Us

This Is Us 6×18

Rebecca: ...him pushing me in that swing was just my favorite thing in the entire world, you know? And we swing. It was such a treat for me, going there with him. But I would just... I'd spend the entire time worrying about when... he would stop pushing me, when he'd say that it was time to go home. Really wish that I had spent more time appreciating it when it was all happening, instead of just... worrying about when it would end.

Rebecca: What should we do?
Jack: Nothing.
Rebecca: Nothing...
Jack: Mm-hmm.
Rebecca: Oh, nothing sounds so nice.

Nicky: You know... before you came banging on the door of that trailer of mine, I had it pretty good, you know? I didn't care about anything. You know, the good thing... about not caring about anything is that you don't care when it's gone. Yeah. You really effed up my life, kid.

Jack: When you're young, you're always trying to be older. Then, when you get old, you're always trying to go back, be back. Try and appreciate the moments, you know? ... I mean, that's what we're doing, just... collecting these little moments. We don't recognize them when we're in 'em because... well, we're too busy looking forward. But then we spend the rest of our lives looking back. Trying to... trying to remember them. Trying to be back inside 'em... Hmm, it's strange, the things you remember.

Randall: It all just feels so... pointless. I spent my entire childhood worrying about losing her. I spent the past decade abjectly terrified of it. And now she's gone. And yet... the birds chirp on. I notice that I'm hungry. Five minutes ago, I thought about work. Tomorrow I'll shower. It just all feels so pointless. That too depressing?

William: Such a strange relationship: grandparent. Not as complicated as parent, not as fraught. But it's just... unconditional. Easy, pure love... What an unusual thing. To love someone so unconditionally when you know time probably won't allow you to be a big part of their story.

Rebecca: Jack, when the world puts something this obvious in front of you, you don't just walk away from it. You could be... missing out on something very important.

Rebecca: I'm scared.
Jack: I know. But don't be.

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The Train

This Is Us 6×17

Rebecca: My father always wanted to take me on a train like this. He'd say, "One day, we're gonna take a ride on a train where... people wear tuxedos and drink Vespers." I had no idea what a Vesper was, but I knew I wanted one.
William: A martini with gin, vodka and Lillet. Shaken, never stirred... James Bond.

Randall: Terrible. We're all just... waiting. Laughing. Eating Chinese. Is this even right?
Deja: I don't think there are any rules. For any of this.

Beth: I just wanted to say... so much of being a mom is about faking it, isn't it? We don't know what the hell we're doing. Not when they're young. Not when they're older. So we fake it. We imitate what we think a mom should be.

Beth: I just want to say... all these years, so many times when I was faking it... I was doing my best impression of you, Rebecca. I'll take him the rest of the way, Mama. Thank you for helping me with that... complicated, incredible, beautiful boy that you raised. But I got him now.

Randall: Old life, new life. It's so strange... The dichotomy, you know?
Beth: Not really. But I married you so I wouldn't have to learn all the big words.

Rebecca: I made so many mistakes...
Dr. Katowski: Well, I hate to break it to you, kiddo, but I have yet to meet the parent who says "I got it all right." No perfect games in parenting. Not even close.

Randall: I want to say the perfect thing to you, Mom, but, uh... I'm not sure what that is. I don't even know if you can hear me, but, uh... I love you, Mom. Uh, we're good now. You made us good. So, uh... thanks for all the meals. Thank you for always making us feel loved. Thank you for that one time you beat down David Adams for hitting me in the head with a baseball bat. I love you, Ma.

Rebecca: This is quite sad, isn't it? The end?
William: Oh, I don't know. The way I see it, if something makes you sad when it ends, it must have been pretty wonderful when it was happening.

William: Truth be told, I've always felt it a bit lazy to just think of the world as sad, because so much of it is. Because everything ends. Everything dies. But if you step back... If you step back and look at the whole picture... If you're brave enough to allow yourself the gift of a really wide perspective... ... If you do that... you'll see that the end is not sad, Rebecca. It's just the start of the next incredibly beautiful thing.

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Family Meeting

This Is Us 6×16

Beth: Ah, and thus will begin the classic "Who is the better man and son" pissing contest. "She's our mother, Kev. She has cared for us our entire lives, and now it's our turn to care for her. Because she's our mother, Kev."
Sophie: "Oh, really? Really, Randall? Well, thank you, thank you for telling me that our mother is our mother. You know, I built this house for her with my bare hands."
Beth: Mm-hmm.
Philip: Wow. Wow, that's great. You two should take this on the road.
Sophie: Ah, thank you.
Beth: We really should.
Philip: Well, Kate's there. It's gonna be fine... What?

Randall: That's not our mom, Kev.
Kevin: No, it's not.
Randall: Our mother was magic. She always knew exactly what each one of us needed.

Beth: I don't know, it's like... sometimes I think it's been the greatest burden and the greatest blessing of my life, being a part of this family.
Sophie: Same, same.
Philip: Would you say it was, like, equal parts burden and blessing? Or is it more like, 60-40?
Beth: Oh, depends on the day, Big Phil. Depends on the day...

Jack: Okay, let me see... Pregnant! How do you feel?
Rebecca: I feel... hungry.

Rebecca: I'm not ready. ....
Jack: Look, Bec... we can do this. It-It's just one tiny little baby. Two of us.
Rebecca: One baby... two of us.

Kate: Who knows, maybe this... this was the reason all along.
Randall: The reason for what?
Kate: That there are three of us.

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Miguel

This Is Us 6×15

Kincaid: Forbes Field is... it's a gem. Try to sneak down to the seats behind home plate. That's where I caught that ball. Best seats in the house.
Miguel: Only want to see a game. No matter where to sit.
Kincaid: Son, where you sit is all that matters.

Miguel: Um, the name's Miguel, by the way. Miguel Rivas. I sent in two résumés, but, um, Miguel never got a call back.

Miguel: I see how hard you work. Thankless work.
Beatriz Rivas: There is no thankless. Love is giving your heart without expectation.

Miguel: I never felt like I belonged. Puerto Rican or American. Spanish or English. I've just... I've never felt at home anywhere.

Rebecca: Okay. So, the kids know you'll be here. And, thankfully, you're no stranger to Pearson Thanksgivings.
Miguel: Oh, yeah. I know the drill. Uh, Pilgrim Rick.
Rebecca: Uh-huh.
Miguel: Hot dogs and Police Academy 3.
Rebecca: Yeah.

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The Night Before the Wedding

This Is Us 6×14

Philip: Pearson kryptonite. Hot singers onstage singing rock classics. It's how Dad fell for Mom.
Kevin: Yeah.
Philip: Oh, uh, "Moonshadow," right?
Kevin: Wow.
Kate: Mm-hmm.
Philip: I had to brush up on my Pearson trivia before, you know, marrying one.

Kevin: Nothing to worry about.

Sophie: Um, how are... how are your kids doing?
Kevin: Oh, uh, they're incredible. They're incredible. And I know that's something that all parents say, you know, that their kids are special. My kids are special. They really are, though. They... They're special.

Nicky: Love is a tricky game... It's like that damn Dipsy Doodle.
Kevin: Hmm? What is it? What's a Dipsy Doodle?
Nicky: It's a pinball game I used to play. Friggin' game sucked me in. Mm. It was a shifty bastard, 'cause... You know, I always kept track of the balls it let me have...
Kevin: Mm-hmm.
Nicky: ...but it always changed. Just when I thought I was done for, I'd get another shot.
Kevin: Hmm?
Nicky: You got to keep your eye on all the balls.
Kevin: Stop talking about balls.
Nicky: Balls.

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Day of the Wedding

This Is Us 6×13

Madison: Get out. You can't see Kate.
Beth: Come on, Big Phil. No looky.
Philip: Ladies, this is my second trip down the aisle. And you know what I learned the first time? That silly superstitions have zero bearing on the outcome of marriages. So I'm gonna looky. Okay? I'm gonna looky real good.

Madison: Kevin is having a secret wedding weekend romance, and these are the clues.
Beth: It's like a true crime whodunit.
Madison: But with sex.

Jack: Oh. Wow.
Rebecca: Good wow or bad wow?
Jack: It's different. It's different. I'm, uh... I'm-I'm... I'm getting my head around it.

Philip: I have no idea if Rebecca can do this. I mean, th-this unfettered hope that all will go well does not come naturally to an Englishman. I mean, I-I'm gonna try my best to keep optimistic that it'll all be okay, because it will... crush your sister if it doesn't.

Jack: All right, now listen up. There is no making fun of your mother. If you don't have something nice to say about her new haircut, you don't say anything at all.

Kate: A Super Bowl ring only worthy of those willing to battle in the snow and in the mud... I'll explain what a Super Bowl is later.

Randall: I've been thinking a lot today, um... about time. And how, when you're young... A year is like a fifth of your existence. And so maybe when you're younger, time seems to move a little bit slower. Summer vacation is a lifetime. But the older we get, the faster time just seems to come at us. All of us.
     You know, the years just keep flying by, faster and faster. It can give a guy whiplash, just thinking about it. And so while I would love nothing more than to... stay in this moment as long as humanly possible, to celebrate our favorite newlyweds... sadly, I have yet to build a remote that pauses life. Damn.
     That doesn't mean there aren't still summer vacations to be enjoyed. Still good conversations to be had. And still love to be shared. It just all happens much faster. But, um... in moments like this, when you're around all your favorite people... celebrating a really special day... time does slow down ever so much.
     So I'm grateful to Kate and Philip for that. And I'm filled with comfort, as I look around this room, knowing that all of you will be on this speeding train with me, slowing down for the occasional special stop. All the way till the very end.
     So, um... cheers.

Randall: What are you supposed to do with that?
Beth: Only thing you can do, baby. You dance.

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Katoby

This Is Us 6×12

Toby: I want you to know... that I see it now. I'm sorry it took me so long. If only I'd had a crystal ball, if I could've seen the way that this all ended up.
Kate: Yeah. Life would be much simpler if we could live it backwards, huh?

Kate: How do I know when it's time to end a marriage?

Toby: Look, most importantly, is that you don't yell around the kids. You don't yell around them and you don't yell at them.
Philip: Yeah, don't worry. British people don't yell. Even when we're furious, we just wrinkle our noses disapprovingly.

Kate: I was married to a wonderful man. And we loved each other a lot. And it wasn't enough. We were both so scared of pushing each other away that we just swallowed our feelings, time after time. And I can never be in a relationship like that again.

Toby: Don't do this, please. I am terrified. I don't... I don't want to be alone. Okay? I-I don't want to have to start over. I don't want to have to live half of my life without my kids. We can, we can, we can get better. I know that we can. This cannot be the way that our story ends. Please, please, please, this-this-this cannot... this-this can't, this cannot be the way that it ends. Okay?

Kate: This is not how our story ends. Just because our marriage is over, doesn't mean our story's over.

Kate: We were meant to find each other in that weight loss group. We were meant to be together. And now... we're meant to be apart. And I know that one day you will see it.

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Saturday in the Park

This Is Us 6×11

Toby: And then this park song that you do with him?
Kate: Okay... Dignity...
Toby: Oh...
Kate: ...independence, confidence, self-respect. That's what we need to be instilling in him now, Toby. Now. Not when he's 12 or 18 or 32. So he can get it in his soul, in his cells, so he knows that he's not broken. All you've ever seen were his limitations.

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Every Version of You

This Is Us 6×10

Rebecca: Do you even know what you're gonna do when you get there?
Randall: I haven't got it all mapped out, Mom, but throwing Deja over my shoulder and zip-tying her to the backseat has come to mind.

Randall: If I do this thing, I'll win, Mom. If I run, I'll win. And if I win, I can't even imagine where this thing will end.
Rebecca: I can. I can see it very clearly.

Randall: That's the thing about first loves, man. They form you and can stay with you for the rest of your life.
Malik: Yeah...
Randall: You know, these things have a way of coming back around, Malik, if they're meant to be. A person can walk out the door and that's the end, but sometimes, the door reopens.

Randall: .... Oh, and I may end up being president one day. So... I really can't get arrested.

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The Hill

This Is Us 6×9

Toby: I am very excited. I have made plans. I've made so many plans, my plans have plans.

Randall: If you could dream of doing anything, what would it be? Anything.
Kate: That is the problem. I can't think of anything. Okay, I'm not like you guys. You know, you want to be an actor, and you want to change the world. We're the exact same age, and you guys are way ahead of me. Randall, you've already met the love of your life. And, Kevin, I mean, you're so far ahead, you've already ruined one marriage. I just... When I look into my future... I literally see nothing. No job, no family. Nothing.

Jack: Okay, Katie girl. Here's the moment. Just let go. Katie, just let go. Let go.
Kate: I will never let go, Daddy, ever!
Jack: Yeah? Why not?
Kate: Why would I?

Jack: You're almost there, Kate. Let's go. Almost there!

Rebecca: How'd she do?
Jack: Today is not the day.

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The Guitar Man

This Is Us 6×8

Uncle Nicky: Don't try to help her, all right? Okay? You-you just being here, that's enough. Just do nothing. Just... Just be. Just be.

Kevin: You ever feel like you're... Like you're performing in a movie that no one else is watching?
     You know what I mean? Like, like, um... Like you're always... You're trying to do the right thing. You're trying to be the right kind of person instead of just... being that person.
     I want to be the kind of man that does the right thing because it's the right thing to do. The kind of man that's just there, you know? Just there. Think maybe I am. Or I'm trying to be.
     But how do you know? How do you know if you are or if you're acting like you are? You ever think about that?
Man in Waiting Room: I'm just waiting on my wife.

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Taboo

This Is Us 6×7

Randall: Anyway, it's gonna be a rewarding and drama-free Thanksgiving.
Beth: Aw, baby. I love your heart...
Randall: Mm.
Beth: Dig your ambition...
Randall: Thank you.
Beth: But the Pearson epitaph will read, "Lovely people, cried a lot, traumatic-as-hell Thanksgivings."

Randall: Yeah, baby stage is rough. Beth and I used to have these intense wordless fights. You ever had a woman scream at you with her eyes?

Dave Malone: You see, Jack, the relationship between mothers and daughters is very complicated, and it is a dynamic that us men will never understand. They live in a perpetual hellscape...

Beth: I swear, every year with this family. Um...

Rebecca: I need you all to hear my voice right now, your mother's voice, with all of her faculties... You will not make your lives smaller because of me. This thing that's happening to me will not be the thing that holds you back. So... take the risks. Make the big moves, even if they're small moves. Forge ahead with your lives in any and every direction that moves you. I am your mother, and I'm sick. And I'm asking you be fearless. And if that seems like a tall order, well, guess what? It is.
Kevin: But...
Rebecca: The only acceptable response is a resounding "Yes, ma'am."
— Yes, ma'am.

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Our Little Island Girl: Part 2

This Is Us 6×6

Beth: So, now I want you all to turn around and face the mirror and repeat after me... I can, and I will. ... Again. I can, and I will.

Kate: Well, this isn't gonna be awkward at all.

Kate: It's really cute when he tries to make it look natural.

Kate: It's not every day that our brother gets to star in a reboot of a show that made his career and then almost cost him his career. We're gonna be there.

Kate: Are you gonna say something about my weight?
Kevin: Do you want me to?
Kate: No.
Kevin: You gonna say something about my drinking?
Kate: Do you want me to?
Kevin: ... No.

Kevin: The last thing you need is a cross-country trip to, what, witness 50 Pearsons watch Police Academy 3 for the 300th time and argue over an old hat?

Mr. Clarke: Don't ever forget... how special you are. Our little island girl...
Beth: ...who dance before she walked.
Mr. Clarke: Who dance before she walked. You're going to change the world one day.

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Heart and Soul

This Is Us 6×5

Rebecca: One margarita. One Marguerite. See? We're fun.

Miguel: Rebecca. It's time. You can't just sit here with me every night for the rest of your life.

Madison: Hey, um, we were going to take them to the zoo tomorrow. Are you okay with missing first zoo?
Kevin: Yeah. Yeah. No, it-it's fine, it's fine. You can have first zoo. They watched their first episode of Entourage this morning with me, so I am all set... as far as formative experiences go.

Randall: I hope it's an apology, but I don't know.
Beth: Hmm. Kind of feel like we need to... "worst case scenario" this bish. You go.
Randall: Okay. Well, obviously, she's pregnant. Go.
Beth: God. They went to Vegas...
Randall: Mm-hmm.
Beth: ...and eloped while we were sleeping. Not preggo, just married. You go.
Randall: Okay. Malik brings out dessert and there's an engagement ring in Deja's soufflé, and he proposes to her in front of all of us. He pulls me out onto the back porch before he proposes to ask for permission, and, uh... I don't know, he chooses the back porch because we've had some really good talks out there...
Beth: Play the game, Randall!
Randall: Um... You go.
Beth: Deja wants to adopt Malik's daughter, and they move in here together and live with us forever....
Randall: .... We need a new game.
Beth: Mm-hmm.

Miguel: Hat or no hat?
Rebecca: Uh, no hat. Guys in hats are usually trying to hide their hair, and you have... great hair.

Kevin: It's not like that at all. Believe it or not, there are people out there that are capable of having casual, consensual, you know, "we're both hot, so let's just do it" sex.
Randall: And you, my brother, are not one of them. You try to have a one-night stand, and you wind up with twins. You are the world's strangest serial monogamist.

Randall: You have fun at your couples retreat, and do me a favor. Try not to propose, okay? You know how you get.

Nicky: She has three marriages, and I have none, so, I think between the two of us, we almost make a normal person.

Annie: Knock, knock!

Kate: We're at the school with my mom, and she's... so happy. W-We're happy. Finally in a good place and... It just took a long time to get here, Tobe. How many bumps in the road? Like 30 years of bumps. We just lost so much time.

Kevin: Yes, we did, we came together in a time of loneliness and-and addiction. But what if... What if that inner darkness actually turned out to be something kind of wonderful?
Cassidy: You've watched too many rom-come, Kevin.

Beth: Worst Case Scenario game needs to be retired.

Beth: Next time you want to leave me with Romeo and Juliet, give me a little heads-up, huh?

Beth: What did you say?
Randall: I said that he should think about Deja here, and that he should take a step back.
Beth: Oh, babe. That didn't turn out well for Romeo and Juliet's parents. It's not gonna turn out well for us.
Randall: What happened with the parents? I don't remember.
Beth: The kids killed themselves. That's what happened to the parents; the children died. Because they tried to keep them apart.

Rebecca: Timing is everything, isn't it?... Your father walked into a bar when I happened to be singing. I mean, if not for that timing, then none of any of this. And then four gazillion other things had to happen in order for this to happen right now. For me to be sitting here with you... with my daughter. My girl. My best friend.

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Don't Let Me Keep You

This Is Us 6×4

Jack: Bec, come on. We talked about this, all right? I've done the math. Three six-year-olds on a four-hour car ride? It ain't worth it.
Rebecca: But you're our guy, Jack. You're worth ten hours in the car, in a blizzard.
Jack: Only ten?

Marilyn: I'll miss you, Jackie. I don't like being this far away from you.
Jack: Yeah, I know, Ma, but you can call anytime.
Marilyn: No, I don't want to be a bother. The last thing you need is to sit around wondering when I'm gonna call. God knows I've already caused you enough trouble lately.

Jack: Sunday nights. Every Sunday, 6:00, I'll be by the phone. You want to call, I'll be there to pick it up.

Jack: Well, my mom was lucky to have you, figure all this out for her.
Debby: I didn't do anything. Marilyn planned it all out herself ages ago. I guess she just didn't want to be a burden to anyone.

Marilyn: Well... Don't let me keep you.
Jack: Okay, Ma. I'll-I'll talk to you next Sunday. I love you.

Mike McCreary: Well... let me tell you this. Nothing was more important to her than your Sunday calls. She looked forward to 'em all week... You were her hero, Jack.

Jack: I don't have a mom anymore...

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Four Fathers

This Is Us 6×3

Jack Damon: I can feel your concern. Blind guy, hot smoker.

Jack: How did I become that dad? Like, the guy who leaves before breakfast and gets home after dinner.
Rebecca: My dad worked a lot. I still love him.
Jack: Yeah, comparing me to your father doesn't help. How would you like it if I compared you to my mom?
Rebecca: Oh, okay. Point taken.

Toby: A dad's work is never done.

Kevin: Here you go, matcha with monk fruit and nut milk, just like you like your nonsense.

Toby: Can we be brothers-in-law who kiss?

Katie: Daddy? Are you gonna live at work forever?

Randall: She took a six-hour bus ride four states away, and we had no idea. What if something happened?
Beth: Let's kill her. Let's dig a hole in the backyard and bury her in it.

Beth: Okay, hold up. I feel like we need to pick which one of us is gonna unravel here and which one of us is gonna stay cool.
Randall: I'm already pacing, Beth. I'm up.
Beth: Okay, fine, I'll stay cool.

Randall: Can we put her back on Zoom school?
Beth: I feel like that's kind of punishing ourselves, so I want to hold off...

Ashley: I was thinking that, maybe after this, we could go check out White Sea at The Echo. Do you know her? She used to be the keyboardist for M83.
Kevin: I... no... I don't think I do know her. I'm not sure anything that you just said was English, actually.

Philip: I'd have to say, that was one of the most successful recitals ever. But in-in fairness, parents rarely boo their blind children.

Kate: ...he had to stay home with the kids.
Philip: Ugh. Kids are the worst. That's why I try to never be around them ever.

Philip: ... And then, one day, I just, um, I stopped giving the report, because it became pretty obvious that we had problems that were much bigger than bath towels... It-it wasn't really an anecdote I wanted to share anymore. So, as annoying as it is that you told me about your stupid fight with your husband, just, uh, take it as a good sign that you're still talking about it.

Rebecca: It was a mess. We got to the car and everybody was crying, myself included. And just when I thought it was the worst day ever, um, a ladybug landed on the dashboard. And Kevin tells us it's good luck. And Randall says that ladybugs have two sets of wings. And Kate decided to name it... Linda.

Rebecca: Until a day is over, there's always a chance you'll remember it for something else.

Beth: We thought our daughter was a child, playing Candy Land, but she's out here playing The Game of Life, and we have to adjust.

Toby: I sat through plenty of dinners with my parents, who clearly couldn't stand each other. I think kids would much rather have parents that are happy than parents who are together.

Toby: You know, it's funny, when... when we're kids, we always, we build houses that are, uh, square, because we think... that that is the strongest shape that there is. But, turns out... a triangle is the strongest shape in nature. Strong base. It's capable of holding infinitely more weight... It is the most stable shape that there is... See? So maybe you should just stop thinking of your family as a square and start thinking of it as, you know, you, Nick, Franny. A triangle...
Kevin: The hell are you talking about right now, man?

Randall: ... I guess now I'm just trying to stall for time. To hold on to that very particular version of my Deja. So... if you would be so kind, please be patient with me as I wrap my head around this new, beautiful, grown-up you.

Kate: We already have a grill.
Toby: Au contraire, mon frère. This is no mere grill. This is a smoker. This is the Big Green Egg. This smoker will outlast time, global warming, and all the other awful things coming our way.

Toby: ...let's make some memories of us being together. Let's have big old cookouts and let's eat food that took me, like, 900 hours to cook. Let's be smokers.
Kate: Okay. Let's be smokers!

Rebecca: Never too late to turn a day around.

Jack: You know, I should always listen to you.
Rebecca: That's what I've been telling you.

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One Giant Leap

This Is Us 6×2

Malik: Hey, Dej. Wow, you, uh... Um... You, uh... Y-You look... incandescent.
Deja: Okay, Harvard.

Rebecca: I always thought the wind in my hair would be overrated, but it is properly rated. A car like this can make a person feel immortal.
Jack: I don't need a car to feel that. I got you.

Rebecca: I do have Alzheimer's. Yeah, I have, um, plaques forming on my brain, and no amount of medications or word exercises will cure me. First goes the short-term memory, and then the longer ones, one by one. Or is it a thousand each day? I don't even know. Sometimes I think about what my very last memory will be before the candle goes out.

Rebecca: You would think that this diagnosis would help me sweat the small stuff less, but not really. I just, this morning, rolling out the garbage cans before we left was something that kept nagging at me. ... You'd think that we would stop sweating the small stuff as we got older, when bigger things started happening to us, but nope. Not the case. It's so strange, isn't it?

Nicky: Maybe it was all leading up to this, the... most awkward meal of all time.

Rebecca: I struck gold twice.

Sally: When is it that it changes, Rebecca? When is it that we stop wanting to see reflections of ourselves?

Nicky: See you in 50 years?
Sally: I'll save the date.

Edie: Excuse me, sir? I'm gonna need you to put the seat up.
Nicky: Question, Edie. Is... Is the purpose of putting the seat up, is-is that to save me in the case of an emergency water landing? 'Cause I don't think this is gonna do it.

Edie: Are you going to be a problem, sir?
Nicky: Absolutely.

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The Challenger

This Is Us 6×1

Kevin: You know, when I think it all went wrong for me was 1986. They were sending the Challenger up into space. You remember the Challenger, right?
Yeah. With Sandra Bullock?

Kevin: You see? People thought it was a horrible idea, after you jilted me at the altar, me moving in here to be close to the kids. ... But look at us now. We are-we are one finely tuned co-parenting instrument.
Madison: We are pretty much the Porsche of slightly awkward co-parents.
Kevin: That we are.

Beth: Okay. Baby, let's play a game, okay? There's two doors you can choose from today. Behind door number one is your beautiful, "top of her game right now" wife... ..... Behind door number two, you have confronting the creeper who broke into our home and upturned a year of our lives-- You're gonna pick door number two, aren't you?

Beth: Damn. I would've chose door number Beth...

Kevin: Look, man, I... We both know we were forced to take this meeting by our agents, right? I mean, y-you don't want me to do whatever movie this is. I don't want to do whatever movie this is.
Casey: They want to reboot The Manny, Kevin.

Casey: Kevin, I-I saw the last film. I actually purchased a ticket. And after 90 minutes, when I realized it was only halfway over, I started to lick the movie theater seats in an attempt to give myself COVID.

Casey: This is good. You get to raise your family in Los Angeles, work one day a week and become a zillionaire. Or say no. And spend the rest of your years travelling to Vancouver every weekend to shoot Treat Williams indies where you got to do your own hair.
Kevin: .... Over my dead body.
Casey: Thank God.

Jessica: I don't care if it's upsetting. I just need to know so that I can move on.
Philip: ... You bore me, Jessica. I mean, you are a stunning, intelligent, magnificent woman, and yet, every time we have a meal together, I can't help but feel like I'm watching paint dry. And I-I'll spare you the whole "It's-it's not you, it's me" nonsense and remind you to focus on the fact that you are a stunning, intelligent, magnificent woman, who's just wasting her time on a pasty English chap who just equated eating sushi with you to watching paint dry. Is-is that helpful? For moving on?
Jessica: You are a condescending prick.
Philip: This would seem to be the common refrain in my life, yes.

Randall: I saw his file, Beth. For the last two years, this man has woken me from my dreams in a cold sweat. This man with the knife. But today I saw his file, and he had a name. It's David.

Beth: You... are an incredibly decent man, Randall Pearson. And it's your birthday. So... make a wish.
Randall: I got my wish when I met you.

Rebecca: The red one, damn it!

Jack: Do you want to talk, Kev? About today?
Kevin: It was just a story on TV. It wasn't real.

Rebecca: Did we do that even remotely right?
Jack: I don't know. My first time.
Rebecca: Mine, too.

Jack: Well, he... he gets it. His brain's just... protecting itself. Yeah, that kid, he's gonna grow up faster than we can handle. One day... he's gonna have it all figured out. I mean, hell, it's not like he's gonna wind up some 40-year-old man who can't stop talking about the Challenger explosion. Right?

Rebecca: Did you ever read Catcher in the Rye?
Jack: Yeah, of course.... No.
Rebecca: Okay, so it's about this kid, this-this teenager named Holden. And he's depressed.
Jack: Well, his name is Holden.

Rebecca: Well, his name is Holden. ... And he... wants to protect all of the innocent people, all of the children, and... he has to accept the fact that he can't. And I think that Randall might be the Catcher in the Rye, Jack. I think he might... he might spend his whole life trying to save everyone, and he won't be able to. I just worry that his life will be this beautiful but... perpetually disappointing ride... What a thing. Being a parent.
Jack: What a thing being a kid.

Kate: Kev, do you remember where we were five years ago? ... ...it was such a low moment. You know, it just felt like every door was shutting on us and shutting out all of the light, just like after dad. But... look at us now. We-we each have two healthy, beautiful kids. Careers we never imagined. If the world stopped for the bad stuff, then-then everything would be dark. But the world keeps going, so we can find that crack of light on the other side of the door.

Kate: We have found the light before, big brother. And we'll find it again.

Rebecca: Stop, Nicky! Life is too short. It is far shorter than it has any right to be, and you are giving me a frigging headache. You want to go see Sally? Let's go see Sally. Pack a bag. We'll leave in the morning.
Miguel: Bec...
Rebecca: Honey, life is too short, and the man is giving me a frigging headache.

Randall: It's official, Beth. I'm old. I have three parents gone. One's sick. It's not even unusual at my age. I am not a young man anymore.

Toby: Are you aware that Kevin is in our guest room?

Kate: It's-it's been a day.
Toby: Happy birthday.
Kate: It is now.

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The Adirondacks

This Is Us 5×16

Kate: Madison... it's not about the words, you know, or the delivery. When you love someone enough to make this kind of commitment, I mean, it's bigger than that. You know, when you look into each other's eyes, and-and you say that you care more about what they need than what you need for the rest of your life... Um... Thank you.
Madison: For what?
Kate: A reminder. I'm just gonna make a quick phone call.

Rebecca: Tell me about your mother...

Kevin: So, how was your day?

Kevin: What a year, huh?
Kate: Yeah...
Randall: It'll get better. It's always darkest before the dawn, but we hang our tragedies on fence posts and we fight on. What do we do? I don't know. It sounds better when Beth says it.

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Jerry 2.0

This Is Us 5×15

Kate: Madison, is this too weird? ...
Madison: No, it's fine. Honestly, I decided the best revenge against a guy that ghosted me is painting him naked days before I marry one of People's Most Beautiful.

Nicky: You must relate to this movie like crazy. It's practically the story of your life.
Kevin: What are you...? What's that...? What do you mean?
Nicky: Well, you know, I mean, guy falls for the kid, or in your case, the idea of kids, more than he falls for the actual girl, you know? But he sticks by her just because he's trying to do the right thing. You even look like him. I mean, you sound like him, you act like him. It's...
Kevin: Like who?!
Nicky: Jerry Maguire! You're like Jerry Maguire 2.0.

Miguel: I've always liked Renée Zellweger. When I first saw her, I said, "You know, that's-that's a woman that's going places. She's extremely talented, uh, she has a-a beautiful mouth."
Randall: Miguel, that is an extremely weird thing to say, man.

Kevin: How does anyone ever really know who they're supposed to marry?

Miguel: I remember thinking a lot about that expression "written in the stars." I'd always loved that expression. The idea that the universe had big plans for two strangers before they've even crossed paths. I remember thinking that's how it was for your mom and dad. Written in the stars.
     I knew it wasn't like that for me and her. It was... strange, the way we came together. I knew that. And I was filled with doubt on our wedding day. For many days after. But then... the years went by. And I realized: it's okay. That, yes, there are some love stories that are written in the stars. There are other love stories... They're written together. Two people the universe had no plans for writing their story in the stars together. That's pretty fantastic, too. Isn't it?

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