During Deadline Contenders, a viewer tweeted a list of questions regarding the upcoming season of This is us. Creator Dan Fogelman addresses the questions with the most pressing question: “Will the writers tackle COVID today?”
“Yes to Covid,” Fogelman replied on Twitter. ‘We have decided to attack things. Very proud of @ThisIsUsWriters. He did not elaborate on how the Pearsons will be affected by the pandemic.
As for the other questions, Fogelman said there is no set date for when production will begin on the fifth season or when new episodes of the family drama will return to NBC. He also said that the show, despite the current events facing the country, is still on course for the “same planned end”. In May, people interpreted the words of cast member Jon Huertas about returning to production.
During Contenders, series star Sterling K. Brown starred in the season 4 Cliffhanger, where his character Randall and his brother Kevin (Justin Harley), after jumping into a sibling, shared a special moment with their mother Rebecca (Mandy Moore) in a flashforward. Brown painted broad outlines about what to expect from the relationships between the brothers.
“The relationship has been complicated from the beginning,” he said. ‘They will go on like a yo-yo – will come apart and together, separately and together. I think by the time we reach that point in the future, there are other things on their minds that they are able to concentrate on putting all the differences they have on the page. But for the next two or so many seasons that we are, I think you will continue to see these brothers and then resolve, fury and resolve. ‘
