'This Is Us' Just Announced the Premiere Date for Season 3
Warning: This Is Us spoilers ahead.
It seems like just yesterday fans of This Is Us were crushed by the truth about Jack Pearson’s death, but show-runner Dan Fogelman already has us emotionally preparing for season three.
On Tuesday (June 19), NBC confirmed—via Instagram—that season three will premiere on September 25, 2018 at 9:00 P.M. ET. The video, shared to the This Is Us‘ account, shows a calendar with both Jack and the Big Three’s (Randall, Kate, and Kevin) birthdays marked down on August 31 and September 1, respectively. “There’s no you. There’s no me. There’s just US,” reads the caption, just in case the handwritten hearts and birthday cake didn’t make you weepy enough.
If you watched the season 2 finale, you know that the last five minutes confused fans with a flash-forward in time. Here’s a quick update: Toby is bedridden with depression; Kevin is dating Beth’s cousin, Zoe; and Randall and an older Tess have to go visit someone they have not seen in a long time. Though many fans quickly spiraled with the last scenario, believing that Beth was in danger of dying, Fogelman himself confirmed to Glamour that this is not the case. “We don’t have any other deaths coming in a present day storyline anytime soon,” he said. (Bless.) Fogelman revealed little else about the upcoming episodes, but he did say the new season will be the “most ambitious yet.”
Season three will feature 18 episodes and explore the immediate after-effects of Jack’s death, Miguel and Rebecca’s backstory, and Jack’s young life. Note to self: Buy tissues before September.
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