This Is Usfans will have seven weeks to process the details of Tuesday’s mid-season fall finale as the hit NBC series will go on a brief hiatus until January 15, 2019. But the Pearson family drama didn’t leave fans and viewers empty-handed as the last minutes of the episode were chock full of teasers for what’s to come in the second half of season 3.
Describing the episode as “amazing,” starChrissy Metztold PEOPLE that the finale as a whole was “in trueTIUfashion” as audiences were left scratching their heads and wanting more details. “We can’t go into the fall finale without a bang!” the actress, 38, joked.
“Sterling [K. Brown]watched it and he texted everybody, ‘I am so proud of this show.’ That’s what you want when you can feel good about the work you’re doing,” Metz said. “Not only does it change our lives, but it changes everybody who watches it.”
Several cliffhangers were revealed during the fall finale as many questions were finally answered while, yet again, in trueTIUfashion, more questions were left unresolved.
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Who Is “Her”
But it was older Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) who finally unveiled the identity of “her.” After leaving her husband’s campaign, Beth has seemingly become the director of a ballet school as the camera pans to a group of ballerinas during rehearsal.
“Okay, yeah, we’re all going to see Randall’s mother,” she said to another woman who appeared to be her assistant. Could Randall’s mother be Rebecca Pearson (Mandy Moore)? Or could she be Randall’s biological mother, whom fans haven’t seen since William’s early years?
Beth also asked, “Oh, did you bring the Pin the Tail on the Donkey [game] from my office? I promised I’d bring it.” As die-hard fans know, that was the game the Big 3 played on their birthday during childhood.
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Randall’s Future in Politics
After his debate, Randall and Beth learn about the latest poll results. “I’m sorry Randall, unfortunately, Brown is too far ahead — more than we expected. By a lot,” campaign manager Jae-won (Tim Jo) shared. “We don’t have the time, you’re not going to win this one Randall. The numbers aren’t there, I’m sorry.”
While Beth has accepted defeat, Randall has not. But will he pull off an upset?
But Beth is not so sure as she reiterated, “I’m sorry babe, it feels like it’s over.”
Marriage on the Rocks?
After a big fight about the future of Randall’s campaign, present-day Beth is seen putting bed sheets and blankets on the couch in the living room, a sign that their dispute about the potential demise of Randall’s political career is not resolved.
“Things are getting really complicated and I can’t afford to have you off chasing some impossible dream,” she told Randall. “You told me if, at any point, I wasn’t on board with you running, you would stop. I am no longer on board with you running.”
However, Randall sternly told his wife: “I have to see this through.”
Nicky Is Alive?!
Will he somehow, someway, cross paths with Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Zoe (Melanie Liburd) after they return home from Vietnam?
After all, Nicky, who was in the 46th infantry, wasn’t accounted for in the military database’s death toll.
Tess’ Revelation
After opening up to her aunt Kate and speaking with her grandmother Rebecca, Tess (Eris Baker) told Beth and Randall about her sexual orientation. “I’m sorry I’ve been so weird lately. I just, I feel uncomfortable around you guys all of a sudden. I have a stomach ache all the time, I don’t want to keep secrets,” the teenager told her parents.
“People in school have been having crushes and stuff. And lots of girls have boyfriends but I don’t want one. It’s because I think I might like girls, not boys,” Tess tearfully said. “But I don’t know, maybe I don’t. It’s just I don’t want to tell you guys because I didn’t want it to become a thing.”
Beth and Randall embrace their eldest daughter with loving arms as they reassure her that they love her nonetheless. “We’ve been completely thrilled with the job Eris has been doing in this episode and the ones coming up later in the season,” executive producer Isaac Aptaker toldEntertainment Weeklyrecently. “This is a slow story that will play out for Tess over the life of the show.”
After she was turned down from the position of a choir teacher due to her lack of higher education, pregnant Kate is faced with a tough decision in regards to a job. After all, her doctor did advise her to stop singing Adele-o-grams due to the far commute.
Deja’s Possible Family Reunion
Deja (Lyric Ross) continues to keep in contact with her birth mother after wishing her a happy Thanksgiving. “I want to go see my mom. She lives in Delaware and she has a job, and I would like to go visit her, if that’s okay,” she asked Beth and Randall, who responded, “Okay.”
This Is Usairs Tuesdays (9 p.m. ET) on NBC.
source: people.com
