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The cast of "This Is Us" includes Lyric Ross, left, Susan Kelechi Watson, Sterling K. Brown, Faithe Herman and Eris Baker.
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'This Is Us' cast is feeling emotional about the show's final season, too

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'This Is Us' cast is feeling emotional about the show's final season, too

The cast of “This Is Us” appeared on the "Today"  show on Tuesday discuss the impact of the series and the friendships they've formed with each other over the years. The NBC TV drama that airs at 9 p.m. Tuesdays is in its sixth and final season.

"I've had a woman come up to me one time who had a child strapped to her chest," Sterling K. Brown, who plays Randall Pearson, said during the interview. "She saw me and she goes, 'I adopted this baby because of you.... Not you, but your character.'"

Mandy Moore [Rebecca Pearson] said that the success of the show is truly because of the devotion from viewers.

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"I think we all knew what a special show that first episode was, but to be a part of something that has this sort of immediate affection of the audience — the audience has been with us since episode one — it's just, it's incredible," she said.

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Dan Fogelman, the show's creator, spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the season and the many questions that will finally be answered.

"Rebecca's story line and her disease really factors into all of that. Alzheimer's is a disease that's a disease for the family and not just for the one person who's suffering from it," he said. "This is a family whose childhoods and adulthoods have been defined by one another. So I think Rebecca's illness will put them in the spotlight together."

First Published: January 5, 2022, 3:20 p.m.

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The cast of "This Is Us" includes Lyric Ross, left, Susan Kelechi Watson, Sterling K. Brown, Faithe Herman and Eris Baker.  (Ron Batzdorff/NBC)
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