I think the first episode of "This is Us" was actually extremely good.

Some info on how they're going to handle "time" going forward

We have four main stories as our main storylines. We’ll be cutting back and forth between those the same way that we do in the pilot. They start commenting on each other because of the way the series progresses and all the stuff that happens in the pilot. So Mandy and Milo’s story is the story of a young couple raising a family, but that storyline will jump around in time. It won’t just be the couple taking the babies home from the hospital, it’s going to be the story of marriage and family. The pilot may have ended with them having the babies, but the second episode starts in 1988 and you see them eight years after having those kids. Then the third episode will go right back to the day they brought the babies home from the hospital.

I'm happy they're not just staying with the "triplets" as babies. There is way more interesting stories with the kids growing up, going to school. It gives them the ability to have Lost-style flashbacks, where their past experiences connect with the present stories.

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