Yet another netflix show

 I completed my "This is us" marathon yesterday. Or rather I skipped to the last episode of season 5 and watched it. 

Those of you who have not heard about it, it is the story of Jack and Rebecca Pearson and their triplets. Randal who is the adopted son - who is black, is a successful financial executive and also a philanthropist with a successful wife and three happy daughters, one of whom is adapted.  Kevin is a movie star, who had struggled earlier with a failed marriage and addictions, but now is quite successful. Kate is now happily married with two children - but again had struggled a lot with her obesity. And their father had died when they were 17, in a fire accident. And Rebecca has remarried Jack's friend Miguel and is struggling with early Alzheimer. 

All thing considered, it is a good show. But, can't we have less flash backs? If, Jack Pearson, the favorite of the children, who died many many years ago, were alive, he would have remembered the flash back episodes. But as he is not there, who is remembering his interactions  with his father when he was a teenager?

And also, when Kevin is coming back with his fiance and his newborns, we have to see the details of the day when his parents had these three children. And the day, when Randal had his second daughter and bringing her home. Incidentally, it so happens that Madison - Kevin's fiance and Ella - the surrogate mother of Kate's daughter, are in labor at the same time. And give birth around the same time. Such co-incidences are very rare. 

But the acting is good. Story line is good. And to some extent, it is almost "All ends well" kind of story. And it's unlike all the other serials in Netflix. So you can watch it on calm Sunny day. Not like the ones we are having now in Bangalore.

By the way, did you know that Gauri Lankesh - Kannada journalist who was killed for her writing and activism, on that fateful day was home early to watch this show?