ThisIsUs'Star JonHuertas on Miguel's Backstory and How That Shocking Ending Affects Series Finale
“Miguel over the years,” was the simple description given for Tuesday’s “This Is Us,” the fourth-to-last episode of Dan Fogelman’s NBC family drama. While accurate, that logline doesn’t do the hour, aptly titled “Miguel,” justice, as it’s really the day-in-the-limelight installment fans of’ Miguel Rivas have been waiting six seasons for — and also the one in which the character dies.
Variety spoke with Huertas about filming the Miguel-centric “This Is Us” episode and whether or not we’ll see him again before the May 24 series finale in just three episodes.How did you first learn about the Miguel episode and did you have any say in the storyline? When he was brought to this country, it was a time period in this country when civil rights are still being fought for. There was definitely this divide still facing immigrants and people of color. The thing about Latinx people is that we’ve always been made up of indigenous people, and Black people and a BIPOC demo, and the idea of assimilation has always been drilled into as as Latinx people.
When Miguel has to be that caretaker, I think is a very important aspect to this episode. For people to take something away from that, to never forget or underestimate what that caretaker means to that person. Whether they’re dealing with cognitive decline, whether they’ve had an accident and they just can’t take care of themselves the way they used to be able to like. I loved the way that we told that story.
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