The one-two punch of the Season 4 premiere's big reveal rivaled that of the emotional rollercoaster that the series premiere took us on. Company Credits Either Richard is there, or the boys, or the housekeeper. Sorry, Karen, but thats not a real problem. Do you think we're all trying trying to avoid dealing with Alex? Tess comes out to Kate -- and later to Beth and Randall. Because he wants kids and Zoe knows it, so she ends it and it's really rough to watch. Oh, so many romantic moments. I haven't met that many happy people in my life, how do they act? Nicky gives Jack photos from Vietnam, and they begin to warm up to each other. Woo hoo! Like what? As he pretends to throw the grenade, Jack immediately grabs his hand and tells him to stop. Also Read: This Is Us Season 3 Sneak Peek: See How Jack and Rebecca Spent Their Very First Date (Video), Hold. Shes frustrated that she didnt ask Jack more questions all those years ago. The Pearson kids finally meet their uncle, and he's got one hell of a story to tell. Aww. Jack and the rest of the family make it out of the house fire safely, and Jack even had time to go back in to save Kates dog and a few other family keepsakes. The Chicago native studied journalism at the University of Missouri before shifting his career path to acting. I don't need this shit. The characters analyze themselves ceaselessly (to the point of videotaping interviews of themselves and one another) yet miss the most obvious things: Drug abuse, infidelity, and unrealistic expectations about life are poisoning them. I don't know. | Although not privy to the content of the phone call, Harold (and the viewer) senses that it is not good. Nick This place means something to me. Sam Weber Does a bear jerk off? William finally passes at the end of this heartbreaking episode, which centers around his road trip home to Memphis with Randall. On. I think he purposely wanted to cut off from all of us because he was so unhappy with where he was at. Wrong, a long time ago we knew each other for a short period of time; you don't know anything about me. The reveal that Baby Jack is blind -- and an incredibly talented singer in the future. As for working for a boss you dont like: You try to minimize that stuff and be the best person you can be. : Karen (JoBeth Williams) says she is happy but is really bored to tears by the devotion of her husband, Richard (Don. And Toby and Kate's joy over this revelation made us unable to see almost anything through the tears. : But it was definitely something we only wanna witness once. : Ouch. : It was fantastic. Kate's deepest fears Though Olivia's delivery was less than ideal or compassionate, a revelatory weekend at their family cabin forces Kate to admit what she's truly afraid of: That even if she goes through with gastric bypass and loses weight, she'll still be unhappy. When Nicky surfaced after the grenade exploded, all that was left of the boy was his sandals, but Jack believed that the incident was a result of Nicky's distrust of the Vietnamese. Sam Weber Rebecca doesnt want to go. : Nick 2 "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" Roger Young: Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson: December 11, 1980 (): In the pilot episode, Magnum accidentally uncovers a drug operation in the islands when picking up an old Navy friend of his at the airport and helps his friend's sister uncover the truth about a conspiracy involving the NIA and Southeast-Asian drug dealers. Sam Weber But I'm OK now. : Im done, Jack screams at Nicky, who is catatonic. [Sam shakes his head, pats Nick on the shoulder, then sits in a nearby chair] We'd like to start out by saying sorry to both the fans and Crock-Pot for the amount of anguish this cost them. And, we bet, Kevin is probably going to come looking for him. In 1989, six years after their breakup, Sandra took William to court. Their adorable ditch day in Philly was one of the sweetest teen love stories we've ever seen. She has starred in "Fatal Attraction," "Dangerous Liaisons," and "Albert Nobbs" among many other films. What bad news does Sarah Cooper receive -- while "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," the first song on an incredible sound track, is playing audibly in the background? Nick You know you have to protect them and provide for them. We're afraid just the opposite is true. We first learned of Kates serious issues with canines when she just couldnt bring herself to adopt the cutest furry friend for her fianc Toby, who desperately wants a dog of his own. Nick As Kevin and Jack are shopping for a plane to build, Kevin comes across a toy grenade. JoBeth had a few other films under her belt like "Stir Crazy" and "Poltergeist" when she won the role of discontented housewife Karen Bowens in "The Big Chill. What's it about? Its amusing to note that this movie about how yippies turned yuppies (Kevin Klines Harold, the host of the gathering, has gotten rich by opening a chain of Running Dog sneaker stores) was itself an element in a synergistic corporate-branding strategy. (Its available on TCMs app through April 10. This is a cut section, but who was supposed to play the dead friend Alex when alive in the movie? Similarly, the housewife Karen has a perfectly nice life, yet shes considering throwing it all away because it isnt ideal. Dad. The scene is cut in a way that makes us think Beth might be dying (but that was ruled out by Susan Kelechi Watson herself) or something with Deja, but we know enough by now to expect a twist. Harold Good, now we've got a fair fight. Nick Kevin shares that he felt like a fifth wheel growing up because Kate had Jack and Randall had Rebecca (this is a scenario anyone who comes from a three-sibling family can probably relate to). Official Sites Alex died for most of us a long time ago. When "Her" is finally revealed to be Rebecca. Glenn appeared in a trio of made-for-TV movies between 1979 and 1982 before scoring her first big break in "The World According to Garp." What startling revelation does Meg (Mary Kay Place) make to Sarah (Glenn Close) in the kitchen as they're preparing apple pies, while the rest of the gang is watching the Michigan game on television? Seeing as we have yet to witness how these two lovebirds originally split, it was really hard to watch Kevin dump Sophie due to his new addiction. Look what happened to him. Nick So sweet. The stress of work and William's impending death finally takes its toll on Randall, who has a full-blown breakdown. I'd no idea how bad it was. Meg. A big question from the mid-season cliffhanger was answered as viewers watched the aftermath of the loud explosion in Vietnam, where Jack hurriedly jumped in the lake to rescue younger brother . : Don't tell us how we feel, okay? According to Michael, what is more important than sex. Scarcely eleven years after the Flower Power dream died with the defeat of George McGovern, the Boomer-nostalgia industry was bursting into full bloom. : Rebecca ends up admitting that yes, she was closer with Randall because he was easier to parent. While we knew before the end of the episode everyone was safe (thank goodness), Kevin was arrested on a DWI -- in front of his niece. William cut his chops on the stage throughout the '70s before transitioning to film in "Altered States" in 1980. It's a beautiful set of scenes, but they only last so long though, and then we learn the truth: she has mild cognitive impairment likely linked to Alzheimers. Cause we all thought it was Kate and OMG. Sometimes you just have to let art flow over you. In "The Big Chill" Hurt played Nick, a drug-abusing Vietnam vet who suffers from impotence, and who is the most cynical of the group: "Wise up, folks. Although not privy to the content of the phone call, Harold (and the viewer) senses that it is not good. Nick I think the guy in the hat did something terrible. In spite of his personal struggles, William has enjoyed an incredibly successful career: He won an Oscar in 1986 for "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and has three more Oscar nominations plus two Emmy nominations under his belt. They bond over feeling excluded from the crazy-tight bond the remaining Pearsons have with one another, and compare themselves to the side characters in Star Wars. But when Beth and Toby start to talk about how they were never able to meet Jack, and feel like his kids put him on a pedestal, Miguel sweeps in in Jacks defense and shuts that conversation down -- reminding us, again, of the giant hole Jack left after his death. Nick The Fripp family later reacquired the property in a roundabout fashion. It's not surprising our friendship could survive that. Rebecca is avoiding getting the test results that will tell her just how bad her memory is by spending a day having fun with her son Kevin. "Well now I feel like a bitch," Beth quipped, and we wept. Did I ruin your life? Nicky asks before Jack walks out the door. And as we near the end of the hour, its unclear what will happen to the younger Pearson man especially since they brothers have only 48 left to spend together. Karen More glaring than the drug problem in the movie, though, is the adultery problem. While we got a glimpse of their damaged relationship in episode 11, Nicky's horrible accident was actually foreshadowed during episode three. Jack's sacrifice The Pearson patriarch decides to take the plunge and leave his steady job to open his own business - just as they get news that Randall is so smart he should attend a pricey private school. : ), To recap the action: A handsome ner-do-well staying in his friends gigantic Southern plantation-style summer house with his hot younger girlfriend kills himself by slitting his wrists. Nicky, Kevin and Cassidy getting sober together. Harold Its a tough blow, and everyone leaves the session pretty pissed at each other. Nicky explains . "The Big Chill" opens with Kevin Kline, as Harold Cooper, bathing his son, his wife in the next room. The actor counts "The Fly," "Jurassic Park," and "Independence Day" among his biggest hits. Randall explores these two different versions of his life -- one rosier, one darker -- during a therapy session that brings him to a revelation about how he never truly confronted Rebecca for her keeping that secret from him about William. | In 1980, he wed actress Patricia Gaul. : Randall's trip down memory lane Only on this show could a bad hallucinogenic mushroom take the characters and the audience on a gut-wrenching emotional journey. It has all the right moves. Moreover, that dullard of a husband, Richard (the late Don Galloway, who later in life wrote a libertarian newspaper column), is the secret hero of the film. Nick But when he does, all is forgiven. So, please don't repeat it. Thats when the explosion happens. : This Is Us Then & Now: See How Much The Kids Have Grown Up Over 6 Seasons. Do you jerk off? Jeff also romanced Imogen Heap in 2008, but since 2012, he's been coupled up with Canadian Olympic gymnast Emilie Livingston. A successful theater career and an off-and-on romance of almost a decade with actress Patti LuPone soon followed. When asked why his dad told them that he had died, Nicky says, He should have never have come from me., Related: Jack's fate First, the show dropped the bombshell that Jack has been gone for so long that Randall's kids consider someone else entirely their "grandpa." Fall 2018 closer shows us what became of Jack Pearsons little brother in Vietnam, (Warning: This post contains spoilers for the midseason finale of This Is Us Season 3, titled The Beginning Is The End Is the Beginning). In a very special episode on a show full of very special episodes, Tess gets her first period and confesses to her aunt that she has feelings for girls. Is jail another "experience" you want to "try?" Glenn also played Patty Hewes in "Damages," a role for which she won two Emmys. The Big Chill (1983) Comedy clip with quote what happened to me in Vietnam? Kevin, Randall, and Kate leave Nickys place. They just cant get over why Jack told them that his brother was dead. Harold Though the actress scored an Oscar nod and a Golden Globe win in 1986 for her role in "Agnes of God," she left Hollywood behind in favor of a quiet life, working infrequently throughout the '90s before taking a 15-year hiatus in 1995. This Is Us Hid a Huge Clue About Nicky's Accident in Vietnam, and You Probably Missed It, foreshadowed all the way back in season one, We knew something bad happened in Vietnam. We're all alone out there, and tomorrow we're . (She's been nominated for 12 Emmys in total.) I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. Harold He went out with a bang, not a whimper. He thinks hell mess up Jacks perfect life and family with his problems, so he lets Jack go. Kevin finds out where Jack's necklace came from. Kate seems to have a hard time moving on from it, still maintaining a tradition of watching every Steelers game with her dad -- even if it's just his ashes left now. You're so - deep. When a man breaks into Randall's home while Beth and the girls are sleeping, it frightens him to his core, and even though nobody got hurt, Randall can't shake it. This Is Us closed the first half of its third season Tuesday night by dropping multiple bombs on the audience and please excuse us, because no war pun was intended there. 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Sam is a second-rate actor, and Michael writes for People Magazine. At one point he even toiled as a social worker in 1978 Boston. But her professional life is anything but. 3 min read. That song? The Pearson kids finally meet their uncle, and he's got one hell of a story to tell. Tom also appeared in "Major League," "Gettysburg," "Training Day," "Inception" and many more lauded films. They all go back and find Nicky with a gun. Theyre just about to go home to Pittsburgh, but Kevin cant leave Nicky behind. His brothers been dead for 20 years, and he didnt even know it. They're in transition from a monogamous relationship and they need more space. You know, I live here. What does Harold Cooper (Kevin Kline) do for a living? : So his old college friends from the University of Michigan (class of approximately 1971) gather at the same house to mourn him for the weekend. Instead, Harold offers him a flagrantly illegal insider-trading tip, which Harold hopes will lead to Nicks getting a new job but could just as easily lead to Nicks spending even more money on drugs. Id hate to think it was all just fashion, says Sarah, but, yeah, that is pretty much what it was. Also Read: 'This is Us' Star Melanie Liburd StudioWrap Portraits (Exclusive Photos). Their heart-to-heart, where she refused his request for visitation and he gives her the inspiration to name the baby Randall, is one of the show's most gut-wrenching so far. When it appeared, The Big Chill seemed to be about many things: love, sex, friendship, drugs, nostalgia, and leftover Sixties ideals. I had this really dirty dream. While the cause of Jack's death was foreshadowed all the way back in season one, the show also foreshadowed what happened to Nicky in Vietnam earlier this season. Deja's already upset, given that her mom's parental rights have been revoked, and she takes out her emotions by taking a baseball bat to her foster dad's fancy car -- which hits us right in the heart strings. The young actress moved on with "Valmont" co-star Colin Firth, with whom she has a son, William. The young actress earned her first Oscar nomination for her role in the film. His subsequent first-ever meeting with Rebecca packs even more of a punch, for both Nicky and the audience. Let's all go watch this incredible show! : Tom cut his chops on "One Life to Live" in the mid-'70s and transitioned to film shortly after. Kevin transitioned into film the following year in "Sophie's Choice." Your father tried to clean me up. If you were, say, 13-23 years old during that time, it would profoundly affect . Come on, Harold. I'm dug in. One of the two biggest box-office hits of the season was a James Bond picture (Never Say Never Again). 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