Tonight, we reached the end of that journey.
Let’s break down the Big Three’s big end.
Jack: And dad said…
Kevin: Gee!
Justin Hartley as Kevin, Chrissy Metz as Kate, Sterling K. Brown as Randall.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
Jack: And then came…
Kate: Me!
Jack: And mom said…
Kate: Whee!
Jack: And we said…
Randall: That’s three!
Jack: Big Three
The kids: Big Three
Unamused by the video, Kevin and Randall storm off.
Rebecca seems uncertain about Kevin’s mindset, but Kevin praises her for always saying the right thing.
Randall feels so guilty, that Jack doesn’t feel the need to further punish him.
Instead, he shows him how to shave.
Hairless Kevin insists on learning, too.
Rebecca gushes at seeing her sons experience such a milestone.
Jack urges them to not underestimate Kate, because she wisely understands the importance of living in the moment.
The boys dismiss Jack’s musings but Jack says they’ll eventually understand.
The boys do, at least, become more supportive of Kate, eagerly playing Pin the Tail.
You could be missing out on something very important."
More pressing following Rebecca’s death than the relevance of the games is the Big Three’s reaction.
Tess and Annie leave Deja (La Trice Harper) to comfort Randall.
Anyway, Deja says the fact that Randall is going to be a grandfather proves it’s not pointless.
After raising only women, Randall is ecstatic for a boy to help raise.
Soon after, the siblings sit together and Kevin wonders what they do without parents.
Kate says to do what their mother wanted live fearlessly.
Pending Beth’s approval, Randall will continue his political climb, apparently toward president.
Kate does, however, fear they might drift from one another in the process.
Kevin and Kate say the same.
The siblings then recite their Big Three chant and Kevin assures Kate if she drifts, they’ll follow.
She says she’s scared and doesn’t want to leave the children.
Jack says she won’t she’ll still be with them for everything important.
Then Rebecca muses about she and Jack “us” finding each other in the bar that night.
Jack repurposes what she said about the Pin the Tail on the Donkey game.
Cut to the Pearsons mourning Rebeccca joyfully together, and the pre-teen era family playing that Saturday.
Randall gives his father a knowing look about appreciating the present, and with that, our ride ends.
Yet otherwise, for the most part, the goodbye hit plenty of feel-good notes worthy of the series.
But like Kevin said, what do we do now?
Well, share reactions below.
Consider divesting in Kleenex stocks.
And maybe wish for a reunion special to see the next generation of Pearsons gettheirhappily ever after?
In any case, it’s been an honor being your recapper through this journey.
