"this Is Us" Strangers(2019) -

meets Deja at a barbecue, beginning a pivotal romance.

is revealed to be Kate and Toby’s adult son, Jack—born prematurely at the end of Season 3. Why It Worked "This Is Us" Strangers(2019)

For the first 40 minutes, the episode focuses almost exclusively on three new characters: meets Deja at a barbecue, beginning a pivotal romance

What did you think of the storyline specifically? A charismatic teen father in Philadelphia trying to

A charismatic teen father in Philadelphia trying to do right by his infant daughter.

The Art of the New: Revisiting the "This Is Us" Season 4 Premiere, "Strangers"

This episode subverted the "Big Three" formula to expand the show’s world. It explored themes of authentically facing mental health challenges and the way strangers eventually become family . It reminded us that every person we pass on the street has a story as complex and "Pearson-level" emotional as our own.