"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.
"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.
While Rebecca is away from the hospital room to handle logistics, Jack suffers a sudden, fatal "widow maker" heart attack.
Randall tells Tess that her birth changed his life; he will always be devoted to her, and plans to have dinner with her every week, even when she's a working adult.
Deja calls from the house's front door; Randall and Beth bring her inside and comfort her, which Tess happily observes.
Jordan, the boy shown previously in an Essex County social worker's office, is placed with a couple.
He wanted the moment to take place towards the end of the second season and asked for the slot upon knowing NBC would air the Super Bowl.
The site's consensus reads, "Mandy Moore's performance proves to be a game changer in 'Super Bowl Sunday,' eclipsing the episode's plot twists, aching dialogue, and even Jack's death".
[8] Brian Lowry of CNN called the episode "emotional", explaining it had "strong individual moments for each of the key characters" and that it "managed to play with expectations".
'Super Bowl Sunday' succeeded by focusing on Kevin (Justin Hartley), Kate, Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) in the present and past.
"[12] Time writer Daniel D'Addario gave a negative review disapproving the fact that Jack's death, though "movingly depicted", was used for entertainment purposes.
[14] Although a lawsuit was considered, the makers of Crock-Pot created a Twitter account of their own where they continued the positive messages, and even posted on Facebook.