‘This Is Us’ Finale Review: Season 2’s Clunky Ending Is Exactly What the Show Needs

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “This Is Us” Season 2, Episode 18, “The Wedding.”]Is… is it over? No, not Season 2.

Clearly, that has come to a close.

But are we really, truly, 100 percent done fixating on Jack’s death? After an entire season built around revealing, in excruciating detail, exactly how the Pearson family patriarch met his early end, as well as teaser trailers for the finale that showed Jack aged well beyond his actual lifespan, the Season 2 finale wrapped up with what feels like finality.It’s hard to trust — after all, we’ve been duped before — but it seems like Dan Fogelman’s NBC drama is ready to move forward.

The episode itself, ostensibly built around Kate and “The Wedding,” was far from a smooth ride.

(Far too often we covered our eyes like Rebecca crossing a bridge.) But if in a year we’re not talking about the explicit details of a father and husband’s untimely demise,

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