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So, this will be my first official review on IMBD. I believe it's warranted because I have absolutely fallen in love with this show. The writing, the characters, the emotion..everything just feels on par and real. I'm really not much of a TV watcher. This show though, and specifically the relationship between Jack and Kate, reminds me so much of my own relationship and it's just a reminder of how much I love and appreciate the amazing man that I have. This show will make you feel things. I really can't say it any better than that. Leave all of your politics and judgement at the door, and give this a chance.

I think we can all admit that it's hard to create a show that stands out, As we are at a time where television is at it's pinnacle point. So when I started this show I was expecting a mildly entertaining series. What I got, is, a show that is real. So much so, that it brought tears to my eyes. That should tell you all you need to know about this beautiful tale about life. The story revolves around a few characters that seem to be unrelated. Just like the facts that were stated in the beginning of the show. However they have more in common than you realize. What sets this show apart from most, isn't the ending, But the journey you take in-between. As someone who's seen many new shows this year, both comedy and drama, I can say with absolute certainty, this is the most memorable. Not only because of it's outstanding story telling but because of it's cast, who bring life to the story.

Let me just begin and geek out by saying how I started the first season and binged it till the 3rd and now I am writing this review at 4:57 am, in my country and only because I could not 'not' share my review about this.

"This Is Us," is built around four characters who share the same birthday & it is a heartwarming and emotional story about the struggles and life of unique set of triplets and their wonderful parents.

This show celebrates the ordinary rhythms of family life, the unflashy joys of loving and being frustrated by your parents, or wanting to shoot the breeze with your siblings. It's also beautifully acted, most notably by Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown & Milo Ventimiglia. It validates it's characters' flaws and does not bow to hysterical dramatics, which the viewer's feel is something that makes it even more authentic!

In the age of Netflix and their cringy shows, I chose to watch This Is Us because it offers so much in so little, It talks about birth, death, career crisis, self-doubts, heart-to-hearts, reconciliations and never fails to make viewers feel something.

Possibly one of the best things in this show, is the ability of an American family to reach the hearts of audiences across the globe in a way that it manages to speak across cultures, resonate with audiences simply because of their characters and well thought storyline, being an Indian and having grown up in a completely different culture I can still feel the warmth of this show and appreciate it.

The first 4 seasons have just seemed perfect to me, 5th is where things really started going downhill.

Possibly the only reason I didn't give this a 10 and would have liked to give a 8.5, is that the buildup is so great but at times we don't get the adequate time to deal with the sudden buildup bursting within seconds. What I mean is, sometimes their buildup is so devastating that we would need a minute to react (and feel that the characters have reacted adequately) and the next second the scene has completely changed.

This is what turned out to be wrong with the beginning of the latest season(Season 5), even though it shows the transition to the almost apocalyptic pandemic society we seem to live in now, it throws at us emotions, situations and current happenings for the audiences to digest within a few scenes.

An amazingly executed drama, whose pilot should be enough to get you hooked because of it's own unique voice.

Edit: I have reviewed the beginning of Season 5 as well in this edit (first 5-6 episodes).

Think the World Will be a better place if most People would watch this show.

I think that kleenex owes this guy a percentage of the sellings! This awesome, fantastic, heartbreaking, intelligent, touching, sincere, unforgettable show will be forever in our lives, at least in mine!!

Soooo special, the script, the actors,the characters had been elaborated with such delicate ways, each one of them means a whole world.

This show has made my life better for sure....thank you,thank you, thank you ALL OF YOU.

I just finished watching the series finale last night. This is a show about the human condition. Not every decision they made on this show jived with me. In my opinion there is too much Randall (not enough Kate and Kevin) and the Toby fiasco in season 6 made me so mad... but life is full of its ups and downs too.

The cast in this show is very good, definitely deserving of their nominations. The story itself is heartwarming. I cried more watching this show than most! From the births of children (some with disabilities), to an Alzheimer's decline and the deaths of parents, these struggles are all things people deal with.

This is a show about all of us. A gem.

This is one of my favorite shows, but the writers really do a disservice to Kate's character. We're in season 4 now and every storyline of Kate's -at all ages- is about her weight. We get it: she's overweight and has struggled with it her whole life, but come on. Show her taking classes, show her hobbies, whatever. Give the woman some new content to work with.

SPOILER ALERT

First I am a hard person to fool. The Village. Figured it out. Many others. The Sixth Sense and Fight club got me and that's why I love them. I love to be taken down a path and then realize everything wasn't as it seems.

When the fireman lit the cigarette I realized it was 1980. But I still didn't get that those three would be raised together until the nursery with the knit onesies. I'm good at this stuff and the acting and characters blew me away that I wasn't looking for it.

Best Pilot ever. IMHO.

Then I thought. Well they can't do that every episode because if you are looking for twists you find them. If I was told there was a twist at the end, I would have figured it out (everyone's birthday on the same day, etc). But the fact one was black and the other two were twins threw me. PLUS the fact one was "Ryan Gosling" body and the other was overweight threw me that they were twins. Both played on stereotypes which I Loved they made us look into ourselves a little.

So where does the show go from here? It has a great premise. Dual time lines. You can do a lot with that. Have stories play out with flashbacks to tell a larger story (ala Lost). The casting was nailed with exceptional talent. I was interested in every character. They even nailed it by casting Simon and Simon vet Gerald McRaney. He was the glue that MADE that story line click. He speech on the chair was Emmy worthy. I hope he is a regular cast member and explore his wife's death and the death of his one child.

I'm hooked for at least season one. No need for twists. The dual time lines and great characters is enough for me. They can bounce all around in the 80s when the "triplets" are 4 or 10 or 15. triple time lines or more. Milo and Mandy can be made to look older and cast kids to play the parts at different ages. So much room to explore. I predict a good 4-7 year run.

STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING AND GO WATCH THIS SHOW.

Beautiful, Simple and heart warming, this show is one emotional roller-coaster. I've been awed, shocked and surprised, crying and smiling to myself. Loving it.

One of the best pilots i've seen in a while, giving me the best quote, "There's no lemon so sour that you can't make something resembling lemonade." it's simply amazing. It's very rare to feel amazed and fall in love with the show just by watching it's pilot, this is one of them. Two episodes down so far and it has given two amazing and shocking ends, and i just can't wait how it will turn out.

Trust me, Go watch it and you will not regret it. :)

"This Is US" is by far the best new series on network TV as NBC has found a family drama that's a winner as this is filled with emotion and drama love, loss, regret, and search for happiness. This series is told a lot thru flashback to show how it made the present anyway it involves a couple Jack(Milo Ventimiglia)and Rebecca(Mandy Moore)who have triplets all on the same day with only two of them to survive and that's Kevin(Justin Hartley)and Kate(Chrissy Metz)who then become a sibling to the adopted son Randall(Sterling Brown). Now all of the kids are grown searching and trying to find their own way of life as Kevin is a want to be actor and Kate is an overweight mess and unhappy yet, she starts a "Mike and Molly" type relationship with Toby(Chris Sullivan). Now with Randall(Sterling Brown) he's successful and he finally finds his real life father who's dying with terminal cancer and this brings plenty of drama and conflict with his hard loving wife(Susan Kelechi Watson)as she feels Randall has to much of a big heart. Thru it all this family shares emotion and love thru the struggles of life and time as the viewer can see it's all connected to the bonding they had at birth and the flashbacks show how the trio was molded by Jack and Rebecca. Really this series is warm and touching it shows how change and life develops and it proves that love and connections last.

Was one of the best shows until season 5. Did they change writers? The storyline and characters became boring, predictable and annoying. Watch season 1-4 and leave it at that.

This is a very inventive story line so I won't refer to it, except to say that both the first and second episodes have real surprises. Avoid reading any reviews with spoilers. It will dampen your joy as you figure things out.

The acting is excellent and the script is well written. This looks like a comedy but in fact it has some profoundly dramatic moments. I want to single out some of the actors who were terrific – Milo Ventimiglia (played Rocky Jr), Mandy Moore ("Tangled"), Ron Cephas Jones, Sterling K. Brown (Chris Darden in "OJ") and Susan Kelechi Watson ("Louie"). Gerald McRaney does a cameo in Episode 1 which may be some of his best work ever.

The disadvantage of a TV series like this is that it requires the audience to participate and fill in the gaps. Many people will not understand what's happening, so this is the type of series that is best viewed twice, or however long it takes you to get it.

I don't write many reviews I'm often tempted but don't get round to it. It might be because most of the time when i'm tempted it's because a series or a films is really really bad, so instead I decided to spend my time tying to find something that's good to watch. Now, I have only watched the first episode and normally I would want to watch a few more before making my mind up but I the case of "This is us" I feel compelled to comment on the pilot episode.

I LOVED IT ! It was wonderfully written, cleverly written, well acted with a good cast. I felt for the main character, they werre interesting and I want to know what happens to them. I was going to go into details about the main characters but I don't wont to spoil anything for you, all I will say is watch the pilot episode I will add that this is not the type of programme I tend to watch "family's struggling in the modern world" the "ups and downs of life" but after one episode I cant recommend this series enough I just hope it continues in the same manner.

Three days ago I finally broke down and watched This Is Us. I think I was afraid it was going to be corny and maudlin...which it absolutely is, sometimes. But I wanted to watch a show that was wholesome and decent...and it absolutely is. There's no violence or profanity. No embarrassing sex scenes. And yet it is entertaining. So yes. I am now bingeing on This Is Us on Netflix.

I don't really have a favorite character (if I did it would be Kevin). But I do have a favorite actor: Sterling Brown. Come on! He plays Randall and he can play him straight, goofy, or intellectual, and he can turn each emotion on at the drop of a dime. He's a super talented actor in a cast of very talented actors. Right now, I'm at the end of season 3 and poor Beth (Randall's wife) did not get to have her secret 24-hour alone-time break from Randall and the fam. I was so disappointed for Beth, because she really needed that break.

Anyway, I have cried more times than I care to count watching this show. It's really good. 😂 However, if family strife and family togetherness are not your things, you might skip it. It took me all these years to discover this beautiful little gem of a show.

Wow, what a come back for TV Drama. This is a multi layered, moving and totally relate-able show and so so entertaining. I am already so invested and have only watched two episodes. The leading cast are amazing with some of my all time favorites (looking at you Milo) and supporting cast seem more than adequate to keep up. The writers have their finger to pulse of what is really important to people today and throughout all of time... LOVE. It ticks so many boxes for me. I have been waiting for a show that I can safely watch with kids in the room, without soft porn, violence, bad language, and in general inappropriate story lines. This incredible show proves to be not too soppy, funny enough to break tension, loads of character diversity, Mandy Moore, I mean so many more reasons to fall in love with "This Is Us". That is all. Peace out

Here in late 2023, How did I miss this amazing series!

I've just discovered 'This is Us' and have binge watched the entire 6 seasons in around 2 months.

What an amazingly cast, acted and written story, it had me happy, sad, inspired, in laughter and in tears throughout the entire 6 series Jack & Rebecca are characters that find their place in your heart and their love story is realistic and true to life I didn't know the last episode was the finale until I realised there wasn't another one to come after it, that just made me even more sad and left me wanting to know more about what happens to the extended families.

Absolutely brilliant.

So I have been binge watching this show tfrom season 1 to season six and that girl is the most negative character in the show. I would like to see this character actually try to do something about her weight instead of make excuses for herself and the pity party. I'm not to the end of the sixth season but she is still extremely overweight and she isn't concerned about her future health. She just wollows in her destructive self and puts it on everyone else like she's being victimized.

She is really manipulative, and controlling and perhaps that's the character but she is always the victim.

All in all the show has been awesome.

We loved this show until season 5, during which it has deteriorated in almost every way. Episode 13 is the last straw. Kevin goes to see Randall and we have an hour of absolute boredom, where even the actors themselves seemed to have lost interest. I don't know how many episodes are planned for this season but we won't be watching any further. The character of Randall has sucked the life out of it and that's down to the writers, who, incidentally have also bombarded us with Covid-related scenes and dialogue to the point where escapism and enjoyment have gone out the window. So sad for the actors; it was delightful up to the end of season 4, and Jack is one of the most engaging characters ever.

Just started watching season 5 this week and I have to agree with other users who have reviewed it so far.

Within the first 10 minutes of the season opener, I knew the show was going downhill. This might be the "jump the shark" season. I hope not. But I am so disappointed. The whole pandemic and racial theme was a huge turn off, to be honest. I have loved this show for 4 years. I've only watched the first double episode and I want to say I will stick with it and see where it goes, but Randall's character portrayal this season is a bit over the top. I don't know if I can stomach it. I want to scream at the TV "Get over yourself." It really does feel like the writers are pushing an agenda.

Well I did It!My first review.And i am glad that this is my first review.Because....

After i watched the pilot episode i thought of only one word...PERFECT.The show caught my attention from the very first frame.I really enjoyed all the emotions,love,family...And the second episode topped the first episode by a mile.The way the past explains the present makes up a really satisfying watch in the second episode.

I am eager to know how the stories move forward and i hope that the show maintains the standard that it set forth from the very first episode.

What an amazing series and family and storyline, however to be brutally honest, I am in season 4 and no matter how good it continues to get, Kate makes me want to stop watching it. She is disgusting and selfish and blames everyone else and poor poor pitiful Kate. It's old, it's been old. Her character almost ruins the entire series that overall, is one of the best series I've seen in many years! I hope Toby leaves her, she never gets better she never shuts up, she ruins everything with her antics. Someone needs to put her in her place. So she's been fat her entire life and cannot seem to do anything about it. Why ruin it for everyone else. Ugh!