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Elizabeth Berger

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621 total appearances

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That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

and Beth getting accidentally pregnant. And I was infuriated. I think it was because I was pregnant at the time, expecting my second. And the idea of like- You can't do this to me, Dan. I mean, Beth. Something about it where I was like, that's not what Beth wants. And he was like really trying to. And it was one of those days where we just went back and forth.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

and Beth getting accidentally pregnant. And I was infuriated. I think it was because I was pregnant at the time, expecting my second. And the idea of like- You can't do this to me, Dan. I mean, Beth. Something about it where I was like, that's not what Beth wants. And he was like really trying to. And it was one of those days where we just went back and forth.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

and Beth getting accidentally pregnant. And I was infuriated. I think it was because I was pregnant at the time, expecting my second. And the idea of like- You can't do this to me, Dan. I mean, Beth. Something about it where I was like, that's not what Beth wants. And he was like really trying to. And it was one of those days where we just went back and forth.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Yes. And then we were Dan and I were, of course, texting offlining about like that. We respect each other's opinions. I mean, it didn't happen much, but it got heated. It got heated. And then that was one that, you know, didn't end up happening. And then one where Dan was right was that I was heated about was like not.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Yes. And then we were Dan and I were, of course, texting offlining about like that. We respect each other's opinions. I mean, it didn't happen much, but it got heated. It got heated. And then that was one that, you know, didn't end up happening. And then one where Dan was right was that I was heated about was like not.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Yes. And then we were Dan and I were, of course, texting offlining about like that. We respect each other's opinions. I mean, it didn't happen much, but it got heated. It got heated. And then that was one that, you know, didn't end up happening. And then one where Dan was right was that I was heated about was like not.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

being sure if we should do our Alzheimer's storyline and like just being like, and that was another one that the writers, like we discussed endlessly. And I was like, it's too sad. And our audience has been through enough. And I don't know, I think that it might be too much. And he was right. You know, he said, it's going to connect with so many people. We're going to handle it beautifully.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

being sure if we should do our Alzheimer's storyline and like just being like, and that was another one that the writers, like we discussed endlessly. And I was like, it's too sad. And our audience has been through enough. And I don't know, I think that it might be too much. And he was right. You know, he said, it's going to connect with so many people. We're going to handle it beautifully.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

being sure if we should do our Alzheimer's storyline and like just being like, and that was another one that the writers, like we discussed endlessly. And I was like, it's too sad. And our audience has been through enough. And I don't know, I think that it might be too much. And he was right. You know, he said, it's going to connect with so many people. We're going to handle it beautifully.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Mandy's going to be extraordinary and it's going to be so meaningful. You were right too. It was so sad. It was so sad.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Mandy's going to be extraordinary and it's going to be so meaningful. You were right too. It was so sad. It was so sad.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Mandy's going to be extraordinary and it's going to be so meaningful. You were right too. It was so sad. It was so sad.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Yeah, that was one. And again, some of these you know about early, but you're still, as you approach it, you're like, are we really going to go this way?

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Yeah, that was one. And again, some of these you know about early, but you're still, as you approach it, you're like, are we really going to go this way?

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

Yeah, that was one. And again, some of these you know about early, but you're still, as you approach it, you're like, are we really going to go this way?

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

What Chris is saying, it's like you can, we wanted to show that it can get really sad and unexpected and it can still be okay. And that is such a reality for so many people that you fall in love and you get married and you think it's gonna work and you can't imagine it's not gonna work and it doesn't work and it's devastating and then life goes on.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

What Chris is saying, it's like you can, we wanted to show that it can get really sad and unexpected and it can still be okay. And that is such a reality for so many people that you fall in love and you get married and you think it's gonna work and you can't imagine it's not gonna work and it doesn't work and it's devastating and then life goes on.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

What Chris is saying, it's like you can, we wanted to show that it can get really sad and unexpected and it can still be okay. And that is such a reality for so many people that you fall in love and you get married and you think it's gonna work and you can't imagine it's not gonna work and it doesn't work and it's devastating and then life goes on.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

But yeah, that was one that was sort of part of the fabric pretty early.

That Was Us
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

But yeah, that was one that was sort of part of the fabric pretty early.