For example, the drama now can safely hold off on revealing what Nicky was doing at Rebecca’s bedside for a season beyond Season 4, or keep future Kate off-screen for another season.
If there’s a downside to this news, it’s that This Is Us is likely going to draw out the various mysteries of the flash-forward scenes even longer.
Would they really do something so cruel?
I mean, they killed off America’s dad with a heart attack, so probably.