I can think of several real life funerals that would be less depressing than This Is Us putting Jack to rest.
This week’s episode was set entirely in the past and focused on the lead-up to the three siblings’ births, and it would be a dramatically perfect move to follow that loving shot of Jack and his kids with an episode all about his death.
A clip from next week’s episode, titled “Three Sentences,” was screened for TCA press, and it showed Chrissy Metz’s Kate heading to a drum therapy class, and she is then rocked by memories of Jack’s funeral.