Rebecca's Diagnosis | "Clouds" (415) with writers Kevin Falls & Jonny Gomez

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Happy New Year and welcome back to the pod! We’re excited for 2026 and all the fun episodes coming your way! On today’s episode of That Was Us, we’re diving into Season 4, Episode 15: Clouds. Kevin and Rebecca spend the day checking off experiences she’s always dreamed of, including a visit to Joni Mitchell’s old home, right before Rebecca receives her official diagnosis. Meanwhile, Randall is reluctant to open up in his therapy session, and Kate and Toby reconnect in their marriage. On the podcast, Mandy, Chris, and Sterling chat about how you present yourself to the world, wanting to be a good person, and so much more! That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: Buy four cartons and get the fifth free, at https://davidprotein.com/thatwasus David has officially launched nationwide at Walmart. Humans aren’t perfect, but David is. This episode is sponsored by/brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/TWU and get on your way to being your best self. Try Zip Recruiter for free at https://ZipRecruiter.com/TWU. ZipRecruiter. The smartest way to hire. ------------------------- 🍋 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 01:12:53 Interview 01:42:31 Outro Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz and Rob Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Production Coordinator: Andrew Rowley 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 were diving into season four, episode 15, clouds.
0:13.7	Kevin and Rebecca spend the day checking off experiences she's always dreamed of, including a visit to Joni Mitchell's old home.
0:20.6	Before, Rebecca receives her
0:22.7	official diagnosis. Meanwhile, Randall is reluctant to open up in his therapy session and Kate and
0:28.5	Toby reconnect in their marriage. What's going on, gang? Hi, friends. I'll be loving you forever.
0:37.0	It's been a little silly, having a little fun. Guys, it's, this, there's things that I didn't remember about the episode. And then, like, when I watch it, I was like, oh, wow, this is when, like, Randall starts that therapy thing, right? I forgot about therapy. I forgot, because we mentioned it at the end of the last episode that is why I thinks it would be a good idea for him to do it. And then I was watching it. And I was like, oh, man, I forgot how it was shot too. Like stylistically, it was a really interesting choice. It builds kinetic energy, right? You're like when you don't reveal who's talking to. And I was like, this is a new move for us. right? Yeah. You're like, when you don't reveal who's talking to. The other person that you're talking to?
1:11.6	I was like, this is a new move for us. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Very, very interesting. I mean, musically speaking, in the same, this is how you know. This is how you know. We've got one of the best shows on television. When you've got, it's the best show, there's not any better shows.
1:29.9	New kids on the block. shows on television when you've got uh it's the best show there's not any better shows uh new kids
1:30.7	on the block jony mitchell blind melon crosby stills nash and young all in the same episode all in this
1:37.4	episode of television wow that must be a healthy sink budget that's what i have to say yeah i was like
1:43.8	that's a pretty penny.
1:45.0	Yeah.
1:45.3	Some of these songs. That's when we were riding high. Riding high. Mandy, tell us how we're going to do this one. How should we? Oh, golly goops. Let's talk about the opening scene and figure out where we want to go from there. Okay. The flashback, right? Go for it. we've got an episode
2:01.5	opens on a flashback
2:03.0	Kate Randall Kevin
2:04.4	showing figure out where we want to go from there. Okay. The flashback, right? We've got an episode, opens on a flashback.
2:03.2	Kate, Randall, Kevin, showing Jack and Rebecca their report cards.
2:06.8	Mm-hmm.
2:07.3	Mm-hmm.
2:07.7	Right?
2:08.3	Yep.
2:08.5	And I do, this little emotional Russian roulette that Jack is playing with his children is fun.
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