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This Is Us – Season 2, Episode 13 That'll Be the Day

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Kevin helps Randall and Beth with a project; Kate contemplates a big gift for Toby; Jack and Rebecca talk about their future.
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This Is Us — Season 2, Episode 13

This Is Us — Season 2, Episode 13

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The slow, painful build to Jack's inevitable death reaches new heights in "That'll Be the Day" as the circumstances causing this family-defining event play out in heart-stopping fashion.

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Mandy Moore

Rebecca Pearson

Milo Ventimiglia

Jack Pearson

Sterling K. Brown

Randall Pearson

Chrissy Metz

Kate Pearson

Justin Hartley

Kevin Pearson

Chris Sullivan

Toby Damon
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Erin Crabtree Us Weekly 03/13/2018
With "That'll Be the Day" as its title, we knew the Tuesday, January 23, episode of This Is Us had to be a doozy, likely related to Jack's death, and we were right. Go to Full Review Bill Keveney USA Today 03/09/2018
First thing, This Is Us fans, retrieve your slow cooker from the garbage can. Your crock-pot didn't do anything wrong. Go to Full Review David Canfield Entertainment Weekly 03/09/2018
B+
It's an insanely dramatic way to end things, not least because the rest of the episode progresses in a much lower key. Go to Full Review Shabnaj Chowdhury Tell-Tale TV 06/15/2018
3.5/5
[The best] thing about "That'll Be The Day" is the gnawing feeling that something really terrible is going to happen. Go to Full Review Kimberly Roots TV Line 03/12/2018
After all, the episode's title is "That'll Be the Day," and I spent too many long car rides as a child listening to my parents' oldies station not to know that that jauntily sung Buddy Holly lyric ends with the words, "that I die." Go to Full Review Annie Sisk Baltimore Sun 03/09/2018
There's this heartbreaking montage of all the things the Pearsons are about to lose in the fire. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Kevin helps Randall and Beth with a project; Kate contemplates a big gift for Toby; Jack and Rebecca talk about their future.
Executive Producer
Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal, Charlie Gogolak, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-14 (S)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 23, 2018