Last week’s This Is Us ended on a big cliffhanger, as the show almost certainly revealed that the culprit behind the long-foreshadowed death of Pearson family patriarch Jack was a malfunctioning “slow cooker” (or Crock-Pot, as those of us who aren’t afraid of getting sued for associating fiery death with a beloved appliance brand might know it). The Rival Company, the owners of Crock-Pot, seemed a little miffed about the association of their fine brand of “turn it on and leave it alone” cooking products with daddy issues and death, which might explain why NBC offered them an olive branch today.