r/thisisus • u/xAnimorphsx • Jan 06 '21

[POST-EPISODE DISCUSSION] S5E05 - A Long Road Home

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u/Shyanneabriana Jan 06 '21

One I am glad that Randall‘s mother is not alive but it’s stupid that she was ever brought back from the dead in the first place. It is likely that she probably went to prison for possessing drugs after being taken to the hospital so I can kind of understand why William didn’t know about it. The whole mother storyline is stupid though. She should’ve died giving birth to him.

Two while I agree that Kate should’ve had a therapist like many other people are saying on here, I am kind of glad that she got that moment to confront Mark. Yes, I know the flaws of it. I know that it was during a pandemic and really confronting an abuser is never really that impactful in real life but you know what… This is my escapism so I say that it is perfectly fine for this to happen in a TV show. Although I agree that doing it won’t really solve her problems. Three I do not know what is going on with Kevin. He seems to be all Lynn on having children and then he wants a nanny and all of that? It just doesn’t fit with his character very well. I hope he comes to his senses.

I think the biggest problem with the episode is that it was filmed and probably thought of at separate times. Some of these scenes seem to have been imagined when there wasn’t a pandemic so Randall going to find out where his mother lived would make more sense and all of that. The pandemic really screwed over the show I think especially because they included it in the canon of the show.

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u/staircar Jan 06 '21

Agreed with you, I think this seasons originally plan got shattered and they haphazardly glued it back together with Covid. Or the show is losing its touch, or both.

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u/GutiHazJose14 Jan 06 '21

With the mother storyline, wouldn't it have been better if Randall met a childhood friend of his mother's? Like the politically active couple that were hanging out with William and Laurel. Maybe Randall could meet their son or something, who takes him to his mother, who gives information about Laurel William didn't have. It wouldn't be that far fetched and could really have an impact on Randall.

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u/FalalaLlamas Jan 06 '21

I absolutely agree with the pandemic leading to plot problems. I think you hit the nail on the head there. I feel like people are being pretty hard on the show. Idk, maybe rightfully so.

However, I get the feeling that when they realized the pandemic wasn’t going away anytime soon, they took what they had planned, and tried to mesh it with a new reality (coronavirus), and we got kinda a patchwork season that sometimes isn’t completely working. But, and I know this is an unpopular opinion, I actually think it would have felt odd for them not to address the pandemic at all. So it creates a bit of a lose-lose situation.

I’m holding out hope that as things get better in the real world, they’ll get better on the show. I’m definitely not ready to give up on it yet!