>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK.
CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE.
>> Stephen: FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST STARS IN THE FIRST NETWORK DRAMA
THAT CAUSED FANS TO THROW OUT THEIR CROCK-POTS.
PLEASE WELCOME, FROM "THIS IS US," JUSTIN HARTLEY.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> THANK YOU!
IT'S SO NICE.
>> Stephen: SO NICE HAVE TO YOU ON.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: I LIKE THE TURTLENECK.
IT WAS VERY STEVE McQUEEN.
>> I WAS HOPING TO GET THE COMPLIMENT RIGHT AWAY ABOUT THE
TURTLENECK, I THOUGHT STEVE McQUEEN OR A JOHN HAMM TYPE OF
SITUATION.
>> Stephen: TOM BROKAW, A YOUNG BROKAW.
>> I'M TAKE IT.
>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE KNOWN AS YOUR ROLE KEVIN
PEARSON, THE CHARMING ROLE ON "THIS IS US--" THEY'RE ALL
CHARMING.
( APPLAUSE ) BUT I UNDERSTAND, RECENTLY, YOU
HAD TO ACTUALLY DO ACTUAL BROTHER DUTIES FOR YOUR SISTER.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> MY SISTER GOT MARRIED LAST WEEKEND.
AND--
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.
>> YEAH, TO A WONDERFUL GUY, TREMENDOUS HUMAN BEING.
AND SHE ASKED ME, "WOULD YOU GIVE A SPEECH?"
I WAS FLATTERED.
I SAID, "I'D BE HONORED TO GIVE A SPEECH."
IT SORT OF DAWNED ON ME AS THE TIME APPROACHED FOR ME TO GIVE
THE SPEECH, I'M LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, AND I'M THINKING TO
MYSELF, BUDDY, YOU HAVE TO DELIVER.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EXPECTING "THIS IS US" TEARS COMING DOWN.
SO I ASKED THEM, "HOW MANY SPEECHES?"
AND I'M THINKING IT MIGHT BE THREE, FOUR SPEECHES.
I'M GO FIRST.
I'LL GO FIRST.
IT WILL BE A BUBBLE, PEOPLE GOING, "IT'S SO GREAT," NOTHING
TO COMPARE IT TO.
THERE WERE NINE.
THERE WERE NINE SPEECHES.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, I'LL GO LAST, BECAUSE EVERYBODY
WILL BE SO FED -- >> Stephen: WHAT WERE YOU
DOING GOING LAST.
>> I WENT FIFTH.
>> Stephen: FIFTH, OKAY, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF IT.
>> AND PEOPLE WERE STILL WEAK, WHICH IS NICE.
NINE SPEECHES IS A LOT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU MAKE THEM CRY?
>> I THINK I HAD SOME WELLING UP, WHICH IS KIND OF WHERE YOU
WANT TO BE.
YOU DON'T WANT THE MASCARA ON THE RIDE RUNNING.
YOU HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT.
>> Stephen: I WANT SNOT.
THAT'S.
WHEN YOU KNOW.
I CAN IMAGINE WHEN-- BECAUSE OF THE SHOW-- WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT
YOU, THEY GO, "HEY, YOU'RE..."
DO THEY BURST INTO TEARS WHEN THEY SEE YOU NOW?
>> NOT ONLY THAT, THIS IS THE STRANGEST THING.
I HAVE NEVER HAD SO MANY DUDES WALK UP TO ME AND BE HAPPY ABOUT
IT.
THEY'LL BE LIKE, "YOU MADE MY WIFE CRY.
HA."
AND THEY'RE, LIKE, THRILLED ABOUT IT.
AND I'M WAITING FOR THE GUY TO, LIKE, PUNCH ME IN THE FACE OR
SOMETHING.
"YOU MADE MY WIFE CRY.
GLVMENT WHY DO YOU THINK THEY LIKE THAT?
SO THEY GET TO COMFORT THEIR WIFE.
>> MAYBE.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE A SURROGATE YOU?
>> OR SHE MARRIED THE WRONG GUY.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: MAYBE.
ARE YOU A SINGLE PERSON?
>> I JUST RECENTLY GOT MARRIED.
>> Stephen: OH, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, I'M PRETEE.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.
>> I'M PRETTY THRILLED ABOUT IT.
I'M PRETTY THRILLED ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: I'M GUESSING PEOPLE CRIED AT HOME JUST NOW.
YOU WERE A SOAP STAR BEFORE YOU DID THIS.
DID YOU-- WERE YOU EVER INVOLVED IN ANY SORT OF BIZARRE
STORYLINES, LIKE MORE BIZARRE THAN SOMEONE DYING FROM A
CROCKPOT?
>> THERE WERE-- I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT CAN HAPPEN, BY THE
WAY.
OUR SHOW IS BASED IN REALITY, BUT I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN DIE
FROM A CROCKPOT.
>> Stephen: THE CROCKPOT PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY PUP KNOW
THAT, RIGHT?
THIS IS AN ACTUAL NEWS STORY.
THE CROCKPOT STORY WERE NOT HAPPY.
>> I WATCH THE SHOW.
I HEARD THE WHOLE THING.
I UNDERSTAND.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU USE A CROCKPOT AT THIS POINT OR ARE IS
IT TOO PAINFUL?
>> I HAVE FOUR.
I LOVE THEM.
IT MAKES THE HOUSE SMELL GREAT.
I'M SERIOUS.
>> Stephen: I DON'T DOUBT YOU FOR A MINUTE.
>> WELL, I-- NO, I'VE BEEN IN SOME-- I'VE BEEN IN SOME STRANGE
STORYLINES, YEAH.
I'VE-- NOT ON A DAYTIME SHOW, BUT ON A PRIME-TIME SHOW A WHILE
AGO CALLED "REVENGE" I KILLED EYE MURDER A PRIEST CHIRK
THOUGHT WAS A LITTLE EXTREME.
I MEAN -- >> Stephen: SURE.
>> THAT'S LIKE 1 TO 10-- WHY ARE YOU GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY
THERE.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU DO IT?
IN AN INVENTIVE WAY.
>> I CUT A BRAKE LINE IN SOME GUY'S CAR, AND THE PRIEST
ACCIDENTALLY GOT IN THE CAR, THE WRONG WE GOOI, DROVE OFF THE
CLIFF.
>> Stephen: THE PRIEST WAS WESBOOSTING THE CAR.
HE HAD IT COMING.
THIS, SECOND SEASON, KEVINS THAT HAD SOME STRUGGLES.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP FROM EARLIER THIS SEASON.
DID WE SHOW THIS CLIP.
THIS IS A COUPLE OF EPISODES AWAY.
>> THAT NECKLACE BLOCKED TO MY FATHER, OKAY.
AND I-- I JUST NEED TO COME IN FOR A SECOND AND LOOK FOR IT.
>> SCREW YOU!
>> JUST HOLD ON.
THAT NECKLACE IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE LEFT IN MY LIFE FROM MY
DAD.
IT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE.
AND I KNOW IT'S UP THERE.
IT'S A-- IT'S A WHEEL PENDANT ON A LITTLE CHAIN.
IT'S ON YOUR BEDROOM FLOOR.
IT'S FROM WHERE YOU TORE MY SHIRT OFF.
GO LOOK FOR TPLEASE.
>> I DON'T HAVE YOUR DAMN NECKLACE!
NOW, LEAVE ME ALONE.
>> PLEASE, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE UPSET.
OKAY.
I IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, ALL RIGHT.
I'M IN PAIN OUT HERE!
LOOK AT ME, I'M IN PAIN HERE, OKAY?
>> Stephen: DO YOU CRY WATCHING THAT?
>> UH, I HAVE-- I DO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU CRY WATCHING THAT?
>> IT'S AMAZING, WE, OBVIOUSLY, READ THE SCRIPT AND WE REHEARSE,
AND THEN WE SHOOT THE SHOW, AND WE DO TAKE AFTER TAKE AFTER
TAKE, AND YOU CAN'T HELP IT.
YOU JUST-- IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL SNOW SHOW.
THAT'S THE SPEECH I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN AT MY SISTER'S WEDDING.
I'M REALIZING.
>> Stephen: "I'M IN PAIN UP HERE.
I'M IN PAIN UP HERE.
I DIDN'T PREPARE A SPEECH.
I'M IN PAIN UP HERE."
>> THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: IT WAS LOVELY IT MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, BROTHER.
>> Stephen: "THIS IS US" AIRS TUESDAYS ON NBC.
JUSTIN HARTLEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.