"Super Bowl Sunday" | |
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This Is Us episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 14 |
Directed by | |
Written by | Dan Fogelman |
Featured music | Siddhartha Khosla |
Production code | 2AZC14 |
Original air date | February 4, 2018 |
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"Super Bowl Sunday" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the American television drama series This Is Us, and the thirty-second overall. It was written by showrunner Dan Fogelman, and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. It was broadcast on February 4, 2018, on NBC in the United States. In the episode, on Super Bowl Sunday of 1998, the Pearsons' house catches fire. The Pearson family manages to escape, but Jack ultimately dies. In present day, the children and Rebecca watch the Super Bowl game remembering Jack.
The episode originally aired immediately following the broadcast of Super Bowl LII. "Super Bowl Sunday" was seen by 26.97 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research, making it the most watched episode of This Is Us. It is still the highest-rated scripted entertainment telecast on U.S. television since Fox's 2008 broadcast of the post-Super Bowl episode of House.
The episode received critical acclaim by critics and audiences alike and is widely regarded as one of the best episodes of the show.