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With new life, comes death on This Is Us |
| October 24th, 2017 under This Is Us. [ Comments: none ]
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_xRoe9VG_o
As we learned last week on This Is Us, Kate (Chrissy Metz) is pregnant, and tonight at 9p on NBC she tells Toby (Chris Sullivan) he is going to be a father. How is going to handle the news?
Talking about fathers, Jack (Milo Ventimilgia) tries to be a father of the year when he takes prepubescent Kevin (Parker Bates) and Randall (Lonnie Chavis) camping. It is not just a fun weekend for the Pearson boys, it is Jack’s way of getting his sons to finally get along. He knows more than anyone how important being a brother is. We learn this during his flashback as we get to see him around the same age as his two boys are in this flashback. Does that make sense?
We know that Jack and his dad do get along, again we finally see why in his flashback to his younger years. But what happens when Rebecca (Mandy Moore) gets a call from the nursing home where Jack’s dad is living and they tell her that her father-in-law is dying. She tries to reach out to Jack at the campground to no avail. Instead of having a girl’s day out with her daughter, Kate (Mackenzie Hancsicsak), they go to meet Jack’s dad before it is too late. Moore continues to bring it every week, and this week she proves to be the perfect wife, mother and daughter-in-law.
When it comes to daughters, Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and Deja (Lyric Ross) finally bond over something. That something is Kevin (Justin Hartley) and the actor invites them to a gala where is going to be auctioned off. On the outside Kevin seems fine. On the inside, he is struggling with the pain from his recent knee injury. The pain is causing him to do things that might cost him a lot. We will just have to keep tuning in to see how much.
Back to Randall and Deja, they have that much needed bonding moment that will finally bring them together.
All in all, it is another great episode of This Is Us, that reminds us why tissues sales are up. And it is not because of allergies, it is because we are crying ever week with this family drama.
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Hey Justin Hartley, are you stuffing your boxers with dollar bills? |
| October 23rd, 2017 under Ellen DeGeneres, In Your Pocket?, Justin Hartley, This Is Us. [ Comments: none ]
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Ellen DeGeneres has been coming up with interesting ways for celebrities to help her donate $10,000 each episode during October to the Breast Cancer Foundation. Her latest idea was to put Justin Hartley in a booth that blows air up and collect as much hard cash as he can in his boxers within :30 seconds. How did the This Is Us star? His crotch definitely caught my eye because he had more green in there than a male stripper on a good Saturday night.
Sorry, back to the money. Ellen was too lazy to count, so Ulta Beauty just rounded up to $10,000 like his boxers were rounding out in front and in back! It was very distracting!
To see him collect all that dough, then click here!
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Is Justin Hartley in training for that push up scene? |
| October 20th, 2017 under Justin Hartley, This Is Us. [ Comments: none ]
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Remember last season on This Is Us, one of the most iconic moments was when Jack did push ups with his prepubescent son his back? Then the older actors shared videos of them doing the same thing with their castmates on their backs? Well yesterday, Justin Hartley shared a video of himself holding several heavy weights on his back and you have to wonder if he is prepping for another round of emotional push ups on the show? Who do you think he would have his back?
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BTWF ads: Justin Hartley for Miller Beer |
| October 17th, 2017 under Before They Were Famous, Justin Hartley, This Is Us. [ Comments: none ]
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhQP0lkc2Bo
Before Justin Hartley did not have a problem getting the ladies on This Is Us, he did have hard time getting with a woman who was drinking Miller Bear. He looks the same now as he did when he was 25 in that 2002 ad.
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Tonight’s This Is Us is very powerful for all with a surprise ending you don’t want to miss! |
| October 17th, 2017 under This Is Us. [ Comments: none ]
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu7SCGhnzT8
Every week, This Is Us is an emotional powerhouse and tonight at 9p on NBC, it delivers a very powerful episode.
Rebecca (Mandy Moore) realizes that her son, prepubescent Kevin (Parker Bates), has a fever when they go to the video store (it was store people went to to rent movies before there were streaming sites like Netflix), so she takes him and the other triplets to the doctor. Turns out that Kate (Mackenzie Hancsicsak) and him have Chickenpox. When Rebecca (Elizabeth Perkins) calls her mom to find out if she had the itchy condition when she was a kid, her mother takes that as invite to come over and help. The one thing Rebecca does not want or need especially after Jack (Milo Ventimilgia) gets the Chickenpox too. Tonight we learn why the two women do not get along and Rebecca finally has it out with her mom in a very powerful scene. A scene acted so brilliantly by Moore, it reconfirms my feelings towards her as one of the greatest actresses of her generation.
Since tonight’s episode is not a standalone, we will also get stories from the present day about the other characters as well. We learn more about Kevin (Justin Hartley) than we ever knew. Last week, he hurt his knee while filming a movie with Sylvester Stallone and this week it starts with Brian Grazer wanting to see what his injury he looks like. It is bad, so the producer tell his actor he has to have someone look at it. Therefore, Kevin goes to the doctor and she tells him he needs a procedure to fix it causing him to be off his feet for a while. The production says they will wait for him, but for how long. He is nervous that he will lose the biggest role of his career and will risk his knee to get back to work. When Toby (Chris Sullivan) confronts him about this, Kevin explains why this is all so important to him. Be prepared to have the tissues ready because it is going to be a heartbreaking moment. Kevin’s biggest one so far and about time, he had his episode.
Toby is not only dealing with Kevin, he is also dealing with his sister Kate (Chrissy Metz). She is determined to lose weight for her big Bar Mitzvah singing debut. She will do anything to fit into her dress, and Toby is worried about her. Does he have a reason to be?
Finally, Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and his wife Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) are dealing with a new problem with their foster child. Deja (Lyric Ross) has not washed her hair in two weeks and it is smells disgusting. When another girl tells Deja that on a family outing, Beth kindly explains to her that they need to do something about it. As Beth combs out Deja’s hair, she learns a secret about the girl and shares it with Randall. Randall talks to Deja about it, and she is not happy that Beth shared the information with Randall. What will the ramifications be over this disclosure?
Like I said, tonight’s episode bring the powerful along with the emotional. What I did not tell you is that you MUST watch the episode all the way through because the finale few seconds will bring a surprise that no one saw coming and we will all be talking about it tomorrow. It is as big of a shock as when we found out that the Pearson house burned down and that is probably how Jack died. But I have said too much!
UPDATE: I forgot to mention, that tonight’s remarkable episode was directed by Thirtysomething’s Ken Olin, who masterfully put together an hour of television that tugs at our heartstrings.
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