Now that the Winter Olympics have given you a few weeks to recover from Jack Pearson's death, This Is Us is ready to return for the final three episodes of the season. "It was important to us to come back with something a bit lighter," executive producer and co-showrunner Isaac Aptaker tells us. "The last two episodes were perhaps the heaviest we've ever done, so now we're going to show our group of characters enjoying each other and celebrating this really exciting thing coming up, which is Kate and Toby's wedding."

Of course, don't expect This Is Us to become a total comedy but based on the newly released photos of Kate's bachelorette and Toby's bachelor parties, we're in for a wild ride. "It's very unconventional in many ways," Chrissy Metz says. "It’s amazing what the cast and crew did to make it possible, but I think it’s very special."

And speaking of working overtime, the show is going to start exploring the main characters' futures more. "It's so much fun to imagine what these characters are like 10 to 15 years from now," Aptaker says. In other words, get ready for more scenes with 50- or 60-something Randall. As for who else lives to see their golden years, Aptaker knows the fates of all the characters but says, "I can't tell you [that] yet."

One person who should be safe for a long while is Beth, who was the subject of fans' anxiety last week, after unconfirmed rumors surfaced that she was the next to die. "Beth's OK," Aptaker promises. "I don't know where that came from, but there's no conspiracy."

With that settled, we can focus on other things ahead, like Deja showing up at Beth and Randall's house, a potential wedding surprise, and what's coming up in season three. Here, Aptaker fills us in.

Glamour: Before we get to Kate and Toby's wedding, what's the latest on Sophie and Kevin? Have we seen the last of her for a while or will that relationship come back at some point?

Isaac Aptaker: We’ve seen the last of Sophie for this season. Going forward, who’s to say? The rest of the season we’re really focusing on Kate and Toby and marching toward their wedding, and that does not involve Sophie.

Glamour: Speaking of which…Chrissy Metz said Kate’s bachelorette party will be very unconventional, but the just-released pictures show a rather typical Vegas bachelorette party. Explain.

IA: [Laughs.] If you look back over the show, Kate and Toby don’t have a ton of friends. They’re in this relationship where they kind of hunker down and stay in and watch Netflix, so they don’t have a wide social group to drawn from when it’s time to put together the bachelorette, bachelor parties. So Kate has something of an odd crew of people who don’t necessarily fit together. She has Madison and Beth and a couple of her friends from the weight group, and it’s not necessarily the cohesive group of friends you’d hope for when you’re organizing such an event.