A Childhood Tragedy Changes Everything | "The Challenger" (601)
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What is the episode premise and why does The Challenger open this season six premiere?
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On today's episode of That Was Us, we're diving into season six, episode one, The Challenger. Rebecca faces a heartbreaking reality about her memory. Randall is reminded of the humanity behind addiction and mental illness. Kevin begins to accept that life is moving forward in ways he can't control. And Kate and Toby continue navigating the challenges of balancing family, work, and their future together.
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What's going on, buddy?
Hi, friends.
Speaking of compassion around addiction, here we are right here on the table.
Let's just jump into it, guys.
If you're watching, you can see, if you're listening, we have... If you're watching a day early on Hulu, which you should be, friends.
Currently not a paid sponsor, but I realized over the weekend that Pop-Tarts now come with protein. They do. Which...
If you've listened to this pod, you are well aware that the cinnamon, well, yeah, brown sugar cinnamon.
Frosted.
Yeah.
Pop tart.
It's kryptonite. It used to be a problem. It used to be a deep.
Like an entire box.
So they used to come in six in a box.
Yeah, yeah.
I would kill the box. Then they moved up to eight. Eight is what we see here. For a while, I don't know if they still have them, but they do 12. Yeah. And I would kill the box. What?
In one sitting? Wait.
Somebody at Pop-Tarts was like, they're killing six. Hold the phone. We got to bump this up. Eight? All right, eight. That's a small box.
Sterling, how would you eat 12 eggs? Pop tarts in one night?
One at a time. I bet two at a time, sometimes.
Probably, sometimes. With some ice cold milk. Okay. Coming out of the toast. What time of the day? Whatever time. Whatever time.
It don't matter. Over the course of a day or like?
Probably take about 40 minutes. You ever eat them room temp? Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
How did you not get sick?
12 feels like- Probably did.
Probably did.
But when you're what, eight, nine, 10? Yeah, yeah. You were like 35, 36?
No, no, no, through probably like college. Okay.
Yeah, and your stomach's messed up all the time when you're that age because who knows what you've- I wish I had heard about this at the Rose.
Guys, I would eat so much sugar. I think I would have a knot in my stomach and I'd be like, what's wrong with that? Yeah. Then I would just keep eating. Yeah.
It was bad.
Then you'd just poop out Jolly Ranchers. Basically. But it wasn't candy, it was pastry. No, that's what your system turned the sugar into. Yeah, basically.
Just like hardened. Compressed, hardened sugar pellets.
I was on my IG and they were talking about like the seven least healthy things that you can get in America. Pop-Tarts was number one.
Number one.
Really?
Number one. Literally not a single, yeah, not a single.
Non-nutritional. Also 10 grams of protein what? Protein.
400 calories, I believe.
Yeah, there's 400 calories. Is this like for one pastry?
I think it's two Pop-Tarts is 400 calories.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the episode premise and why does The Challenger open this season six premiere?
0:01–5:52
2
How did the hosts' Pop-Tarts and childhood snack stories lead into the show's themes of memory and mortality?
5:52–18:33
3
How does the Challenger classroom scene show children processing grief differently?
18:33–52:16
4
How do the hosts react to the Pop-Tarts/Shipt and sponsor anecdotes?
52:16–53:17
5
What happens in Madison and Toby’s birthday scenes and why do hosts call for trimming exposition?
53:17–1:00:36
6
How does Rebecca’s memory struggle unfold and when does she reveal the PET scan results?
1:00:36–1:05:18
7
What advice and reactions do the hosts give to Sophia’s email about calling off her wedding?
1:05:18–1:37:40