Here are my personal five stages of watching the first season of This Is Us:
1. Early fall, 2016
Watching ads and thinking "wow holy crap they made Mike and Molly but as an earnest melodrama about how painful it is to be fat as hell."
2. Late fall, 2016
Hearing from multiple people that, no really, this is a decent show despite all the cheese, so really, why not give it a go?
3. Christmas break-ish, 2016
Taking the dive and doing the catch-up binge, agreeing with friends and family that this really is an enjoyable show, by no means a cool or trendy new show, but something to put on and enjoy and feel feelings about, at least.
4. Winter, 2017
Straining more and more to care each week now that the rush of the binge is over, and starting to wonder if they'll ever give Kate something to do that doesn't directly deal with her weight, and wondering how much longer the flashbacks will hold my interest given that we know where everyone in the family ultimately ends up, and oh boy does this seem like a one-season wonder that everyone is just going to turn on viciously next year, but it's still not... bad?
5. Post-finale, 2017
Oh fuck that. I'm out.
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