SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the May 17 episode of This Is Us, “The Train.” It was played Monday night at the Landmark Theater as part of Deadline’s Awardsline Screening series, followed by a Q&A with series creator and executive produced Dan Fogelman.
You can watch a two-part video of it, in which dissects “The Train” (above) and teases next week’s series finale (below the story.) The flash-forward scene This Is Us fans of the show have been looking forward to — and dreading — for years played out tonight, with The Pearsons and their families gathering at Kevin’s house to say their final goodbyes to Rebecca on her death bed.There were a lot of tears as the Big Three’s significant others — past and present — took turns at Rebecca’s bedside to tell her how much she meant to them.
Randall and Kevin went in last as Kate raced from London to join them. She got there in the morning just in time for the trio to say their final “I love you”s to Rebecca.Running parallel to Rebecca’s final hours, a younger version of her found herself on a train, a nice throwback to the “Caboose” episode earlier this season and flashbacks to her train rides with her dad decades ago.
She was guided through the cars by William and spent time with the train’s bartender, who was non other than Dr. K who was making literal lemonade out of lemons.There was also a surprise third parallel storyline involving a new family with two sons and a daughter we hadn’t seen.
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