"this Is Us" Strangers(2019) -

meets Deja at a barbecue, beginning a pivotal romance.

The magic of This Is Us has always been its timeline trickery. In the final moments of "Strangers," the dots are connected: "This Is Us" Strangers(2019)

Years later, "Strangers" stands out as the moment This Is Us proved it wasn't just a family drama—it was a sprawling epic about the invisible threads that bind us all. meets Deja at a barbecue, beginning a pivotal romance

For the first 40 minutes, the episode focuses almost exclusively on three new characters: meets Deja at a barbecue

The Art of the New: Revisiting the "This Is Us" Season 4 Premiere, "Strangers"

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