00:00Okay, Syd, we need to talk about This Is Us, particularly the wonderful, magical, amazing
00:12relationship between Beth and Randall.
00:15Honestly, if they had their own show, I wouldn't be mad.
00:18I would sign up for like all the show alerts, I would be on Twitter tweeting my little heart
00:22out.
00:23I would just, I would die for their own spinoff.
00:26And the love between them feels so real.
00:28Oh, it's so authentic, it's so black, it's so black.
00:32The only thing that would make it blacker is if she wore a bonnet and he wore a do-rag.
00:35Yeah!
00:36That's the only thing we're missing.
00:37We need to see Beth scarf, tie it up, with a bonnet on, going to bed like, don't talk
00:44to me right now.
00:45We're fighting.
00:46Do you see this bonnet?
00:47Once it comes on, it's not coming off.
00:50We do need to touch on their tension, because they are kind of having a little tiff right
00:54now.
00:55Yeah, but you know, all couples do.
00:56I, this is like, I feel like so much, there's so much in this tiff, because Randall is like,
01:04I want to adopt.
01:05Yeah.
01:06Suddenly.
01:07And then Beth is like, wait a minute, we got two little girls.
01:09I'm trying to like, I don't know.
01:11I think they just went through a lot of transition in last season.
01:14You know, William obviously was the biggest one, gaining and losing him.
01:19And then that whole Kevin sleeping in their basement thing was weird.
01:23Beth finding out Randall's secret before he did.
01:27Yeah.
01:28And confronting his mom about it.
01:29Like, they just went through a lot last season.
01:31So I understand why she is obviously hesitant to make any big changes to their household.
01:37Yeah.
01:38But I also understand why he is so like persistent in wanting to make a change.
01:44But you know, that miscommunication is something that happens with couples.
01:47They've been together for quite some time.
01:48We still need a backstory.
01:50I need to know.
01:51We definitely need a backstory.
01:52How they met.
01:53Because you know it's going to be good.
01:54I fell in love.
01:55You know it's going to be good.
01:56Oh, it's going to be so black.
01:57I hope Randall is like, I went to an HBCU.
02:00We met on campus.
02:01Oh my god.
02:02It's like really cute.
02:03Could you imagine the meeting at like homecoming?
02:04Let's do that.
02:05Or like a pep rally.
02:06Or something cute on the yard.
02:08I saw her across the yard and then I knew.
02:11That would be amazing.
02:13Anywho, they've decided to foster this young woman.
02:16Yes.
02:17The scene where Beth is like doing her hair.
02:21Ugh.
02:22Flashbacks.
02:23I cried a little.
02:24Because every little black girl has that moment where her mom like does her hair in the kitchen.
02:29And it is such a like ceremonious experience.
02:32You get to bond with someone of a different generation.
02:35And the whole like talk about my sisters and I bonded over hair was really beautiful.
02:40It was so good.
02:41But it also touched on this girl has been through it.
02:45Through it.
02:46And the stress from that is like just in her hair basically.
02:50It's like falling out.
02:51Yeah.
02:52And it was just such a moment to be like wow.
02:54Not only is this like we're seeing two black women right now in an intimate moment.
02:59Because hair is really intimate for black women.
03:00Absolutely.
03:01And then there's also a whole conversation about like how that stress specifically affects black women.
03:07Absolutely.
03:08I don't think it's talked about that like yes you can alopecia can happen when you're stressed like that.
03:13Especially when you're like it doesn't matter how old you are.
03:15She's so young too.
03:16She's a teenager.
03:17Yeah.
03:18She's so young.
03:19She's so young.
03:20She's so young.
03:21She's so young.
03:22She's so young.
03:23She's so young.
03:24She's so young.
03:25I think she's in jail.
03:26Okay.
03:27And then her father is like nowhere to be found.
03:29So like obviously she's been through a lot.
03:31And that stress is clearly manifesting.
03:33And for her to be losing her hair.
03:35Which you know black women pride themselves on in the first place.
03:39Yeah.
03:40I don't know how long this storyline is going to last but I really hope for the best.
03:43I don't really like her.
03:44I don't really like her but I hope for the best.
03:47Sure.
03:48I want it to end on a good note but I know this show will make us cry.
03:51Something's going to happen and I'm going to be like lost for days just crying.
03:56Can I just say that I still love Beth and Randall's subtle like interactions.
04:01When it seems like no one else is looking or like paying attention.
04:04They slip in little quips or one-liners or really cute moments like in last week's episode.
04:10He said something about how he's now the stay at home dad and she's the working woman.
04:15And he loves the way that she looks in her pumps.
04:17And she was like I know.
04:18And he was like I know you know.
04:19I just wanted to let you know that I know you know you know.
04:21It was so cute.
04:23I loved it.
04:24Cause that's like little couple things that you do.
04:26Absolutely.
04:27So it's so cute.
04:28They're honestly I wouldn't be surprised like if.
04:31No I'm not going to say that.
04:33If they were like a real life couple it wouldn't surprise me.
04:35Oh yeah but he's happily married.
04:36He's happily married to a gorgeous woman.
04:38Gorgeous.
04:39Flawless.
04:40Queen.
04:41And I'm pretty sure she's in a relationship with someone herself.
04:43Yeah.
04:44Susan Kelechi Watson.
04:45But that love on screen is like so real.
04:47It's something I feel like a lot of people can relate to.
04:49Absolutely.
04:50And I'm happy that their daughters have that representation.
04:53Like their fictional daughters obviously have that representation.
04:57Like it's cute to see.
04:58Yeah.
04:59Like in two weeks ago when they were like fighting and then they made up in the parking lot.
05:02And he picked her up.
05:03Oh my god it was so cute.
05:04It was so cute.
05:05And also as someone I'm going to freely admit that I do not really like kids.
05:09But those two little girls on the show are amazing.
05:12Like.
05:13Why don't you like kids?
05:14I just don't.
05:15Don't.
05:16Don't like kids.
05:17You're the Grinch basically.
05:18Maybe.
05:19Maybe.
05:20That's the problem.
05:21That's why I'm the star of the show and you're not.
05:23Anywho.
05:24Anywho.
05:25In conclusion.
05:26Beth and Randall.
05:27Iconic TV couple.
05:28And Sydney is a Scrooge.
05:30Sydney is a Scrooge.
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