This Is Usmakes good on the potential that comes with bringing all of the Pearsons into the same room.
Young Kate is set to sing, and young Kevin will do some comedy.
Im not going to overreact to everything she says this time.
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You still make me feel like a stupid, fat little kid, Kate snaps.
It cuts deep, and Kate knows it, immediately regretting how harsh she sounds.
But she warned Toby at the episodes beginning: She just cant help how her mother makes her feel.
And yet family relationships carry on, imperfectly and tinged with regret, but lovingly, too.
But his best scene, tellingly, is unrelated to his own story.
Kevin runs into Beth, whos just looking for a little breathing room from Randall.
She holds his face in her hands.
I really didnt want you to know that about me.
But you have to know.
(Headherefor series creator Dan Fogelmans take on Jack and Kates stories in this hour.)
As Kate performs Landslide at the episodes midpoint,This Is Usstitches together another trademark time-shifting montage.
Well, Ive been afraid of changin cause Ive built my life around you, she sings.
But time makes you bolder.
Even children get older and Im getting older, too.
