This Is Us season 4: Timothy Omundson on Gregory’s journey
Of course, we should come out and say right away that we’re one of the biggest Timothy Omundson fans out there. We’ve loved him on Psych, Galavant, Supernatural, Lucifer, and pretty much everything that he’s done. We also admire him more than ever for what he’s doing now – working while also recovering from a stroke he originally suffered back in 2017.
Like Omundson, Gregory the character is also recovering from a stroke and through the show, you’ll see him work to get a little bit better while forming a bond with Kate — he wasn’t the cheeriest of person when we first met him, but shortly after, it started to become clear that his behavior was the product of circumstance. Toby’s car was blocking him from being able to walk down the street, one of the things that he is using to continue his recovery process.
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Speaking in a revealing interview with TVLine, Omundson made it clear that he in his life is in a similar position to Gregory, and there is going to be a certain degree of art-imitates-life going through the process of recovering on the show:
He very much mirrors where I’m at, in terms of physicality and speech. Luckily, I had a right-hemisphere stroke, so [I didn’t lose] my speech. I’m getting stronger every day. I go to a therapy clinic every day. So as the show continues and Gregory continues, we’ll get to see my recovery [unfold] in real time. It will be interesting to have this record where 14, 15 million people can watch my recovery. That’s a little intimidating… There’s a scene coming up where we talk more about specific issues of recovery from a stroke, which I’m really happy [the show] is bringing up. In many ways, this show has helped my recovery. Emotionally, it’s been incredible. And not just for me. For my wife and kids to see me go back to work and doing the thing I love has been so healing for them.
While This Is Us is not the first role Omundson has done since his stroke (he also filmed Psych: The Movie 2 earlier this year), it’s the first time that viewers are getting to see him in a substantial way. It’s a role that allows him to inspire, but also take on material in a way that no one else could. Such a tiny fraction of people in 2019 fully have an understanding of what he is going through.
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