The Mysteries of This Is Us

It turns out that the corny show your parents like is actually pretty great. And, it makes great use of long-running mysteries in a way that rivals even the densest, most lore-heavy genre shows. Let's see how these mysteries are solved, and what we can learn about how to write a long-running serialized Mystery Box TV show.

Part retrospective, part in-depth explainer, part analysis, get ready for more info on this show than you ever wanted or needed. Here's This Is Us explained.

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:14 The Pilot
00:06:24 Season 1
00:32:16 Season 2
01:09:33 Season 3
01:39:11 The Makeup
01:42:03 Season 4
02:13:15 Season 5
02:39:22 Season 6
03:00:02 Final Thoughts

This Is Us is a 2016-2022 NBC series starring Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson, Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson, Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson, Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson, and Sterling K Brown as Randall Pearson.

All clips of This Is Us featured in this video belong to NBC. Many clips in this video are reversed or mirrored to avoid triggering the copyright system, so if there's a scene that you remember looking different, you're not crazy.

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