This Is Us metes out darkness in search of a moment’s delight
by Daniel D’Addario
Jan 25, 2017
2 minutes
THE TITLE THIS IS US IS ALMOST perfectly meaningless. Together, the three words signify nothing beyond a vague concept of uplift and unity. A show with that title could be a show about anything. That’s exactly what This Is Us on NBC is: a hazy attempt to confront a number of human experiences gradually approaching infinity. Skittering across decades to tell the story
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