Entertainment Weekly unpacks the long-running NBC drama’s finale.
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for the final season ofThis Is Us.
Read on to refresh your memory of how creatorDan Fogelmanpulled it off.
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How many timelines are in this episode?
How did everyone say goodbye to Rebecca?
So what happened ontheSaturday?
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Not much, butsoooo much.
It starts with Jack and Rebecca chatting in bed.
Jack notices, for the first time, a tiny scar Rebecca has just under her right eyebrow.
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She describes a long-ago moment when her Dads watch caught her while he pushed her on a swing.
The parents realize they have no obligations for once a rare free Saturday.
We even get one more classic Jack parenting scene: teaching the boys how to shave.
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Its a lovely, ordinary day that Rebecca actually enjoyswhileits happening.
One last Pin the Tail on the Donkey game!
In a flashback, we see Jack and Rebecca buy the game when the kids are infants.
The box features a white girl, a white boy, and a Black boy.
Its a sign Rebecca simply cant ignore.
Okay, Im emotionally prepared.
Tell me about Rebecca and Jack.
On the train, Rebecca admits to Jack that shes scared.
Rebecca squeezes Jacks hand as she finally passes to the next life.
So when she squeezed Randalls hand right before she died, she was actually squeezing Jacks hand?
sob noises Yes!
Since Im already a puddle, hit me with one more mega-emotional moment.
So glad you asked.
Not so pointless after all.
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So what now for the Big Three?
After the funeral, the siblings sit on the steps to talk.
And Randall is strongly considering going to Iowa to eat deep-fried Oreos code for exploring a presidential run.
More importantly, they promise there will be no drifting apart.
When they picture family, they dont see their spouses and children first they see each other.
They end with their childhood chant:
Kate: First came…
Kevin: Me.
Randall: And dad said…
Kevin: Gee.
And then came…
Kate: Me.
Kevin: And mom said…
Kate: Whee.
Then came…
Randall: Me.
Kate: And they said…
Randall: That’s three.
Kevin/Kate/Randall: Big Three.
