This Is Us season 5 explained

Season Number:	5
Bg Colour:	EDEAE0
Episode List:	List of This Is Us episodes
Network:	NBC
Num Episodes:	16

The fifth season of the American television series This Is Us continues to follow the lives and connections of the Pearson family across several time periods. The season is produced by Rhode Island Ave. Productions, Zaftig Films, and 20th Television, with Dan Fogelman, Isaac Aptaker, and Elizabeth Berger serving as showrunners.

The series was renewed for a fourth, fifth, and sixth season in May 2019. The season stars an ensemble cast featuring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Jon Huertas, Niles Fitch, Logan Shroyer, Hannah Zeile, Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Parker Bates, Eris Baker, Faithe Herman, Lonnie Chavis, Lyric Ross, Asante Blackk and Griffin Dunne.

The fifth season premiered on October 27, 2020, and concluded on May 25, 2021. The season consisted of 16 episodes.

Cast and characters

Main

• Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson
• Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson
• Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson
  • Niles Fitch as teenage Randall Pearson
  • Lonnie Chavis as young Randall Pearson
• Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson
  • Hannah Zeile as teenage Kate Pearson
  • Mackenzie Hancsicsak as young Kate Pearson
• Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson
  • Logan Shroyer as teenage Kevin Pearson
  • Parker Bates as young Kevin Pearson
• Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson
• Chris Sullivan as Toby Damon
• Jon Huertas as Miguel Rivas
• Caitlin Thompson as Madison Simons
• Eris Baker as Tess Pearson
• Faithe Herman as Annie Pearson
• Lyric Ross as Deja Pearson
• Asante Blackk as Malik Hodges

Recurring

• Timothy Omundson as Gregory, Toby and Kate's neighbor.
• Jennifer C. Holmes as Laurel DuBois, Randall's birth mother who was William's lover.
• Vien Hong as Hai Lang, Vietnamese American refugee and fisherman who knew Randall's birth mother.^[1]
• Griffin Dunne as Nicky Pearson
  • Michael Angarano as young Nicky Pearson
• Jennifer Morrison as Cassidy Sharp

Guest

• George Eads as Coach
• Phylicia Rashad as Carol Clarke
• Alexandra Breckenridge as Sophie
• Melanie Liburd as Zoe Baker

Episodes

See also: List of This Is Us episodes.

Production

Development

On May 12, 2019, NBC renewed the series for its fourth, fifth and sixth seasons, at 18 episodes each, for a total of 54 additional episodes.^[2] Due to later COVID-related complications, the fifth season was shortened to 16 episodes, as announced during on-air promotion of the season's fourteenth episode.^[3]

Filming

Production on season five started on September 24, 2020. COVID-related production delays resulted in filming being stalled for multiple weeks in January 2021, which in turn resulted in the broadcast of new episodes being postponed by almost a month.^{[4] [5]}

Reception

Ratings

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'This Is Us' producer breaks down Kate's abortion choice, Laurel clues. 2021-01-09. EW.com. EN. January 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210108005454/https://ew.com/tv/this-is-us-producer-kate-abortion-choice-laurel-clues/. live.
2. Web site: Andreeva. Nellie. Petski. Denise. May 12, 2019. This Is Us Renewed For Three More Seasons By NBC. October 21, 2020. Deadline Hollywood. May 16, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190516150007/https://deadline.com/2019/05/this-is-us-renewed-nbc-season-4-season-5-season-6-1202603713/. live.
3. Snierson. Dan. 2021-04-14. 'This Is Us' season 5 shortened by two episodes. live. 2021-04-14. Entertainment Weekly. en. April 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415000548/https://ew.com/tv/this-is-us-season-5-two-episodes-shorter/.
4. Web site: 'This Is Us' Jan. 19 Episode Stalled by 'Covid-Related Production Delays'. Low. Elaine. Variety. January 19, 2021. March 23, 2021. March 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302141440/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/this-is-us-production-delayed-covid-1234887960/. live.
5. Web site: Next 'This Is Us' Episode Pushed Again Due to Pandemic Production Delays. Maas. Jenifer. TheWrap. February 1, 2021. March 23, 2021. March 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210303215814/https://www.thewrap.com/this-is-us-tuesday-episode-pushed-next-week-coronavirus/. live.