[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Tuesday’s episode of This Is Us. Read at your own risk!]
To be trustworthy, we nonetheless have plenty of questions on what’s going on sooner or later timeline on This Is Us. To this point, the present has been gradual to ship solutions, although we did get an enormous clue about what’s going on with Rebecca (Mandy Moore) sooner or later.
To recap, we all know that the “her” cryptically referred to on the finish of the Season 2 finale was Rebecca. We additionally know that the Pearson prolonged household gathering at Rebecca’s bedside is going on roughly 12 years from the current timeline. We all know that Kevin (Justin Hartley) and his son are in attendance, together with Randall (Sterling K. Brown), Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) and a grown-up Tess, and Toby (Chris Sullivan). Kate (Chrissy Metz) and younger Jack have not been seen sooner or later timeline but, however they’ve been talked about.
Now, as of Tuesday’s episode, we formally know the place this ominous gathering is going on. Earlier than OG Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) died, he drew up plans for an even bigger Pearson household cabin. He threw away the drawing after Rebecca caught him making it, however she saved it and made it her personal entry into the Pearson household time capsule when the Massive three had been 13 years previous. Having forgotten all about it, the Massive three did not dig up the capsule till the impromptu journey to the cabin within the current timeline.
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After they obtained to their dad and mom’ entries, they found the sketch of the brand new cabin together with a recorded tape from their dad, which was sufficient to make even the toughest of hearts sob. Jack recounted what everybody put into the capsule, in some way discovering a technique to attain his grownup youngsters from past the grave with precisely what they wanted to listen to within the second.
Kevin saved the drawing as soon as the Massive three departed, and a flash-forward revealed that it is the huge home the place everybody has gathered to doubtlessly say goodbye to Rebecca. Jack’s authentic drawing is framed subsequent to the entrance door.
Whereas the reveal was sentimental, there are nonetheless plenty of burning questions on what is going on on with the household in that future story. Are Kate and Toby divorced? Who’s the mom of Kevin’s son? The place is Miguel (Jon Huertas)? Why is Nicky (Griffin Dune) at Rebecca’s bedside? Is Rebecca going to outlive with a failing reminiscence for one more decade? There’s a lot we nonetheless do not know, but it surely appears the solutions are beginning to come so much sooner.
This Is Us continues Tuesdays at 9/8c on NBC.