What does the ending of This Is Us mean?

What does the ending of This Is Us mean?

“The theme at the end of the episode, which is what the entire series has been about, is that you carry this stuff forward with you without even thinking about it,” explained Fogelman of that flashback moment between father and son hitting Randall decades later, when he receives the news that he is going to become a …

Why did This Is Us end with Randall looking at Jack?

And so I think that’s what the ending is about and it’s kind of what the final shot was saying. Why did you pick Randall looking at Jack for that frame? I knew I wanted to end on the sentiment of children looking at their parents, locking in on something they’re going to carry forward into their lives.

What happens at the end of Season 6 This Is Us?

Deja tells Randall that she’s naming her son after William, a man she never met, because she does in fact know him. “I know him because I know you.” The episode and the series ends at the funeral repast, with the Big Three observing the children playing.