Tag Archives: This Is Us

This Is Us took us back to 1980 this week, giving us an entire episode set in the 24 (or so) hours before, during, and after the Big Three arrived. Join Ange and Melissa as they discuss this new perspective on “The Big Day”. Ange: So usually I tear up during an ep but dear Lord I was bawling during …

After a one-month hiatus, NBC’s This Is Us returned this week and we got answers that had been keeping us hanging since the mid-season finale last year. Nice Girls Melissa and Ange discuss the show’s return and what it meant for the Pearson family and co. Toby lives! His brush with death turned out to be an arrhythmia, not a heart …

The 34th Annual Paley Fest will be held at The Dolby Theatre (yep, the place where the Oscars are held) in Los Angeles this March. The first three panels were announced a few weeks ago with the full schedule being released to the public earlier this week, a mere few days before the pre-sale of tickets was to take place. …

This week’s episode of NBC’s This Is Us showed us the aftermath of last week’s Thanksgiving revelation which involved a Big Three trip to the family cabin, Randall gaining insight on the past thanks to magic mushrooms trip and a trip to the past giving us all the feels. (“Will I ever make it through an episode without weeping?!?” declares Nice …

It’s Thanksgiving in 2016, and in 1988. One starts well and ends badly, the other starts badly and ends well. Let’s discuss. Kate doesn’t have a lot of scenes this week, but what she does have are life-changing. What are your thoughts about her decisions to take a break from Toby and to undergo gastric bypass? Melissa: I’m worried that she …

In this week’s episode of NBC’s This Is Us, revelations are brought to the surface and the show’s flashbacks take us to the ’90s where past events inform the present. Nice Girls Ange, Leah and Melissa discuss what went on during last night’s episode… I liked that we got to see more of William and Beth bonding and over “adult” (*cough* pot …

This week’s episode of This Is Us explored how work relates to our identities, both how we see ourselves and how others see us. Let’s start with Randall: he’s the only one who followed in his father’s footsteps What do you think about his journey toward “standing out”? How do you think it impacted his familial relationships? Ange: I wanted …

This Is Us took on Jack (and subsequently Rebecca’s) Pittsburgh Steelers obsession in an episode that also gave us the triplets origin story. In the present Kate, also a big Steelers fan reveals to Toby why they mean so much to her and Kevin and William have a sweet moment. Surprised by the reveal of Jack’s “fate”? Melissa: I was …

Each week we pick women who were exceptional on TV. This week our pick is Mandy Moore. She plays Rebecca on This is Us and she is amazing. Nominated by Ange and Melissa: My Woman of the Week pick is Mandy Moore as Rebecca on This Is Us. (She was also my pick last week as I found her to be …

“OMG this show!” is what Nice Girl Melissa said when we were discussing last night’s episode of NBC’s This Is Us and we couldn’t agree more. Three episodes in and the family-oriented series still continues to make us feel without any fancy gimmicks or technology, but rather through simple storytelling and a lot of heart. Nice Girls Ange, Leah and Melissa …