But that doesn’t mean This Is Us, already known for playing around with time in its first two seasons, will stay in the present: This season finds This Is Us going into other decades too, as This Is Us expands in scope of production and storytelling.
This Is Us is going to keep playing with time in Season 3, producers Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker said at the Television Critics Association summer press tour Wednesday, beginning a few months ahead of where we left off at the end of Season 2.
Season 3 will explore more of Jack’s time in Vietnam, and This Is Us has brought on writer Tim O’Brien, best known for his 1990 book The Things They Carried that chronicled his time in Vietnam, as a consultant and writer for an episode with executive producer Dan Fogelman.
This Is Us returns Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 9/8c on NBC.