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Warning: This Is Us season 3 spoilers ahead!

On last night's episode of This Is Us, fans were repeatedly haunted by the date October 18 — the birthday of Jack's younger brother Nicky.



In one bone-chilling scene, Jack and Nicky go to a bar to watch the 1970 Vietnam War draft lottery (men, at the time, were drafted by their birth date). Nicky is practically shaking with nerves over the thought of getting selected. Jack, meanwhile, is trying his best to comfort him. Sadly, the man on TV announced October 18, which meant that Nicky had, in fact, been called to war.

Later on in a flashback scene, October 18 gets brought up again. Jack's mother is about to give birth to Nicky, and an infant nurse tells her that she's a "lucky woman for having a baby on October 18." She continues to list off all the good things that have happened to her thanks to the number 18 (she got married, her daughter was born, etc.). She even declares it as "her lucky number." As if things weren't gut-wrenching enough at this point, fans learn that Nicky was born at 11:58 P.M. — just two minutes away from October 19 and possibly avoiding the draft.

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Considering all of this, one fan brilliantly pointed out that the number 18 is actually much more significant beyond the references to Nicky's birthday. Just last week when Kate was undergoing egg retrieval surgery, a quick shot showed her jotting down in a calendar the number of eggs they had gotten. Upon further inspection, the date she had her surgery was on September 18, 2018. Further, Kate's doctors were able to obtain eight eggs during the surgery at 8 a.m. (Nicky was born at 11:58 a.m.).

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I knew I remembered the number 18 from somewhere!!! How does this connect if it does? Lucky 18?! #ThisisUs @NBCThisisUs pic.twitter.com/N1xMigcw6z — Brittany Rose (@BrittanyRose119) October 17, 2018

Like how October 18 was ironically unlucky for Nicky, this might be foreshadowing that something unfortunate is about to come up in Kate's future as well. Given that fans have already seen Toby's wedding ring off in a flash-forward scene and him dumping his anti-depressants down the toilet, there's a good chance that, sadly, some struggles are on the way for the couple.

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Of course, that's just a prediction and things could totally take a turn next week. But seeing how Dan Fogelman has wielded irony so far, there's no way that using 18 for Kate's egg retrieval date and Nicky's birthday was just a coincidence.

Watch This Is Us season 3 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

Kayla Keegan News and Entertainment Editor Kayla Keegan covers all things in the entertainment, pop culture, and celebrity space for Good Housekeeping.

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