That Was Us
It's Okay to Not Be Okay | "Déjà Vu" (S2E3) with special guest Lyric Ross
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:30:00 -0000
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Join us as we revisit the episode where Jack takes a brave step toward recovery, Randall embarks on a journey to find his birth mother, and Deja adjusts to life with the Pearsons. We'll discuss the emotional challenges of working on a deeply moving show like This Is Us and how the cast and crew navigate those intense moments on set. Plus, we'll delve into Deja's story and the power of finding your place in a new family (specifically the Pearson family!). And guess who's joining us? The amazing Lyric Ross (Deja herself)! Lyric shares her incredible audition experience, including a memorable encounter with Sterling K. Brown, and opens up about her emotions when she learned about Deja's transformative haircut. This episode also features a touching message from a listener named Jennifer, who shares how This Is Us helped her cope with the loss of her father. This conversation was filled with heartwarming moments, insightful reflections, and the reminder that "it's okay to not be okay." That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Follow That Was Us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, and X! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What episode are we discussing today?
On today's episode of That Was Us, we will be discussing Season 2, Episode 3, Deja Vu.
Randall and Beth's foster child arrives, and a film shoot with his father's favorite movie star brings up long-buried emotions for Kevin.
What up, y'all?
Hello, friends.
How you doing, Mandy Moore?
I'm well, how are you?
I'm doing quite well. Christopher Sullivan, how's it going, sir? I'm doing very well. I'm glad to hear it.
Thank you for asking. Glad to hear it. We got a new character. We're introducing a new character into the This Is Us world.
One of my favorites, played brilliantly by lyric Nicole Ross, who will be joining us later in the show, Deja.
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Chapter 2: What challenges do Randall and Beth face with their foster child?
She's gonna be coming soon. And he's very excited, nervous, et cetera. You know, he's read all these things about, you know, best ways to make people feel at home. Make sure you say your name, repeat it several times so they can hear it. And then Deborah Jo Rupp, right?
Yes.
Is our social worker who is from That 70s Show. That's right. Also sort of populating the world of familiar faces that we've grown up with in our lives. And she drops Deja off. And now there's a shot before we get to this of Deja from the back. I think just exiting, I don't know if it's the courthouse or whether it's the foster care facility, what have you.
And then they show another back shot of her as she enters into the house and they sort of swivel in around her face. And she's my little baby. That's right. with her little cheeks. It's so cute. And her hair's just long. And you know what I'm saying? And I'm like, hi, I'm Randall. And you hear Beth, I'm Beth. And everybody's sort of introducing her. And then she says like, well, I'm sleepy.
I want to go to bed. And they're like, yeah, yeah, we can do that. No problem. Later on, I think that, do we have her in the kitchen? And we're trying to show her like where she can get food and all these sort of things. I think that maybe that's when she says she wants to go to bed. Yeah, that's right. And great. Deborah Jo is about to leave, social worker.
And he's like, can I follow you out real quick? And he says like, you know, everything that I've read about this, nothing seems to be working right now. Do you have any suggestions? Like this seems like a lot harder than what I thought it was going to be. She's like, yeah. Yeah, it's gonna be harder than what you thought it was gonna be. That's okay, just take your time. You're doing fine.
And just be patient. And she says to him, she's like, that's not really your thing. He's like, no, but I'm working on it, right? So Deja's upstairs. She's going through her bag. Oh, Beth brings her a toothbrush. So she goes to brush her teeth and Beth sees in this bag, she's got like a pack of cigarettes, right? Randall's talking to Tess and Annie. He's like, hey guys, what are you thinking?
They want to give her back.
Annie's like, can we give her back? And I'm like, no. And you're like, okay.
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Chapter 3: How does Deja navigate her new family dynamics?
Anyway, it tickled, it tickled me.
That's a big swing for the writers to hand a scene like that to an eight-year-old.
I talked to Dan about it. I remember. And he's like, no, I want to give her something. And I think it's the right message to have someone comfort who seems like they should be the one to be comforted. But it could have been. Faith. Well, it was Faith. It could have been heiress. It could have been heiress. Yeah, absolutely. But I think there's something about the innocence of her. Yeah.
Because most of the time, Faith is strategically deployed as like the button of something. Sure. Right? Like she has like these great one-liners like throughout the course of the show that are just hysterical. And she's got great timing and everything. But this was a gorgeous, simple, sweet scene.
Yeah, and really turned the tide for William. He could have left.
He could have left.
Had that alarm not been set. Yeah, who knows what could have happened, but she helped put a stop to it.
She helped put a stop to it. What's the next storyline?
Let's jump into Kevin. Okay. On the set of his film.
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