This Is Us
TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 10/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 10/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 7/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 7/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Milo VentimigliaMandy MooreSterling K. BrownChrissy MetzJustin HartleySusan Kelechi Watson
Written by
Dan Fogelman
Starring
Milo VentimigliaMandy MooreSterling K. BrownChrissy MetzJustin HartleySusan Kelechi Watson
Written by
Dan Fogelman
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This Is Us Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | ||
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| S1 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 8.6 | |
| S2 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.7 | |
| S3 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.1 | |
| S4 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 | |
| S5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 | |||
| S6 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 8.8 |
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About
"A family saga built to wreck you emotionally"
This Is Us follows the Pearson family across decades, jumping between a couple raising triplets in the 1980s and those same siblings navigating adulthood today. The show is built around big emotional reveals and time-jump structure, using flashbacks and flash-forwards to slowly reframe what you thought you understood about each character. It is unabashedly sentimental, engineered to make you cry most episodes, but it earns a lot of that through strong performances and patient plotting. Pace is slow-burn family drama rather than propulsive story, carried almost entirely by its ensemble cast and its puzzle-box timeline.
Watch it for
the way its shifting timelines slowly recontextualize the same family moments into gut punches.
Maybe skip if
you find deliberate tearjerking manipulative or dislike frequent nonlinear time jumps.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 12016
8.871K1812h 52m
Follows the family lives of Kevin, Kate, and Randall, who are also known as "The Big Three" and share the same birthday, in present time, while revealing their connection to married couple Jack and Rebecca Pearson, who are about to become parents of triplets on Jack's 36th birthday in 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Season 22017
8.855K1812h 56m
After a devastating loss of a member of his family and a nervous breakdown, Randall decides to change all their lives by making some bold decisions in order to honour the legacies of his father(s). Kate finally decides to pursue a career in singing, supported by her fiancé Toby, which will put their relationship to the test. Meanwhile, Kevin is reunited with his first love Sophie and about to become a huge movie star, until the ghosts of his past catch up with him. Turns out that "The Big Three" depend on Jack and Rebecca - in more ways than they allow themselves to admit it.
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Season 32018
8.432K1812h 54m
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Season 42019
8.832K1813h 1m
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Season 52020
8.126K1611h 28m
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Season 62022
8.833K1812h 55m
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Milo Ventimiglia Jack Pearson
Mandy Moore Rebecca Pearson
Sterling K. Brown Randall Pearson
Chrissy Metz Kate Pearson
Justin Hartley Kevin Pearson
Susan Kelechi Watson Beth Pearson
Chris Sullivan Toby Damon
Eris Baker Tess Pearson
Faithe Herman Annie Pearson
Jon Huertas Miguel Rivas
Crew
Dan Fogelman
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