Sterling K. Brown (SterlingKBrown) discusses the tense ThisIsUs episode that kicks off a trilogy of installments focusing on each Pearson sibling
At the end of Tuesday's ' midseason premiere, Randall Pearson headed downstairs to grab a glass of water in the middle of the night and encountered an armed burglar in his home. The traumatic event fanned the flame of Randall's ever-percolating anxiety, causing the newly inaugurated Philadelphia councilman to spiral over a few days and eventually break down over the phone with his brother.
The episode showed that Randall has been averse to therapy since college, despite the fact that different people have suggested he try it. Has he finally realized it might be a useful tool for him? He does. I am with you 110 percent, to the point where I actually went in and I had a conversation with [creator Dan Fogelman] to that point. I was like, 'he doesn't try to hide his emotions. He allows himself to feel things.' When talking to Dan about it, there's also the recognition that I think a lot of Randall comes from Dan.
And [he breaks down] because it doesn't really soothe him this time around. He winds up beating the crap out of somebody. Now, was this man doing a bad thing? Yes. Did Randall do something, ultimately, that was good? Yes. But did he have to keep hitting him? Probably not. But the fact is that he's been scared his whole life, and he had an opportunity to let all that fear out on somebody.
The episode with us being in the waiting room? That was a standalone sort of thing, Toby coming out and telling us what was going on with Kate and that she's made it and the baby's small. And then seeing them sit in the NICU. There's things that [Dan] just wants to tell. Dan's sister just had a baby, so he took that part of her life.
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