Smoke detector speculation aside, This Is Us definitely teased that Jack’s death is just around the corner.
Instead, Jack was hanging with Miguel, imparting life lessons onto his sons in a mall food court, and buying Kevin a suit he’ll likely wear to his father’s funeral any day now.
If only Jack had remembered the batteries, this whole thing might have been avoided!
The suit-buying scene was a simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking moment for fans to witness as they know what’s coming, and probably the first of many “final memories” Jack will share with his children as his death draws near.