#the pearsons

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236- “Prep”

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(( Evertything - Ella Mai & John Legend))

For easier reading, please see transcript below the cut:

The rest of Harvest weekend passed much like it began; good company, good food and lots of love.

Obie spent the rest of the time cementing his place in my family’s heart. I know that were I crazy enough to end things, I would be promptly disowned by everyone I’ve ever loved.

Except for maybe, Xander, who despite my best efforts, never materialized that weekend…

But much to my surprise and dismay, I was relieved.

Though he said he was under the weather, I suspected otherwise. It was no matter. Penny was right. Xander would be fine with or without me.

He chose, and I finally reached a place where I accepted; for better or worse.

Upon reaching home, Obie and I settled back into our weekly routines quickly. With the year hurtling to an end, Obie and I prepared ourselves for our first Winterfest Eve with his family.

We were looking forward to seeing Clem’s new house, and Obie could barely contain his excitement at having his baby sister only 20 minutes away.

Though to me the location was amazing; offering a touch of “suburbs” in the heart of the city, I know it was still too suburban for my city boy. Still, I dreamt of us being here, one day…

Winterfest Eve was just as sweet as Harvestfest. I genuinely love his family. They remind me much of my own.

Knowing full well, that seeing Obie with the littlest Tremblays would kick his biological clock into overdrive, and my ovaries ache,

I planned accordingly; Winterfest morning, I woke up extra early to prepare, and intercept the courier…

The look on his face was priceless!

Seeing him this excited over Tater reminded why I loved this man…

It was the best Winterfest I’d had in a while!

[lequynhnhu]

This Is Us 6x15

bonus: Kevin’s character growth 

from this 

and this 

to this! 

[penny259]

maybe i am in the minority, but i am sorry i didn’t like the finale. (after a disappointing season, the finale was no better).

i liked what the writers wanted to do with showing a normal day in the life of this family. i enjoyed that part. but the other parts, the present day. it didn’t touch me at all. it was extremely disjointed and disproportionately balanced with the focus on only 2-3 characters, rather than the family as a whole.

ya, it seemed not fitting for a show that had such a strong beginning. even this season for that matter. but anyways, i will forever be upset that they could have done it so much better but they didn’t.

[polluteme]

[maria-eve-falcon]

never have I ever thought I'd cry at people conceiving babies in a bathroom stall after an american football game

[abovesn4kes]

Rdr2 but make them little animals?!??

posting more of this soon ！

[frazzledsoul]

Things that I wish had been properly explored in the final season of This Is Us, instead of focusing on Kate and Toby's endless fights, Kate becoming a saint who could do no wrong, Kevin being jealous over Madison's boyfriend, and Deja and Malik's teenage soap opera:

- Kevin experiencing some professional success, both in acting or with Big Three Homes, instead of having his acting career being written off and hearing secondhand about the nonprofit doing well

- Kevin and Madison successfully co-parenting with the six-year-old version of Madison and Nicky, because those kids were adorable. Also more of Kevin with the preteen kids.

- Sophie and Kevin being successfully married, and what their life was like as Kevin becomes more of a caretaker to both Rebecca and Miguel and his own brood

- Kevin, Madison, Sophie, Elijah, and all their kids becoming a sort of postmodern tribe that has to do everything together, apparently. The possibilities here are endless and we barely got a glimpse of them!

- Madison having another child with Elijah, how Kevin feels about that, and he and Sophie not having any children themselves

- Sophie hated LA. Why? Explaaaaaain, guys.

- Toby and his endgame wife and how she gets along with his family

- Toby experiencing some professional success. He gave up his dream for Kate and she got everything she wanted, and then they split up anyway. I think he deserved a bit more of what he wanted, too.

- Cassidy and Kevin's friendship, and how she got to a better place mentally

- Nicky and his adorable wife who we did not see nearly enough of

- More of Tess and Annie as adults. Some version of Annie should get a storyline.

- Toby and Kate as grandparents

- More of Adult Hailee

- Franny and Nicky as adults, since they are the only grandkids we did not see grown up

- Some explanation of how Jack kept Nicky a secret and what Nicky was doing after he came home.

- I'd like to see more of Rebecca and Jack in the afterlife, but what we got was actually perfect.

I know the season was structured the way it was in order to do the solo episodes and give Alexandra Breckenridge time to show up. But they didn't do nearly enough with Sophie once they had her, even though that's when Kevin's life got really interesting and they spent way too much time in the contemporary timeline. Kevin and Madison were fighting over where the twins spent Thanksgiving for about four episodes. Come on, guys. Speed it up!

Overall, I'm not unsatisfied about how things ended up, and obviously I loved Jack and Rebecca reuniting Titanic-style. But we could have had more.

Also, I had lots of issues with the show over the last two or three years....but I miss the Pearsons.

[dozydawn]

“Teenage girls playing basketball at a school in Yei, South Sudan.”

Photographed by Mark Pearson, 2005.

[drizzledrawings]

Bird outlaws

[zzoupz]

don't worry guys he can reclaim

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232 - “Decisions, Decisions”

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Please note: This is one time where the music REALLLLY does matter to the scene. It conveys the mood in a way that the lyrics alone cannot. Please enjoy 😉

((LOVE GOES - Labrinth & Sam Smith))

[lequynhnhu]

This Is Us 6x16 ending

[dragonroilz]

in a world that could never be...

[robyn-443]

Lol

[liberalsarecool]

Three Democrats stood up for students. Two black Reps were expelled, white Rep was not.

Never forget.

[ercticisms]

why am i sort of funny