“I pitched what we’re seeing right now, and I told the cast so they knew how to execute their characters,” Fogelman said. I said, ‘You have to know what happens in Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 you have to know what happened to Jack and you have to know when we’re going to show it and how we’re going to show it.’ I told it when I delivered my script to NBC. ![]() “Day One, I said I had this image in my head of what had happened to him. “There was never another idea,” Fogelman said. I wanted our fans to have that experience and if it slowly starts leaking online, it becomes a different thing.” The idea to link Jack’s death to a house fire was part of the plan from the very beginning. ![]() “It’s meant to be one of those television moments that hopefully provides an answer and takes your legs out and is a cliffhanger and an answer all at once. ![]() “I wanted those who watch the show in real time or quickly on DVR without things being spoiled to have that experience,” he said. “It took six months of planning,” said Fogelman, who admitted it was a lot of work for what amounted to 30 seconds of filming. And even NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke had to visit the “This Is Us” edit bays to get a sneak peek. They used fake signs and code words to keep the set under wraps. Every little detail, and it will match up.” That ending was only shot less than two weeks ago, in order to keep it a secret.įogelman and his team are so eager to prevent spoilers that they built the burnt-out home, as seen at the end of the episode, in a hush-hush location five hours away from Los Angeles. “Whether it be Kate feeling responsible for her father’s death, things we’re going to reveal about Kevin, or things we’re seen in the final ending of the show in the last two minutes. Nothing has been done accidentally,” Fogelman said. “I think our closest fans can watch every moment of the last two minutes, like the Zapruder film. Brown, Chrissy Metz Buchan/Variety/REX/Shutterstock The season premiere’s final two minutes is filled with clues.Īs seen in 1997, on the day of Jack’s death, Kate is holding a dog, Randall has a redheaded girlfriend, Kevin has a broken leg and Rebecca is wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey. Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Dan Fogelman, Sterling K. Here’s a roundup of what you need to know for Season 2. ‘Grand Crew’ Showrunner Gets Real About the Art, Craft, and Challenges of the Group Hang Sitcom So there’s still more to find out hopefully now it allows people to focus on other things but keeps the intrigue.” And we’re going to actually get there and see what transpired. You saw the image in this moment and in the course of the season you’re going to see how we got there. “It was part of our pitch from inception that we were going to do this ‘Breaking Bad’ thing in the beginning. “All the answers about how Jack died, it’s all going to happen this season but through the course of the season,” he said. “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman told IndieWire on Tuesday night that it will become clear by the end of this season what truly happened to Jack and how it impacted Rebecca (Mandy Moore) and “big 3” kids Kate (Chrissy Metz), Randall (Sterling K. ![]() Jack’s death is connected to the fire - but the “how” and “why” of it all is still a mystery. They discovered in the show’s Season 2 opener that there was a fire, and that the Pearson family patriarch passed away in 1997 - when the kids were 17. “This Is Us” fans finally know how Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) dies.
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