The lesson embedded in the dinner plot: to move forward, you must embrace the past. The finale flash-forward revealed that he later gets married, but we don't know to whom. But in the end, both work out to “pizza” level. As the episode closes out, the dinner parties finish on a high after some initial issues early on, Randall and Beth find a therapist for Tess while Kate’s present happens to be their old piano from the family house. But events around a playfully impatient Jack and a comedy of errors ensue. Rebecca says, “I was trying so hard to hold it together… I wanted to believe so badly that you kids were happy, I didn’t see what was happening.”, Did Mark hurt Kate in some horrid way? Randall brings Beth, who gifts Rebecca with some hot sauce. Something happened that year, which is about as much as we can piece together by the cryptic conversation that follows between Kate and Rebecca, but quite what it was, remains a mystery for now. Pizza is the celebration that comes when we embrace how things turned out, the happy resolution. NBC’s beloved era-hopping drama tells the story of the Pearson family through the years. (Side note: We don’t often get to see Jack lose his stuff in this fashion. RANDALL’S REVVING UP | In the present, a stressed-out Tess has a panic attack at school, causing Randall to lament to Beth that he’s passed his anxiety on to their daughter. Kate then phones Randall and questions him over the gift he has planned for his sister before the conversation turns to Kevin himself. Is another panic attack lurking in the shadows for Randall? TV Ratings: This Is Us Solid in Return Opposite World Series Clincher Everyone squirms because Jack loved hot sauce, and it’s painful for them to think about. “Do you think a fancy dinner is going to make it less bizarre that Kevin got married five years after puberty?” Kate snarks. This Is Us Premiere Recap Season 5 Episode 1 2 More But Kevin catches him at the car and tells him that the twins are a girl and a boy, and that Randall is the first person he’s told. “This is how we enter buildings now,” they inform everyone. WHAT HAPPENED? A TOAST TO THE BRIDE, TO THE GROOM | In another flashback to the time right after Kate and Rebecca moved into their new home, Rebecca gathers all the kids and their significant others (and Miguel) for a meal to celebrate Sophie and Kevin’s recent wedding. Fox's 'MasterChef' Resumes Production On Season 11, Empty Venues Open to Voters as Sports Wade In to Politics, 'Born to Be' Trailer: Sensitive Documentary About Transgender…, Apple Sales Inch Up 1% in September Quarter, iPhone Revenue…, Cheese Game Strong: Up Your Appetizer Game With One of These…, Copyright © 2020 TVLine Media, LLC. At baby Jack's birthday party, Rebecca and Miguel announced their intention to move to St. Louis, where they'll live for nine months while Rebecca receives treatment. She says that while trying to capture a bird that flew into the house, Jack knocked over the burnt lasagna. Also unhappy to be there is Cassidy’s soon-to-be ex-husband Ryan, who likewise flees midway through the game. Rebecca, the kids, and their significant others smiling in the living room as Rebecca plays a song from The Princess Bride on the piano. A recap of This Is Us Season 3, Episode 5: ‘Toby’ “We have a big storyline planned for Mandy next season in present day as an older woman and also her whole past timelines.”. Here's everything you need to know: plot, news, cast, spoilers and season finale recap. The CW Sets Delayed Premiere Dates for Flash, Superman & Lois, Riverdale, Charmed, Batwoman and More, Mom EP Teases Christy's Fate In Wake of Anna Faris' Departure, CBS' NCIS, Blue Bloods and Others Get Shorter Seasons Amid COVID…, Nancy Drew Spinoff Centered on Tom Swift Eyed at The CW; Iconic…, TV Ratings: This Is Us Solid in Return Opposite World Series Clincher, This Is Us Premiere: EP Promises Answers About That Huge Randall-Related Reveal Will Come 'Quickly', Randall’s breakdown at his office in Season 1. “That ceremony that you’re talking about honored the thing that broke my favorite person in the world. And then bolstered by that sentiment, announces to the gathering that she knows her dinner is terrible. | This episode is even more flashback-heavy than usual, so let’s start with young Rebecca and Jack on their first day in their new house. Then, using an example William said his mother used to employ to help him feel better, she pours a couple of glasses of seltzer and instructs them to remember that the bubbles will always settle, just like their anxious thoughts will always eventually calm down.