[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >>> WE ARE BACK, NOW, WITH
CHRISSY METZ, THE EMMY-NOMINATED STAR OF "THIS IS US."
FOR MANY FANS, WHEN YOU ASK WHO IS THE HEARTTHROB OF "THIS IS
US," IT IS MILO. IT IS CLEAR THAT MILO
VENTIMIGLIA IS AS LOVED BY FANS AS CAST AND CREW.
>> IT IS GOOD TO SAY GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: AFFECTIONATELY CALLED AS PAPA BEAR, HE HAS
TAKEN HIS ROLE AS THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY TO HEART.
EVERYONE ON THE SHOW KNOWS ABOUT IT.
VENTIMIGLIA SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME HERE ON THIS SET, THE
PEARSOPEARSON HOME. SET FOR 1989.
THAT'S A CLASSIC. VIEWERS LEARN EARLY ON THAT
VENTIMIGLIA'S CHARACTER, JACK, DOESN'T MAKE IT TO PRESENT DAY.
BUT THE DETAILS SURROUNDING HIS DEATH IS UNKNOWN.
IT IS A WELL-KEPT SECRET THAT I AM DETERMINED TO GET OUT OF HIM.
HOW DOES JACK DIE? >> TOBY KILLED HIM.
>> Reporter: WE GOT IT. FINALLY.
REAL ANSWERS. WE MOVE ON TO THE SET OF HIS
GROWN SON RANDALL'S HOME, WHERE HE TELLS ME, I'M NOT THE ONLY
ONE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY TO YOU ABOUT
HIS PASSING? >> PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.
BEYOND THAT, PEOPLE GIVE ME HUGS.
PEOPLE WILL JUST HUG ME AND THANK ME.
TELL ME THEIR STORY. >> Reporter: HOW DO YOU CONSUME
IT WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM WATCHING IT?
>> WE'RE MOVED TO TEARS. WE CRY.
WE ARE HURT BY WHAT HAPPENS. AND EVEN WHEN I WATCH THE SHOW
AND ANYTIME THE ADULT BIG THREE MENTION THEIR FATHER, THAT PULLS
AT MY HEART A LITTLE BIT. IT GETS ME.
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU GET TO THE BEAUTIFUL FATHER/SON
EMOTIONS AND FATHER/DAUGHTER EMOTIONS WITHOUT BEING A FATHER?
>> I THINK ABOUT MY OWN DAD. IN A WAY, I FEEL LIKE I'M
PLAYING A VERSION OF MY OWN FATHER.
>> YOU MAKE EACH OTHER BETTER. YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER STORYLINE GETTING FAN REACTION, A
REVELATION THAT JACK'S BEST FRIEND, MIGUEL, EVENTUALLY
MARRIES HIS WIFE, REBECCA. WE'RE ALL MAD AT MIGUEL.
>> HE'S JACK'S BEST FRIEND. >> Reporter: WE ARE HOLDING IT
AGAINST HIM. >> HE WILL EARN IT.
>> Reporter: HOW TO YOU THINK WE WILL FEEL AFTER SEEING SEASON
TWO? >> MUCH THE SAME AS SEASON ONE.
YOU WILL WANT MORE. AND YOUR HEART IS GOING TO GET
RIPPED OUT. THERE IS HAPPINESS IN THERE,
TOO. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> CHRISSY METZ IS WITH US NOW. I FEEL LIKE HE SHOWED US A
LITTLE SOMETHING THERE. HE SAID, MIGUEL IS GOING TO EARN
OUR LOVE. SO, WE DO KNOW THAT MIGUEL HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS DEATH AT LEAST.
STERLING SAYS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OUTRAGED.
WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW TEASERS. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING. MILO SAID IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY
GOOD MORNING TO THE CREW. YOU TOOK THAT TO HEART.
>> MILO IS THE KINDEST HUMAN BEING.
>> BUT YOU LOVE THE CREW. YOU LOVE THE CREW.
>> I DO LOVE THE CREW SO MUCH, I'M DATING ONE OF THE CREW.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] IT'S CREW.
>> CHRISSY FOUND LOVE. THERE WE GO.
FOUND LOVE ON THE SET OF "THIS IS US."
>> VERY QUICKLY, WHICH WAS WEIRD.
THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. >> HE MUST BE FRAMING YOUR FACE
WITH LOVE. >> YOU KNOW, HE DOES.
BUT HE ALSO GIVES ME LITTLE TIDBITS, HEY, I T I THINK IT'S G
TO BE A BUSY MORNING. DID YOU EAT?
HE IS SO SWEET AND LOVING. >> I READ -- AT THE -- ONE OF
THE CENTRAL MESSAGES OF THE SHOW IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
CHILDREN AND THEIR DAD. AND HUSBAND AND WIFE.
AND YOU AND JACK. >> YES.
>> YOUR DAD IN PARTICULAR. YOUR CHARACTER.
YOU -- YOUR DAD WAS OUT OF YOUR FAMILY BY THE TIME YOU WERE 10.
YOU WERE OPEN ABOUT THE FACT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM, RIGHT? >> RIGHT.
>> HOW HAS T THAT FACTORED INTO THIS ROLE?
>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WISH I HAD.
AND MILO IS THE DAD I WISH I HAD.
AND HE PLAYS JACK SO BEAUTIFULLY.
IF YOU ARE CRYING OR SWEATING, HE IS LIKE, I HAVE MY
HANDKERCHIEF FOR YOU. MEN WANT TO BE LIKE HIM.
AND WOMEN WANT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM.
>> YES, WE DO. AMONG OTHER THINGS.
I WANT TO GET TO THE AUDIENCE. WE HAVE A QUESTION.
DANIELLE FROM BOISE, ARE YOU OUT THERE?
YEAH. SHE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> HI. >> HUGE FAN.
"THIS IS US" IS OBVIOUSLY AN EMOTIONAL SHOW.
WHAT'S BEEN THE MOST EMOTIONAL SCENE FOR YOU TO FILM?
>> OH. OY.
THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM. BUT I THINK THE TOBY AND KATE
BREAKUP, DURING THE THANKSGIVING EPISODE WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.
HERE'S THIS WOMAN WHO IS DRAWING BOUNDARIES AND SPEAKING UP FOR
HERSELF AND SAYING I LOVE YOU. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE
THIS LOVE BUT I HAVE TO COME FIRST.
THAT WAS A POWERFUL MESSAGE. AND IT WAS HARD TO SAY THAT.
CHRIS SULLIVAN AND, OF COURSE, TOBY ARE SO LOVING AND LOVELY.
AND THAT WAS REALLY TRICKY. I HAD TO ACT ON THAT ONE.
>> HE SAID IT THAT DAN FOGLEMAN, GIVES YOU A VERITABLE PLAYBOOK
ON HOW TO LOVE SOMEONE. THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY REASONS
TO WATCH "THIS IS US." CHRISSY, A PLEASURE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.