Dan Fogelman

He saves the day.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

That was the thing about this episode too, which was like, it was unusual structurally because you're on network TV, you have 42 minutes of time and I begged them and I think they gave us an extra two minutes or so. Okay. But with all that story happening in the past of like the eight minute opening and then like these big long scenes of Mandy seeing the body, there was a lot of past.

That was the thing about this episode too, which was like, it was unusual structurally because you're on network TV, you have 42 minutes of time and I begged them and I think they gave us an extra two minutes or so. Okay. But with all that story happening in the past of like the eight minute opening and then like these big long scenes of Mandy seeing the body, there was a lot of past.

That was the thing about this episode too, which was like, it was unusual structurally because you're on network TV, you have 42 minutes of time and I begged them and I think they gave us an extra two minutes or so. Okay. But with all that story happening in the past of like the eight minute opening and then like these big long scenes of Mandy seeing the body, there was a lot of past.

So I only had room for like three beats in each of like Justin's story, Randall's story, Sully's story. Like there wasn't a lot, as much real estate as we normally have. It's 46 minutes. Yeah. I remember that was a big thing, like begging for extra minutes of time because we just couldn't, I couldn't do everything I wanted to do in one episode. Yeah.

So I only had room for like three beats in each of like Justin's story, Randall's story, Sully's story. Like there wasn't a lot, as much real estate as we normally have. It's 46 minutes. Yeah. I remember that was a big thing, like begging for extra minutes of time because we just couldn't, I couldn't do everything I wanted to do in one episode. Yeah.

So I only had room for like three beats in each of like Justin's story, Randall's story, Sully's story. Like there wasn't a lot, as much real estate as we normally have. It's 46 minutes. Yeah. I remember that was a big thing, like begging for extra minutes of time because we just couldn't, I couldn't do everything I wanted to do in one episode. Yeah.

Well, he also says, she says that every year he sends an unexpected laugh her way and she knows it's from him. And then Justin calls and tells her the story how he finally spoke to his dad at the tree. And then he's like, mom, can I tell you something else? And you say, yeah, what? And he says, I'm not sure I was at the right tree. And she laughs. Yeah.

Well, he also says, she says that every year he sends an unexpected laugh her way and she knows it's from him. And then Justin calls and tells her the story how he finally spoke to his dad at the tree. And then he's like, mom, can I tell you something else? And you say, yeah, what? And he says, I'm not sure I was at the right tree. And she laughs. Yeah.

Well, he also says, she says that every year he sends an unexpected laugh her way and she knows it's from him. And then Justin calls and tells her the story how he finally spoke to his dad at the tree. And then he's like, mom, can I tell you something else? And you say, yeah, what? And he says, I'm not sure I was at the right tree. And she laughs. Yeah.

And that's like, I always loved when we did phone calls on the show because it is how we communicate so often with our immediate family as we get older. We're not always all living in the same place. Kevin and Rebecca are just always on such different wavelengths in adulthood up until this point. I loved that scene. I loved watching Justin do that, I remember, at that tree.

And that's like, I always loved when we did phone calls on the show because it is how we communicate so often with our immediate family as we get older. We're not always all living in the same place. Kevin and Rebecca are just always on such different wavelengths in adulthood up until this point. I loved that scene. I loved watching Justin do that, I remember, at that tree.

And that's like, I always loved when we did phone calls on the show because it is how we communicate so often with our immediate family as we get older. We're not always all living in the same place. Kevin and Rebecca are just always on such different wavelengths in adulthood up until this point. I loved that scene. I loved watching Justin do that, I remember, at that tree.

Because it's like so not in Justin as an actor's comfort zone or Kevin as a character's zone to be like talking to the spirit of your dead father at a tree like earnestly. And Justin plays it so well because he's uneasy with it. Kevin's uneasy with it. And it's like he kind of – I watched it this morning, that scene. And he like – he trails off on scripted dialogue.

Because it's like so not in Justin as an actor's comfort zone or Kevin as a character's zone to be like talking to the spirit of your dead father at a tree like earnestly. And Justin plays it so well because he's uneasy with it. Kevin's uneasy with it. And it's like he kind of – I watched it this morning, that scene. And he like – he trails off on scripted dialogue.

Because it's like so not in Justin as an actor's comfort zone or Kevin as a character's zone to be like talking to the spirit of your dead father at a tree like earnestly. And Justin plays it so well because he's uneasy with it. Kevin's uneasy with it. And it's like he kind of – I watched it this morning, that scene. And he like – he trails off on scripted dialogue.

the line was like i've become a man that you wouldn't have been very i haven't become the man that you would have been very proud of and justin just goes like i haven't become the man that and he just leaves it there because he's like struggling to say it and it's like very effective like the way like and then that phone call is so quiet and so intimate between them i just i love those scenes in it and i loved sully's final scene in the episode with chrissy