Of course, This Is Us organically changed the conversation a few times over the season, with big episodes surrounding Randall’s father William and more, but the focus eventually swiveled right back to Jack.
But yeah, it’s clear that Milo Ventimiglia has some layered frustrations that were built up over the course of Season 1, as the coverage and reactions for This Is Us went from “this show is a tearjerker” to “this show is a high-rated tearjerker” to “this show has provided me with 4 bulletin boards’ worth of index cards theorizing and mapping out possibilities for Jack’s death, ranked by plausibility.”