This is Us - It truly is.

I just finished watching the first season of This is Us, and I was surprised about how hooked it left me.

I wouldn’t say I liked the first episodes. They were too slow, almost boring, but after you know the characters, you can’t turn away anymore.

This is Us is about real dramas that can occur in everyone’s lives and which we all can relate to in one way or the other. Except that all these things happen to one single family.

Life is hard

This Is Us doesn’t try to make you believe that you can do anything or that everything is possible. Life is hard, and nothing comes to you simply because you deserve it. It is hard work.

It shows how difficult it can be to care for a family and still be a person with wishes and dreams. There is no right answer, and you eventually feel guilty about something.

You can be a mother of 3 who wants to be a singer as well. You can be a successful man who disrupts your whole life for a stranger (who happens to be your father). Randall’s meltdown is so relatable because we all felt, at some point, that life was just too much. And, we all would love to have a Kevin to give us comfort. They all share the pain of losing someone - who can say "I never lost anyone"?

This is the secret of this show - it makes you relate. It makes you care about the characters.

The past

We are following the family in two different timelines. One, when the siblings were kids, and now, when they are in their 30s. This could be quite tiring to watch, the go back and forward, but it is the great win of the show. You care about the young couple with three kids back in the 80s and 90s, and you care about the lives those kids are creating now.

It is interesting to see where they came from and how past happenings impacted who they became. You realize how each thing that happens in our lives will influence our choices, dreams, and fears. That's because we are the product of a series of events and their consequences.

This is all of us

This show appeals to emotions. Its goal is right there in the title: it makes you relate, makes you feel you are one of those people. Sure, this family is very specific and uncommon to find. Yet, no matter who you are, the problems and the crisis are always similar to everyone else.

In the end, the show focuses on the importance of family roots, belonging, and knowing that, despite all the issues, our beloved ones will always be there to lift us when we need.

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