By the length of a football field.
Were the details of Jacks long-teased demise a surprise in the end?
His hands pay the price.

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This feels like the end.
Take a breather, Superman is right.
Theres such a thin line between helping others and hurting ourselves.
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As Rebecca calls a hotel about rooms, she misses turn around, Rebecca!
some commotion unfolding in the background, slightly out of focus.
She gets a candy bar from the vending machine.
The doctor interrupts, asks her to sit.
She does this every year, but shes going especially hard this year to commemorate the 20th anniversary.
It nearly destroys the tape.
The night that my dad died, she recalls, I thought to myself, We are done.
We wont come back from this.
And then I thought, Okay, maybetheycan, maybe one day.
Not because they needed him less but because they were built of stronger stuff than I was.
Toby is a part of Kates story, but he isnt the whole story.
She rummages in the belongings Jack saved and pulls out her crescent moon necklace, which she puts on.
Like Kate, shell find it hard to let go of what Jack chose to save.
This year, she gets Kevin.
And then he calls his mother and admits hes not sure hes at the right tree.
At least hes not avoiding his issues anymore.
All of the Big Three are shaking up their usual Super Bowl routines this year.
Beth jumps in and saves the day with the Puppy Bowl.
But Tess is upset, and not about the lizard.
Its like you want a new life.
And you will live with me til youre 25.
Its a pretty speech, but if shes feeling neglected, shell need actions to back it up.
For now though, Tess will have to be happy with that speech.
But its actually Deja on the phone; shes right outside the house.
As Beth and Randall talk to her, Tess watches and Jordan meets his next family.
The social worker is Tess, all grown up and carrying on the Pearson family tradition.
Headherefor Milo Ventimiglias thoughts on this ending for Jack.