‘This Is Us’ Reveals Kate’s Fate: EPs Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger in Flash-Forward Heavy ‘Katoby’ Episode

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We almost knew what to expect in today’s episode of “Kato”, after Kate and Toby got into the couple’s worst fight after Young Jack ran out of the park at the end of last week’s episode, and NBC called it “The Last Moments of Kate and Toby.” “Catob” chronicles the collapse of Kate and Toby’s marriage and the love story between Kate and Philip, following the scarring incident with Jack we saw in previews.

ᲐRian, available Too much Forward-looking for “Katoby”, but that’s a short ending that opens one We’ Top Secrets – What will happen to Kate in the future? We saw Kevin, Randall, Toby, Betty, Nick, many Pearson children in the main trailer for the show 2032, in which Rebecca is depicted on a deathbed, in a new house, cabin, but she didn’t turn on Kate. fans. speculation. Between her wedding to Philip and the events at home in 2026, she could die.

At the end of “The Cat”, an adult Jack Damon goes to a bar with his wife Lucy, their proud parents, elderly caring for them Kate and Toby, other important friends Philip and Laura, female Toby. In today’s episode, they are reunited after divorcing Kate. The scene, set around 2043, reveals that Katie is very much alive in the future and that Toby and Laura Parfey become a couple on the go after a pleasant encounter at a cafe.

During his engagement to Philippi, Kevin lives the life of a college student, meets one model after another, but as a sign of the future (and potentially going full circle), Kevin makes his first look longingly. Affectionately with Sophie (Alexandra Breckenridge), who is at a party with her husband. At the same party, we learned that Randall Senator’s campaign is going very well.

Დwritten We Executive producers/co-creators Isaac Appacker and Elizabeth Berger credit “Catob,” a call to Toby Kate on her wedding day, that represents perhaps more time-shifts than any other episode of the NBC family drama. . The episode follows the couple through 16 months of marriage counseling with little success. At one point, after Tobby’s next blow to the family, Katie bursts into tears and asks Kevin, “How do you know when the marriage is over?” he asks. He will understand. Finally, after another argument that upsets Toby and Jack, Katie calls him and they begin divorce proceedings. Katie continues to do so despite Toby’s desire to try to save the marriage.

“Please, our story can’t end like that,” Toby said during one of the two’s irritating conversations. “Just because our marriage is over doesn’t mean our story is over,” Katie replies. “We should be together and now we’re apart.”

“I promise I’ll never see you,” Toby says. “Now I want to know what I saw,” Toby says in a call to future bride Kate, who opens and closes the episode.

In an email interview with Deadline, Appacker and Berger discuss the end of Kate and Toby’s marriage (but not their date), the episode revealing the fate and future of Toby’s new girlfriend, Kate, as well as Kevin’s possible reconciliation. . Sophie. . They also talk about filming the emotional “Katoby” and laughing and other flashforwards on next week’s episode of “The Wedding Day”.

DEADLINE: Let’s start with the most important news. We Fans: Katie is alive. In this episode, was there a plan for Katie and Toby to look into the distant future (happily ever after) if you were fed up with the “Katie is Dead” online chat and decided to put an end to it?

Aptaker and Berger: We’ve recently locked ourselves in this episode to reveal Kate in the distant future. A lot of the things we thought about when creating this episode were balancing this incredibly sad chapter in Kate’s life with the joy and upswing that followed. So it’s okay for us to finally announce the happy ending here, officially, “After Toby, Kate’s story continues for a long time, and that’s great news.”

DEADLINE: Talk about this episode involving the collapse of a marriage, the point where Kate and Toby reach the end of the last episode even though their last attempt was to salvage their relationship before denying it, and eventually admitting that the marriage was over. . What was the most emotional scene to shoot?

Aptaker and Berger: We were all excited during the shoot. We joked a lot between scenes because we all needed a break from the tension and sadness we all felt. The scene where Toby begs Kate to give him another chance and kisses her one last time was tough for everyone. I can feel it deeply on set when you kiss her and say, “I think this is my last kiss with my wife.” We’ve been watching this couple for so many years, so many hilarious episodes… there was something following us in this scene that we really witnessed the end of the couple.

DEADLINE: Kate has the example of parents who stayed together until Jack’s death, but despite Toby’s attempts to reconcile, it was she who demanded that their marriage be dissolved and held firm during the divorce proceedings. What was this for?

Aptaker and Berger: Katie fought hard, hard to save the marriage. Toby did the same. But I think the case has gotten to a point where he knows for sure it’s time to go. Kevin tells him at the beginning of the episode that he knows when the time will come and I go back to the big fight scene with Toby, after waking Jack up with his screams he knows he has to go. They get into a constant fight because of their children’s pain and he can’t. To me, that’s what gave him the strength to come back: he got to a point where he truly believed it would be better for his children to end his marriage.

DEADLINE: When exactly did Toby meet his future partner at the cafe? Will we meet and get married or not? Kevin isn’t wearing the ring at a flash-forward at Kevin’s house.

Aptaker and Berger: Toby meets his partner Laura years after he divorced Katie, and he is still with her when we see him again at the Jack the Younger concert at the end of the episode. While we won’t delve too deeply into Toby and Laura’s love story, we can safely say that they have a very happy and loving relationship. Laura is really part of Toby’s happy ending in our minds.

DEADLINE: Five or more years later, Kevin is going further than ever to find his true love and is very close to the Playboy we met in the pilot. Will that change when we get to the final preview at her home and have to read the longing look that flashes at Sophie Kate’s wedding?

Aptaker and Berger: Kevin has always been our guy who is one step ahead from two big steps behind. You can definitely tell that Madison took a step back in a bit of a romantic way after she was done with things. Frankly, Sophie has had a special place in his heart for decades. Maybe it was the longing looks they gave each other at Kate’s engagement party, or it was just another episode to tell their story.

DEADLINE: What can you tease about the next episode?”the wedding day”? When will we see a flight home?

Aptaker and Berger: “Wedding Day” will fill the void that everyone has been doing for the past five years. She’s also really immersed in figuring out what Rebecca’s illness looks like, as time has moved on a bit. I won’t say exactly when we’ll see another sneak peek of the house, but it’s safe to say that it played a big part in the final episode of the episode.