Warning: This Is Us season two spoilers ahead.

This Is Us [1] was jam-packed with emotional moments during the season two finale [2], but nothing comes close to the final few minutes of the episode. During three shocking flash-forwards [3], we learn that Toby is extremely depressed, Kevin is dating Beth's cousin Zoe [4], and Randall is getting ready to visit a mysterious "her" with his grown-up daughter, Tess.

While it's unclear who exactly the "her" is, fans have already started imagining the worst. Is Beth dead? Is Deja in prison? Is Annie sick? However, we have a different theory. What if the flash-forward isn't actually a flash-forward at all? What if it's actually a "worse-case scenario" [5]?

During the episode, Randall and Beth play a "worse-case scenario" game in which they spitball horrible hypothetical situations to make themselves feel better about the present. We already know that the writers love their hidden Easter eggs [6], so what if the simple game is actually a clue for future episodes? It's possible that the flash-forward, or at least some of the flash-forwards, are what could be rather than what already is.

Perhaps that will be part of the journey of season three: trying to figure out what is real and not real. The show's creator, Dan Fogelman, did say that they are going to play with timelines [7] a lot next season. Not to mention, there has already been talk about introducing an alternate timeline [8] on the show.

If this theory does end up being true, season three will be one crazy ride.