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'This Is Us': Milo Ventimiglia and Chrissy Metz Talk Pearsons' 'Painful' Hurdles in Season 5 (Exclusive) There will be a lot for the Pearsons to contend with in season 5 of  This Is Us .   NBC's family drama kicks off  its new season  on Tuesday with the family, like many across America, trying to navigate the uncertainty and emotional weight of  the coronavirus pandemic  and racial strife as the Big Three prepare to  celebrate their 40th birthdays . Combined with the  aftermath of Kevin and Randall's big fight , Rebecca's rapidly deteriorating mental state, Kevin's impending fatherhood and Kate and Toby's adoption plans,  something has to give . "There's a lot to unpack," Ventimiglia told ET's Nischelle Turner of the two-hour premiere. "A lot has happened since March: racial injustice and COVID and quarantining. [Creator] Dan [Fogelman] and the writers really did the best version of it in the way that the Pearsons tell sto