I review the whole series as well as analyze the main and supporting characters. I was also on a walk so please enjoy the relaxing sounds of cars passing #Multitasking 

Show notes:

-How it ended

-I cried after every episode (except one)

-Rebecca and Jack

-Miguel

-I’m walking home

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

JACK

-A fixer

-Relationship with Nicky

-Jack’s death

-Kate’s guilt

-Idealizing Jack

-Jack’s pain

-REBECCA

-What she wanted at first

-The anchor of the family

-The cast revolved around her

-MIGUEL

-Loyal

-His relationship with Rebecca 

-“His favorite person”

-Another fixer

-Reconciling and closure

-RANDALL

-Sterling K. Brown’s performance

-Randall’s arc and identity

-Adoption and grief

-Beth and the worst case scenario game

-WILLIAM

-Substance abuse

-Guilt

-Redemption

-Randall and fixing

-The good and bad of fixing

-Closure

-William’s life

-KATE

-Kate’s arc

-Jack 

-Body image

-Finding purpose

-Marriage, kids, money

-Her life at the finale

-The Pearsons and their issues

-Madison

-Eating disorders (Kate, Madison, and Kevin)

-KEVIN

-My least favorite character

-Things usually just worked out

-What would have been a better arc

-Sophie

-Group therapy scene - Watch it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD7CqBYEq8Q

-Tension with Randall

-TOBY

-Chris Sullivan and The Knick

-Geek and nerdy in adulthood

-My apartment

-My nephew

-Depression

-Pressure

-Tension with Kevin and Randall

-“Being Jack”

-Idealizing someone after death

-Still loving Kate

-Toby’s relationship status?

BETH

-R&B!

-Relationship with Randall

-Relationship with her mother

-Jobs

-Strong character

-Using humor

-Anxiety and pressure

NICKY

-His personality compared to Jack’s

-Drafted to Vietnam

-Recovering from Vietnam

-Griffin Dunne and Johnny Dangerously

-Void, non-support, substance, abuse, PTSD

-Kevin and Nicky

-Kevin’s resources and easier writing

-Kevin and Toby

-Using humor

-The writing

TANGENT

-Why I turn to music, movies, and TV

-Expressing feelings

-Growing up in the 80s and 90s and “acceptable” emotions

-Destructive and constructive coping mechanisms

-Seeking therapy

END TANGENT

-Great overall

-Ran its course

-Rebecca and Alzheimers 

-Respecting the kind moments for people with Alzheimers

-Jack’s speech to Kevin and Randall

-Going back 

-Appreciating the moment

-Healthy fondness of the past without overly nostalgic

-Goals

-Plugs!

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