‘The show is not about Jack’s death.
Ventimiglias beloved patriarch wakes up disoriented, his body encrusted with red vesicles and radiating pain.
Moore: I was like, He has some flesh-eating disease from a trip to the Amazon!’
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Fine enough misdirect and torture.
Jack doesnt have an exotic illness; he has chicken pox.
All of which means the greatHow did he die?mystery will remain unsolved for now.
The laughs will be a little louder, and the cries will be a little deeper.
Indeed, things darken a bit asTIUsheds light on a tragic time in the familys history.
It naturally gets a little heavier.
quips Brown Fogelman promises that the season premiere contains a huge piece of the puzzle.
(It was potent enough to be redacted from the script.)
Did something weird happen?
Did something great happen?
Did it happen right after he died?
How did Kate feel affected by her fathers death?
What happened to this family after the fathers death in the immediate aftermath?
There are so many questions left to be explored in this season and the next.
This season also follows the now-37-year-old siblings pursuing the dreams they each revealed in the finale.
Its really about courage and consistency this year.
Moreover, he spirals down a path of self-questioning, with Jacks death still shadowing him.
He deals with his fathers passing in a different way than Kate does and Randall does, says Hartley.
And in a strange and sort of unpredictable way, Sylvester Stallone has a big part in that.
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Meanwhile, the show will dig into the thorny present-day relationship between Rebecca and Kate.
If theres a runny nose, if youve got makeup streaming down your face, its perfect.
Hartley urges you to think even bigger.
Bath towels, buddy, he warns.
Season 2 will be bath towels.
