A truly clever as hell and touching episode, it is one of the top three of Season 5. Thanks to the technology of contemporary cellphones with FaceTime, texts, and voice calls, all four Pearson couples are simultaneously connected from at least six different spots across the country. This theme of technology, love, and connection - and all things Pearson - is cleverly arched by the telling of the story of a seemingly unconnected couple's history and the impact of the husband's work on today's world. "This Is Us" chose to include the Covid-19 pandemic into its plot this season to praise and criticism, but there is no other episode of the show that does so in such scale and poignancy. It definitely deserves a 10/10 for how clever the edition of the non-Pearson couple is and how essential their role is to the episode.
Review of In the Room
