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When will ‘This Is Us’ Season 5 Episode 5 air? Here's what to expect when NBC show is back after two-month break

Explaining the hiatus, Dan Fogelman said, 'It was important to us to land back inside of our show and settle for a moment with these simple family stories'

It makes you roar with laughter, it makes you explode into a rage and it also makes you sob to your heart's full. ‘This Is Us’ is all you need for a high-octane emotional drive. After the last episode ‘Honestly’ ended with a major cliffhanger, when can you watch the next episode?

Sadly, ‘This Is Us’ is going on another hiatus! Don't worry, it's not the seven-month break that you just recovered from. However, you might have to hold your horses for another two months. Sigh! How will you survive without the show? For now, NBC has just listed 'Today 3rd Hour' in place of the beloved family drama. But, there are many other shows you can tune into. 

When will Episode 5 air?

As per Entertainment Weekly, after the fourth episode of the fifth season, which airs on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, NBC’s hit family drama will take a two-month break and then return to the schedule on January 5, 2021. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the episodes couldn't be shot in their entirety and the show even returned to the air two weeks earlier than planned. The network's highest-rated series was scheduled for a two-hour season premiere on November 10, but it saw the light of day on October 27, with a Black Lives Matter-heavy episode.

Promising more answers when they come back, Fogelman tweeted: "A lot of answers when we return. Promise. The @ThisIsUsWriters are on fire and we're making them as fast (and safely) as humanly possible! I'm very excited about all that comes next." Sterling K Brown too added, "The Lord/Universe works in mysterious ways, Amen! #ThisIsUs See y’all in 2021!"

What to expect when the show comes back?

Before ending the series with a major cliffhanger, creator Dan Fogelman did drop a few hints. Kevins of all ages will be challenged. “It's a very Kevin-heavy episode, focusing on a kid who through his entire life has struggled to push through adversity,” creator Dan Fogelman tells EW. “And it's something that's playing a part in three different timelines for Kevin.”

Hinting at what fans should look forward to in Kevin's life, he added, “Kevin starts working with a new director who's a bit of a force of nature and a complicated force.” 

The biggest question after the cliffhanger is: How will Randall meet his birth mother, Laurel? The creator hinted that Randall's storyline will turn “very, very funny” and yet somehow yield “another good piece of Randall's mother puzzle.” He also confirmed that the Vietnamese grandfather (Vien Hong) will “play a large role in our story”. “In short order, a full, beautiful story is going to be told,” he says. “I think it will be a satisfying and elegant answer to a lot of stuff, as opposed to something that necessarily begs more questions.”

And if you are wondering what will happen with Toby and Kate, Fogelman said that there is a big moment in store for them too. 

Explaining the reason for the hiatus, he said, “It was important to us to land back inside of our show and settle for a moment with these simple family stories that start setting up some bigger stuff that's to come,” and added, “When we come back on the other side, we have some pretty giant and quite specialized episodes. So this was an opportunity for us to [put] our families in simple stories that progress our plot but are filled with heart and warmth, and with sweet endings.”

The two-hour episode of ‘This Is Us’ premiered on Tuesday, October 27, at 9 pm ET on NBC. Following that, one-hour episodes aired weekly. Now, Season 5 will be back in January 2021.