This Is Us

Previously on This Is Us...

- Mom! Kevin! - Hey.

What's up, buddy? What do you say? Get me up high.

There it is.

Stay the hell away from my wife.

She is her daddy's world.

I want more for her than you can offer her.

I will do everything I can to stop this.

I did have a really nice time tonight.

Okay.

- You can come inside for a water. - All right.

- A water. - Uh-huh.

Every part of my body aches like death right now.

Do you want to have sex?

And I'm cured. You're a witch.

All right.

Okay, you can look.

Schwing.

Stop. That's my spot. Stop.

Okay, what's the safe word?

Uh, spatula?

Oh!

Mm.

Wait.

Promise me we'll always be hot for each other.

Easiest promise I'll ever make.

Not even if you paid me in gold.

You are... insatiable.

Only for you.

Mm.

I really want to.

But I promised my mom

I would have brunch with her.

Oh...

Killed the mood.

- Sorry. - Killed the mood.

Do you think

you could maybe drop me off at my parents'?

'Cause Jenny has my car.

Please?

Come on. It's 20 minutes away.

Yeah, no, it... No, it's fine.

It's not that. I just, um...

I don't think your parents really approve of me

after that first dinner at the club.

- What? - I just...

Think I was talking about myself too much.

Jack, you never talk about yourself.

I loved it.

Okay.

Okay, okay, fine, I'll give you a ride.

But I just want you to know,

there is no such thing as a free brunch.

Dad, come on. Let's go.

Whoa! Randall, you're-you're like a ninja.

- Get dressed. I got to go to school. - Oh.

It's 6:00 a.m., bud.

I want to get there early to talk to Mr. Lawrence.

He gave me a book to read.

- Mr. Lawrence again. - Oh, yeah?

Mr. Lawrence give you the book

- about the tickle monster? - Stop. Dad, stop! Stop.

- Tickle monster is... - Oh, my God.

Something died in your mouth.

- Oh, did it? - Go brush your teeth.

- Come on. Let's go. - You know what,

I think, uh...

I think I want to meet this Mr. Lawrence.

He's made quite an impression on you.

Parent-teacher conferences are next month.

Or today.

- Yeah. - Okay?

- Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah.

Mr. Lawrence.

Randall.

This is the latest you've ever been early.

Uh, Korey Lawrence,

Randall's English teacher.

Jack Pearson, Randall's father.

I've heard a lot of great things about you.

Oh. Well, uh,

your son is a very curious young man.

He asks a lot of questions, yeah.

So, how's Notes of a Native Son going?

Great. When James Baldwin was ten,

he wrote a play his teacher directed.

Hey. You got a director.

Now you just need to write a play, right?

- Hey, it was really nice to meet you. - Yeah.

You have a very special kid here.

I agree.

Randall, your mom's gonna pick you up today.

Okay.

Love you.

So...

... how far did you get?

- "The Harlem Ghetto". - Ah, yeah.

Wilkins is freezing me out.

Yeah, well, you did cancel on him twice.

Screw it. I'm going over there.

- To say what? - I'm gonna ask him

if I vote for his housing bill... with revisions...

whether he'll support my grocery store in the food desert.

Actually, no. I'm gonna tell him.

- Yeah, you are. - Yeah.

- Yeah... - Yeah.

- Come on. - Mm.

No, no, no. I'm telling you, I'm up

five after nine, right, and then the back tightens.

And I still had to swi...

Morning, gentlemen.

Sorry to interrupt the golf banter.

Councilman, if this conversation is gonna start or end

with the words "affordable groceries" or "food desert",

you can keep walking.

Actually, um, Councilman, no.

Uh...

I know I had to cancel on you twice,

and I wanted to make it up to you.

So, um,

if you ever wanted to get onto Stillbrooke,

I have an in.

- Stillbrooke? - Two-month wait for a tee time.

And, of course, Pearson has an in.

Ha-ha-ha.

Yes, 'cause I'm a carpetbagger with rich friends,

and you men of principle don't want any part of that.

My offer stands.

It was nice talking to you.

Well, what about today?

Today?

- I'll make a call. - Hmm.

We could use a fourth.

Thanks, but, uh, golf's not really my bag.

Golf. Bag.

Um, do you still want me?

Oh, we do now.

Ours is a money game.

All right.

Oh, God.

Just...

Uh...

Eh.

Mm...

Okay, what's wrong?

Eh. Aw, I'm just...

I'm creeping on my ex.

Ugh.

What's that even mean?

Oh. Uh...

I'm Internet stalking her.

God, you're old.

It's my-my ex, Zoe.

Uh, her documentary won a prize at this Rome film festival,

and she's posted all these photos.

And every single one, she's with this hot guy.

See that?

What do you think of that? Just friends?

- Yeah. Oh, yeah, definitely. - Yeah?

Yeah.

But they're also having sex.

Aw.

- What is this... - What are... Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- No, no, no. What are you doing? - I'm trying to make

- the picture bigger. What... - Well, you didn't make it bigger.

You touched the heart, man. You touched the heart.

- Now she knows I'm stalking her. - What's your problem?

- I look like an... What's my problem? - Yeah.

Everything here sucks. That's my problem.

You know,

you don't need to stick around here for my court hearing.

Yeah, no, I really do need

to stick around here for your court hearing.

I told your vet counselor that I would.

Which means...

a few more weeks.

Let's do something though. You know?

You want to go in... You want to go for a hike?

- I've had more than enough hikes with you, kid. - Okay.

Here we go.

Go to a meeting, Kevin.

Yeah, thanks. Just went to a meeting.

Go to another one.

Oh.

Relax. It's okay.

Hey, Mr. Malone.

You, uh...

going out to play some golf?

No, no. I'm just gonna go hit some balls.

Do you play?

Not really.

I mean,

sometimes I'll do a twilight round over at Swenson.

Oh. You want to join me?

You know what, I got a lot of errands today.

Thank you, though, sir.

All right. Some other time.

Are you sure?

I think it's really sweet

that my dad wants to get to know you more.