Michael Angarano Reads The Saddest Tweets from ’This Is Us’ | ELLE

Since the first mention of Nick Pearson, This Is Us fans knew to brace themselves. The little brother to the show’s late but still ever-present patriarch, Jack, had himself died in the Vietnam War, and cast another shadow over Jack’s children as they grappled with where they came from and how to carry the legacy of their super-dad. But as viewers know, the time-jumping nature of the show ensures that no character is ever really dead—they return in flashbacks and flash forwards, adding new emotional tangles