# "This is Us" dialog question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-dialog-question/831741>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 30, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-dialog-question/831741 "2019-03-30T02:20:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-dialog-question/831741/1 "2019-03-30T02:20:24Z")

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This week was a good episode of “This Is Us”. And there was a quote that I can’t stop thinking about. It’s when Randall was asking Beth to marry him - “And I don’t want to do life without you.”

Is there any possible way to find out which writer in Hollywood (or wherever) wrote that line?

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-dialog-question/831741/2 "2019-03-30T14:46:24Z")

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I think the writers are in the credits. Have you checked IMDB?

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-dialog-question/831741/3 "2019-03-30T15:14:18Z")

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It felt out of place to me. Took me out of the episode because it was a flashback, and “do life” sounds like 2019 shorthand. Back then, especially when someone was being serious\*, they would’ve said “And I don’t want to live life without you” or “And I don’t want to experience life without you.”

\*a proposal is no time to be using cutesy slang, especially someone as serious as Randall.

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-dialog-question/831741/4 "2019-04-01T13:54:35Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> It felt out of place to me. Took me out of the episode because it was a flashback, and “do life” sounds like 2019 shorthand. Back then, especially when someone was being serious\*, they would’ve said “And I don’t want to live life without you” or “And I don’t want to experience life without you.”

That’s true, perhaps that’s why it stuck out to me so much. Anachronistic or not, I still think it’s a great line.

And yeah, the writers are listed, but I was wondering if it was possible to find out which specific writer wrote that line. No biggie, was just a question I had on a boring Friday night 🙂