re: This is Us Season 5 thread

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get where Madison's coming from, however. Kevin is in love with his family, and would do anything for them, but let's be honest - if Madison hadn't gotten pregnant, there's zero chance they would have anything together, save an awkward evening next time they were in the same room at Kate's house.


Yeah, but Kevin has had the greatest character arc on the show by far. It's been a journey from selfishness to wanting a family. I live with the conviction that love is primarily an action taken and the feelings are what follow. Those twins anchored Kevin in place to give love the opportunity to grow. That's how I would have written it but I know that is kind of the old fashioned view of duty before romance.

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Sure but I think what they’ll explore is Kevin went from selfish to wanting a family, but he did it for the same reasons he formerly drank alcohol, and that he needs to be right with himself and his issues to truly open up and love someone and not just settle for the mom of his kids.

For Madison, with the flashbacks we saw that she grew up thinking she never deserved love and she finally realized that she doesn’t have to just accept good enough, and that she deserves someone who truly loves her too.