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What themes are explored in 'I've Got This' episode?
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On today's episode of That Was Us, we're diving into Season 5, Episode 10, I've Got This. As life with newborns sets in, the Pearsons confront pride, money, and the pressure to hold it all together. Kevin wrestles with what it means to provide, Kate and Toby face hard truths, and Randall and Beth manage the growing pains of a full house.
Hello, hello. What's going on, y'all? Hello. Here we are. Here we are.
We're officially on the back half. Well, this season was only 16 episodes, right? That's right. So we've been on the back half for a second. Yeah, I dig it. There's a lot going on. This is the tension. There's a lot of things. What's foremost in my mind right now is the dinner between the Kate and Kevin and Toby and Madison and how that whole thing plays out. There's a lot of stuff else that happens, but like there is a musculature to Tobias that I think we haven't seen maybe up to this point or maybe just fleetingly, but like just... the pressure that men put on themselves, that society places on them to be provider and just sort of like two different providers with very different perspectives on what it means to do so.
It's intense. Yeah. It's intense. I don't want to jump around because we'll get to it when we get to it. So you guys tell me where we're going to start with this joint.
Where should we start? I mean, it kind of, the episode starts with sort of a montage, right? Of like giving babies baths and changing them and feeding them. I mean, it's like, it's Kevin and Madison. It's Toby and Kate. It's Jack and Rebecca. And all sort of with this beautiful song called How Lucky Can One Man Get, right? That's right. It's like Kurt Weill featuring John Prine.
Another John Prine song.
Yeah.
Do we do it like John Prine?
Yeah, that's his favorite. That's the man.
Okay.
I guess we can kind of start with, I mean, because the Kevin and Madison and Toby and Cade storyline sort of- Converge. They're interwoven. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guess with Kevin and Madison, there is this, Kevin comes in and has a dress for Madison, right? Yes. And is like, we should, like, we should- get dressed up and maybe invite Toby and Kate over for dinner, like be adults. We'll have our nanny kind of like help take care of all of the kids and we can put them down and she can sort of watch them while we come out and have like, you know, a half a glass of wine.
I can pump and have a half glass of wine?
Pump and have a half a glass of wine. She's very into this idea.
The kind of overarching theme amongst all the storylines is this like, what life was like once we figured out the pandemic a little bit. Like over in Randall and Beth's house, all the girls are home because it's the thing. But also... Mom can come and visit. Mama C is there hovering over things. Kate and Toby, you see Toby on some kind of Zoom call, Zoom interview.
He's trying to find a job.
Yeah, and it's all of this kind of like, what was life like? when we were all still trapped. Yeah.
How do Kevin and Madison navigate new parenthood?
But the bubbles were growing a little bit. Starting to grow a little bit. Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense. So do we want to start at... Whose house do we want to start at?
Well, we could start with Kevin and Madison and the fact that, like, yes, they want to... They agree to have this dinner with Toby and Kate. And... Gosh, I'm trying to see where they converge exactly.
Kind of have to go back and forth between the two a little bit, right?
Kind of, because Kate and Toby, we see Kate, she's coming out of, I believe this is the first time that we've seen her at this school for the blind, this musical, this music school for the blind.
They say something about like, we've missed you.
Yeah, exactly. It's strange because I'm like, wait, where are we? What is this?
So is it a time cut? Is it like, because she says in the last episode that the school needs a teacher's assistant.
Remember in the last episode? Yeah, but I just don't, I'm just racking my brain like, have we seen her there before?
I think so, because earlier in the season, didn't you guys go together, or you were resistant to go?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What themes are explored in 'I've Got This' episode?
0:01–3:35
2
How do Kevin and Madison navigate new parenthood?
3:35–5:51
3
What challenges does Toby face in this episode?
5:51–8:06
4
How does Kate reflect on her childhood with Rebecca?
8:06–12:01
5
What family dynamics are highlighted with Randall and Beth?
12:01–14:14
6
How does Tess's relationship with Alex evolve?
14:14–17:21
7
What reconciliation occurs between Beth and Carol?
17:21–19:57
8
How does the episode conclude with Nicky's arrival?
19:57–1:07:29