After tonight's potent episode, I'm in awe of the creative powers of the #Us writing team. The way they overlapped bits of previous scenes and filled them in with more detail was absolutely a marvel! Oh boy, I CRIED! And I laughed, too, which is good. Did you guys know the #1 emoji is laughter … [Read more...]
This Is Us Recap #1: We’re Having Triplets!
Well, I thought I wouldn't cry on this episode of "This is Us." It wasn't really focused on adoption, the issue that usually hits a nerve with me. But when I started explaining the whole thing to my college son, who had never seen an episode, that did it. "William is Randall's birth father," I said … [Read more...]
10 Adoption-Related Thoughts About “This Is Us”
They did NOT have me at Milo Ventimiglia’s butt on the trailer for “This is Us.” They had me at ‘finding my birth father.’ Because why? For one thing, to me, Milo is Jesse the Gilmore Boy (we’re still in Season 3 of GG, trying to catch up by November, which we won’t.) I mean, I could have been … [Read more...]