Tag Archives: This Is Us

Women of the Week

The Nice Girls were definitely in agreement as to who wowed us on screen this week. Read on to find out who we selected as our Women of the Week and why…   Nominated by Ange: Lyric Ross as Deja on This Is Us The writers took a huge leap of faith focusing an episode (and the penultimate one for the …

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THIS IS US: “This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life”, or Deja’s View

After a trip to Vegas last week, the penultimate episode of This Is Us season two shifted focus completely to a secondary character. Join Melissa and Ange as they discuss “This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life” Melissa: This Is Us flipped the script on us again, presenting an episode from Deja’s point of view. Props to Lyric Ross and the little …

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THIS IS US: “Vegas, Baby” Discussion aka For Once We’re Not Crying

This Is Us returned this week with a much needed lighter episode. Emphasis on ‘lighter’ as although we weren’t sobbing our hearts out, misunderstandings and misconceptions were a common theme of the episode (which took us to Vegas in the present and back to Jack and Rebecca’s anniversaries through the years in the flashbacks). We have A LOT to discuss so …

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My “Lucky” 13 for March TV Viewing

Spring is only a month away, the days are slowly getting a little longer and there is plenty of good programming on the horizon. After looking over the very full schedule of programming options for next month, I have narrowed down my top choices to a “lucky” 13. TIME TO SAY GOODBYE (FOR NOW) Kevin (Probably) Saves the World will …

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The Nice Girls Reveal… Our #couplegoals

Happy Valentine’s Day! For the past week we’ve been sharing our #couplegoals picks on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. These TV couples all inspire us to do better, to be better, and to seek better in real life. Take a look at our gallery below, then hit the comments and tell us which TV couples inspire you! (click to embiggen) In …

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THIS IS US: “The Car” Discussion aka Can We Please Stop Crying Yet?

It’s been a week since Jack Pearson’s funeral and also since the latest episode of NBC’s This Is Us aired and if we’re honest, we still haven’t completely recovered from those two powerful episodes. With the show now on a temporary break while the Winter Olympics airs, Nice Girls Ange and Melissa have had some time to put themselves together and …

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Women of the Week

Given that we were treated to not one but two powerful episodes of NBC’s THIS IS US this week, our picks for Woman of the Week shouldn’t come as a surprise. Nonetheless, read on to find out why we found it to be a case of no contest with our picks this week… Nominated by Ange: Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson …

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THIS IS US: “Super Bowl Sunday”, or SO. MANY. TEARS.

Did Sunday’s post-Super Bowl episode of This Is Us break you? Were you relieved to finally have Jack’s death explained? Did the ending surprise you? Join Melissa and Ange as we talk about ALL THE FEELINGS from “Super Bowl Sunday”. Melissa: Oh. My. Goodness. I’ll say up front, I cried through about half of this episode. I’m still crying. THIS …

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This Is Us: “That’ll Be the Day” Discussion aka “We’re Not Ready For This!”

Well folks, we knew this was coming but if you weren’t: a) upset, b) horrified, c) traumatized or d) all of the above, by the ending of this week’s episode of This Is Us, I don’t know what’s wrong with you. The episode right before the big post-Super Bowl event not only set the stage of Jack Pearson’s impending death, but …

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THIS IS US: “Clooney” or “That Darn Cat”

This Is Us dealt with the aftermath of last week’s Pearson Family therapy session, finding your passion, understanding other’s pain, and an ugly cat named Clooney. Join Mel and Ange as they discuss this week’s episode. Melissa: That darn cat. They got me right from the beginning with the mangy, scrappy stray cat running around trying to survive. It’s probably …

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