Inside, Kate is acting as the birth partner for Ellie, the birth mother of her and Toby's baby. Meanwhile, due to COVID-19 protocols, Toby is stuck in the parking lot outside the hospital where he's making a list of potential middle names for his and Kate's new baby.
Randall comforts Madison and promises that even if Kevin does not make it, he and Beth will stay with her as long as it takes so she won't be alone. The episode continues with Randall and Beth in the car speaking with Madison in labor at the hospital. That fact does little to absolve her of her guilt about missing the birth of both Kate's and Kevin's babies, though. She has no idea if Kevin made his flight to Los Angeles to make the birth of his twins, but at least knows Randall is keeping Madison company over video chat. She's stressed out because she's so far away from the rest of her family. Next the episode cuts to present-day Rebecca who she is still at the cabin with Miguel. RELATED: This Is Us: Why Fans Think Kate Pearson May Be Dead So Rebecca suggests she and Jack turn it into a romantic weekend, and although he agrees, Jack seems hurt by his kids' new attitude towards the family vacations they used to enjoy. Instead they arranged sleepovers with their friends, shocking their parents.
Jack and Rebecca planned a family trip to the cabin, but the kids don't want to go. It starts in Albuquerque, New Mexico back in 1963 at a local dance where sparks fly when a computer-loving young man named Nasir Ahmed meets a chatty young woman named Esther.Īfter that curious introduction, the episode catches up with the Pearsons when the Big Three were young teenagers. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the Season 5, Episode 8, of This Is Us, "In The Room," which aired Tuesday on NBC.Īfter the Randall-centric episode " Birth Mother" and the Kevin-centric episode " There," the whole Pearson family returns in the latest episode of This Is Us Season 5, Episode 8, "In The Room." However, the episode doesn't start with the Pearsons.