong feeling that he isn't theirs legally and that's what she's so afraid of.

 

[wenrob]

In the late 50s my grandparents did just take a relative's child in to adopt, no formal paperwork or anything. But. That same relative then just came and took her back and they were powerless to do anything about it. That type of thing back then was common. I have plenty of cousins who were "adopted" the same way. Raised by Aunt and Uncle so and so but everyone knew cousin so and so was actually the bio parent. Could it happen in the late 70s/early 80s? Maaaaaybe. But the thing is with this show is I don't think they're all too concerned with an entirely realistic portrayal but more about making you feel things. They want to tap what's vulnerable in YOU, to have you talking about it on a message board days later or finding yourself thinking about it the next day and the next. I've certainly gotten "the feels" about every character and their storylines. I mean, doesn't everyone want a Dad like Jack?

 

[Gracie09]

I'm pretty sure they just took him home from the hospital. When Jack said, he's ours legally Rebecca said but is he..and then something about it being a hospital adoption. I got the strong feeling that he isn't theirs legally and that's what she's so afraid of.

I thought she said something about no signed surrender? That may be what her concern is. Now birth parents have 12 months to get themselves together before termination proceedings start but that is if they are in the picture. It can be shorter. Then kids could stay in foster care forever and birth parents could drop in and out. She might be concerned that because there was no actual surrender the birth parents can come back and try to take him.
I know I know it's a fictional show, humor me.
Also if I recall correctly we jump from newborn to school age. A lot of stuff could happen in the years between

 

[coneeny4]

Did they ever say what happened to Randall's biological mother?

 

[tcufrog]

Randall's bio mother died soon after Randall was born. That's why his father gave him up.

 

[MataHari22]

I love this show but I'm starting to feel like I'm weird. I have not cried once watching it. I enjoy it a lot but it just hasn't made me cry. I am thinking I must be the only one!

Other than that, I hope that Olivia chick is gone. I can't stand her. But I bet she's not. I hate that next week is the finale already!

Nah, I don't think I've cried either, and I tend to tear up fairly easily. It really is a great show, going to miss it when it's not on.

 

[ronandannette]

Nah, I don't think I've cried either, and I tend to tear up fairly easily. It really is a great show, going to miss it when it's not on.

Oh, that strikes me as so funny! We're 9 episodes into the premier season and you're already lamenting it's eventual demise...

 

[kimblebee]

Oh, that strikes me as so funny! We're 9 episodes into the premier season and you're already lamenting it's eventual demise...

Someone reported upthread that next week is the finale (not sure if that's true or not) so that could be what she's referring to. Either that, or summer break. At least, that's how I took it.

 

[Squirlz]

Oh, that strikes me as so funny! We're 9 episodes into the premier season and you're already lamenting it's eventual demise...

They're talking about the season finale next week.

 

[mom2rtk]

Someone reported upthread that next week is the finale (not sure if that's true or not) so that could be what she's referring to. Either that, or summer break. At least, that's how I took it.

I think it's the winter finale.

 

[anniemae]

Yes, the next episode is the finale. The network probably ordered 9 episodes to see if it would be any good.

 

[MataHari22]

Oh, that strikes me as so funny! We're 9 episodes into the premier season and you're already lamenting it's eventual demise...

Someone reported upthread that next week is the finale (not sure if that's true or not) so that could be what she's referring to. Either that, or summer break. At least, that's how I took it.

Yah! I didn't mean its demise, I meant the season.

 

[kimblebee]

Yes, the next episode is the finale. The network probably ordered 9 episodes to see if it would be any good.

I seem to recall reading on Twitter that it had been picked up for the whole season (easy choice). Maybe next week is the winter finale, like Greys did a few weeks ago.