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This Is Us - Season 3 Episode 05: Toby
Surprised by passing their 38th birthday celebration, three siblings at a similar age, Kate, Kevin, and Randall, battle against ignoring in age and they give a valiant effort, keeping in mind the end goal to have an agreeable life, by being other than every others to figure out how to beat them all.
31 July 1953, Buffalo, New York, USA
15 November 1984, Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA
14 August 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1959, Puerto Rico
2 May 1977, East Los Angeles, California, USA
17 November 1977, Evanston, Illinois, USA
29 October 1962, Denver, Colorado, USA
28 July 1955, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
October 24, 2018
This Is Us returned to its usual storytelling technique, to solid results. I was nervous the show couldn't follow up such a terrific and subtle episode, but it pulled it off nicely.
October 24, 2018
That said, the flashbacks are both thematically appropriate and artfully weaved into the present, which is not something the writers achieve every week.
October 25, 2018
Toby is clearly leading towards a big reveal, but in being so concerned about the future of the show it feels like This Is Us has completely forgotten about the importance of the present in this episode.
October 24, 2018
You got me, This Is Us. Again!
October 25, 2018
The episode itself was all over the place, although not necessarily in a bad way.
October 24, 2018
"Toby" is an unusually scattered installment of This Is Us, advancing nearly every major storyline that the show has going right now but without a cohesive, unifying idea.
October 24, 2018
Did we really need that extended Adele-o-gram sequence? That's not a rhetorical question. The answer is no.
October 24, 2018
While I rarely have much sympathy for the impossibly privileged Kevin Pearson, even I want him to get his necklace back now.
October 24, 2018
I tend to prefer This Is Us when it's less freeform and more focused. To its credit, "Toby" kept me interested throughout, but it also felt like the show was continually cutting away from storylines just as they were starting to get good.
October 24, 2018
That's right, after years of being pushed aside in favor of the Pearson clan, Toby, Beth, and Miguel finally got the spotlight they deserve.
October 24, 2018
I find it interesting that This is Us followed up last week's "Vietnam" narrative, which centered the elusive Jack Pearson, with this week's equally crushing unveiling of Toby's story.