This Is Us
The latest instalment ofThis Is Usmay have set up a tragical future of Rebecca . The Pearson matriarch played brilliantly by Mandy Moore has gone through a lot in the show . Between losing her third biological sister and pushing through with life after Jack ’s ( Milo Ventimiglia ) sudden death several years later , everybody ’s now just rooting for her to live the remainder of her days peaceful and felicitous . However , if this week ’s instalment ofThis Is Usis any meter reading , Rebecca may have a rough road ahead of her .
The entirety of the raw instalment lead piazza in a hospital waiting way ( stand for there were n’t any flashbacks ) as everybody waited on Kate ’s ( Chrissy Metz ) new baby . With emotions die hard high up , It was a clash of personality , withKevin ’s ( Justin Hartley ) relapseobviously a hot topic and Beth ( Susan Kelechi Watson ) and Randall ( Sterling K. Brown ) almost receive into an contention regarding theirwork / life equilibrium dilemma . Rebecca , on the other hand , behaved rather strangely . She did n’t interact with anyone that much , did n’t want to eat , and just keep on saying random thought process .
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Of course , the nerve-wracking environment can be an account for Rebecca ’s demeanour ; for sure , she does n’t have the best of memories in a hospital . But it might be more complex than that withThis Is Uspossibly setting up the reveal that she ’s ache from former stages of dementia . During the episode , Rebecca exhibited several telling symptoms : she was staring blankly for long periods of prison term ( even throwing out random and irrelevant information ) and refusing to eat - both of which Beth pointed out to Randall . Had it not been for her girl - in - law forcing her to have a doughnut which Madison ( Caitlin Thompson ) brought , she would n’t even eat anything . Considering that the news program of Jack ’s surprising death was delivered to her while eat a chocolate Browning automatic rifle , her distaste to food in the waiting room is understandable .
However , one of the bad cue backing up this hypothesis was the fact that Rebecca did n’t seem to remember recent outcome , particularly what she run through . At one point , Beth enquire her , but before Rebecca could give a detailed answer , Miguel ( Jon Huertas ) provide the specifics for her . Weirdly , however , she remembered every individual point the Nox she and Jack wait at the infirmary after their house burned down .
During mild - stage dementia , a person start to mislay recent store - from a few moment to former days ago - yet they mostly retain long - term ones , especially those who have secure emotional impact with them . Jack ’s death is arguably the most harrowing experience of her life , something Rebecca will have live over and over to the point it was impress in her brain .
conceive the mystery surrounding the flashforward early this season about “ her ” ( which is confirmed to be Rebecca),This Is Usis credibly setting up a vast reveal in the next few episodes , perhaps even in the upcoming season 3 finale . According to serial publication creator Dan Fogelman ( viaTHR ) , there will be"a consequence in the show where , in a unearthly way , the present becomes the past and the time to come becomes the nowadays . "
no matter of how things shake off out for Rebecca , it ’s clear that she and Miguel are keeping a secret from the Kid . Their fundamental interaction in the hospital were already leery , and the fact that they ’re suddenly moving to L.A. append to the mystery . This might be just a way to keep their secret better since Randall is ( oftentimes ) more intuitive than his sib . Only the final few episode ofThis Is Usseason 3 will tell .
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