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This Is Us Season 2

Name: This Is Us Season 2 review: BollyAI verdict
Item: This Is Us Season 2
Rating: 8.6
Author: BollyAI

This Is Us Season 2 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.6/10. 18 episodes on NBC from 26 September 2017.

MUST-WATCH

BollyMeter8.6/1092 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 215 critics and an 86 percent audience score; the Super Bowl-adjacent episode revealing how Jack died became the most-watched broadcast TV event of the 2017-2018 season outside of sports.

Updated 9 June 2026

What BollyAI Thinks

Season 2 premiered September 26, 2017, and critics returned a 92-percent score from 215 reviews. The season committed to answering the question Season 1 planted: how does Jack Pearson die? The payoff aired after Super Bowl LII in February 2018 and delivered one of network television's highest-rated drama telecasts in years. Critics noted the season's willingness to deepen every main character's timeline, with Kevin's opioid arc and Beth and Randall's foster-care story landing as fully realized subplots rather than diversions. The 86-percent audience score tracked a fanbase that had shifted from pleasant surprise to genuine loyalty, and the Super Bowl episode's cultural footprint confirmed the show's crossover from prestige drama into national appointment viewing.

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Season Over Season

Deepens the multi-timeline architecture and pays off Season 1's central mystery with the same emotional precision that built the show's audience.