THIS IS US: The First Season: The Big Day
A moving family drama with strong Christian values and adult content.
Should You Watch It?
“The Big Day” is a deeply emotional episode about love and loyalty when family life becomes difficult. Rebecca struggles with pregnancy and forgets Jack’s birthday. Dr. K. grieves his wife. Joe fights to save his troubled marriage while facing an unexpected responsibility.
The episode’s strongest feature is its Christian, moral worldview. It values marriage, children, truth, prayer, church, miracles, and perseverance in love. Those themes give its family struggles genuine moral weight.
The cost is adult content. The episode includes foul language, a sexual reference, light nudity, and light smoking. Because the Family Content rating is −2, this is not a family viewing choice for children or young teens.
For discerning adults, WORTH WATCHING — ADULTS ONLY.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESOn Jack’s birthday, Rebecca wrestles with the emotional challenges of pregnancy. Elsewhere, Dr. K. tries to move forward after his wife’s death, while Joe, a fireman, struggles in his marriage and asks for a miracle.
That same day, a newborn is left at Joe’s firehouse. The baby’s arrival brings several wounded adults face to face with questions of love, family, responsibility, and hope.
Is It Any Good?
The source review gives “The Big Day” four stars, marking it as an emotionally compelling drama with substantial family and moral themes.
Its strength is the way it focuses on persevering love during hard times. Jack continues loving Rebecca through fear and frustration, while Joe and his wife seek a way through their marital struggles. The episode also connects separate stories through family, children, grief, and hope.
The Worldview
“The Big Day” presents a strong Christian, moral worldview. It stresses the value of family, marriage, and children, while treating perseverance in love as a serious responsibility. Prayer, going to church, truth, and miracles receive positive references, and a man makes a confession to a priest.
The episode’s moral vision is especially clear in its marriages. Rebecca’s fears and frustrations create friction, but Jack persists in loving her despite her shortcomings. Joe and his wife also persevere through marital struggles rather than abandoning their relationship. The story presents children as precious and family bonds as worth protecting.
The source review identifies no specific distortion or departure from this Christian moral emphasis. Its concerns are instead about content: foul language, a sexual reference, light nudity, and light smoking.
At the center is a longing for faithful love through life’s hardest days. Scripture says, “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Corinthians 13:7).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Strong Christian, moral worldview with positive references to prayer, going to church, truth, miracles, a man makes a confession to a priest, and an emphasis on the value of family, marriage, and children; <b>
Foul Language
</b> Four obscenities and<b> </b>eight profanities; <b>
Violence
No</b> violence; <b>
Sex
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Light sexual references when a woman mentions having bathroom sex with her husband; <b>
Nudity
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Light nudity with a man shown stripping down, with upper male nudity and brief glimpse of rear male nudity; <b>
Alcohol Use
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>No alcohol use; <b>
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Light smoking but no drugs; and, <b>
Miscellaneous Immorality
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Lying, anger, stealing is mentioned, a struggling marriage is portrayed.
Talk About It
Four questions for the couch, the commute, or the couple bingeing it together.
Jack keeps loving Rebecca through fear and frustration. What does persevering love look like when someone we love is struggling?
1 Corinthians 13:7 · Ephesians 5:25Joe and his wife face serious trouble in their marriage. How can truth, humility, and prayer help people seek restoration?
Ephesians 4:25 · Philippians 4:6–7The episode treats children and family as valuable gifts. How should that shape the way we welcome and care for children?
Psalm 127:3 · Mark 10:14Several characters face grief, disappointment, or uncertainty. Where can we look for hope when life does not unfold as expected?
Romans 15:13 · Psalm 34:18The Final Word
“The Big Day” offers adults a moving story about family, marriage, children, and faithful love. Its Christian moral vision is a genuine strength, but the language and other content make it unsuitable for children and young teens. Our answer is WORTH WATCHING — ADULTS ONLY. For a family-friendly alternative, see.
