This Is Us

Previously on This Is Us...

I take office in the next few weeks,

and God only knows what kind of effect

that's gonna have on my family.

We're moving to Philadelphia.

This is my friend Deja.

Hi, hi, hi, Deja. Um, Malik.

Nice to meet you.

I think I might like girls.

We love you.

No matter what, okay?

Hello?

All right, um,

hold on one second.

It's Uncle Nicky. He got in trouble

in Pennsylvania. He's being arrested

and he gave them my number for the bail money.

Nothing's really changed since the last procedure.

Jack's retinopathy will not be reversed.

His eyesight will not return.

Happy end of summer vacation, babe.

- Ah. - Thank you.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Next week,

those irritable prepubescent monsters

are no longer our problem between the hours

- of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - Ugh. Right?

- Hmm... - Mmm, I actually hated that high five.

Me, too.

Hey, babe, can we please just do something fun today?

I feel like we haven't even seen the kids all summer.

Yeah, that's because they're going into seventh grade.

They want nothing to do with us anymore.

You know, they actually think we're dorks.

Like, me, a dork.

- I know. - Me.

Okay.

Hey, kids? Get in here!

Hey, why don't we go to the pool?

We haven't been to the pool in forever.

Well, I could do, I could do a pool day.

- Yeah. - Right?

- Good morning. - Hey, you two, eyes up here.

- Take those off for a second. - Hey!

Hey yourself.

Exciting announcement:

we're doing a Pearson family fun day.

We're gonna go to the Greenview pool.

Do we have to?

There's a 90210 marathon on.

Yeah, I'm good to stay here.

I want to knock out two more books to make sure that I win

this summer's library read-a-thon.

Can we go to the Greenview pool?

- Please. - You big mope, don't hold out on us.

- Please. Please. - Please.

Okay.

Hey, Nicky, it's Kevin,

uh, again.

Listen, I-I left you, like, five voice mails, man.

Um, I'm just trying to make sure you're okay.

And I-I know you texted me last week saying that you were okay,

which was a little surprising, actually,

'cause I didn't realize texting was in your wheelhouse.

But, um...

Listen, man, I guess I'm looking

for a little more detail, you know?

Uh, seeing as I did wire you all that money for bail.

So...

Would you please call me back?

Just want to make sure you're okay.

Bye.

So, good news: my houseplant finally grew a new branch.

So... which, for those of you who aren't regulars here,

uh, my sponsor suggested that I get something simple

to take care of.

Said it would keep me focused.

So I got a ficus.

A Ficus benjamina, to be exact.

And good on my sponsor, because that plant

is basically the only thing in my life

that I feel in control of right now.

Yeah?

- Ready for you, Kevin. - Okay.

I've been just sort of going through the motions

on this new movie that I just finished.

All right, Kev. Last take.

Mind if we try something different?

You just tell me what to do and I'll do it.

All right, don't let this guy hide.

He's alone. Let him not be okay for a second.

- Sound good? - Great idea.

Okay, all right, here we go.

Everybody to one. Let's go.

Set!

- And... background. - Background.

- Action! - Go, guys, go, cops.

And cut.

- Fantastic. - That's a cut!

Great.

- Hey, man. - Hi. Thanks for the opportunity.

I really appreciate it. That was fun.

And, uh, thanks for being a good sport

about all the "I see dead people" jokes.

Yeah, that never gets old.

- I bet. - Yeah.

All right.

- You know, when... Sit down. - Yeah.

You know, when you strip away all the artifice,

all those tricks you use to make yourself seem

appealing and charming and handsome...

When you let all that crap go,

you're absolutely incredible.

And I am...

... way in over my head with my sister

and her new son.

He was born premature,

and we just found out that he's blind.

So I go to all the doctor's appointments with them,

but I never know what to say.

I never know what to do.

So...

there's that.

Hey.

Just saw the new windows going in

over at the community center.

Yeah.

Got some real nice double-paned beauties.

Almost as beautiful as my wife.

Did you just compare me to rec center windows?

They're double-paned windows.

It's the sexiest kind of windows.

- Okay. All right. - All right, all right.

So these are the paint options

- for my dance studio. - Mm.

- Right? Which one do you like? - Hmm.

Silver Whisper, of course.

But no studio today.

I got big things planned

for the last day of summer break.

Everybody's been so busy getting settled in these past few weeks,

so I'm thinking a classic Pearson family fun day.

I'm down.

But good luck getting these girls on board.

I don't know if it's the hormones

or the stress of going to new schools,

but they are definitely getting meaner by the day.

Stop it. They are not getting meaner by...

Hey! There they are.

The flyest females in Philly.

You don't need to give us nicknames every morning.

No, sometimes, you could just be like,

"Good morning, Tess. Good morning, Deja."

- Meaner by the day. - Mom,

can you take me to get my hair cut?

Yeah, I would,

but your dad has a classic

- Pearson family fun day planned. - Ooh!

It's gonna be epic.

I'm talking Liberty Bell.

I'm talking gorging on cheesesteaks

till you get meat sweats. Mmm!

Mom promised that I can get my hair cut before school starts.

That's why I've been growing it out all summer.

And you promised me

that we could ride the bus together so you could decide

if I can take it to school by myself.

Even though

I've been taking the bus by myself

since I was eight years old.

All right. All right, how about this?

Dej, you and I will do a trial run

of the bus route to school.

Beth, you take Tess to the salon.

And then we'll meet up for a classic

- Pearson family fun afternoon. - Ooh.

Unless something horrible happens on the bus.

- Ooh. - Would you stop? Do you hear this?

Annie, my favorite child,

is there anything that you'd like to do today?

I'm good with whatever.

Bless your soul.

Okay, that was creepy.

There's my hungry dude.

Yes.

Is he done? 'Cause I got to squish that little face.

Yes, he is.

Okay, Jack,

I'm gonna hand you to your dad now, okay?

- Okay. Okay. - Here comes Daddy.

- Got him? - Yeah, I got him.

- Okay. - Okay.

There you go. You're okay.

You want to come up here? Hey.

- Aw. - Hey, buddy. It's me, your dad.

All you have to remember is that I am the hairy one.

Huh? There... Yeah, see?

There it is.

Now... how are you feeling?

- Good. - About today?