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-I am alive!
-He's alive!
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-I love you, man. I love you, man.
I love you, Chrissy. I love you, Justin.
Welcome -- I can't -- I felt all the feels.
-Thank you. -And I had -- We all did.
And tonight's episode was amazing.
You probably -- This crowd hasn't seen it yet, but...
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No spoilers! I won't tell you anything.
-We won't ruin it. -Ear muffs.
Put your hands over your ears.
-This is the time -- legit ear muffs 'cause --
-It is legit.
First of all, what a great year you're having.
Everything -- All the awards. -Thank you.
-Deservedly so.
Every time I see you at the awards shows,
I just root for you. I love you guys.
I saw the commercials for the special episode tonight.
I saw a commercial for "Black Panther"
that Sterling is in. -Yes.
-Yeah, dude.
-It's awesome. -It is?
-It's really Black. It's really Pantherish.
I think folks are gonna enjoy. For sure.
-The episode tonight, everyone knows.
This is the episode where we find out how Jack dies.
I'm gonna try to do this without spoiling anything.
-Okay. -We knew that was happening.
Yeah. And I don't know how you all made it through it.
Was there secret scripts? -Yeah. It was very secretive.
We had scripts that were on red paper
'cause they can't be photocopied.
We had a password when talking about the actual event.
-What was the password? -"Marble."
-We think it's because of Beyoncé, y'all.
-Yeah. -That's what we think.
-We heard that "Lemonade" was called "Marble,"
or our writers did, and so they decided that our episode
and this experience was gonna sort of be titled "Marble."
-Really? -Yes. Yeah.
-That is so cool. I had no idea. That's awesome.
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-Wait. They never told you the password?
-Never. No. [ Laughter ]
What would happen, though, I would be like,
"Guys, marble, check this out."
-"I love the marble episode."
Every single one of you had a great moment in the episode,
and it happens every week.
Who's the creators? -Dan Fogelman.
-This guy is brilliant, man. And every single thing, I go,
"Oh, I kind of see where they're gonna go.
Ooh, I didn't see that, uh..."
And then I'm just --
I was weeping so hard that tissues were not even an option.
I was using T-shirts and towels. I was, like, mopping --
I had a mop on my face.
-Pick up a kid and start wiping your face with a kid.
-Yeah. Exactly. Diapers. Yeah.
But I just -- It makes you laugh, as well.
And it just makes you -- It makes you appreciate good TV.
And they don't make TV like they do with you guys.
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There's a new episode.
There's a new episode this Tuesday,
so we don't have to wait.
I was going to ask you, if you don't mind --
You do the Big Three cheer.
-Oh, yeah. The Big Three chant.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you want to do one now?
Do you guys want to do a Big Three chant all of us together?
[ Cheers and applause ] -Everyone together!
-So, listen. This is the best because --
-What do we have to do to help you out?
-Well, we'll gonna roll through it
as parents and children do on TV.
But then when we get to the very end
and we holler out "Big Three,"
we all need a "Big Three" from y'all.
-So you'll say, "Big Three," then we go, "Big Three."
-Okay. [ Clears throat ] And deep breath.
-[ Inhales deeply ]
-First came... -Me.
-And Dad said... -We.
-And then ca-- -Me.
-Wait. He did say... -Did he say "Gee"?
-No, I said -- -Got it. We'll start over.
-Here we go. [ Clears throat ] Live TV.
-This is great. -Deep breath.
-Here we go.
-First came... -Me.
-And Dad said... -Gee.
-And then came... -Me.
-And Mom said... -Whee!
And then came... -Me.
-And we said... -That's three!
-Big Three! -Big Three!
-Ohh! That's what I'm talking about right there!
-Nailed it. -I love you for doing that.
Thank you for doing that. I put you on the spot.
-All of us.
-I feel like after tonight's episode,
I need a hug from you guys,
and I feel like America needs a hug.
And I was just wondering -- Dave, can you send a camera --
What camera can we hug? Can we hug a camera?
Get a camera. Let's all get around.
Let's give America a hug
and tell people how much we love you guys.
You guys. "This Is Us." Right here.
-We're here for you. -Get in. We're here.
We love you guys!
-We love you! -We love you! Mwah!
You guys. "This Is Us."
You can see a brand-new episode this Tuesday at 9:00 on NBC!