There’s only one moment in the This Is Us third season finale that genuinely surprised me. It’s the…

This Is Us has a habit of using poetic, overwritten monologues to clunkily explain the emotional…

On paper, “Don’t Take My Sunshine Away” is exactly the kind of This Is Us episode I usually find…

Thank god for Madison. She’s the one bright spot in this otherwise incredibly tedious episode,…

To borrow a term from Rebecca Pearson, there sure is a whole lot of friggin’ stuff that happens in this episode. “The…

What’s revolutionary about This Is Us isn’t the stories it tells, but the way that it tells them.…

“Songbird Road: Part Two” is a conversation-heavy episode of a show that’s usually strongest when…

After easing us back into the season with last week’s lackluster outing, This Is Us finally circles…

While the “death of the author” theory argues it’s the art itself, not the intentions of its creator that should…

“The thing about documentaries is you can’t force them to end the way you want them too.” That’s…

“Six Thanksgivings” is an episode that delivers exactly what it says on the tin—glimpses into six very different…

If I had to pick an episode of This Is Us to live inside of, it would be this one. Like many of the…

In my last review, I described the structure of a prototypical This Is Us episode, and—lo and behold—“Kamsahamnida”…

This Is Us has always been an ensemble show, but this season seems to be using its ensemble in a new way. Back in…

In an attempt to fill some cinematic blindspots, I’ve found myself watching a lot of Vietnam War…

As a human being, I have innate emotional reactions to the media I watch, and as a critic, it’s my…

The third season premiere of This Is Us felt a little undercooked, and this week’s episode has the opposite problem of…

Between last year’s second season premiere and tonight’s third season one, This Is Us has established a template for…