The FLSA Exemption Question Everyone Is Asking About This Is Us

Warning: Contains This Is Us spoilers.

The Pearson couple, Beth and Randall, from This Is Us is one of my top two favorite married TV couples (the other being Tami and Eric Taylor from Friday Night Lights). The Pearsons are relatable to me—Randall's character specifically—for several reasons: Like the Pearsons, the Reeds are an African-American family with two professional parents and younger children who are trying to balance it all (also, like Randall, Tim Reed is a nerd who managed to marry a woman who is out of his league).

Beth and Randall appear to have reached a crossroads after some major life developments through a couple of seasons, like:

• Randall finding his long-lost biological father, William Hill, and moving him into the Pearson home;