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Randall and Beth's Love Story | "R & B" (317) with special guest Rachel Hilson

That Was Us

That Was Us

Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of That Was Us, we’re diving into Season 3, Episode 17: R & B. We see the highs and lows of Beth and Randall’s relationship through flashbacks spanning their first date to married life, including the birth of their first baby, leading to a present-day fight that could change everything. Mandy, Chris, and Sterling chat about arguments with your spouse, the feeling of raising your kids so well that they don't need you, and the impact of a bombshell statement like the one Randall made in last week's episode. Be sure to watch and listen to the fan segment, because we have the lovely and talented Rachel Hilson, who plays young Beth, joining us on the pod! That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: - BAU, Artist at War opens only in theaters, for a limited run beginning September 26th. Go to https://www.baumovie.com/ to watch the trailer, read about Josef’s real-life journey, and find showtimes near you. You can also sign your organization up for group screenings. - 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. - Brought to you by Bombas, One Clothing Item Purchased = One Clothing Item DonatedHead over to https://bombas.com/ and use code TWU for 20% off your first purchase. ------------------------- 🍋 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 01:01:23 Interview 01:23:27 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.

0:11.7

We're diving in the season three, episode 17, R&B.

0:16.7

Through flashback spanning their first date to married life to having a baby,

0:21.2

we see the highs and lows of Beth and Randall's relationship leading to a present-day fight that could change everything.

0:32.9

Oh, no, here we go.

0:35.3

How are you guys?

0:40.3

I'm on the edge of losing my mind.

0:47.3

I thought I'd just wait until we rolled on the podcast to do it.

0:49.4

Says Married People Everywhere after watching episode 317, including Sterling K. Brown himself.

0:59.4

It's not comfortable.

1:01.0

It's not the episode I need.

1:02.8

You know when life comes at you from every direction?

1:08.9

Yeah.

1:09.5

And it won't let up for a second.

1:12.1

Yeah.

1:13.2

And then you got to watch an episode like R&B, which is like, no, no, no.

1:17.7

No.

1:18.2

Randall and Beth are where I go for stability.

1:21.1

Yeah.

1:21.7

There are a safe space.

1:23.5

Because right now, everything else in life is driving me crazy.

1:28.0

Yeah.

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