Not able to say goodbye. Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) struggled with the demise of his mom, Marilyn (Laura Niemi), through the Tuesday, January 25, episode of This Is Us, titled “Don’t Let Me Hold You.”

Jack assured Rebecca (Mandy Moore) that he ought to make the journey by himself to Ohio for his mom’s funeral, insisting that it was not price it to take the youngsters on a four-hour automotive trip. He famous that the Large Three barely knew their grandmother, besides from telephone calls. Marilyn had not visited her son’s household for the reason that triplets have been infants.

Marilyn relocated to Ohio when she left Jack’s abusive father, Stanley (Peter Onorati). She moved in along with her cousin, Debbie (Camryn Manheim), whereas Jack promised to go to her and test in throughout their weekly telephone calls. Nevertheless, Jack by no means traveled to Ohio to see his mom within the 13 years after he helped her settle in there.

After Marilyn’s demise, Jack shortly found that he knew little or no about his mother — from the truth that she owned a cat to the revelation that she had a boyfriend named Mike whom she met at a neighborhood espresso store. Mike knowledgeable Jack that he was Marilyn’s hero, however Jack retorted that he was no hero as a result of he missed out on his mom’s life. Though Marilyn and Jack typically spoke about visiting one another, she anxious about working into Stanley and he was at all times too busy to journey with the youngsters.

After having a number of drinks on the native bar, Jack known as his father to inform him that Marilyn died of an aneurysm. Stanley wished to come back to the service, however Jack defined that he was not inviting his dad. He was letting Stanley know that Jack missed his mom’s life as a result of the abuse they suffered on the patriarch’s arms hung over them even after they received away from him.

Jack later known as Rebecca to lament his missteps in his relationship together with his mom. On the funeral, he had bother discovering the phrases to say about Marilyn within the eulogy, however he discovered the power to hold on when Rebecca and the youngsters arrived. Jack defined how he and his mother constructed new lives — aside from one another — to attempt to escape the abuse of their former house and shared that he was grateful for the household she present in Ohio. The Large Three later bonded with Mike and Debbie, attending to benefit from the go to they by no means had with their grandmother. As soon as the Pearsons returned house, Jack broke down over not having a mom as Rebecca consoled him.

This Is Us airs on NBC Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.

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