The death of my father has always been a suspense left over from the play, a scar that cannot be revealed for everyone, and a solid sad background that supports the emotions and actions of all the protagonists.
Unlike Modern Family, in the comedy color, the departure of family members is taken away, and the living people also embrace a new life: Phil's mother died, and the plot started directly from the funeral, as if the pain had been healed; Phil's father could also Find your next love soon. The whole show goes out of its way to show us that life can be filled with so much warmth and love.
And this is us seems to prove to us that it is possible to live happily with scars. In the play, Randall emphasized to his wife countless times that he was so lucky to be raised by adoptive parents and adopted mothers, so he has a good life now, but he never once said his father's early death. Throughout the season, their father's death is not directly brought to light, and the protagonists use their actions to tell us: this past cannot be told.
Therefore, the audience and the protagonist will wait in life together until one day, they will face the scars and death.
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