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“You’re going to have a full heart,” the actor assures. But Ilovehow the story is unfolding and I love being a part of it. So I’ll do it as long as they let me." Ron Batzdorff/NBC The show’s big goodbye has actually been years in the making. Hartley agrees with that assessment, noting: “I think it’s very unpredictable.” Just like life, everything does end, doesn’t it? It’s definitely an emotional journey, and we have a lot of laughs to be told in it....

Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Madison’s (Caitlin Thompson) wedding day finally arrived. But she teared up after only two photos. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: It feels like we’ve been working up to this gut-wrenching apology for awhile. Sterling K. Brown and Mandy Moore on ‘This Is Us’.Ron Batzdorff/NBC How did you approach that scene, and where Rebecca was coming from? MANDY MOORE:The clock is ticking. I do think it is an essential part of her healing....

This Is Usjust took viewers and Rebecca on a ride to remember. (See: Deja’s stomach and revelation to Randall.) They exchanged two words: “Hey” and “Hey.” Sterling K. Brown as Randall and Mandy Moore as Rebecca.Ron Batzdorff/NBC ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, that wasn’t emotional at all. MANDY MOORE:Yeah. It’s why I threw up after reading it. Mandy Moore in ‘This Is Us’.Ron Batzdorff/NBC I couldn’t breathe. you could’t catch your breath, really....

“There’s a couple of things that I think people are going to be like, ‘Oh! “I would have broken it up. I don’t want to see my children come to blows like that. Credit: NBC No mother wants to.” “So I really dove in pretty deep. This particular story is a mirror for them. I wanted to check that that all the details were correct.” The scene in which Rebecca revealed her decision was incredibly challenging to pull off....

“It kind of broke me,” the actor tells EW of the episode’s final scene. Tuesday night’s installment ofThis Is Uswas the mother of all episodes for Jack Pearson. Those words were true, but not in ways that Jack expected. Milo Ventimiglia as Jack.Ron Batzdorff/NBC (For example, she had already planned her own funeral.) Thirteen years later, when Jack returned for her funeral, he embarked on the aforementioned journey of discovery....

And not surprisingly, the future Pearson patriarch will face challenges of reclamation and compartmentalization. Those fractures and cracks that you just never recover from. Were going to see him going through that experience post-war, really trying to reconnect and restart. Ron Batzdorff/NBC; Brent Lewin/NBC What is life after Vietnam? And of course, new exciting love with Rebecca. We all know how that goes. He doesnt go back, he doesnt dwell, he doesnt let the hauntings really trap him down....

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Tuesday’s episode ofThis Is Us, “Birth Mother.” Randall Pearson just had the mother of all spiritual experiences. (The revelatory episode, by the way, was directed and co-written by Kay Oyegun.) Credit: NBC In her last years, Laurel (Angela Gibbs) and Hai reconnected before she died from breast cancer. How would you compare those two trips for Randall? Are they equally meaningful for him?STERLING K. BROWN:They are....

“Rest assured, they will find their way back,” Brown says of Randall and Kevin. It is even safer to say that things got so heated, they trended toward scorched earth. Not great, guys! Credit: NBC Yeah, it’s going to be tough, Brown tells EW. However long it goes, I don’t want to tell the fans. Rest assured, theywillfind their way back. Speaking of patients, what revelations await Randall as/if he continues on a much-needed journey of therapy?...

But Beth often plays a supporting role to those around her, which has meant backgrounding her own desires. But those roles would reverse when Miguel invited a companion of his own. I mean, brine not? Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth.Ron Batzdorff/NBC How did you two go about creating this installment? So a part of that was showing the audience how Beth got to that moment. That was really important. But one of the most important things that she does is, in the end, validate herself....

Goodbyes are never easy. On a show likeThis Is Us, they can be downright brutal. (It was a BBQ theme, after all.) The cast of ‘This Is Us’ on EW’s digital cover shoot.Pat Martin for Entertainment Weekly “How do you guys feel about saying goodbye to your characters? “Mandy Mooreasked her castmates during EW’s Around the Table shoot. Like, they will no longer exist anymore.” You really do feel like, all the years....

You saw the end oflast week’s episode. You know the emotional stakes. So… what exactly should you brace for? NBC “I don’t know if there is a way to brace anybody,” Moore tells EW. “I wasn’t braced for it. I wasn’t ready. I imagine that this is very real way for some people to imagine the end of their life.” “There is no bracing,” echoes Brown with a laugh. “You know me: I underpromise and I overdeliver....

Have fun deciphering Susan Kelechi Watson’s answer! The Big Three are down to one. Justin Hartley: “There will be a lot of reconnections.” ‘This Is Us’ stars Justin Hartley, Chrissy Metz, and Sterling K. Brown.Maarten de Boer/NBC Chris Sullivan: “Transformational.” Sterling K. Brown: “I hope he’s able to find closure. That he is loved. I think that’s what I’m looking for, for Randall.” She has found confidence in a way she never has before....

But how did actors from all walks of Hollywood life credits range fromHeroestoThe People v. O.J SimpsontoMr. RobottoRevenge come together to form this unconventional, unpredictable family at the wide-open heart ofThis Is Us? Start scrolling, because you love flashbacks, remember? Joe Pugliese/NBC (2); Maarten de Boer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty; “We all knew her fromLouie. I wrote a monologue for her. That was one of the first reactions people would have. Gregg DeGuire/WireImage; Maarten de Boer/Getty Images...