This Is Us season 6 episode 18: Rebecca’s funeral in the series finale

It should not come as too much of a surprise that Rebecca Pearson’s funeral will be a big part of the This Is Us series finale next week. It won’t be the only part of the episode that stands out, but it’s a big part of it nonetheless. This story will allow a lot of the characters to express where they are in life, what they want, and also how they will use Rebecca as inspiration for the rest of their lives.

We keep hearing that a big part of the series finale will be subject matter that is a little more warm and comforting; we’ll have to, of course, wait and see if that is the case.

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If there is one person who knows more about the series finale than anyone, it is creator Dan Fogelman. Why not hear from him now? Speaking to Deadline, here is some of what he had to say about what you are going to see, and how the funeral will prove to be important:

“In the last episode, we will try to capture something simple which, while sad, is kind of a day in the life, which is so much of what the show is about, set against Rebecca’s funeral … While it will make you cry, it will make you sad, the end of the finale moves me in a way that is different. I think the cast and crew captured something about the human condition and the condition of being a person in the family that I am really proud of.”

Do we think there are some surprises in store for the finale? Sure, but we don’t think that they are out to blindside us with some big twist. This should be as big of a character-driven finale as we are ever going to see.

What do you think we’re going to see on the This Is Us series finale?

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