This Is Us

In the world of Peak TV, THIS IS US still manages to deliver big-time emotional pressure release valves unlike anything else on TV. The two-hour premiere of S5 this week (on NBC) doesn’t pull any punches (it embraces COVID, Black Lives Matter, and a lot of the other defining and upsetting elements of 2020). I, personally, appreciate a show leaning into our world’s plagues, especially at a time when a lot of us might need it. Go ahead and reconnect with the Pearsons, cry, feel, and use the show as an outlet to unload so many of those emotions you’ve been holding inside of you. And of course, please vote. :) 

—Neil Krishnan, Development Assistant