The Email From Hai | "A Long Road Home" with Vien Hong (505)

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 96 minutes

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On today’s episode of That Was Us, we’re diving into Season 5, Episode 5: A Long Road Home. The Pearsons confront long-held truths as Kate reckons with a painful chapter from her past, Kevin and Madison face growing uncertainty about their future, and Randall is shaken by new information about his birth mother that challenges everything he thought he knew. Plus, Mandy, Chris, and Sterling chat with Vien Hong who played the character of Hai! Vien talks all about his 20 year hiatus from acting, his family's brave journey to the States, what returning to acting through This Is Us means to him, and so much more! That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: - Try Zip Recruiter for free at https://ZipRecruiter.com/TWU. ZipRecruiter. The smartest way to hire. - This episode is sponsored by/brought to you by BetterHelp. Your emotional wellbeing matters. Find support and feel lighter in therapy. Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/TWU. - Head to Walmart today to try a bar or stock up on 4 cartons of your favorite flavors, like Blueberry Pie and Salted Peanut Butter, sold exclusively at Walmart. Check out https://Walmart.com to find a store near you! ------------------------- 🍋 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 01:07:01 Interview 01:34:27 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're diving into Season 5, Episode 5, A Long Road Home.
0:14.3	The Pearson's confront long-held truths as Kate reckons with a painful chapter from her past.
0:20.2	Kevin and Madison faced growing uncertainty about their future,
0:23.6	and Randall is shaken by new information about his birth mother
0:27.8	that challenges everything he thought he knew.
0:33.2	It's juicy.
0:34.5	It's a good one.
0:35.1	It's juicy. How are you guys doing this?
0:36.4	Hi.
0:37.1	This is our first meeting post holidays. Yeah. It is. It is. Was there a Canadian tux, like memo that I missed? We were hoping that you were in on the devil denim. This is quince, y'all. Of course, you're quince prince. Of course, this is quince, y'all. Also, Sully and I did a little docey dough. You did. We switched chairs right now. We switched chairs just to shake it up a little bit. Keeping people on their toes. New year and new chairs. I'm not mad at that. Just for today. You guys look good look good. You always look good. I appreciate that.
1:11.6	I was like, everybody feels rested.
1:12.6	I can walk.
1:13.6	I'm into the hair.
1:14.6	What's the hair?
1:15.6	It just like, I like the haircut.
1:17.6	This is the hawk is sort of like the go-to non-working cut.
1:23.6	That's your like look.
1:25.6	This is become like the sort of like status quo and then as the job comes you can grow it out.
1:31.3	Because there's already a little bit of length so if there needs to be longer, I already got some length to start with.
1:35.3	When do you start the next season?
1:37.3	I'm not supposed to start season three of Paradise until, well I don't know if we've been officially picked up, but you know. I mean, between us. You know. Yeah. End of March. End of March. So we'll go end of March into mid-August. Yeah. There's not many people sitting at the Golden Globe Awards wondering if they're going to get picked up next year. Okay, so check this. Let me tell you something. Give us. Give us.
2:01.3	Give us.
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