This Is Us‘ Latest Flash-Forward Reveals Nicky’s Wife: Who Is It?
This post contains spoilers from Tuesday’s This Is Us. Proceed accordingly.
This Is Us fans everywhere, may we formally introduce you to Mrs. Nicky Pearson?
In a sequence at the end of Tuesday’s episode, the NBC drama skipped ahead to a time it had visited before: the night that the family gathers to await Rebecca’s imminent death. Though only a few moments from the hour were devoted to the flash-forward, it answered a major question that also was raised in a different flash-forward at the end of Season 5: To whom, exactly, is Nicky married in the future?
One popular theory was that Nicky would wed Rebecca at some point between the present-day storyline and that sad future evening at Kevin’s house; this possibility was borne of an earlier scene in the flash-forward that showed Nicky, clearly wearing a wedding ring, sitting at Rebecca’s bedside. But viewers of this week’s installment learned that Nicky’s missus is a flight attendant named Edie, whom he met as he flew home from California after reestablishing contact with Sally. (Read a full recap, and hear what the episode’s writer and director had to say about what’s ahead.) In fact, Edie was the person who drove up to the house at the end of the previous flash-forward scene.
Now, here’s where it gets fun: In our ongoing mission to wring every single clue out the breadcrumbs the show has parceled out so far, we’ve gathered all of the Rebecca-centric flash-forward in the gallery at right. This includes visuals, dialogue, clues and salient intel from interviews with the show’s stars and producers. We’ve updated it every time the show airs additional flash-forward footage, and we’ll continue to do so until all of your questions are answered.
So flip through the gallery above — or go to it directly here — then hit the comments with the clues you’ve noticed, theories you’ve brewed up and anything else related to the future of the Pearson fam!
Just what every flight attendant loves to encounter, a cantankerous old guy who argues about putting his seat up. Oh, she married him? Yet another character on this show making questionable decisions.
There is approximately a 10 year difference between the airplane scene and the flash-forward. A lot can happen in those years. Especially if you are a person of a certain age. You don’t have much time to just let things go.
I viewed it as playful banter, not anything cantankerous. The flight attendant didn’t seem put off by it.
I understand that’s what the writers were going for, but it didn’t make sense. Here’s an experiment: Next time you fly, try making playful banter with the flight attendant about how their basic safety rules are stupid, and implying that you don’t intend to follow them. Extra points if you can look like a man in his mid-60s who buys all his clothes at JC Penney.
well, lol, we certainly know how TD feels about this turn of events.
TIU seems to be having difficulty with space travel related dates. 1. The Challenger accident happened when the triplets were 5, not 7 or 8 and in 2nd grade. And it did not happen on their August birthday. 2. The moon landing was in July, 1969, not June as Nicky said during that awkward dinner
Oh good, I thought I missed something with that moon landing remark. It was a pretty glaring mistake.
I can agree with the age of the Big 3 on that date, but the show didn’t change either the Big 3’s birthday or the date of the Challenger explosion. The purpose of using Challenger was to point out how each of the Big 3 process and respond to things. Maybe mixing that in with their birthday confused people.
Good to see Vanessa Bell Calloway.
This is Us is going out with a whimper with a weak ending.
What happens to Chrissy and Kevin?
I’m not gonna lie, I’m disappointed that it wasn’t Sally. At first, I was like, uh-oh, she’s married. Then I was like, oh, she’s in a bad marriage, maybe there’s still a chance. Especially, when she got along so well with Rebecca and Nicky copped that photo of her. But I like Edie’s spirit. I think Nicky needs someone like that. But, Edie, never beep a car horn when you are attending a somber affair. Not appropriate, to say the least.