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Susan Kelechi Watson Talks Keeping The Black Pearsons Authentic On 'This Is Us'

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This is Us fans finally got to see Beth Pearson reach her full professional potential with this week’s episode, and they have Susan Kelechi Watson to thank for it – in more ways than one.

Watson has not only portrayed Beth, the compassionate yet assertive wife to Randall Pearson on NBC’s hit multi-generational, parallel storyline family drama for the last 5 years, but she sat in the writer’s seat for Season 6, Episode 6, “Our Little Island Girl: Part 2.” The episode finds Beth at a turning point in her dance academy’s future, amid a big return to in-person classes.

The situation triggers memories of her own time in ballet academy, and the abandonment she felt when her instructor pushed her aside after her father’s sudden death.

This changes the course of how she chooses to instruct her students and spells out the future of her career as a dance academy owner.

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