This Is Us

Previously on This Is Us...

Rebecca?

I'm Matt. Matt Dickson.

Would you like to_ I don't know_

Grab a cup of coffee or something some time?

Uh, I'm-I'm gonna go pay.

You fixed the fridge.

Thank you for all you're doing to help.

You're too good to us.

You are still a junior in high school,

and you will not be going to visit your boyfriend

in Boston again

any time soon.

Well, that's gonna be a problem.

Oh, hey, you remember Elijah, right, from book club?

Why are you calling me in the middle of the night?

'Cause I was about to call my co-star for a booty call,

and you live across the country,

and I figured you were the better option.

Okay, Bug, are you ready? All right.

Okay, find C. Ah. Perfect.

Here. Yeah. There you go. Ready?

Ladies and gentlemen,

-we are witnessing history in the making here. -(giggles)

We've got the famous,

stunningly talented

and beautiful mother/daughter music duo,

Kate Pearson, Rebecca Pearson, playing their very first

song ever together.

Here, this is where it all started.

-Daddy, you're distracting me. You know what?

You're gonna want this for your Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

induction ceremony, trust me. -Okay, Bug.

-You want to try it again? -Mm-hmm. -All right.

I do that only because I'm not sure!

-(laughter) Phone a friend!

-Phone a friend! (laughs) -What? Phone a friend?

You do not phone a friend at the $16,000 level.

Really? I don't... Come on. Bug.

Bug, come, watch with us.

We just saw this teacher from the Midwest

...win $125,000. -Yeah.

You know, sometimes, I lie in my bed,

and I think about how sad my life is,

and then I come out here, and I see you two

glued to this couch watching Regis

and his monochromatic ties five nights a week,

and I think to myself, "Huh, it could be worse."

I like Regis's ties.

I'm going to Molly's, so try not to rage too hard while I'm gone.

Okay.

Geez.

We're not that sad.

No, no.

-Are we that sad? -No.

I went out with my work friends last month.

-I had a margarita. And you... -Wow.

...you're dating, right? You're dating that woman you mentioned.

Marguerite, but it's not serious. -Oh, but still.

-(laughs) -See? We're fun.

Yes.

You know, um...

Rebecca, you...

you mentioned that you'd be, um,

open to getting yourself back out there, right?

Well, a friend of mine from work

told me about this speed dating thing

going on at Petey B.'s this weekend.

15 guys, 15 girls

sitting across from each other for three minutes at a time...

15 dates? That is way worse than one.

Rebecca.

It's time.

You can't just sit here with me

every night for the rest of your life.

Okay, Hailey, you want some sweet potato?

-(babbling) -(gasps) No sweet potato.

Thanks for putting the laundry away.

-You didn't have to do that. No big deal.

I know you have a lot on your plate with Toby gone,

and I love doing laundry.

Mom, no one likes to do laundry.

I do.

I love folding baby clothes.

Oh.

Hi.

Hey. How's my beautiful family?

KATE (over phone): We're good. We're just drawing,

and sweet potato-ing. Are you headed to the airport soon?

That's what I wanted to talk to you about.

What's going on?

So, Amir invited a bunch of us to watch the Giants game

from his yacht on McCovey Cove

tomorrow afternoon. -Whoa.

Baseball with the boss.

Yeah. Apparently, it's a very modest yacht.

But I can still fly home.

No, no, no, no, um...

No, you should do it. You know, get that time with Amir.

-Really? You sure? -Yeah.

As long as you explain to me

what a "modest yacht" is. (chuckles)

I think it's just a canoe with a toilet.

Thank you so much.

This means a lot. I love you.

Love you, too.

You know, I can stay with the kids tomorrow afternoon

while you go to school.

It's not a big deal.

You know what?

You haven't been to the school since last year.

Do you want to meet us there?

Yeah. I would love that.

That's it. I knocked. I'm coming in.

Listen, they're doing something cute. Come here. Hurry.

Take a look. Come on. Hurry up, hurry up. You're gonna miss it.

-What? What? What are they doing? -Watch this. Look, look.

-Look at this. Watch this, watch this. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, Nicky, Nicky. Hey, hey, bud.

Can you point to your sister?

There she is! -(Madison laughs)

That's very good!

Look at that. Oh, she's clapping for him!

-Oh, what a good sister you are. Yeah. Aw.

She's obviously such an empath, right?

-Proud of him, yeah. -I mean,

-that's not normal how kind she is. Yes. -No.

-Such a good sister, huh? Hey, Maddy, I'm gonna order a smoothie.

Do you want one? I don't know. I'm just_

I'm feeling a little snacky.

-Uh, no, thanks. -ELIJAH: Hey, Kev. -Hey.

You know what? I forgot. You got a big weekend, huh?

Uh... It's just...

going to Pennsylvania for 48 hours to check on the house

that I'm building for my mother.

Wow.

That's the side of celebrities that people don't get to see.

Eli and I were just hanging out.

You were hanging out in the bedroom?

Uh, yes, Kevin, because I am a grown woman.

Also we were mainly watching YouTube videos.

-Elijah, shush. -(chuckles)

-But the kids are gonna miss their daddy so much, aren't you? -Yeah.

Yes, you are.

Hey, um,

we were going to take them to the zoo tomorrow.

Are you okay with missing first zoo?

Yeah.

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

You can have first zoo.

They watched their first episode of Entourage

this morning with me, so I am all set... -Oh.

...as far as formative experiences go.

-Hey, Kev. -Huh?

Should you and I exchange numbers?

You know, just in case.

Yeah.

-That's a great idea. What's yours? -No, no, no.

Just AirDropped it to you. Poof!

It's in your phone.

-Hey. -KEVIN (over phone): Hey.

What're you doing?

Well, I'm officially at my lowest point

since the divorce was final last month.

Matty left for five days with Ryan, and...

currently cleaning up his Pokémon cards

and trying not to cry.

Um, listen, I have an idea.

Why don't you

come out with me to the cabin this weekend?

There's an extra room, and Uncle Nicky's supervising

the construction. I'm sure he'd be...

happy to see you.

Oh, and he's bringing his new girlfriend.

Uh... I mean, yeah, I could...

I could do that, maybe.

Wait, is this a sex thing?

Oh!

Um... No.

No? I mean,

we are both adults, right,

who have slept with each other in the past.

Uh, we're both very single,

both very lonely.

I don't know. What's-what's your temperature

on this being a sex thing?

I mean, I could go either way.

It'd be nice to know, though,

'cause it'll change my packing and grooming.

Of course. Yeah.

I mean, am I open to it? Yes.

Am I expecting it? No.

Did I ask you with that in mind?

No, but then-then you said,

"Is this a sex thing," and I-I...

-I perked up. -Oh, my God.

Send me the address. I'll be there by tomorrow afternoon.

See you there.

Hey! Greetings,