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This Is Us - Season 3 Episode 07: Sometimes
In a dramatic atmosphere, this television series drama revolves around the struggles that an ordinary family have, in order to mange to survive, and saving the lives of their children who always died, so Randal, Kate, and Kevin, brothers of the same age, struggles against passing their 38th birthday.
6 September 1978, New York City, New York, USA
25 May 1988, Cleveland, Mississippi, USA
12 April 1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 August 1975, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
29 November 1960, The Bronx, New York, USA
November 14, 2018
The hour feels big, especially in what it reveals about Zoe's past. But it's also captivating to watch Jack, newly returned from Vietnam.
November 14, 2018
The narrow focus of the episode was a smart choice on the writers' part, and helped give more weight to both Kevin's search for answers about Jack's service and the flashbacks to the service itself.
November 14, 2018
This is Us delves deeper into his history, it also peels back the layers of another elusive character who's been trying to navigate her own trauma: Zoe.
November 14, 2018
Sometimes is a deeply haunted episode of This Is Us. And in refining its focus to three rich story lines... -- it also happens to be one of the best of the season so far.
November 14, 2018
It can't be a fantastic episode of This Is Us without waterworks not just from Jack but from all of us.
November 14, 2018
Honestly, not much really happens plot-wise within "Sometimes," but there are some great character moments.
November 14, 2018
There is plenty of material here for one episode, and the storylines all interconnect nicely, so it's good that they didn't try to shoe-horn Randall into the episode somehow.
November 14, 2018
Sometimes doesn't play into the stereotypical image of the show as a corny, tear-jerking family drama full of big speeches and histrionic moments. Instead, this is an episode built around quiet interactions, nuanced performances, and grey areas.
November 14, 2018
Despite This Is Us' habit of going for schlocky over-the-top sentimentality over actual emotional storytelling, the beginning of Zoe's backstory comes with the appropriate weight. Likely because of her portrayer Melanie Liburd's nuanced performance.

