This Is Us Too: 6.18 – “Us” — Part 1

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us series finale episode 6.18 -"Us". In this episode, Mary gives a version of her personal story you have all been waiting for.  We also discuss why it's ok we didn't see the eulogies, why this episode could lead to a new model for finales, and we say goodbye in a way ONLY This Is Us Too could end. Don't miss it...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us series finale episode 6.18 -"Us". In this episode, Mary and Blake discuss why this episode is one GIANT bookend to the series, why some people's reactions might be colored by their loss -- or still present -- of a parent, and a listener literally blows Blake's doors off...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.17 -"The Train". In this SUPER SIZED episode of This Is Us Too, Mary & Blake discuss all the listener feedback for the penultimate episode of This Is Us. We also chat about Kyle's inclusion, the warm cinematography, how Mary is trying to put you to sleep, and we bring back an old Hall Of Fame moment!

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.17 -"The Train". In this episode, Mary and Blake discuss the rhyming nature of this episode, why William was the perfect guide, and why this is another Thanos episode...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.16 -"Family Meeting". In this episode, Mary chats about her experience caring for her sister.  We also discuss how the show is using rhyme and closing rhyming loops, the perfectly balanced narrative, and why Mary will stop at nothing to get Walnut Shrimp now...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.15 -"Miguel". In this episode, Mary chats her relationship to "And So It Goes...". We also discuss why this episode should have been entitled, "Y'all Have Been Sleepin' On My Boy Miguel", if the placement of the Miguel episode was fitting within the larger context of This Is Us, and why Mary should have been fired from her job at URI...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.14 -"The Night Before The Wedding". In this episode, Mary chats about how someone chose a car over her. We also discuss the network injecting itself into storytelling, why sentimentality is a good thing, and why it's important to compare apples to apples or bubbies to bubbies...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.13 -"Day Of The Wedding". In this episode, Mary chats when she cut off her hair because she was mad at Blake. We also discuss Jack's theme, the guts to be in Rebecca's POV, why Miggy is a huge X-Files fan, and why Mary is going to start a new show called "Two Wigs And A Plant".

In this episode, Blake chats about the unique venue he watched KaToby, we also discuss if Toby really is competing against Jack, why this is a near perfect episode of television, and why the emotional math continues to add up in the best way...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.11 -"Saturday In The Park". In this episode, Blake talks about how this episode affected him very personally, and we discuss a brilliant use of transference, why the show is smart for not taking sides, and why, apparently, there are no Gryffindors in L.A.