The final episode of the successful and multi-award winning series “This is Us” arrives this week

Winner of four Emmy Awards, This is uswill have its closing on the final chapter, this Thursday, May 26, of Star +. The multi-award winning story written and produced by Dan Fogelman, will thus complete the exciting story of the Pearson family, on an unforgettable journey that has been adding fans since the series premiered in 2016 and throughout six seasons.

This is us tells the story of the Pearsons and the events that took place throughout their lives, through a dramatic plot characterized by memories, self-improvement and finding love. And linking feelings of love, loss and pain, by addressing poignant themes and following the experiences the staff have gone through throughout their lives.

“It’s going to be very simple and quiet,” Fogelman said of this conclusion. The chapter will be available on the Star + platform from this Thursday and will close out six successful seasons of fiction starring Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore.

the story of a family

From Jack and Rebecca as young parents in the 1980s to their adult children, Kevin, Kate and Randall, looking for fulfillment in the present, the drama shows how the smallest events in life affect who they are. , and how shared connections with other people can transcend time, distance and even death.

In saying goodbye to this series, Fogelman, who wrote the last two episodes, commented that the finale is “like a time capsule of a family” and “just a little bit different, in a very good way.”

And in detail, “it’s a special day in this family’s past, and its simple and small things, as an adult buries their mother. It’s going to be a very simple and quiet episode, after an overwhelming and noisy episode, ”he added, referring to the penultimate chapter, in which Rebecca (Mandy Moore) dies afterwards. a battle against Alzheimer’s disease.

For his part, Ventimiglia admitted that after the end the plot felt complete, “there seems to be no more room for anything.

Moore added: “Nothing will fail. It’s a very good way to end this story.”

Delays due to pandemic

Like many other productions, due to the pandemic, the fifth season was delayed in its premiere and the same thing happened in the following stages that marked the end of this poignant story.

Finally in January of this year, via a YouTube video, the producer was already anticipating what would be a farewell to the testimony of some of its stars. Sterling Brown said, “All good things have to end. There will be a lot of tears. It won’t take a lot of action. Everything will be right on the surface.”

For his part, Justin Hartley also shared that feeling: “I don’t think I’m ready to think for it. It’s going to be sad, it’s going to be very sad. I hate that the show is coming to an end.”

The episode on Thursday, the 26th will be number 100 and promises to leave its fans with emotions on the surface, faithful to the entire plot built into all of its seasons.

Its plot and its interpreters have received these years, numerous awards and recognitions, beyond the quality of its television, which can be seen in the four Emmy nominations for best dramatic series, the only nominee for broadcast television in recent years.

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