Oyegun said: I think the biggest thing is [these characters] are always honest with each other. That part of it really came through. And what s great about it is that this is not a first-season conversation. This is one that the actors, the characters, and the audience have been on this journey with them. It s not like the audience had not been privy to those things. Now, that it s actually staring them directly in the face and speaking to them is something that might be jarring, but it was something that our actors and our characters were both prepped for in a way that works really well.
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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, February 9. All times are Eastern.
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This Is Us (NBC, 9 p.m.): It’s a bit of a Big Three tradition, the emotional road trip. Sometimes they take them solo, sometimes with each other. Even the elder Pearsons have done the feelings-on-the-open-road bit. Last week, Randall got one. Here’s Caroline Siede, our trusty
“Birth Mother” ends with one of the most beautifully original sequences in
This Is Us history. Having finally learned the full story of his biological mother, Laurel, Randall wades into the lake that served as her place of baptism and renewal during her long and complicated life. There he sees a vision of his birth mom that helps him finally let go of the pain he’s been carrying since he was a child. “I didn’t even know I was looking for you,” Randall explains, heartbroken and yet in many ways more at peace than we’ve ever seen him. Then Laurel finally