It never leaves you sad or in the deep, dark place.
It always is looking to bring us back into the light, you know?
(Also, she did get to enjoy one last lazy Saturday in the ’90s.)
‘This Is Us’ stars weigh in on the final fate of each character.Credit: Ron Batzdorff/NBC (3)
“I loved that sense of comfort,” says the actress of the caboose scene.
“That no one could have gotten Rebecca through that moment but Jack.
I really hope that that’s the case.”
Mandy Moore in ‘This Is Us’.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
I feel like it’s such a fitting note to end on."
“I was glad when I heard that we were going to make that work [with Sophie].
I love Alex and we work well together and she’s just such a joy to be around….
Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Sophie (Alexandra Breckenridge) heat up in the freezer aisle.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
I liked [his focus on the non-profit and his children].
I thought it kind of sounded like Jack.
Which I thought was very cool, a propos, and made sense.
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I think he’s making the right decision.
He’s doing a lot.
He’s accomplished a lot.
Chrissy Metz as Kate and Mandy Moore as Rebecca.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
And now it’s time to give back.
What’s better than that?”
“They are fewer and farther between than we would care to admit.
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Because it’s so relatable.
I’m getting emotional!”
“It was wonderful to see her finally come to her own,” says Metz.
Susan Kelechi Watson and Sterling K. Brown on ‘This is Us’.NBC
“And so much of it was what her mom said.
And then finding another relationship that she felt supported in.
But I was like, ‘Wait, is she going to do any more singing?
Milo Ventimiglia as Jack and Mandy Moore as Rebecca in ‘This Is Us’.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
Wait, is she fulfilled?
These are questions that if the show were to continue, I’m sure they would be answered.
I think it’s very sweet.”
Jon Huertas as Miguel, Mandy Moore as Rebecca.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
“It was sweet,” Sullivan says of Toby’s final landing place.
“I think that the love that we have for people never dies, even if it evolves.
So it is possible.
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And I think that everybody ended up exactly where they were supposed to.”
But Watson sounds equally thrilled for Beth to just be an empty nester with Randall.
“I kept looking at our adult kids and being like, ‘Oh, we did a good job.
They’re off on their own.
I don’t have to worry about that anymore!’
We’re not thinking about retiring or putting ourselves on a shelf in any way.
What is this next thing going to be?
This might be even bigger than the last thing.’
Whatever the case: “I’m still going to run my dance studio, though.
He better not stop my dream!”
“I think everybody’s been waiting for that,” Ventimiglia says of the caboose scene.
I was really touched by it.
There was a confidence that I felt in it.”
“Not seeing Miguel die is more way more powerful than seeing him die,” notes Huertas.
“It shakes people.
“It’s a perfect note to the song that this episode is,” he says.
And Miguel was a huge part of her life.
So why wouldn’t he be here?
Why wouldn’t he toast to her crossing over?
Miguel always tried to lighten the mood in a very grounded way in the show.”
But the kindly musician always loomed large in his son’s life.
“I was just blown away,” raves Jones of his “Train” ride.
“It was just so brilliant.
And initially my vision of it was him being dressed that way.
So I had history there.”
Well, he wound up being the one “leading her back to Jack” in the caboose.
