THIS IS US: Season Two: The 20’s
Family: The gift that grows us.
Should You Watch It?
This episode earns its four-star entertainment rating by showing how childhood behavior patterns can shape adult lives. Randall struggles with anxiety and perfectionism. Kate and Kevin are forced to face selfish choices and recognize that they need to change.
The episode also treats family and marriage as valuable, while presenting flawed people who begin working through their problems. Its content calls for discernment, particularly because of implied adultery and light sexual content, profanity, and alcohol use.
If your household includes teenagers and adults, this is a worthwhile episode to watch thoughtfully together. For younger children, parents should decide whether its themes and content are appropriate.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESOn Halloween, 10-year-old Randall goes trick-or-treating with his adoptive mother, Rebecca, and learns something important about his identity. Years later, the three siblings are young adults, and the patterns they showed as children begin affecting their relationships, choices, and struggles.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means the source considers this an excellent episode of television. The review highlights its redemptive family drama and its attention to how the triplets’ childhood patterns bear fruit in adulthood.
The source review does not provide specific observations about the episode’s acting, directing, writing, or visual craft.
The Worldview
This episode presents a light moral, redemptive worldview. It shows family and marriage as worthy of honor, while also acknowledging that people can be selfish, jealous, anxious, and trapped by unhealthy patterns.
The episode’s central moral movement is toward self-examination and change. Randall begins working through his perfectionism and anxiety. Kate and Kevin recognize that their behavior needs to improve. The story does not present its characters as perfect; instead, it allows them to face the consequences of their choices and begin moving toward something better.
That aligns with Scripture’s call to put away destructive patterns and live differently: “put off your old self” and “put on the new self” (Ephesians 4:22–24).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Light moral, redemptive worldview as two siblings realize they need to improve their behavior and third sibling tries to work through his struggles over his neurotic need to be perfect, plus family and marriage are extolled; <b>
Foul Language
Five</b> obscenities (two uses of the “h” word and three uses of the “d” word), and four light exclamatory profanities; <b>
Violence
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>No violence; <b>
Sex
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Light sexual content with implied adultery between a married man and an unmarried woman, and a man mentions sex, plus married couples kiss; <b>
Nudity
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Upper male nudity with a man shown shirtless, a woman is implied to be shirtless under the bed covers; <b>
Alcohol Use
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mild alcohol content with men shown drinking at a bar, people are shown drinking alcohol at a party, and a man and a woman drink wine; <b>
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No smoking, but<b> </b>a 10-year-old boy pretends to smoke a cigar; and, <b>
Miscellaneous Immorality
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Some anger, jealousy and selfishness.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Randall learns something difficult about his identity as a child. How can families make room for honest questions about adoption, belonging, and love?
Psalm 139:13–16 · Ephesians 1:3–6The siblings must face patterns that have followed them into adulthood. What helps a person recognize a harmful pattern and begin to change?
Ephesians 4:22–24 · 2 Corinthians 5:17Kate and Kevin realize that their choices have hurt others. What is the difference between feeling bad and taking responsibility?
Proverbs 28:13 · 2 Corinthians 7:10This episode honors family and marriage. How can your family practice faithfulness, patience, and mutual care?
Ephesians 5:25 · Colossians 3:12–14The Final Word
This episode finds hope in imperfect people who begin facing their patterns and choosing change. Its light sexual content, profanity, and alcohol use call for discernment, but teenagers and adults can find meaningful family themes here. Our answer is WORTH WATCHING — TEENS AND ADULTS.
