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This Is Us - Season 3 Episode 05: Toby
After the last seasons, where an ordinary family struggles against having children, as they lost nearly all their children, the thing that affects badly on them, but three brothers at the same age, struggle against having a good life, as they find themselves celebrate with their 38th birthday, the thing that makes their fear and worry.
3 October 1975, New York City, New York, USA
11 November 1987, London, England, UK
1 October 1992, San Juan, Puerto Rico
10 October 1973, San Diego, California, USA
May 9, 1990 in Martigny, Valais, Switzerland
13 August 1961, Brooklyn, New York, USA
30 June 1988, Pasadena, California, USA
October 24, 2018
This Is Us returned to its usual storytelling technique, to solid results. I was nervous the show couldn't follow up such a terrific and subtle episode, but it pulled it off nicely.
October 24, 2018
That's right, after years of being pushed aside in favor of the Pearson clan, Toby, Beth, and Miguel finally got the spotlight they deserve.
October 25, 2018
The episode itself was all over the place, although not necessarily in a bad way.
October 24, 2018
You got me, This Is Us. Again!
October 24, 2018
I find it interesting that This is Us followed up last week's "Vietnam" narrative, which centered the elusive Jack Pearson, with this week's equally crushing unveiling of Toby's story.
October 24, 2018
While I rarely have much sympathy for the impossibly privileged Kevin Pearson, even I want him to get his necklace back now.
October 24, 2018
"Toby" is an unusually scattered installment of This Is Us, advancing nearly every major storyline that the show has going right now but without a cohesive, unifying idea.
October 24, 2018
I tend to prefer This Is Us when it's less freeform and more focused. To its credit, "Toby" kept me interested throughout, but it also felt like the show was continually cutting away from storylines just as they were starting to get good.
October 25, 2018
Toby is clearly leading towards a big reveal, but in being so concerned about the future of the show it feels like This Is Us has completely forgotten about the importance of the present in this episode.
October 24, 2018
Did we really need that extended Adele-o-gram sequence? That's not a rhetorical question. The answer is no.
October 24, 2018
That said, the flashbacks are both thematically appropriate and artfully weaved into the present, which is not something the writers achieve every week.