{"id":1733,"date":"2019-09-03T01:56:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T01:56:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-09-03T01:56:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T01:56:25","slug":"we-need-to-talk-about-randalls-abs-on-this-is-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=1733","title":{"rendered":"We Need to Talk About Randall’s Abs on This Is Us<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c18,615\u201d was a lovely episode, complete with flashbacks galore (we\u2019re talking FOUR different timelines), bombshell upon bombshell (Tess is gay! The mysterious necklace has an origin story! Miguel has another family!), and, most importantly, the revelation that Randall Pearson, family man extraordinaire, is RIPPED (more on this later).<\/p>\n

Taking away from the warm and fuzzy feelings inspired by a This Is Us <\/em>holiday episode was\u00a0a return to \u2018Nam. Should we maybe just rename the show This Is Vietnam<\/em>? It feels more appropriate since the bulk of \u201cUs\u201d is stateside, where the show quite frankly belongs.<\/p>\n

But while I suffered through yet another visit from the ghosts of Jack\u2019s past, a new(ish)<\/em> ghost was brought into the holiday narrative: Randall\u2019s late birth father, William. Whereas Jack’s war flashbacks are essentially the bane of my existence, I am all for the occasional deep dive into William\u2019s past. In episode 8 we learned a bit more about his partner, Jesse, which provided a nice segue into the modern-day timeline and Tess\u2019s unexpected coming out.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Re: Miguel, I suppose we always knew he had other, non-Pearson children, but it took three seasons for us to meet them, so it\u2019s fair if you (read: I) forgot they existed. Anyway, yes, \u201c18,615\u201d introduced us to the Miguel who exists outside the scope of the Pearson fam \u2014 believe it or not, his sole purpose is not to dispense advice to Jack and then swoop in on his wife in the event of his untimely death.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Also of note is that\u00a0Miguel does, in fact, have a backbone \u2014 which\u00a0he proves when he stands up for Rebecca in front of his a-hole kids. If season three is doing anything right, it\u2019s that it\u2019s actually making us like Miguel, who, up until this season, was the quintessentially \u201cnice\u201d stand-in for everyone\u2019s favorite dad\/husband\/friend.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Is Jack Pearson Actually the Most Annoying Character on\u00a0This Is Us?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, for the true core of Tuesday\u2019s episode: Randall\u2019s ridiculous bod. Mr. Pearson, who, aside from the occasional jog, has never mentioned any sort of maniacal workout routine, stepped out in just a pair of boxer-briefs about 6-minutes into the episode and I literally gasped.<\/p>\n

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NBC<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Why does Sterling K. Brown even bother wearing clothes?<\/p>\n

I know Us <\/em>is all into Randall running for office, but could he maybe find a different (more shirtless) career? Lifeguard, maybe?<\/p>\n

TL; DR: If Baywatch 2<\/em> doesn\u2019t cast Brown I will revolt.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201c18,615\u201d was a lovely episode, complete with flashbacks galore (we\u2019re talking FOUR different timelines), bombshell upon bombshell (Tess is gay! The mysterious necklace has an origin story! Miguel has another family!), and, most importantly, the revelation that Randall Pearson, family man extraordinaire, is RIPPED (more on this later). Taking away from the warm and fuzzy…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}