This is Us returns to NBC with a very special episode, “Birth Mother,” which tells the backstory of Randall’s mother.Viewers were left with a cliffhanger when it was revealed Randall’s mother, who was previously thought to be dead, was actually alive which has only heightened anticipation for tonight’s show.
And because the drama series is known for exceptional storytelling, NBC got two of the shows Black female writers, Kay Oyegun and Eboni Freeman, together with Sterling K.
Brown and Susan Kelechi to discuss developing this backstory.“Our imaginations could literally go wild because we’ve only learned very little about Laurell, Randall’s mother,” Freeman explained of the writing process. “So it was really cool to be able to have a blank.
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