If “Number One” was very focused on Kevin’s relationship with his father, “Number Two” is all about the ladies. Yes, we’re back around the time Kevin breaks his leg, to see things from Teen Kate’s perspective. We do get a reminder of this through the flashbacks to the late ’90s. It’s not surprising, since we are well-aware that Kate and Rebecca have a tense relationship. She isn’t ready to hear what her mother has to say. Finally, unable to take it anymore - and in desperate need to talk to someone - Kate answers her mother, tells Rebecca she lost the baby, and then hangs up. Mostly, she spends the afternoon trying not to cry and avoiding calls from her mother. She almost eats her feelings at a Chinese buffet, but ends up going home. She gets overwhelmed in the middle of her set after seeing a mother dancing with her child and she gets the hell out. Do you think in season five, we’ll flashback to Carl’s perspective and find out being able to help Toby inspired him to repair his relationship with his sister? This Is Us, feel free to send me a check when it’s convenient. Turns out, there is one thing he can do: Toby heads down to the distribution center where their Swedish baby bath is about to be dispatched from, commandeers a very nice man named Carl, and the two spend the afternoon trying to locate the package. Knowing Kate is hurting and there’s nothing he can do about it is crushing Toby. Left alone to process his emotions, Toby throws away their shower curtain - a reminder of his fiancée grabbing for it in pain and the loss that followed. Toby tells her she should take it easy, but she’ll hear none of it. Kate mainly ignores it, and just 12 hours later, she heads out to a singing gig. They are both stunned and devastated, but handle their grief in different ways. The thing she feared the most comes to pass: Kate loses her baby. As Kate goes into the bathroom to measure the tub for the very fancy Swedish baby bath being delivered, we hear a crash and Kate calls out for Toby. Due to her age and weight, her pregnancy is high-risk and many, many things could go wrong. If you recall, getting excited was the very last thing Kate wanted to do. She’s singing goofy songs, making jokes about its dad, and making a very detailed list of questions to ask her doctor. While Kevin is watering his one night stand’s lawn with man tears, Kate is at home being very cute with her unborn child. Of course, to get to that hope we first have to go through all the gutting and such, so maybe don’t put away those old, gross sweatpants just yet. That’s not a typo! There is actual hope in the Pearson universe.

“Number Two” has its own moments that completely gut you, but it ends on a hopeful note. Yes, the Kate-centric This Is Us episode deals directly with the aftermath of her miscarriage, but it doesn’t totally make you want to put on your oldest, grossest pair of sweatpants, close all of your curtains, and shut out everything because the world is a hellscape. For those of you still mopping up the puddles left on your living-room floors after watching Kevin Pearson hit rock bottom, I have news.

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