It was a change of pace from the usual traumatic ER death scene television shows typically show, and after watching Mandy Moore’s realistic response, it isn’t hard to see why Milo Ventimiglia and the writers preferred this option over doctors shocking Jack with a crash cart.
This Is Us spared fans any images of doctors failing to revive Jack and opted instead to focus on the oblivious Rebecca, who had stepped away just briefly to call Miguel and get snacks from the vending machine.
Had fans not already known Jack was gonna die, they might’ve been just as confused as Rebecca was when she initially heard the news, which prompted her to take a bite out of a candy bar.