This Is Us · Season 6 · Episode 18 · 24 May 2022
S6E18 Us
THE MOMENT The final scene of the Pearson family gathered together - a visual that collapsed every timeline into a single frame without explicitly spelling out what it means.
The series finale traverses every timeline for the last time, giving each member of the Pearson family a complete arc close. The episode was watched by more viewers than any NBC drama finale in over a decade.
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This Is Us Season 6 Episode 18 'Us' aired May 24, 2022 on NBC as the series finale. Season 6 holds 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 18 critics; audience score 87 percent; IMDb series 8.7. The RT consensus praised 'a home-run final season that stays true to its dramatic, sappy, heart-wrenching, and emotionally resonant core.' Emma Fraser at The Daily Beast wrote it 'absolutely sticks the landing.' The finale traverses every timeline that the show has built across six seasons, closing each member of the Pearson family's arc with the cumulative precision that the show had been banking since the 2016 pilot. The episode was watched by more NBC drama viewers than any finale in over a decade. The critical reception's 100-percent score on a non-trivial 18-review sample reflects genuine consensus: a series that built its audience on structural novelty earned its exit by abandoning novelty entirely and committing to resolution.