As This Is Us comes to an end, fans have their tissues ready for what is bound to be an emotional finale, after six series of moving storylines and following the ins and outs of the Pearson family.
, after six series of moving storylines and following the ins and outs of the Pearson family.
Sharing what This Is Us and Randall’s character meant to her, she told us Randall’s experience of being different in his family, and the nuances within his family dynamics ‘deeply resonated’ with her.Joy recalled a particular scene from the series, in which Randall, as a young child, wants to visit a particular swimming pool in a different area, and when his parents question him on why, they quickly discover that he wants to go there specifically because there are more Black families there.
Joy added: ‘One of the things that This Is Us does really well is show the dynamics between Randall and Rebecca, but Rebecca also handles it really well and I think she handles it in ways that adoptees wish their parents would handle it, which is triggering for me, because I watch it and I cry with Randall and I cry with Rebecca and I cry just watching the dynamics and I cry like “Oh my gosh this is beautiful” but then I get really upset because this is not my story.
She told us: ‘It’s the first show that I would say I feel seen, my story is seen, especially because it is difficult for adoptees to speak to non-adoptees about our issues that we do face. She continued: ‘I think Rebecca’s treatment of Randall is a fair experience of adoption, but it wasn’t my experience. I think Rebecca could have done more, but I think it’s very representative of how adoptive families do behave.’
‘There’s another episode where Randall goes to an adoptee support group and an attendee says: “Lately, I’ve been letting myself feel something I think I’ve known deep down for my entire life. I wish I’d never been adopted. I made the mistake of telling my adopted family how I’ve been feeling. I said, ‘I love you, but I wish I never knew you. Because if I could go back in time and choose, I’d choose to stay with my bipolar birth mom.’ Now half of them won’t talk to me.
Henry shared: ‘I love This Is Us, it’s genuinely one of my favourite shows and I’m pretty bummed it’s ending, I think they do a pretty good job. I love the characters, even the ones that frustrate me. I think they do a really good job with his childhood, I don’t think they do the best job with his adult experience as an adoptee.
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