Entertainment Weekly – September 01, 2019

THE TIME-REARRANGING, TEAR-

duct-straining This Is Us returns

to NBC on Sept. 24 with a journey

into the early ’70s to learn more

about a couple of Pearsons—

specifically, the couple who started

the Pearsons. The season 4 pre-

miere explores the early courtship

between Rebecca (Mandy Moore)

and Jack (Milo Ventimiglia), the lat-

ter of whom recently returned from

combat in Vietnam. As you can see

above, Jack will need to don proper

duds and meet the parents of his

new girlfriend. “There are going to

be some family dynamics that enter

the equation from my side, having

to contend with my parents and

their thoughts on him,” Moore tells

EW. Ventimiglia hints at a man in

transition from the traumas of war.

“I’m curious to see how Jack boxes

it all up and stuffs it away,” he says,

“and I think it’s going to be a pro-

cess.” Back in the present day,

Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and Beth

(Susan Kelechi Watson) reconnect

and relocate the family to Philadel-

phia. “Subversive” is the word that

Brown uses to describe the first

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Former mixed-martial-arts

fighter Ronda Rousey guest-

stars as a legacy firefighter

in 9-1-1’s third season

(Sept. 23 on Fox), which

kicks off with a tsunami

hitting the Santa Monica

Pier. Rousey’s team is lost

during the disaster, so

her character joins Ryan

Guzman’s Eddie and the rest

of Station 118 to help save

some lives. “Like our multi-

part earthquake episodes

from last year, cast and

crew are pushing the limits,

striving to create a realistic

experience of human

endurance in the face of a

natural disaster,” executive

producer Tim Minear says,

before joking, “Our goal is to

make Quentin Tarantino at

least tear up by the end of

every hour.” —Lynette Rice

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↑ Meet the parents: Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) will get to know Rebecca’s (Mandy Moore) folks in season 4

SUMMER BREAK IS OVER! A FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE SHOWS AS THEY RETURN TO SET.

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