Crock-Pot Defends Itself After 'This Is Us' Twist
Warning: This article contains huge spoilers for last night's episode of This Is Us.
In last night's deeply upsetting episode of This Is Us, 'That'll Be The Day', the long-simmering mystery of Jack Pearson's death finally gets some resolution. The episode chronicled Jack's final day alive - which also happened to be Super Bowl Sunday of 1998 - and showed how that fateful house fire got started. Twist: it was the Crock-Pot.
As it turns out, Jack and Rebecca were given their Crock-Pot back before their children were born, by a kindly neighbor, George, who was moving out of his house. "You gotta fiddle with the switch, but it works," George told them cheerfully, blissfully unaware that in roughly seventeen years' time, his gift would end up burning down their home and killing Jack! Back in 1998, we see the Crock-Pot malfunction, blinking with an ominous red light and catching fire, with the flames rapidly engulfing the entire downstairs of the house.
Understandably, last night's episode left a lot of people side-eyeing their Crock-Pots through tears, contemplating whether to keep them around considering their Jack-Pearson-killing history. The panic was so intense that series creator had to jump to the Crock-Pot's defense. "Taking a moment to remind everyone that it was a 20 year old fictional crockpot with an already funky switch?" he tweeted. "Let's not just lump all those lovely hardworking crockpots together."
Taking a moment to remind everyone that it was a 20 year old fictional crockpot with an already funky switch? Let's not just lump all those lovely hardworking crockpots together. #ThisIsUs
- Dan Fogelman (@Dan_Fogelman) January 24, 2018
Meanwhile, Crock-Pot itself also issued a couple of statements on Facebook. "I hope you guys have an awesome Super Bowl commercial for a 'fire proof Crock Pot' after that This Is Us episode has everyone throwing away their Crock Pots..." one fan wrote, per E!.
"Jack Pearson was our Valentine so we equally understand your pain with his loss. We love him and we love you too," the company wrote back. "Don't further add to our heartbreak by no longer using Crock-Pot Slow Cookers, rest assured our products have been generationally tested by your family and friends." In response to another fan, Crock-Pot simply wrote: "We're heartbroken over last night's episode too! Ruthie, we're innocent until proven guilty."
Moral of the story? Don't throw away your Crock-Pot, but maybe don't accept temperamental electronics from well-meaning neighbors? Or at the very least, don't leave your smoke alarm without a battery.
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