‘This Is Us’ Star Jon Huertas on Miguel’s Backstory and How That Shocking Ending Affects Series Finale
04.05.2022 - 05:19
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Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOLER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Miguel,” the May 3 episode of “This Is Us.”“Miguel over the years,” was the simple description given for Tuesday’s “This Is Us,” the fourth-to-last episode of Dan Fogelman’s NBC family drama. While accurate, that logline doesn’t do the hour, aptly titled “Miguel,” justice, as it’s really the day-in-the-limelight installment fans of Jon Huertas’ Miguel Rivas have been waiting six seasons for — and also the one in which the character dies.The episode shows viewers Miguel’s origins in Puerto Rico, how he came to Pennsylvania as a boy with his parents and aunt, how he first didn’t get along with his best friend Jack’s (Milo Ventimiglia) wife Rebecca (Mandy Moore), and how years after Jack’s death, Rebecca and Miguel found their way back to each other, this time as romantic partners.
In the present timeline, Miguel is looking after an increasingly deteriorating Rebecca — whose children Kate (Chrissy Metz), Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) — would prefer he allow a professional caretaker tend to, and let his own aging body rest.
Eventually, Miguel concedes he can’t do it anymore, letting someone else look after his wife with Alzheimer’s and himself, for a change. The episode ends with the Pearsons and Miguel’s children, having been reunited with their father before his final days, saying goodbye to Miguel after his sudden death between scenes.Variety spoke with Huertas about filming the Miguel-centric “This Is Us” episode and whether or not we’ll see him again before the May 24 series finale in just three episodes.How did you first learn about the Miguel episode and did you have any say in the storyline?I’ve known about
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