Why Some Long-Time Fans Stopped Watching This Is Us - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 05-06-2022, 08:50 PM

https://www.looper.com/855739/why-so...ng-this-is-us/

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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, 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 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 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 wrote. "It is a shame that this show took such a nose dive."

Chocolate Moose · 06-27-2022, 02:30 PM

things happen that are not all nice and neat and perfect. sometimes things are wrong and that's life.

Wawwie · 06-27-2022, 02:51 PM

A few years ago, I adored the show. I stopped watching for three reasons.

1. Saint Jack's massive hypocrisy and how he treated his brother Nicky.
2. The entire family's horrendous treatment of Miguel.
3. Kevin's douche bag treatment of the friend who came to visit Kate in the hospital when she was giving birth/Toby insulting Miguel in that same episode when he told Miguel that Kate wanted to see him first then saying "just kidding." What a d!ck.

That episode of Kate in the hospital is when I had enough and quit watching the show.

06-27-2022, 02:30 PM	#2
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06-27-2022, 02:51 PM	#3
Wawwie Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 26, 2006 Location: New York Posts: 14,376	A few years ago, I adored the show. I stopped watching for three reasons. 1. Saint Jack's massive hypocrisy and how he treated his brother Nicky. 2. The entire family's horrendous treatment of Miguel. 3. Kevin's douche bag treatment of the friend who came to visit Kate in the hospital when she was giving birth/Toby insulting Miguel in that same episode when he told Miguel that Kate wanted to see him first then saying "just kidding." What a d!ck. That episode of Kate in the hospital is when I had enough and quit watching the show.