# This Is Us: Season 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952 "2019-09-28T14:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/61 "2020-02-21T21:28:28Z")
So what did we learn from the last episode? We learned that at some point in the future Kevin builds a house on the land where the cabin sits. And that he definitely slept with Kate’s best friend, but that might have been revealed last week and I just skipped past it. And Kate once had a really awful boyfriend. Which we kinda already knew. Anything else? ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/62 "2020-02-22T01:21:08Z")
We learned Randall is losing his gd mind even more than we thought. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/63 "2020-02-24T14:49:46Z")
Unfortunately, we learned that Kevin and Randall did NOT actually beat the living shit out of douchebag Marc ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/64 "2020-02-24T14:52:05Z")
Toby seemed to be bonding with his son in the episode, so perhaps he and Kate stay together in the future? Hard to tell with this show, given its love of misdirection. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/65 "2020-02-26T22:36:22Z")
Was hoping to see older Mark working in that record store, Kevin recognizing him, and scaring him away with a look. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/66 "2020-02-27T00:58:20Z")
I don’t enjoy these episodes and I’m starting to actually dread pushing play the next morning. I might be out after this season. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/67 "2020-02-27T03:31:46Z")
Does anyone know why they were so coy about who Randall’s therapist was? Except for one brief shot at the end of the episode, we only saw her from behind. Was it someone we were supposed to recognize? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/68 "2020-02-27T03:37:55Z")
The therapist was played by Pamela Adlon, who has been on a couple of series. As for not showing who it was, perhaps that was to keep emphasis on Randall. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/69 "2020-02-28T17:14:29Z")
That hissing was driving ME crazy! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/70 "2020-02-28T18:30:51Z")
Really, just leave the pot on the burner. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/71 "2020-03-26T03:46:34Z")
Well well well. Some mysteries solved. Some questions answered this week. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/72 "2020-03-26T23:56:28Z")
Is the show trying to make me hate Randall? On purpose? I might be done. I’m not satisfied when I watch it and I think it’s going to get more ridiculous rather than stay the course. I liked it as a distraction but now it’s making me mad and being as annoying as the things I’m trying to be distracted from. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/73 "2020-03-27T00:44:34Z")
Yes all I could think at the end was “Wow who knew Randall was such a horrible person?” I mean I knew he was a know-it-all Type A control freak for a while but irrational grudge was absolutely clownish over-the-top. I have felt unsatisfied and slightly angry since last season already. I usually just kind of skim through the whole show in about 10 minutes these days. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952/74 "2020-03-29T14:06:49Z")
I’m getting tired of the “let’s throw in some random characters and make you guess how they fit in, and we’ll throw in some red herrings while we’re at it” plot device. I thought the horse training scene was completely unnecessary. I get that it was a setup for Madison’s OB-GYN’s speech, but I’m not sure the setup was really needed. And yeah, they’ve made Toby and Randall, my two favorite characters, come off as tools this season. Not happy about that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952.md?page=3)