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This Is Us – Season 3, Episode 5 Toby

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This Is Us – Season 3, Episode 5

Toby

Aired Oct 23, 2018

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Kate and Toby try to keep busy while waiting for big news; Randall embarks on a new journey; Kevin meets someone from his father's past.

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At times "Toby" ventures away from major storylines and feels scattered -- but it still manages to be a great follow up to last week's emotional episode thanks to its suitable flashbacks.

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Candice Frederick

Harper's Bazaar

10/24/2018

I find it interesting that This is Us followed up last week's "Vietnam" narrative, which centered the elusive Jack Pearson, with this week's equally crushing unveiling of Toby's story.

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Caroline Siede

AV Club

10/24/2018

B-

I tend to prefer This Is Us when it's less freeform and more focused. To its credit, "Toby" kept me interested throughout, but it also felt like the show was continually cutting away from storylines just as they were starting to get good.

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David Canfield

Entertainment Weekly

10/24/2018

B-

"Toby" is an unusually scattered installment of This Is Us, advancing nearly every major storyline that the show has going right now but without a cohesive, unifying idea.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

10/25/2018

The episode itself was all over the place, although not necessarily in a bad way.

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Ariana Romero

Refinery29

10/24/2018

While I rarely have much sympathy for the impossibly privileged Kevin Pearson, even I want him to get his necklace back now.

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Andrea Reiher

Refinery29

10/24/2018

This Is Us returned to its usual storytelling technique, to solid results. I was nervous the show couldn't follow up such a terrific and subtle episode, but it pulled it off nicely.

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Synopsis

Kate and Toby try to keep busy while waiting for big news; Randall embarks on a new journey; Kevin meets someone from his father's past.

Director: Chris Koch
Executive Producer: Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal, Charlie Gogolak, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Screenwriter: K.J. Steinberg
Network: NBC
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Oct 23, 2018