“A full, beautiful story is going to be told,” says Dan Fogelman.
Kevin’s sister and brother-in-law also awaited the arrival of a child.
Questions that brought into focus the woman in all those photos around the house.
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Is she still alive?
What to make of this latest puzzle piece?
Is Kevin truly turning the corner?
What lurks around the corner for Randall as he enters a new round of therapy?
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Are these two fundamentally compatible enough to make this hyper-accelerated relationship work… in the middle of a pandemic?
You really get to watch a relationship form in full as it grows.
Will their personal issues affect the relationship?
I think that’s part of what any relationship is.
That’s something that they’re still figuring out.
Kevin is now operating at a high level of maturity.
He’s not running from his problems; he’s living in them, trying to solve them.
Might Kevin surprise everyone here, in what seems to be his biggest challenge yet?
It would not be out of character for Kevin to take two steps forward, one step back.
And if ever Kevin is ready for that, it’s now.
What can you tell us about his new film,Glass Eye?
On a scale ofA Few Good MentoBody of Evidence, where does this one rank?
It’s a fictional director.
That’s been part of his journey for a little bit.
That’s part of his exploration with this new therapist.
When Tess has had panic attacks in the past, Randall worried that she would end up like him.
Are we entering a teen-pulling-away period?
It’s natural that there’s a pull-away that starts happening at this age.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing, and it’s not always rebellion.
But that’s definitely something that’s potentially in the cards here.
But what the kids receive from us might [only] be the decision we’ve reached in private.
Look, it’s one of the many ways we all f— up our kids.
There’s no right or wrong answers.
But then you worry about the parts of yourself that you’re not as fond of.
That’s one of the many things that we as parents stare at the ceilings at night worrying about.
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Is there more to this story that than we’ve been told so far?
No, I don’t think there’s anythingTwin Peaks-y about her or twisty or turn-y.
There’s certainly an interesting journey to go through here.
So as much as our world has fundamentally shifted right now, it’s also continuing to spin.
So you will be seeing the ramifications of that.
Any hints about how incomplete this picture is?
The story right now is not only incomplete, it’s barely even painted.
So in short order, a full, beautiful story is going to be told.
There are characters here speaking Vietnamese.
Coincidence, or something more?
That’s certainly purposeful.
Not just because of Jack having served in Vietnam.
So there is connective tissue.
What’s the next hint that you might drop about how Randall will learn more about his biological mother?
What you’ve seen right now is the first point of connection.
