{"id":280991,"date":"2019-10-03T07:23:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1079346"},"modified":"2019-10-03T07:23:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T13:23:37","slug":"this-is-us-might-not-be-spending-too-much-time-on-this-surprising-storyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/this-is-us-might-not-be-spending-too-much-time-on-this-surprising-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Us Might Not Be Spending Too Much Time on This Surprising Storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201993\/rs_600x600-191003055107-600-2-this-is-us-ch-100319.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34.608403361345\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"11.536134453782\">\n<p><em>This Is Us<\/em> fans were shocked when the season four premiere introduced a bevy of new characters with connections to various Pearson family members, but there&#8217;s one storyline from that episode they might not see much more of in season four.<\/p>\n<p>Spoilers follow!<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth season premiere, viewers met adult Jack Damon (<strong>Blake Standik<\/strong>). Yep, the son of Kate (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/chrissy_metz\">Chrissy Metz<\/a><\/strong>) and Toby (<strong>Chris Sullivan<\/strong>) all grown up way in the future. This would be even more in the future than we previously saw old lady Rebecca (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/mandy_moore\">Mandy Moore<\/a><\/strong>) in bed. And that&#8217;s why viewers will probably not see too much of Jack Damon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>When asked about seeing more of Standik as the successful singer Jack and learning more about him, executive producer <strong>Isaac Aptaker<\/strong> hinted those answers might not be coming anytime soon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.249490835031\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12.947046843177\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a little tricky for us because it&#8217;s so deep into the future, and we don&#8217;t want to be a show that has robots and flying cars and stuff,&#8221; Aptaker told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/tv\/2019\/10\/01\/this-is-us-producer-breaks-down-the-pool-kate-toby-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EW<\/a>. &#8220;We always want to be mindful of being realistic but not straying from the tone and feel of the show. That said, Blake [Stadnik], who plays him, is incredible. It popped for us, the music was so amazing, it&#8217;s such a great relationship, and we know people are wanting more answers. So it&#8217;s something that we&#8217;re always talking about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.469387755102\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13.428571428571\">\n<p>The adult Jack storyline means This Is Us has more than one time period in play. There&#8217;s Jack Pearson (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/milo_ventimiglia\">Milo Ventimiglia<\/a><\/strong>) and Rebecca pre-Big Three, baby Big Three, tween Big Three, young adult Big Three, present Big Three, &#8220;her&#8221; time period Big Three and the Jack Damon time period. Got all that?<\/p>\n<p><em>This Is Us<\/em> airs Tuesdays, 9 p.m. on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>(E! and NBC are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1079346\/this-is-us-might-not-be-spending-too-much-time-on-this-surprising-storyline?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Is Us fans were shocked when the season four premiere introduced a bevy of new characters with connections to various Pearson family members, but there&#8217;s one storyline from that episode they might not see much more of in season four. Spoilers follow! In the fourth season premiere, viewers met adult Jack Damon (Blake Standik). 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