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This Is Us · Season 5 · NBC

This Is Us Season 5

This Is Us Season 5 is a ONE-TIME WATCH, BollyMeter 6.8/10. 16 episodes on NBC from 27 October 2020.

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BollyMeter6.8/10100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from only 9 critics, but a 51 percent audience score tells the real story - COVID-era production delays, reduced episode count, and a pandemic storyline felt intrusive to many viewers, creating the series' sharpest critic-audience gap.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Season 5 premiered October 27, 2020, delayed and restructured by the COVID-19 pandemic. Critics returned 100 percent on a minimal 9-review sample, praising the show's continued craft and the decision to address the pandemic directly in its storytelling. The 51-percent Popcornmeter audience score was the season's defining data point: viewers divided sharply between those who found the pandemic integration resonant and those who experienced it as intrusive, and the reduced 16-episode count interrupted the serial rhythm. The season's adoption storyline for Kevin and Madison and the continuation of Kate's marriage arc were praised by critics. But the audience split marked a structural turning point - the show was now running more on loyalty than on narrative momentum.

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Season Over Season

A reduced 16-episode run shaped by production realities; critics remain kind on small sample, but audience scores record the series' steepest drop.