‘This Is Us’ Season 3 Premiere: Showrunners Break Down Jack and Rebecca’s Awful First Date

Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger tell TheWrap about the awkward beginning to “a charmed, magical love story”

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THIS IS US — "Ave Maria" Episode 301 — Pictured: (l-r) Mandy Moore as Rebecca, Milo Ventimiglia as Jack — (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)

(Warning: Spoilers ahead for the Season 3 premiere of “This Is Us.”)

Now that was rough to watch.

If you tuned in for the Season 3 premiere of “This Is Us,” then you know by now that Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) — the pinnacle of small-screen romantic perfection — had what may be one of the most cringeworthy first dates in the history of television.

Jack is flat broke at a carnival, Rebecca can’t stop talking about herself in a nervous fashion, and it starts raining. And we’re not talking about cute, lovey raindrops. Like, a torrential downpour that punctuates just how bad this whole thing is.

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