This Is Us

Previously on This Is Us...

I just got six messages from the adoption agency.

We have a match.

I free you from your "Jerry Maguire at the U-Haul,"

what-if marriage proposal that you made.

Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna take it back.

Your life has really been defined by your mothers.

William told me everything he knew about my birth mother.

I'll never know much about her.

There are things, Dr. Leigh,

that I don't feel comfortable talking to you about.

I'm gonna make a change, and...

find a Black therapist.

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Oh!

Three pounds heavier.

Hey, hey, you hear that, kid?

Three pounds heavier than last year.

He's still only in the 30th percentile.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means you've got a long way to go to be average.

Randall, just try to be supportive, okay?

Your brother's playing football this year.

He's gonna need the extra weight.

Kev's going out for quarterback.

Well, you boys are definitely at the age where your bodies

will start changing.

Growth spurts. Added muscle. Facial hair.

Geez, Doc, would it kill you

to have a Consumer Reports lying around?

What is taking them so long?

Stewart and Tonya will be at the house in an hour.

Stewart? I thought you weren't talking to Stewart

after the big breakup.

He chose to be in my group project.

Oh.

He chose you.

Interesting. Mm.

- Oh. - What happened

- to the candies? - What are you, six years old, nerd?

At least I'm not built like a six-year-old, dumb-ass.

No, you guys just act like a bunch of six-year-olds.

- Ha-ha-ha! -Ha! - Dad!

- Guys. Both of you. - Come on, let's go to the car.

Shotgun!

Thanks.

Not often do I send parents off with three teens

the exact same age going through puberty

at the exact same time.

I'm not a religious man, but I'll pray for you.

- Good luck. - Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

- Yeah. - Mm.

I don't think of myself as a therapist who works alone,

I think of this as a... collaboration,

like two songwriters.

We will find your positive rhythms

while minimizing any negative beats.

- Uh-huh. - Feel what I'm saying?

Okay.

I'm a proponent

of CBT and CPT.

CBT is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,

and CPT is Cognitive Processing Therapy.

I'm sorry, are you frozen?

No. No, I am not.

That said, this isn't about me.

You're gonna have to put in the work.

I'm just here to help you find

a deeper understanding of yourself

and the loved ones around you.

I... am so sorry.

My wife had to run out.

Downside of working from home, right?

That's okay, man. Go ahead.

Can you say hi?

Hi.

Hi.

Oh, wow.

I got three of those.

Uh, this is my daughter, April.

April, this is... I can't tell you his name

because of doctor-patient privilege.

Excuse me.

Potential patient.

I don't mean to toot my own horn,

but I put my foot up in these pancakes.

Who wants some?

- Please. - Oh, yes.

Thanks, Mom.

- Put my foot in these pancakes... - We heard.

Yeah, I'm good with cereal.

All right, well, y'all eat up, then.

I don't want you late for online school, okay?

That's just a bad look.

Made 'em from scratch.

Yeah, a lot of love went into them

- is all I'm saying. - Oh, my God. Fine.

Okay.

- Morning. - Morning, Dad.

How is everybody?

There's a lot of teen attitude this morning.

Yeah, one day you hung the moon,

the next you're famine, war and pestilence.

Hey, um...

I think I found my guy,

- to replace Dr. Leigh. - Oh, wow. That's great.

So, did you talk about family stuff, or...?

Just generally.

We, uh, we talked about transracial identity.

I'm having a longer Zoom session with him today.

But, uh, he checks all the boxes, Beth.

He's cool, smart, funny,

Black, a young father.

We got a lot in common.

- Young father? - Hey, watch your mouth now.

- Mm, mm. - Mm-hmm.

Hey. You barely touched the pancakes.

You refuse to use cage-free eggs.

- Tess, you need to eat. - I had some yogurt. I'm good.

Ugh. That girl is killing me three times a day.

Mm.

Mmm.

Damn, Beth, you put your foot up in these pancakes.

Thank God for you, baby.

- Mm. Thank God for you. - Mwah.

Thank God for these pancakes.

Hey.

Geez, how many workouts are you up to a day now?

Two. Maybe two and a half. Why?

- Curious. Me learning about you. - Ah, yes.

You know, I feel like lately the half sessions are just me

burning through crap I got going on with my brother, you know?

Not sure those are the muscles you work on for that,

but I am not a professional.

Who brought those?

Those are balloons from your mom and Miguel.

I thought you told 'em we're not doing engaged engaged.

No, I did. I did. I told 'em the whole thing.

But, you know, they're... old.

So...

Anyway, are you, um...

What are we doing?

We are doing a nontraditional engagement,

where the woman gets pregnant first

and then the man moves in with her

because of a global pandemic.

Mm. That's right. Now it's...

Now I remember. You know, they really got to start

making Hallmark cards for people like us. You know?

A-And you're-you're good with... with where we are?

Yeah.

- You? - Uh, yeah.

Yes.

Don't worry. These are gluten-free and low-cal.

- But no shirt, no service. - I'm on it.

What's going on here?

Oh, wow.

What?

Uh...

I think I just got the part.

I mean, pending a-a good meeting with the director,

I-I got the part.

The legal movie? The lawyer with the glass eye?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, it's not...

The-the title of the movie is Glass Eye.

He's got two eyes just like mine, made out of...

- uh... - I don't know

what eyes are made out of.

- But congratulations. - This is... Thank you.

Yeah, this is great.

Um...

Although I probably should, uh,

stick to, like, just straight-up lean chicken breast

and water from here on out.

I got to have my shirt off in the movie

for a couple of scenes, love scenes.

So I'm going straight-up Gosling for this

or Pitt in Fight Club or something.

I don't know. I'm not...

This is my agent. Sorry, I have to take this.

Um, I'm sorry about this.

I'm-I'm gonna cook you dinner, okay? I'll make dinner?

Okay?

I'm nervous.

Yeah, I'm nervous, too.

But I'm nervous and I'm excited.

- What is that, like, nerve-cited? - Yeah. Yeah.

Remember, we're just meeting a potential birth mother.

- Right. - All right? We're gonna get to know her.

She's gonna get to know us.

No expectations. Right?