This Is Us

Call it snowflake TV. This Is Us is surely the weepiest show in recent memory. And yet every episode delivers at least one moment of human drama so real that it could penetrate the most leaden heart. Last season brought the story of one father to a wrenching end. Now it’s time to learn more about Milo Ventimiglia’s Jack Pearson, the Steelers-loving Vietnam vet who married Mandy Moore’s Rebecca and raised triplets-in-spirit Kate, Kevin, and Randall. We know, because the show brilliantly plays with time, to expect Jack’s death—and to have tissues always ready. Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 9 p.m., NBC