This Is Us season 5

The fifth season of the American television series This Is Us continues to follow the lives and connections of the Pearson family across several time periods. The season is produced by Rhode Island Ave. Productions, Zaftig Films, and 20th Television, with Dan Fogelman, Isaac Aptaker, and Elizabeth Berger serving as showrunners.
The series was renewed for a fourth, fifth, and sixth season in May 2019. The season stars an ensemble cast featuring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Jon Huertas, Niles Fitch, Logan Shroyer, Hannah Zeile, Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Parker Bates, Eris Baker, Faithe Herman, Lonnie Chavis, Lyric Ross, Asante Blackk and Griffin Dunne.
The fifth season premiered on October 27, 2020, and concluded on May 25, 2021. The season consisted of 16 episodes.

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Cast and characters

Main

Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson
Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson
Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson
* Niles Fitch as teenage Randall Pearson
* Lonnie Chavis as young Randall Pearson
Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson
* Hannah Zeile as teenage Kate Pearson
* Mackenzie Hancsicsak as young Kate Pearson
Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson
* Logan Shroyer as teenage Kevin Pearson
* Parker Bates as young Kevin Pearson
Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson
Chris Sullivan as Toby Damon
Jon Huertas as Miguel Rivas
Caitlin Thompson as Madison Simons
Eris Baker as Tess Pearson
Faithe Herman as Annie Pearson
Lyric Ross as Deja Pearson
Asante Blackk as Malik Hodges

Recurring

Timothy Omundson as Gregory, Toby and Kate's neighbor.
Jennifer C. Holmes as Laurel DuBois, Randall's birth mother who was William's lover.
Vien Hong as Hai Lang, Vietnamese American refugee and fisherman who knew Randall's birth mother.
Griffin Dunne as Nicky Pearson
*Michael Angarano as young Nicky Pearson
Jennifer Morrison as Cassidy Sharp

Guest

Episodes

Production

Development

On May 12, 2019, NBC renewed the series for its fourth, fifth and sixth seasons, at 18 episodes each, for a total of 54 additional episodes. Due to later COVID-related complications, the fifth season was shortened to 16 episodes, as announced during on-air promotion of the season's fourteenth episode.

Filming

Production on season five started on September 24, 2020. COVID-related production delays resulted in filming being stalled for multiple weeks in January 2021, which in turn resulted in the broadcast of new episodes being postponed by almost a month.