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"This Is Us" fans have patiently waited for the past six months and 12 days to find out what happened to Jack Pearson, the imperfect patriarch played by Milo Ventimiglia and the Season 2 premiere Tuesday night provided viewers with a very large piece of that emotional puzzle.
Although the hit drama series didn't show Jack's demise, viewers did see a series of shots such as his wife Rebecca's (Mandy Moore) hysterical reaction when she sat outside their home, gutted from a fire, with Jack's personal effects in a plastic bag, hinting that he may have perished in a fire.
"Legitimate chills that last scene of #ThisIsUs I remember having those exact emotions when I lost my dad & it allll came back," one user tweeted.
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View StoryBut it wasn't all heartbreaking. Viewers also got a good belly laugh when Kevin (Justin Hartley), ironically said, "The Kardashian's are like gremlins, by next week they'll be a bazillion more of 'em." The joke couldn't have had better timing since the news of Khloe Kardashian's pregnancy broke earlier in the day, just four days after reports of younger half-sister Kyle Jenner's pregnancy began circulating.
"That #Kardashians reference on @NBCThisisUs ...HOW DID KEVIN KNOW? #ThisIsUs @justinhartley," one user tweeted.
That #Kardashians reference on @NBCThisisUs ...HOW DID KEVIN KNOW? #ThisIsUs @justinhartley
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Read Twitter's rollercoaster of emotions that spilled out on the social media platform during Tuesday's premiere:
#ThisIsUs out here predicting the future. “The Kardashian's are like gremlins by next week they'll be a bazillion more of em” pic.twitter.com/dIT5kHGBgI
@KFCBarstool
Theory: Random Dog with Kate. House catches fire. Jack goes in to save her dog. Season 1 Kate said it was her fault he died: #ThisIsUs
@AshliMazer
Did Jack set the house on fire? Was it an accident? I need answers! #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/CBDhP8plvB
@MegMcGuriman
The #ThisIsUs writers must be popping champagne over that Kardashian joke right now.
@Sleepy_Viking
There doesn't seem to be any burn/smoke damage to Jack's watch or ring. Did he not die in the fire?! And what is the notebook? #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/I9QWuHqP07
@RedHeadedScot
A fire I would have never guessed omg this is the worst! #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/6MAPs6sIB7
@msbridgee35
So which #ThisIsUs writer saw the future to make that Kardashian joke even more accurate?
@brightasarose
There's NO WAY JACK DIED IN THE FIRE. He's either in rehab, jail, or something else. #ThisIsUs
@kayla_shap14
Me trying to figure out how jack dies in the fire #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/juPdKOjRal
@kenansmith
Please tell me #ThisisUs didn't add the gremlin-Kardashian line in post and that the writers are actually fortune tellers.
@Rachelhatch_
He died in house fire! LORD!!! THAT CAN'T JUST SPRING HIS DEATH ON ME LIKE THAT!!MY GOD!! And Rebecca crying over it is TOO MUCH #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/FNEgdwo2MN
@TatiannaNicole1
Jack didn't die in the fire. He had his personal effects in the car in a ziplock. They just threw us a major twist? #ThisIsUs
@strong4895
Did he die of alcoholism? A house fire? A fire because he was drunk? I need answers! #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/pKa4DNrdwp
@natnatles
Ironic they joke about the Kardashian family growing on the same day news breaks that Khloe Kardashian is allegedly preggo. #ThisIsUs
@CotiHowell
What?!...what the hell?! Did Jack pass out drunk while cooking and die in a fire? #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/vp9agtZ2F0
@JustRollinOn86
Theories anybody? Are we sure it's the fire that killed him? I don't think so because his belongings are still intact. Hmmmmm #ThisIsUs
@kayla_shap14
Wow writers must really being giving themselves a pat on the back for that kardashian joke, timely! #ThisIsUs
@BarstoolFran
How I'm gonna be waiting for next week's episode to find out about this fire 😩 #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/Do180WvHV3
@BrionnaR22
Ok, but #ThisIsUs destroyed me. Like, I couldn't breath because I was CHOKING on my tears 😭
@RachelAbel
Kevin totally called this Kardashian baby boom, did he not? #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/ThA7JCy9Sj
@kayboatner
Before and after the premier of #ThisIsUs. #DatGuitarDoh #BawlinLikeBabies #ALLTheFeels pic.twitter.com/JZin96OvTS
@inthewildband
A house fire?! I did not see that coming #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/h8GloDBWKu
@districtofash
When you think you're ready for a new season of #ThisIsUs, but you most certainly are not pic.twitter.com/GyOUFBBrvF
@hales_elisabeth
Did #ThisIsUs write that Kardashian joke today?! That was impeccable timing
@BarstoolNate
I'm not teary-eyed 1:45 seconds into #ThisIsUs. You are. pic.twitter.com/EeQSPRnYDy
@Katie_Krause
Rebecca: Get in the car.
@RachelAbel
Me:
#ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/FfYdAf00tI
leave it to #ThisIsUs to leave me emotionally unstable at 1am
@josh_romer
Me during #ThisisUs:
@KrissyT_13
This is nice.
Good stuff.
Very touching, but I'm okay.
Hey, I might not cry at all!
*last two minutes* pic.twitter.com/eRGrutdmKa
The Kardashian reference on #ThisisUs is actually ridiculously timely and they didn't even know at the time! 😂 @NBCThisisUs
@steal_the_sun
There was a clue to Jack's death the entire time. Randall was left at a fire house. Jack died in a house fire. #ThisIsUs
@hatrackstuffing
watching #ThisIsUs like
@KerinCunningham
9:00: ok i'm ready!!
9:32: halfway there!! bring on the feelings!!
9:58: i'm actually doing ok this epis--
9:59: pic.twitter.com/25ma8z1VGi
WHO KNEW IT ONLY TOOK 60 SECONDS TO RIP OUT MY HEART #ThisIsUs
@Cat_McParland
Impressive: Mandy Moore's reaction in the final scene of the #ThisisUs season premiere was done in one take.
@marisaroffman
A fire. A FIRE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/jAK8MyxpsW
@BarstoolFran
IT NEVER FAILS! I have never made it thru a single episode without crying my eyes out! What a season premiere! What an ending! #ThisIsUs 😭😭😭
@debrapalermo
I feel really unprepared emotionally for the rest of this season on #ThisIsUs
@PeralesNic
If that isn't the most appropriate Kardashian joke right now... #ThisIsUs
@annaed884
IT WAS A FIRE 😭😭😭😭 WHERE YOU AT @NBCChicagoFire???? #ThisIsUs
@daynago11
@NBCThisisUs Y'all gonna have to start paying for my Kleenex boxes! 😭🤧#ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/F7v1CYBwP9
@UtesFootball17
Jack died in a crackhouse fire? #ThisIsUs
@theshitalexsays
A FIRE?! IM SO SHOOK #ThisIsUs
@CassVieira3
Legitimate chills that last scene of #ThisIsUs I remember having those exact emotions when I lost my dad & it allll came back
@jeanncwatts
That Kardashian joke is so real right now lmao #ThisisUs
@BeyoncesNum1fan
#ThisIsUs ... here we go again pic.twitter.com/hqaE55sQNg
@BRellator
Yo Milo Ventimiglia can act. That slacked mouth thing he did while saying he was drunk.... How? #ThisIsUs
@yve_ning28
#ThisIsUs left me in my feels man pic.twitter.com/VYRsRmpz2T
@LandonTheseus
OMG OMG OMG. I THOUGHT I WAS SAFE. I DIDN'T LOSE IT UNTIL THE FINAL 10 SECONDS. OMG. I THOUGHT I WAS SAFE! @NBCThisisUs #ThisIsUs
@rominalap
@cadlymack what if Becca was just leaving the jail where jack was hence why his things where in a bag ?? lol @TheMandyMoore #thisisus
@NadiaZomorodian
If one door closes, knock again. #ThisIsUs pic.twitter.com/XjwapJXWQe
@BrunoAmato_1
Ohhh fuck! Det ending! #ThisIsUs @TheMandyMoore pic.twitter.com/BlBmLb2wPb
@Spindae2
When Rebecca told Jack "get in the car and we'll fix it together" #ThisisUs pic.twitter.com/tWpekkvqnh
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