This Is Us Creator: The First Episode of Season 2 ‘Holds a Giant Piece of the Puzzle’

This Is Us could have been a gimmick: The very first episode ended with a twist when it revealed that the disparate stories of five different characters are actually one interconnected tale about a family. It could have been a tear-jerker: Fans have weeped at the trailer alone. It could have been the sort of network drama that loses its fans because of all its twists and turns: Many fans are still tuning in for the “big mystery” of how family patriarch Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) died. But instead it turned out to be a drama with true depth, the story of a family struggling with identity, loss, self-image, career slumps and rebuilding broken connections. When the second season of NBC’s This Is Us premieres on Sept. 26, creator Dan Fogelman will need to prove that the biggest show on network television has staying power. The actors have helped him on that front: Sterling K. Brown won an Emmy last week for his role as Randall Pearson. This season, Fogelman says the Pearson children (Brown, Chrissy Metz and Justin Hartley) and their mother (Mandy Moore) will find themselves on wildly different journey than what the audience might expect. Fogelman spoke to TIME about why he doesn’t understand the controversy over Chrissy Metz’s character, how his own mother’s passing inspired the series’ bittersweet tone and what we’ll learn about Jack’s death in season two. TIME: What was it like to watch Sterling K. Brown win the best actor Emm...
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