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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 8:46 pm 
I tried to watch it live streaming on nbc.com last night, but couldn't even though I watched the season premiere live streaming last week. The live streaming showed just the first episode again. I'll catch it on nbc.com tomorrow.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 11:01 pm
This ep sucked! we have waited for a year or more for the big reveal of who was in the car to find out it is Nicky's new love!!?? i could not give 2 shits about him. I didnt think the dinner thing was realistic either. I cringed at the Deja scenes. when there are only a few eps left and you waste an hour on this it pisses me off.
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Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 5:59 am
Maybe they are wrapping up these storylines so that they can now focus on the main players in the last episodes.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 8:31 am
Pamy tell us how you really feel 
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 9:58 am
ROTFL glad you’re not holding back there, Pamy. I was a bit relieved to see your and Sugar’s posts as for a while there you all had me doubting what I saw. There were so many things in this episode that didn’t work for me.
Even from my perspective as someone who really likes Nicky and is interested in his story and wants to see good things for him, I still found that reveal (where she gets out of the car) pretty disappointing and unexciting. It’s nice but so what.
The Deja and Malik story was a whole lot of nothing as well. I had no pressing desire to see that play out.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 10:10 am
So interesting to see how we felt differently. For me, it was uplifting, and I could use that right now.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 10:16 am
(((kar))))
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 12:24 pm
I just love looking in on the various members of the extended family to understand their characters. I’m just wondering about Randall’s 2 daughters. They are hardly on the show anymore.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 4:14 pm
Yep, I see both Tess and Annie as Jan whilst the bemoan, Deja, Deja, Deja. There has been way too much Deja IMO.
I remain disappointed in both of these final season episodes.
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 5:14 pm
I just got a chance to watch it and I thought it was one of the best episodes of the entire show. "This is Us" and this episode really encapsulated "us" for me. I didn't pick up my phone to check it one time during the episode, I was sucked in.
However, I did say to the others watching with me that this episode was going to have a love/hate relationship with viewers so I'm not surprised at all that some didn't like it at all. I can actually see why.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 7:35 pm
LOL Scooter and Jimmer!
I still cant get that icky feeling of watching teens having sex. They tried to make it beautiful but it was icky watching kids you watched grow up do the deed. They could have just alluded to the fact they did it and not made it so cringy
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 10:32 pm
WARNING: SWALLOW COFFEE NOW!!!
Pamy, none of us here had sex as teens, which is why it is so difficult to witness.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 9:16 am
Let’s just say that if I had to pick a topic that half of a final season episode would be devoted to, Deja and Malik’s first time would not be high on my list.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 9:51 am
Well... I enjoyed the ep, especially Nicky's storyline conclusion.
I agree Deja's sisters are underused tho.
At this point I'm most curious to see Rebecca's and Kate's stories play out.
Miguel, is surprisingly turning out to be one of my favourite characters. We all need a stalwart Miguel in our lives. Quiet and calm, wise, loyal, loving and supportive. Kinda like my DH. 
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 10:08 am
I don't want to see Kate's story. I wanted her and Toby to last. So... (sorry, just whining here, I think Toby is MUCH more likable than the new boss).
And yes, I want a Miguel!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 11:09 am
Kar, FWIW, Toby was my fave character in the 1st season.
(And MY 'Miguel' (DH) is far from perfect, he has the proverbial Italian temper, and I tease him that his favourite hobby is yelling at me, which I've learned to tune-out. 😄)
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:03 pm
I like them all... except Toby! Or at least except old Toby, now he's okay but when we first saw him he was very underhandedly controlling under the guise of niceness.
I expect we won't see much more of Nicky's story now, this was to give him a good ending while things play out with the others.
I must have blacked out the Deja bedroom scenes as I don't remember them, my brain is kind to me sometmes . I really like her story so don't mind seeing her at all, although really if Randall is surprised she slept with Malik while alone together in his house for a weekend he is incredibly naive.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:18 pm
I didn't see first season Toby as controlling. He is a big gesture kind of guy and very similar to Jack in that sense, though I suppose that Jack could be seen as controlling as well.
I've always liked Miguel from the very beginning. A fiercely loyal person who cares about others. He loved Jack almost as much as Rebecca loved Jack. 
Miguel is a very underappreciated character, both by fans and other characters on the show. He has been nothing but wonderful to Rebecca and her family.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 2:18 pm
Kitt, Randall thought she was going to visit her friend, Tiffany. He didn’t know she was going to visit Malik. Although,I think his oldest daughter knew because of a look she gave Deja when Randall said to have fun visiting Tiffany.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 3:33 pm
Thanks Kookli, that went over my head. Certainly puts a different spin on the situation.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 3:40 pm
Ohh, I missed that part as well. I mean we knew who she was visiting and I missed that this was a secret. And in the days before cell phones that rat you out, it could have remained a secret.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 3:59 pm
Yes! Toby is so much more likeable than the new boss. The way he inintially treated Kate, the way he was dismissing his girlfriend from his life.. that made me want him to be written off the show.
Heck if Kate had to lose or boot Toby, I'd rather she went with that next door neighbor guy But I like Toby.
And Miguel has become a favorite for me.
Kitt, we might see more of Nicky, as he will be possibly around while Kevin is buildig the house for Rebecca i Pennsylvania, where,it seems she will live out her life. I kind of hopw we see more of Nicky. It was nice to see how his demeanor had shifted after THE DINNER and he was downright flirty on the plane..
I'm re-reading the entire thread and I'd say certain people have always been outspoken. But it really is interesting to see the discussions as we navigated the seasons.
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 4:04 pm
Oh I missed that, thanks Kooklie! That explains it.
I'd certainly like to see more Nicky, at least here and there. I don't think he needs another big story when there are so many other things to wrap up.
16 more episodes but I know they'll go by really quickly.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 5:24 pm
Heck if Kate had to lose or boot Toby, I'd rather she went with that next door neighbor guy But I like Toby.
I agree! Couples go thru hard times. As long as there isn't abuse, I tend to want them to stick it out. Especially if there are children involved.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, January 14, 2022 - 6:50 pm
Pamy, none of us here had sex as teens, which is why it is so difficult to witness.
Sorry,Juju2bigdog, but if you grew up in the 70s, you were having sex. The pill was legal, and it was the 70s! Admittedly my BFF and I bemoaned the fact that we were "the last virgins on earth," but many of my friends and classmates were definitely having sex. I met my first serious boyfriend at 19 and went on the pill pretty soon after.
Deja is not my favorite character, but she did remind me of traveling down Highway 101 in my 1975 VW Beetle to visit my college boyfriend, who went to school in Santa Barbara. Those were magical days. Thank goodness we didn't have to actually witness Deja and Malik consummating the act. That would have been definitely icky.
Rebecca catching her reflection in the side mirror of the car nearly broke my heart. I'm 66 and used to enjoy a lot of power over the boys. It makes me sad to catch my reflection in the mirror these days, after the initial response of, "Who the hell is that?!" I don't look like me anymore.
That was an awkward dinner, but I did love the way Rebecca and Sally hit it off and were old friends right off the bat. And Miguel is a treasure! My grandma outlived two husbands and I remember hearing her say each of them was a gem. They were both good men.
Also loved the ending with Nicky meeting the flight attendant. Yay, Nicky! He deserves someone nice in his life.
All of you who hated this episode, I just have to say I absolutely disagree with your opinion (thought you're entitled to it). I loved so many things about this episode. It wasn't all perfect, but most of it was sweet and heart-warming, as usual for this show.
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