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: Critics at Rotten Tomatoes lauded Sterling K. Brown’s "sensational" performance as Randall Pearson. The episode focused heavily on his reckoning with racial trauma in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, showing a version of Randall who was "exhausted" by the emotional labor of comforting his white family members.

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Season 5, Episode 2, titled "Forty: Part Two," aired as the second half of a two-hour season premiere that critics praised for its ambitious, grounded approach to 2020's real-world crises. Critical Consensus : Critics at Rotten Tomatoes lauded Sterling K