And you could argue that Tuesday’s episode ofThis Is Uswill bring you both of those themes.

“It was totally chicken pox that did him in,” quips Ventimiglia.

“Jack just rolled over and died.”

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Deadpans Moore: “Yeah, I wasn’t expecting that.”

“They’re like, ‘What does it feel like?’

Adds Ventimiglia: “But also, they’ve never had the flu or poison ivy.

We have the healthiest set kids.”

(Remember how little Randall complained about being asked by her to step out of family photos?

This stay kicks it up a notch.)

Which brings us to the mother-daughter friction.

(In a promo for the episode, we saw Rebecca confront her mother over racism.)

Janet and Rebecca find themselves at odds yet again, though in different ways than Kate and Rebecca clash.

Janet is a “pain in the neck,” says Moore.

We don’t go home for holidays anymore.

We’re our own little unit, the five of us.”

This Is Usairs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on NBC.