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Dan Fogelman discusses new characters, major storylines and the NBC drama's final two seasons as it heads closer toward its endgame.

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00:00You have no idea what it means to actually take care of people.

00:02Oh yes, oh exactly, because I left, right? Because I left and you stayed and played martyrs.

00:05I stayed and I took care of our family.

00:08This Is Us wrapped up its fourth season with an hour that was filled with twists and turns,

00:12which encompassed four different time periods.

00:15Tuesday's hour-long finale found the Pearson clan in the past, present, future, and near future.

00:21In the past, Jack and Rebecca spent the big three's first birthday finally dealing with

00:25the loss of the third triplet, Kyle, featuring a reappearance of Dr. K.

00:28In the present, where a bulk of the drama took place, the Pearsons all gathered to celebrate

00:33Baby Jack's first birthday.

00:35We learned that Rebecca had agreed to Randall's request to participate in the Alzheimer's

00:38study in St. Louis that would take her away from the family for nine months.

00:42This is what leads to Randall and Kevin's big blowout fight that's been teased for months.

00:47Hurtful words were exchanged that won't make the relationship easy to mend.

00:51Big shockers from the finale included Madison revealing to Kevin that she's pregnant with

00:55twins from their one-night stand, and Kate and Toby deciding they want another

00:58child and consider adoption.

01:01Which takes us into the far future, where Kate and Toby's son, Jack Damon, welcome his

01:05first child with his wife.

01:06A mysterious woman rushes to the hospital and is revealed to be Jack's little sister.

01:11And the near future, where previous flash-forwards show the Pearsons gathering on Rebecca's

01:14deathbed, show older Kevin with his twin children, and wearing a wedding band around his finger,

01:19revealing that he is in fact married.

01:21Now with all the twists and turns Tuesday's finale offered, This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman

01:26spoke out about the episode and even answered a few burning questions about the biggest reveals

01:30and what's to come on the series.

01:32Of Kevin and Randall's big blowout, Fogelman says it's easy to forget that the two have

01:36always had a bit of a strained relationship.

01:39These brothers have only really gotten along and had a real adult relationship for the

01:43two and a half, three seasons of the show.

01:45When we first met them until halfway through season one, these brothers felt very estranged,

01:50weren't that close, and developed this relationship in the course of the first couple of seasons.

01:54All that fed into what we tried to execute.

01:56Fogelman also teased how much time will be spent in the future moving forward, saying,

02:00The plan is to kind of tilt into different timelines that go past our present day a little

02:04bit more as we move forward.

02:06More of that is coming, and not just in that deep, deep future where Jack Jr. lives.

02:10And on season six being the end of the series, Fogelman says it was a gift to be picked up

02:15for two consecutive three-season pickups, which was really kind of to plan out and map out

02:19our storytelling in a big-picture way.

02:21That's when the Pearson story will basically come to a close.

02:24Other teases to look forward to in season five is a deeper look into Rebecca and Miguel's

02:29relationship throughout the decades, Kevin's fiancé storyline, and, quote,

02:33something big that'll be happening in the already-written season five premiere.

02:37For more on Tuesday's This Is Us finale, head to THR.com.

02:40For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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