Im writing this little review now after watching the first 3 seasons and I must say, that I absolutely love this show until now and that it is full of emotions.
"This Is Us" is about the Pearsons, Rebecca and Jack Pearson, who are gifted with triplets (Kevin, Kate and Randall Pearson) and we follow these characters during multiple occasions throughout the decades of their life.
The structure in which the plot is delivered is really brilliant for me, because it jumps all over the place. We have our main timeline which starts on the 36 birthday of the triplets, or the big three how they are called, and from this point on we follow them through the years to come. Next to it we have multiple other timelines. Most of them play in the past and we see either Jack or Rebecca before they have met, shortly after the birth of the triplets or during other occasions in their life. Same goes for the big three. Through the flashbacks we follow them during their High School Years, we see them as little kids and more. And sometimes we even get to see little glimpses of of the future to have a little sneak peak at the route their lives seem to take.
The great thing about this structure is, that even late in the seasons we still get new revelations about the characters from times in their lives we havent explored yet and it also shows us how the past influences their present life and it is really nice to see some parallels between the live of the younger and more adult person. We see how everything is connected in their lives and how the experiences they made in young years formed them to be the adults they are now and how this shapes the decisions the have to make in life. So when we see them in a phase in their life where they have to struggle with some personal problems, it can always happen that we get some new information to that character from the flashbacks which helps them overcome their problems. Sometimes we only see how a certain thing is in the main timeline and only later in the season we get to see how this happened or what was the reason that it took this path due to the flashbacks. So for me this is a really great way to tell this familiy story instead of a linear way where you would have story information which would only become relevant 3 seasons later.
But this show is really only about character development, which is nothing bad, because the characters in this show are brilliant and it is so nice to see how they behave in different occasions and how they face their problems. It is awesome to see how they grow up (physical and emotional) to be the character you love and how the relations between them evolve and change over the years. You wont see any big action sequences or have some riddles to solve, but you will follow these characters in their live and you will quickly start to fall in love with them and this will eventually lead to a lot of emotional moments. And I am not only talking about the Pearsons. Also all the other supporting characters are doing a fantastic job and they play a big part in the lives of the Pearsons and we get to see a lot of different persons stepping in and out of their lives which will grow on you.
There is really so much to explore with the characters which can be really motivating from time to time, because I must say, that I never really saw myself as the guy who could be a father or as a familiy figur in general. But seeing Jack Pearson as the dreamdad with his nice family life... This is something I believe could enjoy myself and it opened my eyes a bit to the opportunitys the future could hold for myself.
To put the main idea of this show in three simple words... This Is Life. And this is what we are witnessing.
"This Is Us" is about the Pearsons, Rebecca and Jack Pearson, who are gifted with triplets (Kevin, Kate and Randall Pearson) and we follow these characters during multiple occasions throughout the decades of their life.
The structure in which the plot is delivered is really brilliant for me, because it jumps all over the place. We have our main timeline which starts on the 36 birthday of the triplets, or the big three how they are called, and from this point on we follow them through the years to come. Next to it we have multiple other timelines. Most of them play in the past and we see either Jack or Rebecca before they have met, shortly after the birth of the triplets or during other occasions in their life. Same goes for the big three. Through the flashbacks we follow them during their High School Years, we see them as little kids and more. And sometimes we even get to see little glimpses of of the future to have a little sneak peak at the route their lives seem to take.
The great thing about this structure is, that even late in the seasons we still get new revelations about the characters from times in their lives we havent explored yet and it also shows us how the past influences their present life and it is really nice to see some parallels between the live of the younger and more adult person. We see how everything is connected in their lives and how the experiences they made in young years formed them to be the adults they are now and how this shapes the decisions the have to make in life. So when we see them in a phase in their life where they have to struggle with some personal problems, it can always happen that we get some new information to that character from the flashbacks which helps them overcome their problems. Sometimes we only see how a certain thing is in the main timeline and only later in the season we get to see how this happened or what was the reason that it took this path due to the flashbacks. So for me this is a really great way to tell this familiy story instead of a linear way where you would have story information which would only become relevant 3 seasons later.
But this show is really only about character development, which is nothing bad, because the characters in this show are brilliant and it is so nice to see how they behave in different occasions and how they face their problems. It is awesome to see how they grow up (physical and emotional) to be the character you love and how the relations between them evolve and change over the years. You wont see any big action sequences or have some riddles to solve, but you will follow these characters in their live and you will quickly start to fall in love with them and this will eventually lead to a lot of emotional moments. And I am not only talking about the Pearsons. Also all the other supporting characters are doing a fantastic job and they play a big part in the lives of the Pearsons and we get to see a lot of different persons stepping in and out of their lives which will grow on you.
There is really so much to explore with the characters which can be really motivating from time to time, because I must say, that I never really saw myself as the guy who could be a father or as a familiy figur in general. But seeing Jack Pearson as the dreamdad with his nice family life... This is something I believe could enjoy myself and it opened my eyes a bit to the opportunitys the future could hold for myself.
To put the main idea of this show in three simple words... This Is Life. And this is what we are witnessing.
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