New York Times op-docs series
A Conversation On Race, this digital series of shorts from Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster reexamines and expands upon those original films through three specific lenses.
For Our Girls: Conversations With Black Women explores “the vital role Black women have played in the social justice movements while having their own plights denied and ignored.
Learning to Breathe: Conversations With Young Black Men, a sequel to 2015’s
Growing Up Black, asks the subjects of the earlier film to “reflect upon their naiveté, their morphing ideas on equity and their growing commitment to ensuring a re-imagined American future.”
Tonight s episode, titled I Got This, is all about the Pearsons settling into parenthood. Last week, they dealt with post-birth fatigue as they drove home from the hospital. Now, they re into parental grooves that is, they re getting used to not sleeping, constant feedings, changing diapers, and the like. We see this in a heart-warming opening montage of sleepy, busy Pearsons: Jack and Rebecca with the Big Three, Kate and Toby with Hailey, and Kevin and Madison with their twins.
The episode title also connects to the Pearsons experiencing unpleasant curveballs namely, financial and employment woes, and complex mother-daughter dynamics that shake their confidence. These problems emerge via a
The past few episodes of
This Is Us have been defined by cars. First there was Kate’s journey to confront Marc. Then Randall and Beth’s road trip to New Orleans to learn about his birth mom. And finally Kevin’s rush to make it back to L.A. in time for the birth of his twins. “The Ride” continues that theme with an episode all about the first drive home from the hospital after the arrival of a new baby. It’s the simplest episode of the season so far a low-key, character-centric outing that lets the
This Is Us cast shine in some close-quarters acting. Plotwise, there’s not much to it, and it’s surprisingly muted emotionally too. But “The Ride” is at least an effective reminder of how charming these actors can be and how lived-in the show’s characters feel five seasons in.
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