Dinner in the New House | "Storybook Love" (405)

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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On today’s episode of That Was Us, we’re diving into Season 4, Episode 5: Storybook Love. The Big Three reunite at Rebecca's new house to celebrate Kevin and Sophie getting married, but when things don’t go as planned, Rebecca is reminded of the very first meal she shared with Jack in their new home years earlier. Mandy, Chris, and Sterling talk about grief and moving on from a loved one, how your purpose can evolve and change, and so much more! That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: - Brought to you by Bombas, One Clothing Item Purchased = One Clothing Item Donated Head over to https://bombas.com/ and use code TWU for 20% off your first purchase. - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/TWU and get on your way to being your best self. - Buy four cartons and get the fifth free, at https://davidprotein.com/thatwasus. You can also find David on Amazon and at local retailers—just use the store locator on their website. Humans aren’t perfect, but David is. - Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com to get 50% off sitewide, plus an extra 20% off select favorites and more limited-time deals during their Early Black Friday Sale. And use Promo Code TWU at checkout for an extra $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply. See site for details. A big thanks to our advertiser, Omaha Steaks! ------------------------- 🍋 About the Show: The stars of This Is Us, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, and Chris Sullivan, dive back into the world of the Pearsons, reliving each episode and all the life lessons that came with it. Together, they dig in and dig deep, have the tough conversations, bring in very special and familiar guests, share never-before-heard behind-the-scenes moments, and feature listeners in highly anticipated fan segments. Join your favorite family back in the living room to examine our past, cherish our present, and look to the future with new episodes of That Was Us every Tuesday. ------------------------- 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:32 Discussion 01:18:13 Fan Segment 01:37:04 Outro Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz, Rob Holysz & Jeph Porter Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Video Editor: Todd Hughlett Mix & Master: Jason Richards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of That Was Us, we're diving into Season 4, Episode 5, Storybook Love.
0:14.0	Rebecca plans a special dinner to reunite the big three after Kevin and Sophie get married.
0:20.0	But when things don't go as planned,
0:21.7	she's reminded of the very first meal she shared with Jack in their new home years earlier.
0:27.0	In the present, Kevin tries to help Cassidy get her husband back.
0:32.8	Lady and gentlemen, how you doing? Hello. I'm still chewing. Fine, sirs. A delicious bite of my David Protein Bar. You better get that David Protein Bar. Proud sponsor of that was us. Thank you very much. Delightful. So this episode, were you talking about you didn't remember all the directs? I remember Milo. This was directed by Milo. This was his first episode?
0:56.1	Possibly, because he did two, Justin did two, one-one.
1:01.3	Yeah, and I believe Season 5 was a wash because of COVID.
1:07.7	Because of COVID, yeah.
1:08.5	It was just too challenging, I think, to have, like,
1:10.9	actor-directors that season.
1:12.7	So I believe it was four and then six.
1:15.3	That makes sense.
1:16.1	But I do remember Milo in this as a director.
1:19.2	One thing that caught me about this episode is this is the first and possibly only episode
1:24.3	that had headers.
1:26.1	Yeah, that had, like, text on the... hors the... Ordures, salad, entree, dessert,
1:32.2	pizza.
1:33.1	Seems like a director's choice, I would imagine. Yeah. I'm a mistake.
1:37.7	No, but like, no, no, maybe something asked my know about. Somebody left, accidentally,
1:41.4	left them in. But it did also structurally, it always began with Jack and Rebecca at the house, moving in for the first time.
1:51.1	And then it would transition into what was happening, either in the past storyline or in the present storyline.
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