Beginning with Tuesday’s two-hour Season 5 premiere, the series will weave both the coronavirus outbreak and protests over racial injustice into the season’s narrative. Fogelman wrote the premiere episodes alongside Kay Oyegun, who has worked on the series since it launched, and Jake Schnesel. “We had made the decision collectively to allow the world of COVID into our show,” Fogelman said. AdvertisementThe rift will be a through line this season, Fogelman said. (NBC)A trailer for the fifth season included a scene of Randall and his family watching the protests on TV.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 27, 2020 13:03 UTC