TMC
05-06-2022, 08:50 PM
https://www.looper.com/855739/why-some-long-time-fans-stopped-watching-this-is-us/
Fans didn't like Randall's real birth story
Former "This Is Us" fans took to Reddit to explain the exact scene that made them stop watching. In particularly, in Season 5, Randall learns that his biological mother Laurel (Jennifer C. Holmes in younger years, Angela Gibbs in older years) did not actually die in childbirth. His father William (Ron Cephas Jones) had wrongfully believed she had died from a drug overdose when she relapsed shortly after giving birth. Even though Randall's mother lived a happy life until 2015 (https://www.looper.com/850757/the-one-couple-that-sparks-hope-in-this-is-us-fans/), he never got to meet her. This particular storyline just made the show unbelievable to some viewers. "That is just lazy storytelling in my opinion," U/carter_ryan (https://www.reddit.com/r/thisisus/comments/kt2kzn/i_stopped_watching_the_show/) wrote.
Other fans agreed that in early seasons, the writers nailed the storytelling aspect. However, the Laurel storyline totally backtracked that reputation. "Basically I'm watching because the show has a plotted ending and because I've enjoyed it until this Laurel storyline," u/dandy-lion33 (https://www.reddit.com/r/thisisus/comments/kt2kzn/comment/gijvcor/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) wrote. "I'm giving it the benefit of the enormous doubt."
Some other "This Is Us" fans vowed to finish the show to completion, but that didn't mean they disagreed with those who gave up. "I usually see a story that I have invested in this long through to the end, no matter how dismal it gets (Grey's Anatomy)," u/MollyJ58 (https://www.reddit.com/r/thisisus/comments/kt2kzn/comment/gijh128/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) wrote. "It is a shame that this show took such a nose dive."
Fans didn't like Randall's real birth story
Former "This Is Us" fans took to Reddit to explain the exact scene that made them stop watching. In particularly, in Season 5, Randall learns that his biological mother Laurel (Jennifer C. Holmes in younger years, Angela Gibbs in older years) did not actually die in childbirth. His father William (Ron Cephas Jones) had wrongfully believed she had died from a drug overdose when she relapsed shortly after giving birth. Even though Randall's mother lived a happy life until 2015 (https://www.looper.com/850757/the-one-couple-that-sparks-hope-in-this-is-us-fans/), he never got to meet her. This particular storyline just made the show unbelievable to some viewers. "That is just lazy storytelling in my opinion," U/carter_ryan (https://www.reddit.com/r/thisisus/comments/kt2kzn/i_stopped_watching_the_show/) wrote.
Other fans agreed that in early seasons, the writers nailed the storytelling aspect. However, the Laurel storyline totally backtracked that reputation. "Basically I'm watching because the show has a plotted ending and because I've enjoyed it until this Laurel storyline," u/dandy-lion33 (https://www.reddit.com/r/thisisus/comments/kt2kzn/comment/gijvcor/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) wrote. "I'm giving it the benefit of the enormous doubt."
Some other "This Is Us" fans vowed to finish the show to completion, but that didn't mean they disagreed with those who gave up. "I usually see a story that I have invested in this long through to the end, no matter how dismal it gets (Grey's Anatomy)," u/MollyJ58 (https://www.reddit.com/r/thisisus/comments/kt2kzn/comment/gijh128/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) wrote. "It is a shame that this show took such a nose dive."