Noonan

I asked my wife this during last week's episode (we're about the same age as the characters and she has a brother a couple years younger) and she said it's absolutely a thing. I don't get it either.

DWilson

You have to consider that Toby is dealing with Depression and that influences his immediate reactions. I'm glad that Kate finally realized that Toby has feelings too, and that he should be able to express them, and that she should help him try to deal with them rather than shut him out.

Bandoman

OK, good to know.

Yeah, Toby's going through some shit. So is Kate, but he sometimes seems more supportive of her than she is of him.

Bandoman

Oh, and I was waiting for Kevin at some point to take his Mom by the shoulders and say in a slow, loud voice "I'M YOUR SON, KEVIN!" as a joke.

Noonan

Oh, and I totally relate to the baseball card parts

Only problem there is anyone who has "enjoyed" the high quality gum in card packs knows that there's no way it's capable of blowing bubbles like the one she made at the end when she found the card he was missing. His description of the flavor only lasting a minute was accurate though.

davidh777

I assumed she was joking.

i don’t recall it sounding weird either, but it did feel odd to not show her. I assumed they were setting up an amazing reveal (like, Lorraine Bracco would’ve been funny, but too gimmicky and taken us out of the moment), but I didn’t know the actor.

Noonan

I placed the voice within a sentence or two which may be why it was so strange for me. She sounded off and I spent the whole time wondering why they'd hire her but not have it be on screen. Their idea of having it emphasize Randall didn't hit the mark for me. If anything, it made it even more clear that we're watching actors putting on a show rather than the characters interacting with each other. The "reveal" at the end make it all even more strange.

That being said, still the best show on TV.

Goldberg74

Randall’s therapist is Bobby Hill?

Ok.



Another great episode.

dex14

That little smurf!

Bandoman

Good episode, but Randall was annoying as hell. I guess that's the point given his current "come to grips with his neuroses" storyline.

When Kevin pulled out the "I'm paying for mom's treatment so back the fuck off" line, which normally would have made me hate Kevin, I cheered for him given how Randall was treating him (historically and currently re: Kevin's career).

dex14

I liked this episode a lot. I really liked the ending too, but I don't think I want to see a whole episode about "if Jack lived'. I'm sure they'll do a decent job with it though.

Noonan

100% how I felt as well.

Randall was being out of character bitchy. And that treatment wouldn't have been possible without Kevin's millions. Surprised they didn't have Kate attend as well.

JeffTheAlpaca

Next weeks episode if Jack Pearson lived should be interesting

writer106

I enjoyed the finale of the most part. One of the next season long mysteries will probably be

Goldberg74

Why is this show this good?

Such a powerful season finale.

Firing on all cylinders!

mphtrilogy

yeah nice finale and a terrific season such a high quality still being maintained after 4 season, very tough with a drama...




Bandoman

I thought that at the end of the episode Kevin looked older than he should given the apparent age of the children, but otherwise this was a flawless episode.

Goldberg74

In a not so subtle way, they showed that Future Nicky was wearing a wedding band (you saw it when he hugged Kevin).

So I'm gonna speculate that...

And if the Big 3 just turned the Big 4-0 (2019), and Maddison is due in 7-8 months (2020), and the twins are 13-14, then the deathbed scene is in 2033-2034 when the Big 3 are in the Big Mid-50s.

Kevin could be that gray... I mean, he's has a lot to deal with lately.

Noonan

Curious why Madison's Dr had his own break away scenes. We assumed that was going to end up being a young Major Dad.

Is that gathering at the cabin in the future also the gathering alluded to in the first (?) future scene when Randall's daughter was grown up?

Goldberg74

When he was breaking the horse, he was frustrated and it wasn't until his daughter came along and too the reigns and calmed the horse down. She turned to her father and said, "You haven't given him a chance to be what he wants to be." (Or something like that.)

He then turned around and said the same thing to Madison when she was sure that the father of her baby (Kevin) wouldn't want to be involved. "You haven't given him a chance to be what he wants to be."

Then she went back and talked to Kevin.

... and your point about the future meeting, this in attendance that we have seen:

DWilson

The producers say that the doctor will be a ongoing character next season and has a connection to McRaney's doctor.

JeffTheAlpaca

I hope it comes back in the Fall and we don't have to wait until 2021

tanman

I know I'm late to the party but my wife and I just binged watched this past season. It's the perfect show to binge watch the only disadvantage is waiting so long to do it. I'm really hard pressed to think of a show with such high caliber writing and acting across the board with so many different storylines and characters and actors playing the same character. It should be a mess but it isn't. It should be schmaltzy but it isn't. The emotional payoff is always worth it. Even when you think "where the hell are they going with this?"

tanman

My wife said that too about Nicky and Cassidy and I was just

I can totally see that being a thing. What if your best friend screwed your sister? The reaction would be about the same for me.

TGM

check out Friday Night Lights on Amazon Prime next.