Review: This is us

My Rating: 5/5

IMDb Rating: 8.9/10

36 years old, an embarrassing age, people at this age is not young any more, but still not well-prepared for the middle age. In the first episode, 4 people with same birthday meet different troubles. Jack’s birthday is also the day for his wife’s confinement, they are waiting for their third children and even come up with name. However, their children was stillborn. Kevin is infamous comedian, making live with play a role in a TV show, which he thinks is disgusting. In his 36th birthday, he cannot put up with this anymore and criticized the stupid plots and audience, of course, lost his job. Kevin’s sister is troubled by obesity but cannot lose weight even though she tried to eat low-celeries foods. In her 36th birthday, she broke her ankle because of fat. Randall is a successful Africa American. In his birthday, he found his natural father and wanted to assault him. However, he found that his father was terminally ill and tried to help him to find doctor. At the end of first episode, Jack looked at his 2 children and an abandoned child. He decided to adopt him. Kevin, Kate and Randall are Jack’s kids. People of two generation struggled in their life in their 36th birthday.

No negative character, no conflict. Maybe some people will say it is boring, but I think we can feel how they respond when they face troubles. People from different generation will have different troubles. Everyone has own trouble and life is not easy for everyone. The key point is how to respond. The seamy side of life may upset us, but giving up is not a good way. Every character in This is us is like people liver around us. Maybe their lifes are tough, but they always stay positive. Yes, it is a boring show, but it can make your heart skip a beat and bring tears to your eyes.