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Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
BY JAY BOBBIN
Sterling K. Brown
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For those who didn’t believe “This Is Us”
would end after six seasons, believe it now, for
the time has come.
Creator and executive producer
Dan Fogelman always had the Pearson
family’s time-jumping saga planned for a
predetermined period, which reaches its
conclusion with the NBC drama’s finale
Tuesday, May 24. For the much-honored,
widely acclaimed show that has been built on
surprises, it’s no shock that the contents of the
final episode are being kept a mystery, though
clues have been dropped to loyal viewers.
“It’s hard ending something you love,”
Fogelman allows. “I don’t know that
everybody feels right now it’s the right place
to end it, because I think if we could all snap
our fingers and just magically have more of
this, we probably would ... but this has very
much been the plan. Sterling (K. Brown, an
Emmy winner for playing the series’ Randall)
used to come into my office and be like, ‘It’s
six seasons, right? Is that really what you’re
thinking or ... .’ And I was like, ‘No. We’re
doing six seasons. That’s the road map.’ ”
Co-star Milo Ventimiglia – whose Jack
Pearson died during the show’s run, though
he has continued to be seen in flashbacks –
maintains there isn’t “a pressure so much as
there’s just an enjoyment” to drawing “This
Is Us” to a close. “I know there’s expectation,
but beyond that, reading what we’ve already
held in our hands, it’s going to deliver. It’s
truly, truly going to deliver.
Mandy Moore agrees. The actress-singer
who has gone through an extensive age
transformation in playing Jack’s wife Rebecca
says, “It’s (been) such a gift to go to work
every day and tell these stories and recite
these words. I get to look in the eyes of these
extraordinary people, Justin (Hartley, alias
Kevin Pearson) and Chrissy (Metz, who plays
Kate) and Jon (Huertas, aka family friend
Miguel) and Sterling. We’re truly a family, so
in that sense, there’s such an ease to just being
able to look at each of them and tell them the
truth of what these words really are.”
Brown is certain that the strong connections
forged among the stars of “This Is Us” will
last for a long time. “I’ve still got your phone
numbers,” he tells his fellow actors during
a press event. “Like, I can still call Mandy
Moore, which gives me some credibility. But
to not be able to see you every day, I’ll miss
you. I’ll miss the story that we’ve had a chance
to tell with one another. And I can’t wait to
do an ‘E! True Hollywood Story’ (looking
back at the show). It’s going to be awesome!”
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