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EPISODE
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This Is Us - Season 1 Episode 04: The Pool
The series follows a group of people born on the same day, including Rebecca (Moore) and Jack (Ventimiglia), a married couple expecting triplets in Pittsburgh, and Kevin (Hartley), a handsome television actor growing bored of his fly bachelor lifestyle, as their paths cross and lives intertwine.
25 April 1988, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 December 1950, Buffalo, New York, USA
14 December 1967, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
19 November 1957, Sherman, Texas, USA
9 January 1981, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
23 March 1978, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
March 09, 2018
It surely can't be an accident that an innocent-seeming trip to the pool is used as a framing device for this episode examining the ramifications of a black boy being raised by white parents.
March 09, 2018
As This Is Us gets comfortable with its characters and the viewers get comfortable with them, it's time to delve more into what got us here.
March 09, 2018
"The Pool" tackles themes such as self-esteem, judgment, and race with great honesty, and confronts the characters with a choice.
March 13, 2018
This Is Us' Tuesday, October 18, episode definitely delivered in the emotions department, and even made us laugh a few times.
March 09, 2018
If tonight is any indication, This Is Us won't shy away from controversial topics.
March 09, 2018
But there they are, all five of them huddled together, comforted in the arms of their family. Man, this show knows how to put a heartwarming button on an episode, doesn't it?
March 12, 2018
Ouch.
June 15, 2018
While some of us may have worried about the functionality of the dual timeliness, I think The Pool is an example of how the technique works remarkably well.
