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Susan Kelechi Watsoncan officially add “writer” to her résumé.
Watson, 39, will be co-writing an episode onThis Is Us' sixth and final season. She celebrated her achievementon InstagramThursday, sharing a photo of a script for the season’s sixth episode, which will be part 2 of the Beth-centric standalone “Little Island Girl” from season 3.
“Couldn’t have done this without my fabulous co parent @ebonifreeman who also wrote ‘Our Little Island Girl’ part 1,” she continued. “She is Queen.”
Concluding her post, Watson gave “the biggest shout out” to series creatorDan Fogelman.
“And the biggest shout out to Sir Daniel Fogelman who called me up and said, ‘I know you wanna write … wanna write this episode?’ " she wrote. “I meannnn. Dan, no words, only emojis 🙌🏽💯🙌🏽💯☝🏽💯!”
Watson received several support messages on her accomplishment, some of which came from herThis Is Uscastmates.
AsMandy Moorecommented with six red heart emojis, Rachel Hilson noted how “huge” this opportunity is.Chrissy Metzalso replied, “Ahhh!”
Like Watson, Metz — who stars as Kate Pearson — is alsohelping to co-write an episode this season. (Their costarsChris SullivanandJon Huertaswill be directing a season 6 episode as well.)
“It’s really exciting to support fellow actors and people that you love trying new things,” Metz, 41, recently told PEOPLE. “For me in particular, obviously, writing has been a very new venture, but I’m very excited.”
Metz described her dual role this season as a “massive deal,” adding how the process of screenwriting has also improved her skills as a songwriter.
“It’s really exciting because I think it’s helping my songwriting, which is really great, and also understanding characters and writing for their voices,” she said. “Also Dan is such a great mentor, and I get to write with Casey Gettinger and David Windsor, who are our writing team. It’s been really wonderful.”
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It was announced in May thatThis Is Us, which premiered in 2016, isending at NBCafter six seasons. Recently, Watson teasedan emotional seasonahead.
“We just started the season, only shot one episode so far. I think that we all have this mentality of like, we’re just going to wait until that last episode to really let it sink in,” she said in September during the PEOPLE andEntertainment WeeklyEmmys red carpet special. “And right now, we’re just like, ‘Let’s just enjoy it! Let’s just be here.’ You know what I mean?” I think that it’s going to be emotional.”
Season 6 ofThis Is Uswill premiere in early 2022.
source: people.com
