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This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us series finale episode 6.18 -"Us". In this episode, Mary gives a version of her personal story you have all been waiting for.  We also discuss why it's ok we didn't see the eulogies, why this episode could lead to a new model for finales, and we say goodbye in a way ONLY This Is Us Too could end. Don't miss it...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us series finale episode 6.18 -"Us". In this episode, Mary and Blake discuss why this episode is one GIANT bookend to the series, why some people's reactions might be colored by their loss -- or still present -- of a parent, and a listener literally blows Blake's doors off...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.17 -"The Train". In this SUPER SIZED episode of This Is Us Too, Mary & Blake discuss all the listener feedback for the penultimate episode of This Is Us. We also chat about Kyle's inclusion, the warm cinematography, how Mary is trying to put you to sleep, and we bring back an old Hall Of Fame moment!

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.17 -"The Train". In this episode, Mary and Blake discuss the rhyming nature of this episode, why William was the perfect guide, and why this is another Thanos episode...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.16 -"Family Meeting". In this episode, Mary chats about her experience caring for her sister.  We also discuss how the show is using rhyme and closing rhyming loops, the perfectly balanced narrative, and why Mary will stop at nothing to get Walnut Shrimp now...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.15 -"Miguel". In this episode, Mary chats her relationship to "And So It Goes...". We also discuss why this episode should have been entitled, "Y'all Have Been Sleepin' On My Boy Miguel", if the placement of the Miguel episode was fitting within the larger context of This Is Us, and why Mary should have been fired from her job at URI...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.14 -"The Night Before The Wedding". In this episode, Mary chats about how someone chose a car over her. We also discuss the network injecting itself into storytelling, why sentimentality is a good thing, and why it's important to compare apples to apples or bubbies to bubbies...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.13 -"Day Of The Wedding". In this episode, Mary chats when she cut off her hair because she was mad at Blake. We also discuss Jack's theme, the guts to be in Rebecca's POV, why Miggy is a huge X-Files fan, and why Mary is going to start a new show called "Two Wigs And A Plant".

In this episode, Blake chats about the unique venue he watched KaToby, we also discuss if Toby really is competing against Jack, why this is a near perfect episode of television, and why the emotional math continues to add up in the best way...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.11 -"Saturday In The Park". In this episode, Blake talks about how this episode affected him very personally, and we discuss a brilliant use of transference, why the show is smart for not taking sides, and why, apparently, there are no Gryffindors in L.A. 

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.10 -"Every Version Of You". In this episode, we do the show from our bed! We discuss why Malik might be a casualty of COVID, we debate if the show is ready for another political plotline, and why Mary is getting Grover for her face...

This Is Us Too Host Blake chats about his story for This Is Us episode 6.09 -"The Hill". In this episode, he discusses what's been happening for the past year, emotional trauma, panic attacks, his hospital visits, his relationship with Mary, why he quit Mary & Blake Media for a good ten minutes, and why you shouldn't worry because everything is going to be ok. 

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.09 -"The Hill". In this episode, we discuss why we are going to have a bonus episode of This Is Us Too to talk about our story, why neither Kate nor Toby or right/wrong, why the emotional gray area leads to terrific subtlety, and why Blake is shocked Mary doesn't know the movie Drop Dead Fred...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.08 -"The Guitar Man".

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.07 -"Taboo". Blake chats about why he and Mary would smoke you in Taboo, we also discuss why we're out on Toby now, why they should just fedex the Emmy to Mandy Moore, and Mary legitimately leaves Blake speechless on the podcast for a reason you wouldn't expect...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.06 -"Our Little Island Girl: Part 2". Mary discusses her high school history teacher, we also chat the show shoehorning in Beth's story, the difference between Elijah's expected and actual affect on the narrative, and why Mary ordered Shepherd's Pie at breakfast...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.05 -"Heart And Soul". Mary muscles through some sickness, we chat why this might be the best "Kate and Rebecca" episode, how Randall serves as an audience surrogate, and why you should NEVER BINGE Euphoria...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.04 -"Don't Let Me Keep You". Blake chats about crying over mac and cheese and we also discuss the visual narrative, character development vs. plot momentum, and why Mary bodies Blake from the clouds....

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.03 -"Four Fathers". Mary joins us from another country! Blake chats about Mary's shared talent with Rebecca - we also chat why there might be a lack of momentum in this episode, making the emotional math add up, and why you're in Bananaland if you like Silent Discos...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.01 -"One Giant Leap". Mary chats about her only attempt to skip school, and we also discuss character investment, subverting love story tropes, and why Mary gives Blake serious dork chills.

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us season 6 Premiere -  episode 6.01 -"The Challenger". Mary chats her run in with a drugged out vet, we also discuss the muted and theme heavy beginning, the great balance of tragedy and humor, and why Blake would ALWAYS choose door number Mary...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Usseason 5 finale -  episode 5.16 -"The Adirondacks". Blake chats his namesake, we also discuss the way This Is Us has taught it's viewers to watch the show, and why Kevin and co. are actually waiting for Domino's in the flash forward... 

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.15 -"Jerry 2.0".  Blake chats his bachelor party, we also discuss the contrasting scale of the arcs for Madison and Kevin, and when we both knew we were going to get married...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.14 -"The Music And The Mirror". Mary chats about the experience she's had with businesses closing in the pandemic, we discuss the contrasting relationship dynamics in the Big Three, and Mary has a mini concert with K-Ci and JoJo...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.13 -"Brotherly Love". Mary chats about her ongoing education in racial awareness, and we also chat the visual dynamic of such hard conversations, the running theme of perspective, and why Madison is definitely playing Mall Madness with Nicky...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.12 -"Both Things Can Be True". Mary chats her student teaching experience, we discuss how the title applies to every facet of the story, and how Mary made Blake dance in front of hundreds of people on cruise ship...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.11 -"One Small Step...". Blake gets a little emotional talking about Mary being his future, we also chat the excellent direction, sitting with tension, and we make a wildly inappropriate amount of Chernobyl jokes...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.10  - "I've Got This". Blake chats how Mary had to take over finances, we chat the contrasting elements funneling to a well told theme, and Mary learns the difference between a commune and a compound...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.09  - "The Ride". Mary chats why this episode hit us sooooo very hard, we also chat how this highlights This Is Us at it's very best storytelling, and why Blake is enacting the ever controversial "Take Reversal"...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.08  - "In The Room". Mary chats about her love of Hanson, we also discuss why we always praise risk taking regardless of outcome, and why we may have yet another Mary & Blake Media Hall Of Fame moment concerning Miguel in this episode....

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.07  - "There". Blake delves more into the complicated relationship with his dad, the importance of visual storytelling in contrast to emotional manipulation, and why Jack's peeing in the coach's pool...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.06  - "Birth Mother". Blake chats about his experience with deep depression, why the words from LOST "answers only lead to more questions" rings true with this episode, and Mary & Blake's very different visions for a vacation in New Orleans...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.05  - "A Long Road Home". Blake chats about having to hang out with Mary's ex boyfriend, if This Is Us has become the Randall show, and why a poor PA made a bad mistake about an ovulation test...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.04  - "Honestly". Blake chats his experience with the cry it out method, why this episode feels sleepy yet very intriguing at the same time, and why Mary goes FULL Moira Schitt...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 5.03  - "Changes". Mary chats her own controversial video she made as a teenager, the direction of the Randall and Tess scene, and why Madison's love of Outlander has shot her past Miggy in our ranks...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us season 5 premiere - episodes 5.01 and 5.02  - "Forty: Parts One and Two". Blake remembers back to what it was like when he heard "Hanks got he Rona", we discuss the guts to tackle tough subjects but how it's harder to root that choice in character,  and why Mary agrees he should be called "Meh"guel from now on...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us season 4 finale - episode 4.18  - "Strangers: Part Two". Mary describes how she went full Randall on her dad, why the editing is sensational in this episode, and why Bing Crosby's voice is like butter with bacon grease...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.17  - "After The Fire". Blake chats about anger with a parent, why that "What If" scenario is only the thing that gets us to the thing, and Mary's twelve hamsters....

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.16  - "New York, New York, New York". In this episode, Mary chats when she knows Blake is wrong and just lets him go, Rebecca's arc of choices, and our very bad, horrible, no good motel choices over the years.

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.15  - "Clouds". Blake talks about why Mary's kicking him out, we break down the parallels between Kevin and Rebecca, and Mary is dropping F bombs...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.14  - "The Cabin". Blake talks about his mother's letters, we chat about how this was a culmination of the entire big three story, and we have more Twilight references than we care to admit...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.13  - "A Hell Of A Week: Part Three". Mary talks about her evolving relationship with her mom, we chat the thrusting focus of the show, and we talk about why Avril Lavigne is no Alanis Morisette...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.12  - "One Hell Of A Week: Part Two". Blake talks about his mom's funeral, we discuss the anchor of this mini-three part series, and we have a MAJOR debate about Dirty Dancing.

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.11  - "One Hell Of A Week: Part One". Mary tells her scary tale of two home invasions, we break down the subtle parallels between Randall and Jack, and also why Mary's dream is to be a real life Leslie Knope.  Make sure you stay all the way through the end for this one...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us S4 Winter Premiere - episode 4.10  - "Lights And Shadows". Blake chats about his difficulties with a colicky baby, we break down the stakes of the story for Rebecca and Jack, and why we totally disagree over the cliffhanger ending with Randall.

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us Fall Finale - episode 4.09  - "So Long, Marianne". Mary chats about her new Thanksgiving food tradition, we break down the difference between being "talky" and showing what you intend in the time jumps, and why Mary literally does not care who Kevin's fiancee is.

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.08  - "Sorry". In this episode, Blake chats why he doesn't regret the mistakes he's made, stellar visual storytelling with bed making, and why Miggy had to visit the poop bathroom...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.07  - "The Dinner And The Date". In this episode, Mary chats about skipping school, we break down the perfect use of tension and comedy, and we jam out to The Black Eyed Peas, while discussing "third base" -- you don't wanna miss this one...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.06  - "The Club". In this episode, Mary and Blake chat a vacation full of ice cream and no intimacy, continuing the deconstruction of Jack, and why Mary took classes on insects...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 4.05  - "Storybook Love". In this episode, Blake chats his real life fear of spiders, we go all in the spectacular use of bookending, and wonder how the hell the writers could have forgotten about Rambo...