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Keeping the timeline of This Is Us straight can feel like an overwhelming task as the mythology and scope of the Pearson family's story continue to expand into the past, present, and future. (Old Lady Witch Rebecca is truly haunting.) Who has time to think about dates when there is so much crying to be done? Well, we do! As the show fills in Pearson-family milestones, Vulture will sort the timeline-jumping drama out for you in a chronological fashion. Here is a list of the major This Is Us moments, covering the events of the series up through the end of season five — so, yes, there are spoilers. We've added actual dates where we can, but for some of them, we had to make our best guess. Know that investigation of facial-hair length is a real and wonderful thing.

Additions since the last update, which comprise the events of season five, are marked with a ➽.

Jack Pearson's grandfather arrives in New York City.

William Hill's father dies overseas and leaves behind a pregnant war widow.

William Hill is born.

October 18, 1948 (11:58 p.m., if you want to be exact): Nicky Pearson is born.

Jack builds a tree fort for Nicky.

The Pearsons are just out there slicing ice cream like it's cake.

Jack and Nicky hide under the stairs during a particularly awful Pearson-family Thanksgiving. This was before Pilgrim Rick.

Rebecca watches a woman stare at John Singer Sargent's Madame X at the Met.

➽ Stanley ruins baseball, driving, and probably fatherhood for Jack.

William moves to Pittsburgh.

➽ 1963: Nasir Ahmed and Esther Pariente meet at the University of New Mexico.

Rebecca rocks bangs, smashes the patriarchy.

➽ Summer 1969: Man walks on the moon, Nicky has a whirlwind romance that ends in heartbreak

Thanksgiving 1969: Jack and Nicky have the best day ever. eat five pounds of shrimp . They end the night with Nicky explaining the devastatingly romantic meaning behind Leonard Cohen's "So Long, Marianne," and the brothers promise to make this evening their new Thanksgiving tradition for years to come. Things don't work out as planned.

December 1, 1969: Nicky gets drafted into the Vietnam War.

1970: Jack enlists in order to save his brother.

Fall 1971: Staff Sergeant Jack Pearson learns a calming trick that will come in handy in the future.

November 1971: Jack finds Nicky and takes him under his care.

Thanksgiving 1971: Jack receives a very important piece of jewelry.

A nightmare situation takes place in Vietnam and the Pearson brothers are never the same.

Jack returns from the Vietnam War.

December 23, 1972: Jack and Rebecca meet! Immaculate Reception in the AFC divisional playoffs, but This Is Us fans know it as the night Jack heard Rebecca singing "Moonshadow" and shrugged off a potential life of crime because he fell in love at first sight (sound?). They go on a horrible first date that Jack saves in the end (doesn't he always?) by telling her that she feels like home to him. It's all very swoony and they have their first kiss and Rebecca is super into it. Thank goodness, right?

Jack moves his mother out of their house as his father's abuse gets worse. This Is Us , get your timelines straight!

Jack and Rebecca do the dishes together for the first time.

Jack and Rebecca take a road trip to Los Angeles. the road trip. After like a week of knowing each other, they decide to drive across the country together (kids, don't do this), they have sex for the first time, Jack's PTSD reveals itself, Jack calls Rebecca "Bec," they certainly DO NOT find Joni Mitchell's Laurel Canyon home, and Rebecca decides she wants to be wherever Jack is. Then she makes him cry for the first time in a long time by singing to him. Jack and Rebecca forever.

The most momentous occasion on this timeline: Jack and Miguel meet!

Jack meets Rebecca's parents. Oh wow, this is a roller-coaster event: On the one hand, Jack talking about protecting his brother from the monster in his bedroom, opening up a miniscule amount about Vietnam, and confirming that he's going to be in Rebecca's life for a while really wins Rebecca over — you can practically see her falling in love right there in front of that country-club lobster. On the other hand, after the meal, Mr. Malone (Tim Matheson) tells Jack no way, no how is he ever getting close to his daughter. Game on, Malone.

Jack plays golf with Rebecca's dad and tells him he is DEFINITELY marrying his daughter. Surprisingly, this does not go well at all.

Jack dumps Rebecca because he's poor. devastating .

➽ Nicky makes a failed attempt to reconcile with his brother.

➽ Jack preps a very Jack proposal; Miguel reveals himself to be the best best friend on the planet.

➽ Sometime in the early '70s, Nasir Ahmed creates the technology that will one day make video chat possible.

➽ Laurel's older brother Jackson dies in Vietnam, she is forever changed.

1976: Jack and Rebecca tie the knot at City Hall.

Jack and Rebecca celebrate their first anniversary in a very Jack and Rebecca way.

William turns to drugs after losing his mother. and pain-numbing drugs. Oh, William.

Jack gives Rebecca some red dish towels for Christmas.

January 20, 1980: Rebecca gets knocked up in a bar bathroom after Super Bowl XIV.

➽ William and Laurel await the birth of their son and attempt to get clean.

Jack and Rebecca learn they're having triplets, proceed to freak out.

Jack and Rebecca have their first meal in their new house.

Jack and Rebecca's friendly neighbors gift them a slow cooker.

Another Jack and Rebecca anniversary extravaganza!

➽ Laurel gives birth to Randall and then overdoses.

August 31, 1980: Happy 36th birthday, Jack Pearson! And welcome to the world, Big Three! very big day.

Dr. K and Firefighter Joe find ways to heal. Thanks to the divine intervention of the Pearson family, Dr. K (Gerald McRaney) can finally move on from his paralyzing grief over the loss of his wife and goes on a very cute date with a very cute lady from the neighborhood. Firefighter Joe (Brian Oblak), realizing the baby dropped off at the station will not solve his marital problems, does the right thing by little Randall and then goes home to start rebuilding his marriage.

Rebecca meets Randall.

➽ A tense first family car ride!

➽ Laurel is arrested for drug possession. Everyone Is Sad .

Rebecca meets William.

It's the Big Three's first birthday — and Mom and Dad aren't doing so hot.

The Pearsons officially adopt Randall.

William gets arrested for possession, but gets a reprieve.

Meet RadioShack Jack

Miguel jokes that Jack Pearson can never die and it's really not funny, sir.

Jack takes a desk job to make more money. On one hand, it is soul crushing. On the other, Jack looks nice in an Oxford and tie.

Kate loves fireflies?

The Big Three get their big-kid beds.

➽ The Pearson boys go to a taping of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

➽ May 15, 1985: Dynasty airs its fifth-season finale, "The Royal Wedding," better known as the "Moldavian Massacre" episode.

➽ About a week later: Rebecca discovers Jack taped over her recording, terrifies her children.

➽ Laurel moves back to New Orleans.

Jack promises Rebecca he'll be a "12" for her, melts hearts everywhere.

The Pearsons buy a shiny new Jeep Grand Wagoneer (because salesmen are helpless against a good Jack Pearson speech).

Jack visits Little Kate at school, all humans weep.

Jack takes up boxing in order to fight his drinking problem.

The Pearsons attend an extremely awkward school talent show.

May 27, 1988: "Weird Al" Yankovic releases "Lasagna," delights the Pearsons.

July 1988: There's a heat wave in Pittsburgh, and the Pearsons meet Yvette.

Jack's dad dies.

Jack gives up dreams of his own company so Randall can go to private school. Plans for Big Three Homes construction company are shoved in the bottom of a drawer when it's clear Randall needs the challenge of a prestigious private school. The kid solves Rubik's cubes, for goodness sake!

Jack teaches Randall how to tie a tie. We are all grateful for this.

The Pearson Thanksgiving traditions begin. Creepy guys named Pilgrim Rick and gas station hot dogs covered in fake cheese have never seemed so lovely.

Rebecca meets William, the sequel.

Randall joins a dojo, Jack proves that push-ups can make humans cry. Just kidding! We've always known they can do that.

December 24, 1989: Kate needs an appendectomy.

Little Toby helps his mom through her depression.

August 31, 1990: The Big Three celebrate the big 1-0.

October 31, 1990: Kate holds Billy Palmer's hand. hand , people! It's thanks to a secret Halloween candy trade between Kevin and Billy, but Kate doesn't need to know that.

October 31, 1990: Rebecca tells Randall about Kyle.

Winter 1990-91: The Big Three get the chicken pox and Rebecca outs her mother as a racist.

February 1992: Jack sees Nicky for the last time.

Pearson Pizza is invented!

Rebecca learns how thoughtful Kevin is.

The Pearsons go to the cabin for the first time.

May 16, 1992: The kids beat Jack at his own gift-giving game.

The Big Three go to their first school dance.

Little Beth (sorry, Bethany) is accepted into an elite ballet academy.

Jack teaches Randall how to box, makes us all cry again. This Is Us ? But if they are 12, that puts Randall in seventh grade and Randall wanting to be his father's son-son doesn't quite match up with his other seventh-grade narrative of exploring his identity as a black man in this world. Also, that bookcase Jack builds for all of Randall's seventh-grade books is nowhere to be found. Anyway, it could just be plot inconsistency, but my brain hurts and I'm going to have a rest and think about Jack teaching Rebecca how to box before making out.

The Pearsons have an eventful day at the pool ahead of seventh grade.

Randall starts seventh grade and meets Mr. Lawrence.

Miguel saves Jack's ass when Jack is almost fired for messing up at work.

Jack teaches Randall to golf.

Jack invites Mr. Lawrence and his wife over for dinner.

Fall 1993: The Pearsons bury a time capsule at the cabin. cruel .

Little Kate gets dumped (boo, Stewart!).

The Pearsons spend the day in NYC! Madame X and vows she will next time. Oh, the other takeaway is that Jack stinks at directions.

➽ Jack does his best Hanz and Franz impression.

➽ Kevin asks Randall to teach him his highly efficient index-card-memorization method.

➽ Freaking Tanya.

➽ Jack threatens Kevin's football coach in a public bathroom!!

➽ Madison's mom leaves her forever.

Rebecca has a cancer scare and Jack introduces The Tree into the Pearson family history. Rebecca ends up being fine, but not before Jack brings her to "his favorite tree" to calm her down. Of course, he made up the whole story about The Tree and only selected it because it was closest to a payphone, so they could wait there for her test results. It's very cute and becomes an enduring part of the Pearson family story.

Rebecca joins her old band. She feels alive again! Jack just feels threatened.

Kevin and Randall's sibling rivalry boils over during a high-school football game. All Randall (Niles Fitch) wants is the love and respect of his brother. All Kevin (Logan Shroyer) wants is to be left alone in his new basement bachelor pad. Teen Kevin is so mean! Not even Teen Randall's offering of Yoo-hoo and Pop-Tarts melt his brother's icy exterior.

Miguel gets a divorce.

Rebecca decides to go on tour with her band. Alongside her ex-boyfriend Ben (Sam Trammell), no less. Jack is less than enthused and his jealousy pushes him back to the bottle. Things are going downhill fast, people!

Rebecca leaves for her tour and Jack goes after her. It sounds romantic until you realize Jack is completely drunk as he hops in the car to drive all the way to Cleveland to make things right with his wife. HOLD ME.

Rebecca and Jack decide to separate.

Rebecca and Jack decide not to separate.

Jack goes to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Rebecca pulls a Jack Pearson on Jack Pearson.

Welcome, Louie the Dog!

Kevin shatters his knee and his dream.

Rebecca discovers Kate secretly wants to go to Berklee School of Music for singing.

Randall visits Howard University and has never been happier.

Beth's dad dies, and so do her dreams of being a ballerina.

It's Jack's last Thanksgiving.

Family mall trip!

➽ Jack and his Katie girl share some diner fries.

January 25, 1998: Super Bowl XXXII becomes everyone's least favorite Super Bowl. Jack and Rebecca spend the day getting shamed by a surly Kevin, ignored by Randall who skips the game to take Allison to see Titanic (and get his first kiss!), and Jack reminds his daughter that she is the most beautiful girl in the world. Oh, then Jack places a red dish towel next to a faulty slow cooker and the Pearson house goes up in flames while the family is sleeping. REAL COOL DAY.

January 26, 1998: The Pearson house burns down … and Jack dies. Jack is the superhero we always knew he was. He runs through fire to get Rebecca, Randall, and Kate safely out of the house and then goes back in to save Louie the Dog and some family mementos. It looks like he's fine, but he goes to the hospital to get his burns checked out, and never leaves. While Rebecca is on the phone in the waiting room, Jack Pearson has a heart attack due to smoke inhalation complications and dies.

Kevin and Sophie never finish Good Will Hunting .

January 31, 1998: The Pearsons honor Jack exactly how he would've wanted.

Things are very bleak at the Pearson house and Randall has the worst prom experience in history.

Some rando dad WHO KNOWS JACK JUST DIED hits on Rebecca in a RadioShack.

May 1998: The Big Three graduate!

Randall and Beth bump into each other at the Carnegie Mellon new-student mixer.

Kevin helps Randall score a date with Beth.

Randall and Beth go on a disastrous first date.

It's Parents Weekend at CMU!

Kate gets a job at a record store and meets Marc (Austin Abrams). He quickly becomes controlling and possessive because Kate Pearson cannot have nice things.

Kevin and Sophie (Amanda Leighton) get married! He tells his mother over voice-mail, if you can even believe this child.

Rebecca and Kate move out of the Apartment of Sadness and into a new home. The first dinner party , celebrating the newlyweds, is sort of a disaster thanks to Kevin and Sophie being cheesy as hell, Rebecca not knowing how to cook Cornish game hens after all these years, and Marc showing up to be weird. The evening is saved, however, by Miguel giving Rebecca a nice speech about being patient with her grief and Rebecca starting a Princess Bride sing-along.

Rebecca reenters the workforce. With a huge assist from Randall, who is basically keeping his mother alive at this point.

Randall says the phrase, "Résumés are my jam." Oh, Randall.

Randall almost goes to a grief group with Beth.

Marc turns out to be emotionally abusive and toxic and just the World's Worst Boyfriend.

Rebecca, Randall, and Beth head to New York for Kevin's acting showcase.

➽ Kate has an abortion.

➽ Kevin moves to Los Angeles at the behest of his agent, ignoring sage advice from Randall.

➽ Randall and Beth celebrate their six-month anniversary.

➽ Randall visits Kevin in L.A.

➽ Kate takes a job at the diner.

➽ Rebecca brings the Big Three back to the cabin. Jerry Maguire –inspired declaration of love to his wife, Sophie, about how in the end, it will always be the two of them. Rebecca encourages Beth to believe in herself and take that big urban planning firm internship. Rebecca also begins to think about thinking about possible love in her future and tells Miguel as much. So, like, a lot of big decisions being made at the cabin here.

➽ Madison's father tells her to take any man willing to be with her.

Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) get engaged!

Deja is born. Her mom Shauna is just 16 and relies on her grandma to take care of her and Deja, but when grandma dies, things really go downhill.

William meets Chichi.

Randall and Beth have a backyard wedding!

October 31, 2008: Welcome to the world, Tess Pearson!

The saddest game ever is invented!

Kate and Kevin decide it's time to get their lives together.

Rebecca reconnects with Miguel.

Deja visits Philadelphia with her mom and grandmother.

Toby gets divorced and becomes suicidal.

William meets Jesse (Denis O'Hare).

➽ Randall and Beth drive Annie home from the hospital.

2011: Kevin films the "Untitled Hot Babysitter Pilot." The Man-ny : In this moment , he doesn't even know if he wants to act. But then he makes a baby laugh, and Kevin's entire life changes.

➽ 2013: Laurel and Hai reconnect and it is the most bittersweet.

Deja enters the foster-care system. The Man-ny , so this is pre-Kevin's breakdown. She spends a lot of time being moved from home to home (and bed to bed) until she is reunited with her mother … and unfortunately, her mother's deadbeat boyfriend.

➽ May 2015: Laurel dies.

August 31, 2016: Happy 36th birthday, Kevin, Kate, and Randall! the big twist , everyone else!

Kevin goes full Jerry Maguire on the set of The Man-ny .

➽ Madison gets dumped by David, a man she was really in love with, then heads to a weight support group.

Kate meets Toby.

Randall knocks on William's door.

William and Annie have the cutest stairwell chat in history.

Sterling K. Brown calls Mandy Moore "mommy." All of our lives are forever changed.

Rebecca meets William, part three. This time with 100 percent more wrinkles! Rebecca wants William to keep their secret just a little bit longer, until she finds the right time to tell Randall. Girl, there will never be a right time to tell your son you've been lying to him about his birth father for his entire life.

Kevin moves to New York City. Man-ny .

Kate introduces Toby to Jack's ashes. The three of them watch the Steelers game together. Kate won't say much about her father's death, which eventually becomes a big problem for Toby, which eventually becomes a big problem for everyone else. Give the girl some space, dude!

Kate gets a new job … sort of. This Is Us how Kate has any money? Will this be the biggest twist of all?

Kevin finally calls Randall his brother.

Randall and William catch Beth in a big lie.

William accidentally tells Beth that he's met Rebecca.

November 24, 2016: Randall teaches us that a Thanksgiving Dad is a Hot Dad. This Is Us so far.

Kevin and Olivia Maine kiss.

Kevin lets Miguel be Pilgrim Rick. Of the three Pearson kids, Kevin's relationship with stepdad Miguel is the most fraught. This not-so-small gesture of letting Miguel participate in Jack's Thanksgiving tradition is a huge step for their relationship.

Kate dumps Toby and decides to get gastric bypass surgery. Toby giving up on his diet is too much temptation for Kate to handle at the moment. She needs to focus on herself, so she kicks him to the curb. After a not-so-near-death experience on a plane, Kate decides life is too short and she wants to start living her best life immediately. Gastric bypass surgery, it is!

Randall discovers that Rebecca and William knew each other. When Randall goes to William's apartment to grab some music recordings that are part of his birth father's Thanksgiving traditions, he happens upon Rebecca's letter, which reveals her decision to never tell Randall about William. Randall confronts Rebecca at the Thanksgiving dinner table, tearing apart one of the most important relationships in his life.

Randall trips hard at the family's cabin and chats with his dead father. Hallucination Jack takes Randall's face into his hands and tells his son that he was never a choice, he was a fact. He also tries to show Randall that Rebecca was constantly fighting to protect her family. Maybe that could offer some explanation as to her choices. Even in hallucinatory form, Jack Pearson is wonderful.

William tells Randall why he never came looking for him.

Olivia goes off the grid and Kevin's play is canceled.

William reconnects with his great love, Jesse. These two guys! Jesse (Denis O'Hare) was heartbroken when William left to live at Randall's without telling him, but is willing to forgive him as long as William promises not to shut him out anymore. Jesse wants as much time with him as William has left. Aww!

Kevin and Sloane decide to self-produce The Back of an Egg .

December 24, 2016: Randall talks a co-worker off the ledge.

December 24, 2016: Toby collapses in Randall's living room.

Kate and Toby get engaged. After Toby makes it through a second heart surgery, Kate unloads all of her feelings on the guy, assuming he is asleep. He's not. He hears everything she says, including that part about wanting to marry him. He'd marry the hell out of her, too. And thus, an engagement!

William tells Randall he wants to stop his chemo treatments. It is the beginning of the end.

Kate puts gastric bypass surgery on hold and goes to fat camp. While in an aerobic drumming class (!), Kate has an emotional breakthrough and realizes that her weight issues are very much tied to the death of her father and her inability to deal with her grief and guilt. Don't knock aerobic drumming class until you try it.

Kevin makes a grand, romantic gesture to win back … his ex-wife? Kevin and his childhood sweetheart Sophie (Alexandra Breckenridge) divorced after he moved to Los Angeles and cheated on her, and they haven't seen each other in 12 years. She's hesitant, but he wins her over by taking her to their old haunts and professing his love for her in a dramatic speech. He really is his father's son!

Randall teaches William how to drive. Randall begrudgingly gives his father the gift of his perfect day: driving a cool car while wearing a new pair of shades, sipping on his favorite drink (an egg cream) with the music up and the windows down. What a cool cat that William Hill is.

Toby tells Kate they should slow down their marriage plans. He doesn't think they should be getting married if she can't openly talk about her father's death with him. Oh, Toby, so pushy.

Randall has an anxiety-induced breakdown on Kevin's opening night.

William and Beth have a series of heartfelt chats.

Randall and William take a road trip to Memphis, where William dies cradled by his son. "Roll all your windows down, Randall. Crank up the music. Grow out that fro. Let someone else make your bed." Be right back, need to go slide down a wall while ugly crying.

Randall forgives Rebecca. The Pearsons honor William's memory with a plethora of breakfast foods, balloons, and confetti, and a nice stroll through the neighborhood while wearing fedoras. During this walk, Rebecca stops her son to once again say how sorry she is that she kept William from him, denying Randall more time with his birth father. She did it because she was scared, but she knows how selfish that was. It was enough time to know William loved him, Randall tells her. And that's enough. This new peacefulness also seems to be in honor of William's memory.

Kevin has a second shot at opening night. The Back of an Egg 's opening night redux, and it is quite the success. Almost unbelievably, Ron Howard happens to be in the audience that night and he calls Kevin to offer him a part in his next movie. Too bad he just told Sophie that he realized he moved to New York City to be with her and that he won't mess this up a second time. Sounds like some drama is afoot!

Kate (almost) opens up about Jack's death. William's memorial brings on another swell of emotions for Kate regarding Jack's death. It's Randall who encourages her to finally deal with her grief by talking about it with the people she loves … including Toby. Later, Kate tells Toby that she has such a hard time talking about Jack's death because it was all her fault.

Randall quits his job.

Randall decides to adopt.

The world is forced to watch a grown man crawl around in a diaper. The Man-ny . No one knows why Kevin would want to do this, or why The Man-ny would allow him to do this, but we'll go with it because it means all of our Pearsons are together in Los Angeles.

Kate has her first real singing gig!

Beth and Randall make out in a Hollywood backlot and America's collective knees go weak.

Deja arrives!

Kevin injures his knee on set, begins his descent toward rock bottom.

Kate is pregnant! Flashdance routine in a coffee shop to a Hootie and the Blowfish song. None of that is made up, and it all seems very, very Toby.

The Pearson Brothers attend a charity gala.

Kate and Toby almost get married at City Hall.

Kevin breaks up with Sophie.

Kate has a miscarriage.

Kevin has a breakdown on the lawn of a one-night stand.

Randall reminds us that a Thanksgiving Dad is a Hot Dad.

The Pearsons say good-bye to Deja.

Social Worker Linda has a giant martini and celebrates never having to hear that Randall Pearson guy mansplain her job to her ever again.

Kevin gets arrested for a DUI. finally get this guy some help?

The Pearsons have an intense family therapy session.

Kevin moves in with Rebecca and Miguel! Kevin begins to see both his mother and Miguel in a new light. Kevin and Rebecca have never been closer. Kevin and Miguel have never been more, hmm, let's say cordial? Kevin is trying! Also, Kevin is privy to all the LaCroix his heart desires. Not a bad deal, really.

Kate and Madison become friends and go wedding dress shopping. They do not, thankfully, start a podcast.

Randall decides he wants to buy William's old building and turn it into a business venture with Beth. The first day does not go well, but R&B Properties will survive.

Randall delivers this gutting line about his father: "He's been gone longer than we had him." Just when you think you're done crying.

Kate adopts a dog for her and Toby. The dog is named Audio and he is adorable. Still, the memories of Louie and Jack's death loom large. But again, the cuteness.

Kevin makes amends. The saddest talk is with Sophie, as he says what seems to be a very final good-bye. The most surprising is with Dr. Charlotte, who returns Kevin's necklace, PRAISE BE. And the most heartbreaking is with his dad: Kevin can't actually apologize to his dad, but he makes the best of it by going to The Tree to tell Jack that he's going to make him proud. It might not be the right tree, but the sentiment is very nice.

February 4, 2018: Super Bowl LII really is.

Deja arrives at the Pearson house. She needs money to get the heat turned back on and didn't know where else to go. Randall and Beth continue to worry.

Vegas, baby. The Big Three and their people head to Vegas for Kate and Toby's simultaneous-but-definitely-not-together bachelorette and bachelor parties. Kate and Beth bond. Kevin finds out that his movie may change his life. Randall can't shake the feeling that something is wrong with Deja.

Beth and Randall find Deja and Shauna asleep in their car. They've been evicted, so Beth and Randall invite them to stay at their house for a while. After Shauna sees how happy Deja is, she decides to leave … and give up all parental rights. Deja does not take it well.

Somebody's getting married! It's Kate and Toby. The Ka-Toby wedding arrives, as coordinated by Kevin and Randall. They are delights. But before Kate can walk down the aisle at the family cabin in her gorgeous dress, she has something to do: She needs to let go of Jack, at least a little bit. She goes out into the woods and sits on the tree stump she used to share with her dad, and tells him she needs to make room for Toby. She finally spreads Jack's remaining ashes, and then Kevin and Randall walk her down the aisle. She isn't the only Pearson experiencing some catharsis, though: Rebecca and Kate discuss their issues head-on and have a misty-eyed makeup. Kevin uses his toast time to get himself, Kate, Randall, and Rebecca to finally release that deep breath is feels like they've been holding in since Jack died. Nice sentiment, but weird wedding toast.

Deja gets upset at the wedding. Even a conversation with Beth's very nice cousin Zoe about not hating the people who love you can't stop Deja from taking out her anger on Randall's car windshield. This does not bode well for the future.

Kevin and Zoe meet by the wedding punch bowl and start dating.

Deja gives Randall the best 38th birthday gift.

People love Hill 400 !

Kate and Toby are successful with IVF.

Randall discovers that The Other Big Three (Beth, Miguel, and Toby) have a group text.

Randall decides to run for Philadelphia City Council.

Beth gets fired.

We learn that The Manny is the No. 1 show in South Korea.

Randall hires a campaign manager and a field director.

Kevin meets Robinson.

Kevin and Zoe go to Vietnam.

Thanksgiving 2018: Randall appears only in his undies at a time when the world really needed it.

Thanksgiving 2018: Miguel attempts to make amends with his kids, they are dicks.

Tess comes out.

Kate decides to go back to college.

Randall makes his failing campaign his top priority, sleeps on the couch.

Kate and Toby learn they're having a boy!

Kevin's trip to Vietnam ends with a surprising revelation.

Old Nick Pearson brings his mail back to his trailer.

Randall wins the election!

Kevin and Zoe move in together!

The Pearsons go on a road trip to find their long-lost uncle.

Kevin relapses.

Nicky starts going to therapy at the local VA.

Beth figures out what she wants to be when she grows up!

Kate graduates! But then goes into premature labor! While in the car with her drunk brother!

Baby Jack Pearson Damon is born!

Beth and Randall hit the lowest of lows in their marriage.

Kevin and Zoe come to an impasse in their relationship.

Cassidy Sharp returns from deployment; it does not go well.

Kevin moves back to Los Angeles!

Randall and Beth Pearson move to Philadelphia.

Nicky relapses. His therapist is transferred and he feels abandoned, so he starts drinking again, and eventually throws a chair through the window of a group-therapy meeting being attended by Cassidy Sharp.

Malik Hodges (Asante Blackk) meets Deja Pearson at a backyard barbeque. Deja smiles for the first time in history.

Baby Jack is diagnosed as blind. Kate refuses to be anything but positive — her son will have a great, big life.

Toby gets secretly super into CrossFit. As if this dude could be any more annoying, now he's CrossFit Toby. He's losing a ton of weight, while Kate is stress-eating, and it's all causing a rift in their marriage.

Kate meets her neighbor, Gregory (Timothy Omundson). He is recovering from a stroke, and she begins to go on walks around the block with him and Baby Jack.

Kevin gives up a new movie to go to Bradford, Pennsylvania, and help Uncle Nicky. Nicky doesn't want his help, but since when has that ever stopped Kevin?

Cassidy asks Kevin if he was in Who's the Boss?

Kevin, Nicky, and Cassidy get kicked out of an AA meeting for laughing at Kevin. Sorry that it is at Kevin's expense, but not sorry that these three are now bonded for life.

The Man-ny is canceled!

The Clarke School of Dance opens! Sure, the place is all stunk up by a dead opossum, but at least it's not a family of dead opossums, right? And sure, Beth and Randall learn that 14-year-old Deja wants to date a boy with a baby, but maybe for now just focus on the fact that Beth's dreams are coming true?

Kevin really digs in during his stay in Bradford. He buys a fancy trailer so he can live next to Nicky while they await his hearing, and he promises Cassidy that he's going to help her get back together with her husband, Ryan (Nick Wechsler). Of course they end up sleeping together first, but he does make good on his promise eventually!

Tess has a panic attack. Beth teaches her husband and daughter that La Croix isn't just a refreshing beverage. It's here that she also begins to suspect Randall might be headed toward another breakdown, what with the leg tapping and ten-mile running and working extra late hours. He refuses to get any help.

Nicky cuts ice cream like cake for Kevin. Not only does he tell a heartbreaking story about buying his trailer for his One True Love but never going after her, he also tells Kevin about how his dad would slice ice cream like a cake for him and Jack when they were kids, something Jack used to do for Kevin. He's just opening up so much!

Randall and Kevin send Kate and Baby Jack a gift. It's their family piano! And it's full of pictures of Kate and her old boyfriend Marc, who definitely was abusive somehow and now those memories are dredged up. The gift is not the best.

Toby calls Miguel "Miggy Stardust." Okay, he can stay now.

Randall pretends to be bad at golf to win over fellow councilmen. As if. No way, no how could Randall Pearson ever willingly play a sport he's bad at. He's great at golf, thanks to his father's insistence that he learn to play. He's so good, in fact, that he knows exactly how to pretend to be bad enough to endear himself to fellow golfers on the City Council. The man has allies now. Thanks, Dad!

Deja and Malik go on an epic first date, become the cutest couple on this show. These two lovebirds skip school so Malik can take Deja on a proper tour of Philadelphia and help her believe she is worthy of love. It is the sweetest. Though she disparages cheesesteaks, I will overlook it because everyone deserves to be seen the way Deja is seen.

The Pearsons have the Hodges over for The World's Most Awkward Dinner . Each blames the other's kid for being a bad influence, some hostile words regarding class are exchanged, but in the end, after a heartfelt speech from Deja, Beth, Randall, Kelly (Marsha Stephanie Blake), and Darnell (Omar Epps) agree to let the kids see each other as long as there is a chaperone. Oh, and we learn about Beth's secret Pantry Wine! A true gift.

Cassidy delivers the harshest truth of this entire series. "Not all of us have to talk about our dead dads all the time," she tells Kevin after he comments that she's never spoken about her father. BOY OH BOY. Cassidy saw the Pearsons; Cassidy knows the Pearsons.

Nicky has his court hearing! After Kevin FIXES NICKY'S TIE, Nicky gives a gorgeous little speech about how throwing that chair was the best thing to happen to him because it got him sober and brought his nephew into his life. Nicky avoids prison and is finally turning his life around. Anyway, I'm crying about it. Our Nicky!

Cassidy reunites with her family. Well, she is allowed to sit down at a diner with Ryan and Matty, even though she's signed the divorce papers. It seems like they are poised for reconciliation, but who knows.

Baby Jack eats his first solid food while Toby is off CrossFitting or whatever. Apparently this is the gravest tragedy this family has suffered.

Randall notices his mother is having more than a few mental slipups when she arrives in Philly. He and Rebecca have a blowout fight when Randall calls her on it, and implies that he's the actual parent figure in this relationship.

Thanksgiving 2019: The Pearsons descend on Philadelphia, drama ensues. Shauna comes to see Deja, which upsets Beth, but it ends up bringing Deja and Beth closer together. Kevin helps Tess come out to her classmates. Kate discovers that Toby is complaining about her to his CrossFit friends, especially someone named "LadyKryptonite." After Nicky realizes Jack didn't completely erase him from his life once he hears Randall tell the "So Long, Marianne" story, he tells the story of his and Jack's perfect Thanksgiving and introduces the tradition of Thanksgiving Shrimp . Rebecca, after leaving all day to see a movie, confides to Randall that he was right and she needs to see a doctor, but to keep it between them. This is all before we've even had pie!

December 31, 2019: Randall doesn't care if the New Year's Eve ball's about to drop, he has doctor's appointments to schedule!

Rebecca is diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment.

Kevin learns that celebrity hall passes are a real thing.

Kate throws Toby a Margaritaville-themed birthday party, their marriage falls apart.

Randall finds an armed man breaking into his home.

Sophie's mom Claire (Jennifer Westfeldt) dies. Good Will Hunting , which seems like they're saying good-bye to their relationship, but some of us will hold out hope because we don't like them apples, not one bit.

Kate, Rebecca, and Baby Jack attend a retreat for families with blind children. time .

Kevin sleeps with Madison.

The Big Three realize they're the Sad Three and head to the family cabin to have feelings together. plans .

Randall finally goes to therapy!

Kevin and Rebecca's Fun Day Out!

After receiving devastating news, Miguel suggests he and Rebecca unwind by watching Borat.

Randall calls a "code red" sibling video chat.

Rebecca, Kevin, and Randall head to NYC for Kevin's M. Night Shyamalan movie premiere.

Rebecca finally gets to see Madame X at the Met again.

Randall guilt-trips his mother into going to the clinical trial.

It's Baby Jack's first birthday!

Madison is pregnant with Kevin's children.

Kate and Toby decide they want to adopt!

➽ It's the COVID-19 pandemic.

➽ August 2020: The Big Three turn 40, but there is very little to celebrate.  Rebecca suffers an incident in relation to her meds mixing with an antihistamine and it gives everyone a glimpse as to what the future probably has in store for them. Meanwhile, in the wake of George Floyd's death, Randall has been processing some unspoken issues he's been burying since his childhood in relation to being a Black man raised by a white family, and has pretty much avoided speaking to his family since Baby Jack's birthday. It's this incident, on their 40th birthday, that brings the Big Three back into each other's orbits.

➽ Madison falls and they fear for the babies' lives.

➽ Kate and Toby get a match at the adoption agency.

➽ Randall accidentally strips on his city council livestream!

➽ Kate decides to confront Marc about how toxic he was and opens up to Toby about her abortion.

➽ Kevin takes a role on a Jordan Martin Foster film.

➽ Randall and Beth travel to New Orleans to meet Hai and learn the story of Randall's birth mother.

➽ Madison goes into labor six weeks early, sings "MMMBop" with Randall.

➽ Kevin ditches a De Niro film, saves a man from a burning car, sweet talks his way onto a plane without I.D., and makes it to Los Angeles in time for the birth of his twins, Nicholas and Frannie.

➽ Baby Hailey is born!

➽ Kevin and Madison drive the twins home and Kevin has a very intense dream about his father.

➽ Toby gets laid off.

➽ Oh right, Kate gets a job, meets Phillip! loves it. The teacher she's assisting, a grumpy English guy named Phillip, is not as enthusiastic about the whole thing … at first.

➽ Malik informs Deja (and Randall) that Jennifer, the mother of his daughter, is back in the picture.

➽ Welcome to the world, Isaac!

➽ Carol moves into Beth and Randall's home.

➽ Nicky travels across the country to tell two cute babies that they are his moon.

➽ Kevin and Madison's engagement goes public on the cover of Us Weekly.

➽ Nicky and Miguel plan a rehearsal dinner together, Nicky does not understand the beauty of small plates.

➽ Tess invites her partner, Alex, over for the first time.

➽ Randall and Kevin begin to mend fences while on a sidewalk in Philadelphia.

➽ Robert De Niro agrees to reshoots for the movie Kevin walked out on.

➽ Beth officially closes her dance studio.

➽ Kevin finally sees his movie with Foster in its entirety and it is terrible.

➽ Toby's dad comes to fix a pipe, drops an astute if not obvious metaphor.

➽ Sophie calls Kevin to congratulate him on getting the life he always wanted, Kevin spirals.

➽ Nicky starts internet-stalking Sally Brooks.

➽ Toby secretly contemplates a job offer in San Francisco.

➽ Kate throws Madison a bachelorette party that might shed some light on imminent Kevison issues.

➽ Rebecca apologizes to Randall for robbing him of his birth parents and that chapter of the R&R saga is finally closed.

➽ Malik gets accepted to Harvard.

➽ Kate tells Toby to take that job in San Francisco because they can weather anything together.

➽ Madison calls off the wedding.

➽ Rebecca asks Kevin to build the cabin house Jack designed for her.

➽ Sometime around 2025: It's Kate and Phillip's wedding day! The New Yorker , and Nicky is married!

Old Randall and Adult Tess have dinner, but it is full of angst!

Beth runs her own dance company!

Old Randall invites Old Toby to come see Rebecca.

➽ Adult Deja is pregnant and becoming a doctor!

The family gathers at Kevin's house to begin their good-byes.

The Way, Way Future: Adult Baby Jack (Blake Stadnik) falls for a waitress named Lucy (Auden Thornton), becomes a huge music star.

Adult Baby Jack and Lucy have a baby girl!