Last week’sThis Is Uswas about thebirths of new Pearsons.
There’s also a flashback of Rebecca and Jack digesting the birth of the original Big Three.
Let’s dive into how this message plays out with each Pearsons' post-baby ride home.
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After they pack up and Jack struggles but ultimately succeeds in installing car seats, the family heads home.
Paranoid about their safety, she keeps turning around, painfully straining her stitches.
Jack tries to comfort her, but he isn’t faring well himself he’s exhausted.
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Making things harder, the babies begin crying endlessly.
Then, when a man cuts them off on the way into a gas station, Jack snaps.
When they arrive home, the babies are asleep.
Not wanting to wake them, the couple decides to wait in the car.
On the way home, Randall references his desire for a third child.
Beth, who sits in the back with Annie, soundly dismisses this idea.
When Randall presses further, Beth storms off.
That’s why he wants another child to make his own tree as big as possible.
Hearing this, Beth looks guilt-ridden, but Randall says he’ll just hope his daughters have many grandchildren.
Then, Randall and Beth make up.
Kate
Elsewhere, Toby greets Kate and baby Hailey outside the hospital.
At home, after dropping off Ellie, Kate panics about her change of heart.
Later, Toby says Ellie chose Kate as her baby’s adoptive mother because Kate is unflappable.
He says they will figure things out even with unexpected challenges.
Then he segues into difficult news: earlier that day, he was laid off.
Proving Toby right about her resilience, Kate doesn’t panic.
She insists they will still enjoy their special day and deal with the job situation tomorrow.
Her mother was so sad for so long afterward.
Jack says he’s certain Rebecca will be a great mother.
Then he shares his own confession.
(Indeed, that’s how Jack’s kids saw him).
Upon comforting each other, Rebecca and Jack finally rejoice in their parenthood.
Kevin
Kevin’s story most strongly connects to the flashback.
Then, when they’re followed by a paparazzo, Kevin pulls over and angrily confronts the man.
She cuts the man a deal.
Madison then takes over driving so Kevin can rest.
(Women are tougher, obviously).
In his subsequent slumber, Kevin imagines seeing Jack with his babies.
Kevin wonders how Jack handled three children.
Jack says it was easy because his kids and wife were all he ever wanted.
Jack then urges Kevin to stop trying to live up to him.
He then tells Kevin to simply decide what he wants and go get it.
At this, Kevin awakes, alone in the car outside his house.
She accepts his hospital bracelet as a temporary ring, making the two finally officially engaged.
Sorry viewers who still ship him with Sophie, or even Cassidy.
Later, she’s waiting outside the hospital, frustrated and checking her watch.
It’s another young woman perhaps Annie?
From the ensuing interaction, we learn maybe-Deja is pregnant.
It’s seemingly the flashforward when the family gathers to say goodbye to Rebecca.
Tess greets her sisters outside.
Randall follows suit, calling the girls the “beautiful, bountiful branches” of his family tree.
He then asks Deja why she seems unwell, but she insists she’s fine.
As they’re walking into the house, someone else arrives perhaps Kevin.
While gazing at the latest arrival, Randall asks Deja about the drive to the house.
She says it “always goes by faster than you think.”
