This Is Us (season 3)
This Is Us (season 3) | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) – present (present) |
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The third season of the American television series This Is Us continues to follow the lives and connections of the Pearson family across several time periods. The season is produced by Rhode Island Ave. Productions, Zaftig Films, and 20th Century Fox Television, with Dan Fogelman, Isaac Aptaker, and Elizabeth Berger serving as showrunners.
A third season was ordered, alongside a second season, in January 2017, with production for season three beginning in July 2018. The season stars an ensemble cast featuring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Jon Huertas, Niles Fitch, Logan Shroyer, Hannah Zeile, Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Parker Bates, Eris Baker, Faithe Herman, Lonnie Chavis, Melanie Liburd, and Lyric Ross.
The third season premiered on September 25, 2018, and is set to run for 18 episodes on NBC.
Contents
1 Cast and characters
1.1 Main
1.2 Recurring
1.3 Guest
2 Episodes
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Casting
3.3 Filming
4 Reception
4.1 Ratings
5 References
6 External links
Cast and characters
Main
Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson[1]
Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson[1]
Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson[1]- Niles Fitch as teenage Randall Pearson[2]
- Lonnie Chavis as young Randall Pearson
Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson[1]- Hannah Zeile as teenage Kate Pearson[2]
- Mackenzie Hancsicsak as young Kate Pearson
Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson[1]- Logan Shroyer as teenage Kevin Pearson[2]
- Parker Bates as young Kevin Pearson
Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson[1]
Chris Sullivan as Toby Damon[1]
Jon Huertas as Miguel Rivas[2]
Melanie Liburd as Zoe Baker[3]- Eris Baker as Tess Pearson
- Faithe Herman as Annie Pearson
- Lyric Ross as Deja[4]
Recurring
Michael Angarano as Nicky Pearson[5]
Rob Morgan as Solomon Brown[6]
Peter Onorati as Stanley Pearson
Guest
Ron Cephas Jones as William H. "Shakespeare" Hill
Jane Kaczmarek as Mrs. Philips[7]
Charlie Robinson as present-day Donald Robinson
Wendie Malick as Mary Damon, Toby's mother.
Dan Lauria as Mr. Damon, Toby's father.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 37 | 1 | "Nine Bucks" | Ken Olin | Dan Fogelman & Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger | September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) | 3AZC01 | 10.54[8] |
The night Jack meets Rebecca, he has only nine dollars. As Franco Harris completes the Immaculate Reception, Jack takes Rebecca to a carnival. After it rains, he admits he could not afford an umbrella, and that his life has been unstable since coming home from serving in Vietnam. Rebecca recounts their incompatibilities and the date's shortcomings; but because of "the way he looks at her," she kisses him and agrees to another date. Jack later sees another man giving her flowers and kissing her. In the present, Deja rebukes Randall for trying too hard to equate their experiences. She confronts her biological father and allows Randall and Beth to begin the adoption process. Kevin and Zoe are sleeping together; Beth believes Zoe uses men and will hurt Kevin, but fails to dissuade his interest. Dr. Jasper, a fertility specialist, declines Kate as a patient because of her risk factors, but is moved by her case and reconsiders; Kate and Toby pursue treatment, despite 90% chance of failure. Toby throws away his antidepressants because they decrease his sperm count. In the future, Randall and Tess prepare to "go see her." Randall calls Toby, who uncertainly agrees to join them. | |||||||
| 38 | 2 | "A Philadelphia Story" | Chris Koch | Kay Oyegun | October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) | 3AZC02 | 8.87[9] |
After Jack's death, the Pearsons look for a new home. Kevin is frequently drunk; Kate gains weight and never completed her Berklee application; Randall criticizes Rebecca for not stepping up. She admits she barely has energy to get out of bed, and wonders what would have happened if she had agreed to buy a house Jack showed her months before the fire. Randall is accepted to Howard, but turns it down because his family needs him. In the present, Randall tries to effect repairs on a recreation center near his Philadelphia building; William's friend ChiChi tells Randall that focusing on the community's problems, does not make him part of the community. Kevin's film premieres; Zoe skips it to work on her documentary in Chicago, but asks him to pick her up when she returns. Rebecca criticizes Kate and Toby's decision to try IVF; Toby rages at Rebecca, then leaves for hours. Rebecca administers Kate's hormone shot; after losing Jack, Rebecca cannot bear the thought of her children suffering harm; Rebecca believes Kate will have children. Kate questions Toby's mood swings. Randall is hurt to learn Kate called herself the only sibling able to "carry on a piece of Jack." | |||||||
| 39 | 3 | "Katie Girls" | Rebecca Asher | Julia Brownell | October 9, 2018 (2018-10-09) | 3AZC03 | 8.91[10] |
As a child, Rebecca disdains the role of housewife. The day she and Jack have planned their second date, her high-school boyfriend Alan arrives, three years after she declined his invitation to move to London. Jack returns home; he and his mother leave Jack's emotionally abusive father. Rebecca agrees to relocate to New York City with Alan, but confides in his mother that she has feelings for someone else. Rebecca goes to see Jack; as he washes dishes, she helps him and suggests they drive to Los Angeles together. In the present, the Pearsons love Kevin's film. Randall and Kate argue over her comment; he flies to LA to apologize and support her. Kate's egg extraction is an eightfold success; while under anesthesia, she envisions a conversation with her teenage and child selves and Jack, affirming her confidence in her future. Beth is laid off. After ChiChi's daughter Skye is injured in a mugging, Randall decides to run for city council. During an interview about his movie, Kevin realizes he knows nothing about Jack's military service; with Zoe's support, he reaches out to a man who served with Jack. | |||||||
| 40 | 4 | "Vietnam" | Ken Olin | Dan Fogelman & Tim O'Brien | October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16) | 3AZC05 | 8.92[11] |
Jack and Nick's youth is shown in reverse-chronological order. When Nick is born, Jack's father is a supportive non-drinker whose own father is emotionally distant. Nick is born at 11:58 pm on October 18; Jack's father exhorts him to protect Nick. Jack believes seven-year-old Nick can be heroic. Nick stands up to their abusive father; Jack supports Nick and experiences tachycardia. When Nick is twenty-one, October 18 receives the fifth position in the first Vietnam War draft lottery. Jack plans to smuggle Nick into Canada, but Nick decides to prove himself by complying with the law. The next year, Marilyn suffers physical abuse; in Vietnam, Nick is disciplined via Article 15 and believes he will die in the war. Receiving Nick's letter, Jack enlists, hoping to find him; the family doctor advises Jack how to conceal his heart condition. The following year, Jack's platoon is ambushed; his friend Donnie Robinson survives the severing of his foot as Jack comforts him. They are given lighter duty, guarding a village near Nick's post. A supply helicopter takes Jack to reunite with a war-hardened Nick. | |||||||
| 41 | 5 | "Toby" | Chris Koch | K.J. Steinberg | October 23, 2018 (2018-10-23) | TBA | 8.53[12] |
In 1998, Randall skips prom after Allison's father rejects him because of his race. Sophie brings a drunk Kevin to Miguel's. Miguel buys Rebecca a piano and handles home maintenance; he told Jack he would look out for the Pearsons if Jack died. Rebecca suggests Kate use music as an emotional release, but Kate is not ready. Young Toby suffers anxiety and depression; his humor helps his mother's depression. His mother and a therapist help him regain functionality after Josie leaves him. In the present, Kate and Toby wait to hear if she is pregnant. Kate tells her impressed Adele-impersonation client that she abandons music when sad, derailing any singing career. Upon learning Kate is pregnant, Toby breaks down crying; Kate arranges for him to restart his medication. Randall's campaign event goes badly and he rethinks his goal. Beth tells Randall a job interview went well, but actually lost her composure. In Baltimore, Donald Robinson tells Kevin that Jack was not a mechanic but a combat sergeant who saved Donald's life. Zoe decides that Kevin is worth the stigma of an interracial relationship. Donald gives Kevin correspondence from Jack that includes a photograph of a Vietnamese woman wearing Jack's necklace. | |||||||
| 42 | 6 | "Kamsahamnida" | John Fortenberry | Vera Herbert | October 30, 2018 (2018-10-30) | TBA | 8.88[13] |
Kate tells her family she is pregnant, but her announcement looms over Toby's depression. In the past, young Kevin gleefully bests Randall at a video game and tussle. Jack is injured at boxing; Rebecca asks him to stop, but later supports it as a needed emotional outlet. Lacking Jack's DNA, Randall wants to learn to fight like him; Jack assures Randall he is already a fighter who uses his intelligence. Young Randall tricks his parents into thinking "a new kid named Dylan" is bullying him. In the present, Beth has an outburst, struggling with unemployment and her daughters' Girl Scout cookie sales. Randall fails to win over his rival's constituency at a black church, partially because he lives all the way in Alpine, New Jersey. Kevin leverages his South Korean fanbase to help Randall campaign in Koreatown. A Korean-American man named Jae-won becomes Randall's campaign manager after previous skepticism. Deja encourages Beth to talk to Randall; Beth joins Randall's campaign. Rebecca reassures Kate that she will be able to figure out motherhood, and that uncertainty is normal. Toby begins to pick himself up, but they walk Audio together and Kate promises Toby that her life has made her strong enough to support him. Zoe agrees to travel to Vietnam with Kevin, who believes Jack loved the woman in the photograph. | |||||||
| 43 | 7 | "Sometimes"[14] | Ken Olin | Bekah Brunstetter | November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13) | TBA | TBD |
| 44 | 8 | "18,615"[15] | Catherine Hardwicke | Kevin Falls | November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20) | TBA | TBD |
| 45 | 9 | "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning"[16] | TBA | TBA | November 27, 2018 (2018-11-27) | TBA | TBD |
Production
Development
On January 18, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a second and third season of 18 episodes each, for a total of 36 additional episodes.[17]
Casting
Main cast members Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Jon Huertas and Ron Cephas Jones return from the second season as Jack Pearson, Rebecca Pearson, Randall Pearson, Kate Pearson, Kevin Pearson, Beth Pearson, Toby Damon, Miguel Rivas, and William H. Hill, respectively.[18] Lyric Ross, who recurred as Déjà throughout the second season, was subsequently promoted to the principal cast in the third season.[19] In August 2018, Michael Angarano was cast to recur as Nicky Pearson, Jack Pearson's brother;[20] the character was first mentioned in the second season, and previously was depicted only briefly as a child. Melanie Liburd was promoted to series regular after guest starring in the second season as Zoe, Beth Pearson's cousin and Kevin Pearson's new love interest.[21][22]
Filming
Production on the season officially began on July 10, 2018, in Los Angeles.[23][24]
Reception
Ratings
No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Nine Bucks" | September 25, 2018 | 3.0/12 | 10.54[8] | 1.9 | 5.76 | 4.9 | 16.30[25] |
| 2 | "A Philadelphia Story" | October 2, 2018 | 2.4/9 | 8.87[9] | 1.9 | 5.68 | 4.3 | 14.55[26] |
| 3 | "Katie Girls" | October 9, 2018 | 2.3/9 | 8.91[10] | 1.9 | 5.68 | 4.2 | 14.59[27] |
| 4 | "Vietnam" | October 16, 2018 | 2.2/9 | 8.92[11] | 1.8 | 5.50 | 4.0 | 14.43[28] |
| 5 | "Toby" | October 23, 2018 | 2.1/8 | 8.53[12] | 1.8 | 5.50 | 3.9 | 14.03[29] |
| 6 | "Kamsahamnida" | October 30, 2018 | 2.1/9 | 8.88[13] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
References
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General references
"This Is Us Season 3 Episode Guide". TV Guide. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
"Shows A-Z – This Is Us on NBC". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- List of This Is Us episodes on IMDb
