‘This Is Us’ Recap: Kate and Toby’s Son Jack Reveals What Led to Their Divorce in the Future
usmagazine.comFirst the crockpot, now the smoker! This Is Us gave fans a major clue about why Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Toby (Chris Sullivan) are divorced in the future, and let’s just say the Pearsons have bad luck with cookware.The Tuesday, January 18, episode — titled “Four Fathers” — began with the couple’s adult son, Jack (Blake Stadnik), preparing steaks for him and his wife, Lucy (Auden Thornton), on a Big Green Egg years from the present day.
As she warned him to be careful, he remarked that the smell took him back to the day of his first memory.In the present, Toby struggled to stay close with Jack and daughter Hailey as he traveled back and forth for work.
He finally had an entire weekend to spend with Kate and the kids, but he and Kate argued over the children’s schedules. Toby ultimately ditched Kate before her school’s recital to stay home and take care of the little ones, and she ended up complaining about their problems to Phillip (Chris Geere).
Her coworker assured her that if she was still willing to discuss their issues with other people, it was a good sign since he stopped speaking about his marital woes with his wife when things got too complicated.Toby later admitted to Kate that he should’ve followed her lead when it came to the kids because she was with them more.
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