At the end of last season, viewers grew worried when Sterling K. Brown’s character Randall told his daughter that it was “time go see her” and a grown-up Tess (Iantha Richardson, the young Tess is played by Eris Baker) told him she’s not ready. Fans of the show have been wondering about who the mystery woman is that father and daughter seem to be dreading to go see — and one theory is that it might be Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson), who is either seriously ill or passed away.
With that theory now debunked, Watson said the idea of character dying never even crossed her mind until she heard about the fan theory.
“When I saw people tweeting about it, writing articles about it, I was like, ‘Oh, they’re kidding!’ My first thought was, ‘Oh, this is hilarious.” And then people really took it seriously,” she said (even her mom suspected she might be killed off).
But the actress didn’t give any hints on who the mystery woman might be. “I still think there’s mystery there, and I understand why,” she said. “Dan would like us to keep it there, so I’m going to stay away from it! That’s as much as I can say.”
Our next best guest? A grown-up version of Deja (Lyric Ross), the Pearson’s foster daughter.
“This Is Us” will return to NBC for Season 3 this fall.
Tony Awards 7 Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From 'Once on This Island' to Tina Fey
SURPRISE: "Once on This Island"
Director Michael Arden's spirited production of "Once on This Island" pulled off an upset win in the Best Musical Revival category -- over more the more traditional (and equally well-reviewed) competitors, "My Fair Lady" and "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel."
SNUB: Tina Fey
CBS was so counting on the "30 Rock" star to win Best Book of a Musical for the adaptation of her own hit movie "Mean Girls" that it moved the category to its primetime broadcast -- but Itamar Moses won instead for the script for eventual Best Musical winner "The Band's Visit."
SURPRISE: Tony Shalhoub
The "Monk" star and Broadway veteran won his first Tony Award for the musical "The Band's Visit" -- beating out equally stellar competitors like Joshua Henry for "Carousel" and Ethan Slater for "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical."
SNUB: "Mean Girls"
The adaptation of the 2004 high school-set hit came in with 12 nominations, including Best Musical, but walked away empty-handed. (Even the 12-times-nominated "SpongeBob SquarePants" won for best scenic design.)
SURPRISE: Lindsay Mendez
The featured actress in "Carousel" pulled off an upset over more established stars like Diana Rigg for "My Fair Lady" and her co-star, opera singer Renee Fleming.
SNUB: Norbert Leo Butz
Many Broadway fans were expecting Butz to win his third Tony as featured actor in a musical playing Eliza Doolittle's Cockney father in "My Fair Lady." But he lost to Ari'el Stachel for "The Band's Visit."
SURPRISE: Robert De Niro
CBS censors were on the ball but everyone else was pretty stunned that the two-time Oscar winner dropped a couple F-bombs before introducing Bruce Springsteen. "It's no longer 'Down With Trump,' it's 'F--- Trump,'" the actor said.
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The Tony broadcast departed from the expected script many times — and we’re not just talking about Robert De Niro’s F-bomb
