So Randall begins wondering about his most recent win in the election – and if he can revoke it by resigning before even taking office. And also Deja should deliver them all.Īnyway, Deja reminds Randall that he's won the lottery twice in life: once with his adopted family and one with meeting Beth.
So Deja fakes a debate team match and drags Randall out to her former foster home for a signature Randall Pearson Big Speech moment – which makes a sweet bookend with his opening talk with her in the premiere and also nicely avoids feeling too treacly and melodramatic thanks to both Lyric Ross' perfect performance and the script undercutting the emotion manipulation with some funny meta humor.Ĭase in point: When Randall tries to interject, she hilariously shuts it down with, "Not now doing a speech." If we're going to keep getting one of those monologues every ten minutes, at least we can get some acknowledgement that they're a little ridiculous.
At least Deja is – and, according to her, Tess can smell something's wrong too. I revoke my previous aww.Īt least the kids are none the wiser about their marital strife – except they're totally onto them. Aww! Except right now, for this painful real-life puzzle, she's not seeing a door. Randall's still sleeping in the office while Beth's sharing cute metaphorical anecdotes about that time the family did an escape room and everything was terrible until they found a door at just the right time, solving everything.
Let's start with the shakiest, not to mention its own kind of car wreck in a way: Randall and Beth's marriage. (What a historically awful turn that would've been!) But yeah, everybody's on shaky ground to start this episode off. No, she doesn't die and reveal that she's been a ghost this entire time. Oh, and in the past, Becca gets in a car accident. Yuck, right? Who needs them when you've got pour-over coffee? A most convincing dialogue they're having! No stress here! Ha ha truly we're having a relaxed and normal one this fine morning. Couldn't be happier about this life choice. (I GOT BAD VIBES ABOUT THIS FORESHADOWING.)Īs for Kevin and Zoe, they're sharing some fancy pour-over brew while Kevin brews up some low-key trouble with a few passive-aggressive comments about their decision to not have children. and debating whether Kate can have regular coffee. In both the present and future, Randall and Beth are looking forlorn at family photos and empty rooms all alone save for a cup of joe while Kate, Toby and Becca share coffee looking over Jack Jr. Tuesday's finale wouldn't register as one of those all-timer episodes, but "Her" was kind of perfect in its own weird way as a messy but compelling wrap on a messy but compelling season, answering questions and putting a (maybe too neat) bow on things while also leaving the audience with some signature "This Is Us" twists and reveals to debate until the show returns in far too many months from now.Įverybody's up and at 'em to the tune of the Cure's "Friday I'm In Love" (or at least some coffee shop approved cover of it).
What the season's lacked in coherence and an obvious and clear path, however, it's made up for in some great episodes – the Vietnam episodes, Beth's solo hour, last week's trip through Randall and Beth's lives together.
We've come a very long way from the season premiere, in which Deja was breaking cars with bats, Kevin's movie (remember that?) had yet to premiere, Toby was flushing his depression meds down the sink and a trip to Vietnam was nowhere near the calendar. This year marked the first to not have the Great Jack Death Mystery to push things along, and you could tell it was a show in flux a bit, grabbing at a lot of different stories in a single season. It's been a long, weird road in season three of "This Is Us."