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THIS IS US: The First Season: The Pool

Season 1 Episode 4

Content: -1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.
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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:
  Strong moral worldview with an emphasis on the value of family, marriage, and children.

Foul Language:
  Five obscenities and five profanities.

Violence:
  No violence except for a little boy shown struggling not to drown in a pool;

Sex:
  Mild sexuality with a woman said to have cheated on her husband;

Nudity:
  Mild nudity with people in bathing suits at the pool; men are shirtless, women in bikinis;

Alcohol Use:
  Light alcohol content with a man shown drinking wine, a man shown drinking beer, man mentions he used to get drunk and depressed, people are shown drinking at a bar;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:
  Light smoking, and a man is said to have been “a drugged-out drifter”; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:
  Lying, racism, children bully a girl for her weight, a man mentions contemplating suicide, and anger.

Episodes: Season Overview

NumberDateTitleProductionContent
1.19/20/2016Pilot-2
1.29/27/2016The Big Three-2
1.310/11/2016Kyle-2
1.410/18/2016The Pool-1
1.510/25/2016The Game Plan-2
1.611/1/2016Career Days-2
1.711/15/2016The Best Washing Machine in the Whole World-2
1.811/22/2016Pilgrim Rick-1
1.911/29/2016The Trip-2
1.1012/6/2016Last Christmas-3
1.111/10/2017The Right Thing to Do-3
1.121/17/2016The Big Day -2
1.131/24/2016Three Sentences-1
1.142/7/2017I Call Marriage-2
1.152/14/2017Jack Pearson’s Son-1
1.162/21/2017Memphis-2
1.173/17/2017What Now-2
1.183/14/2017Moon Shadow-1

More Detail:

“The Pool” is the fourth episode of NBC’s series of THIS IS US. Rebecca and Jack take their family to the local pool. Once there, Kate is cruelly excluded by her classmates for being overweight, Randall wanders off to befriend other black children, and Kevin almost drowns while his parents focus their attentions on Kate and Randall. Grown-up Kate is shown struggling with her image when Toby’s beautiful ex-wife, Josie, shows up unexpectedly. Toby confides that Josie cheated on him, and their break-up led to his struggles with weight gain and thoughts of suicide. Kevin gets a part in a Broadway play he auditions for but discovers that he received the role because of his fame from the sitcom. Meanwhile Randall had frank conversations regarding racism with his biological father, William.

“The Pool” addresses the hard subjects of racism, infidelity and depression. Randall discusses how he and his family still experience racism despite his success and trustworthiness. The episode does a phenomenal job at depicting harsh realities without being overly explicit. There’s less foul language and lewd content in this episode, “The Pool,” but caution is still advised.



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