I love how at the end of this episode the camera is set up by the open window as Joel and Ellie head off. The window looks a lot like the one on the start up menu of the game which seems as if it was another slight nod to the game, every little detail like that is just so brilliant to see and this is certainly the best game to screen adaption i have ever seen, great reaction and hope the rest of this excellent show keeps both of you coming back for more👏👍
Is there an Emmy category for Best TV Episode? If so, this will kill. I can't remember another episode of any television show that racked up my emotions like this did. The moment ten years in that you see Frank in the wheelchair becomes the scene where we realize his fate is degenerative, after which we watch Frank tell Bill what he wants for his last day, to the Max Richter-soundtracked montage of that day, their marriage in a world where same-sex marriage was never legalized in America, to the mirror-image meal right down to the same wine from the day they met, followed by the way it awakens Joel's sense of responsibility and grief, and I could go on. It's a masterpiece.
Watching this episode, it doesn't matter what anyone's opinion is regarding same sex couples. This storyline was a beautifully poignant love story. The writing and acting are superb, and Linda Ronstadt's Long, Long Time was perfection for me. The chorus has been repeating itself in my head since I first watched this episode about a week ago.
Love the details in the episode that they don't call out directly. Like during the raider attack, Frank doesn't wake up until the flamethrowers go off and the gunfire starts. Bill chose not to wake Frank when the alarm went off. He deliberately sneaks out of bed (he's still in his underwear) and out of the room, so Frank won't get in harm's way. He's out in the middle of the street, because he's tried to put as much distance as possible between himself and Frank. They don't simply call Bill a protector, they actually show him thinking and acting like one.
I will be very surprised if this episode will not be my favorite TV episodes of 2023. Perfectly written, directed and acted. They had a long period of time with a normal life in a world where maybe almost nobody else would. What a brilliant celebration of life and companionship.
Hey Daniel and Sam, they got me with this episode. I guess we all yearn for that satisfying complete love between two wandering souls. To see how their relationship and love grew and blossomed. --------- What great writing and directing. THis is up there with the, "Kiksuya" eposide from "Westworld". ------ Wow, let me wipe the tears one more time.
He should've been moving between second story windows. Also Frank would have been more prepared to fight, probably with a shotgun. No way Bill wouldn't have drilled the plan into Frank.
It's a TV show, story and character development are ALWAYS more important than "logic". Bill is risking his life to defend Frank, that's his purpose. And Frank is taking care and healing Bill, that's his purpose. And it's also an important moment, it shows that even if Bill was a grumpy survivalist "paranoid schizoprenic" he now actually trusts Joel to take care of Frank if he dies.
Just to point out something you may have missed (based on a comment Samantha made at the beginning of the episode), but the infected don't eat. Well, the fungus does consume their host from within over time (that may have been what you were referring to), but they don't feed on anyone else. Their biting of others only serves to spread the infection. The Bill and Frank story is so different in the game, and all the interaction between Ellie and Bill found in the game will be missed by those who never play the game, but I love the change. It provides one glimmer of light in the darkness that is the rest of the story.
That is one of the logical drawbacks to this iteration of "zombie". If the infected doesn't eat, they will die. If the host dies, they are no longer useful to the parasite.
@@toddwynn3397 I always just looked on it like with actual mushroom-type fungus. Like, the longer the Infected exist, the more of their body the fungus takes over and kinda replaces (for lack of a better word) the host bodies to a degree - like we see as we progress through the game - and then kinda changes to getting its nutrients from the ground, like when we see them all lying on the ground in the second episode.
@DavidGowers Even if the fungus is able to draw nutrients from the ground and sun, the human body needs certain things (protein, fats, vitamins, minerals, etc) to maintain muscles, bones, and vital organs. These nutritional needs aren't available in the soil. I still loved the game and am enjoying the series, but how the host can survive for so long has always been a plot hole for me. I've also wondered how they get super powers, but that is a different discussion.
FYI on Frank. I saw a reaction to this episode from a Medical Doctor. He said that judging from the symptoms and Frank's evident knowledge of what he had, even though there was no equipment or doctors to give a diagnosis, was probably MS or ALS both of which can be hereditary, which would account for his knowledge of what his condition was through familiarity due to family members suffering from it.
In the game, Bill and Frank were implied to be in a relationship (it was not express though), but it ended badly. In-Game Bill tells Joel that caring for anyone is a bad idea. In both the show and game, they make it clear that Bill and Joel are similar men, but in-game Bill is really an unhappy person and more of a cautionary tale for Joel: here is what you might end up as if you isolate yourself and refuse to care for anyone. In the show, Bill is a positive mirror if what Joel could be if Joel can get past all that he has lost and embrace a few people worthg protecting. People say this episode is not directly related to the story, but I think it is as a vicarious character study of Joel. Bill says he was _glad to watch the world die_ and, in effect that Frank became his one exception. To Bill, Frank was the single person worth protecting. Obviously they are building to Ellie becoming equally important to Joel.
Thanks for the recap! I haven't gotten to Bill yet in my replay of the game so that's an interesting comparison but I agree, this episode completely translates to Joel and you can immediately tell the change it has on him with how he communicates with Ellie
Yes, I like how it tells to us same information and meanings but by opposite ways: in the game and in the show. But main plot is exactly the same: about importance of important people near us.
@@Saberwolf2112 He does say that, but a lot of people didn't take "partner" to mean "romantic partner" as much as "business/smuggling partner." I completely agree that if you associate that with the earlier reference (at the start of the level) when Bill says that he used to care for someone who he calls "a partner" then it seems clear, but not "express" as it would have been if Bill had "boyfriend" or "husband" something similar. Frank's suicide note also on the face if it doesn't seem very romantic, he seems to despise Bill. There are ways to interpret the suicide note to refer to a romance as well, but there is room for interopretation and it got past a lot of players.
When Ellie was reading the letter from Bill. I thought about "True Detective" Marty asked Rust if he was a bad man. ------ Rust said yes. ------ The world needs bad men to stop even worst bad men. ------- And that is what Joel and Bill epitomise. ------ The need to have bad men who will stop the truly vicious people of the world as we see in Episode 4.
I've watched the entire series and I never thought of Joel as a "bad man". Yes, because of the horrific world in which he lives, Joel has to sometimes do what we consider in our world to be "bad", but Joel is not the instigator of bad situations, he reacts and resolves bad situations. From what I've seen in other apocalyptic worlds, people are the worse and they tend to make the worst come out of a "good" person. Love to Joel and Ellie.
Damn, TBR. I have seen you excited, scared/shocked, and laughing your ass off. But never so emotionally punched in the gut like this. This was a great episode.
Watching Bill, take care of Frank when he is sick is what real love looks like This episode was beautiful I don’t consider it a sad ending because they went out on their own terms together We should all be so lucky 🙏
Joel said that it got into the food supply like bread, cereal, pancake mix. I just realized that Joel and Sarah never got their pancakes or birthday cake
Single greatest episode of television in a decade. I wept like a child when I watched it for the first time and I cry whenever I rewatch it or watch people react to it. "You'll crush all of these up. Put it in my wine. I will drink it. Then you'll take me by my hand, bring me to our bed. Then I will fall asleep in your arms." Bills tears after kills me every time. "I'm old. I'm satisfied, and you. Were my purpose." Such a fantastic line. I can't listen to Long Long Time by Linda Ronstadt w/out tearing up anymore.
I think this episode is an example of something missing from so many other post-apocalyptic shows--that life can be worth living, not just to protect someone, but that there can still be beauty, love, and friendship--otherwise what's the point in living? Just loved it and your reaction. Glad to see I wasn't the only one totally wrecked.
Really happy to see you two get to this episode, it was just magnificent and I appreciate your reaction! Apparently there's a 2 hour long cut of this episode they edited down to its final length, that'd be interesting to see.
This has the most terrifying line of the whole season - "It started on Friday. By Monday everything was gone." 48hrs. From having a world to not having a world.
I feel sorry for anyone hoping to win Emmy's in all the categories this episode is nominated in because this episode will clean house. Best in all of them. What an amazing performance by everyone; fantastic screenplay, direction. It was like a sweet standalone mini-movie. It makes you laugh and cry. Bravo. 👏 And a perfect song to frame the whole thing. 🌹💕
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊 I highly recommend the 1996 Action Adventure Thriller THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. Based on a true story about two male lions going a killing spree in 1890's Kenya, while an Irish engineer and an American hunter try to stop the beasts.
You've got to be joking??? This was the worst episode and not just of this show but of any show I've ever seen. Two hairy bearded men falling in love. 🤢🤮
Thanks, TBR! Thanks, Samantha! 🍓 This is one of the finest episodes of television I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing... and I've experienced quite a lot. Finding love amidst chaos... that's a powerful message. I hope those in need take it to heart. #TBRSchmitt #TheLastOfUs #TLOU #TheLastOfUsHBO
it is fun watching you experience these episodes weeks after the rest of us. Just when we get over the emotional damage of the episodes, you guys bring us back in to feel the hurt again lol.
The little exchanges between Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett sold this episode. 🍓 Everyone chuckles at the "which gun?" exchange and it is funny but it's also showing that Frank is the only person Bill would ultimately trust.
Been waiting for this one. You guys are great. I’ve watched a million of these at this point and you guys are fantastic. Just love you guys. Keep it up. 👍🏼
I’m not a science fiction, zombie, apocalypse game playing person, just a 66 year old lady. I devoured (pardon the pun) this series and this was my fave episode. Ive watched it several times. It shows that amongst all the chaos, death, violence, greed and corruption, love will survive. It’s very moving.
16:30 Man I literally can't imagine how good it would feel to eat a freshly grown piece of fruit, especially a strawberry, after years of surviving on canned stuff.
I nearly said 'get the tissues ready' last week but thought It'd be spoiler-y of me so didn't, I knew it'd wreck you soon as I watched it nearly two weeks ago and have been anticipating the reaction ever since, which was great. The depth and narrative work, the TV writers are adding is excellent. Look forward to the rest of the series on TV and here. Thanks.
😭😭😭 Superb episode one of my favorites so far I tbh ❤️ the differences to the show/game so far. Tho I have certain things that would have been interesting on the small screen but still love it. Looking forward to the next and your next 😄👍 You both should see what the game does in Bills ark both versions are good but the show is so much deeper❤️
Thank you guys so much for not talking over or cutting out the most important lines Do you love me? Yes Then love me the way I want you to So heartfelt ❤️
Crazy had they could create such an impactful romance story, expand on the lore of The Last of Us and tie it back into the motivation for our main characters!
We just watched episode 5 tonight. HBO added it early since the Super Bowl is on Sunday. I wish you guys were caught up. I would love to be able to watch your reactions within a day of the current episodes 😎
Tragically beautiful. Two people falling in love and making it work. I agree their aging really hits, also the letter being so spot on for Joel & Ellie but then they hit us with Tess (of course it would be about her, but 💔).
I think when the '80s music started playing at the end of ep1, that's when they died. (Since it was Frank's idea and I'm sure it was Tess who set it up.) I like to believe that Bill sent it to get Tess and Joel to hurry down there so they can find the letter and get the supplies he gave them, and to tell Joel what he needed to say. I am kinda glad Tess didn't see Frank dead. She would have been devastated.
No, the show tells you that the radio is set up on a timer. If Bill doesn't reset it every few days, it automatically plays an 80s song to signal danger (i.e. Bill is killed, incapacitated, or unable to get to the radio). It would have gone off days after Bill and Frank died.
May I recommend a great movie that gets overlooked. The Commitments is a movie of Irish kids trying to form a soul band. Awesome soundtrack and good movie.
I just dont get it why people so hateful and pissed off because of this episode, because cmon.. this is pure, toucheful story about relationships with really important people of your life. And it is extemely compact in terms of screen time, but without lack of meanings. It has some minor elements, like Bill in the middle of the street there, yeah. But overall, jeez, it was like a whole drama movie instead of single episode. And it so perfectly loaded into whole show story. This is perfect example of extremely important life principle "just live your own life and do not disturb others lives". Fundamental thing about life, about yourself and your beloved ones. Last of Us is one of my few favourite games overall (from 90s to nowadays) and this episode is just wonderful. I like your company since my first meet with your channel about "Das Boot" watching and I like that you are natural and sensitive couple, as I always thought. This is why I stayed here over all the time.
We hated it because it retconed two characters from the original story, and, like many other things in the show, broke the world building just to have a side story romance that had nothing to do with the primary characters. That combined with the many plot holes, and the show's creator outright admitting he inserted this episode to 'trick people into watching a gay romance" just to appease his ego tends to leave a sour taste in the mouth. Especially when we enjoyed the original well told Story.
Never expected them to fall in love and die with each other in their arms! From what i remember in the game Frank hung himself in a bad part of town because he got bit. Bill was still alive!
The only thing that stuck out to me, was that the final shot, through the window, appeared to be from a second floor vantage point, when their bedroom had been moved to the main floor, to accommodate Frank's wheelchair.
One more sad thing to remember is that during 2003 Gay Marriage was still illegal. Mass was the first state to approve it, but it wouldn't go into law until 2004. This was such a genius episode and Nick deserves a Emmy for his performance.
Similarly the radio code for trouble was an 80s song, since that was when the AIDS epidemic hit and the Reagan government just let the gay community die.
Masterclass in Emotion that episode. The only criticism i have is that i would prefered that story as a movie, zombie apocalypse brokeback mountain. And the song during the last day montage ("On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter) gave me a little bit of whiplash because i watched Arrival so many times that i will always associate this song with this movie.
Bill and Frank getting married is more emotional when you remember that in the world of the show, normal society ended in 2003, and at that time there was no gay marriage.
He could be trying to draw fire away from Frank in the house. They could have grenades and torch the house so he's trying to protect Frank by having them focus on him in the middle of street. Great reaction. Definitely cried during this one. 😭 If Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett don't get nominated for this episode I will be shocked because those two definitely hit it out of the park with this episode. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
one of the best stand alone episodes of tv ever made - and i have seen them all - this is up there with some of the best #BB episodes - and for me that's alot i balled my eyes out. 5 stars.
As I'm sure others here have already pointed out, this wasn't a tragedy but a triumph considering the world they live in. Dying on your own terms after years of life and love after the end of civilization is such a luxury.
Samantha, I am a tough skinned guy who barely gets teary, but seeing you get upset, more than I have seen before...you almost got me there! ha ha thanks guys for the reaction.
@@Selene.moonie 🙄 Tell it to the scientists who have been talking and writing about zombie ants and the zombie-ant fungus for far longer than ridiculous pedants have been complaining about how people refer to a video game or a tv show.
I have been watching these out of order (not sure why), and I realised after watching your reaction that it was only a few days they have been dead. I think that was the meaning of the Depeche Mode song being broadcast on the radio at the very end of episode 1. That was an 80s song and 80s, as Ellie worked out, means something is wrong. Basically it was signallling that was the day that Bill and Frank ended it all.
No, Joel says that Bill had the radio set on a timer, and that if he didn't reset it every few days that it would automatically play an 80s song to indicate something is wrong (i.e. for some reason Bill couldn't make it to the radio to reset the timer - either because he was dead, captured, or something else). So the radio didn't play that song on the day Bill and Frank died - it happened days later.
Oh boy, this one. As love stories go, it did in 30 or so minutes what many movies failed to do over several hours, even several movies..! 😵 Yes I'm looking at you Prequel Trilogy, and Twilight movies, to name just a couple 😝
Bill's traps were so good that they caught him a husband.😂
Frank fell in a hole and landed on a jackpot. 😇
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Hilariously accurate
Proud of you, Sam, for keeping yourself in one piece watching this. I was ugly crying hard.
I was sobbing LOUDLY!
I wasnt crying but my friend was.
ditto...romance has no gender
Totally. It was so beautiful!
Give me a break. Lol
“ Im old I’m satisfied and you are my purpose” hit me so different 🥺🥺🥺🥺
I love how at the end of this episode the camera is set up by the open window as Joel and Ellie head off. The window looks a lot like the one on the start up menu of the game which seems as if it was another slight nod to the game, every little detail like that is just so brilliant to see and this is certainly the best game to screen adaption i have ever seen, great reaction and hope the rest of this excellent show keeps both of you coming back for more👏👍
Yes, the window that Bill opened in his and Frank's bedroom. This episode was beautifully written and acted.
When a sci-fi horror show can make you cry for the characters...you know it Gold!! 🥲 And as always, a beautiful heartfelt reaction from you guys ☺️😊🥲
Is there an Emmy category for Best TV Episode? If so, this will kill. I can't remember another episode of any television show that racked up my emotions like this did. The moment ten years in that you see Frank in the wheelchair becomes the scene where we realize his fate is degenerative, after which we watch Frank tell Bill what he wants for his last day, to the Max Richter-soundtracked montage of that day, their marriage in a world where same-sex marriage was never legalized in America, to the mirror-image meal right down to the same wine from the day they met, followed by the way it awakens Joel's sense of responsibility and grief, and I could go on. It's a masterpiece.
Yes, golden globe and academy award
Watching this episode, it doesn't matter what anyone's opinion is regarding same sex couples. This storyline was a beautifully poignant love story. The writing and acting are superb, and Linda Ronstadt's Long, Long Time was perfection for me. The chorus has been repeating itself in my head since I first watched this episode about a week ago.
Love the details in the episode that they don't call out directly. Like during the raider attack, Frank doesn't wake up until the flamethrowers go off and the gunfire starts. Bill chose not to wake Frank when the alarm went off. He deliberately sneaks out of bed (he's still in his underwear) and out of the room, so Frank won't get in harm's way. He's out in the middle of the street, because he's tried to put as much distance as possible between himself and Frank. They don't simply call Bill a protector, they actually show him thinking and acting like one.
One of the most beautiful episodes in television history. Hit me so hard, I was crying too.
I will be very surprised if this episode will not be my favorite TV episodes of 2023. Perfectly written, directed and acted.
They had a long period of time with a normal life in a world where maybe almost nobody else would. What a brilliant celebration of life and companionship.
Hey Daniel and Sam, they got me with this episode. I guess we all yearn for that satisfying complete love between two wandering souls. To see how their relationship and love grew and blossomed. --------- What great writing and directing. THis is up there with the, "Kiksuya" eposide from "Westworld". ------ Wow, let me wipe the tears one more time.
I also take issue with Bill not taking cover while attacking raiders. As a survivalist, I expected Bill to be a sniper.
He should've been moving between second story windows. Also Frank would have been more prepared to fight, probably with a shotgun. No way Bill wouldn't have drilled the plan into Frank.
My interpretation was that he went kamikaze to draw their fire away from the house to keep Frank safe from being shot.
Well it is for the show and needed him to be hit so you could see frank taking care of Bill for once.
It's a TV show, story and character development are ALWAYS more important than "logic". Bill is risking his life to defend Frank, that's his purpose. And Frank is taking care and healing Bill, that's his purpose. And it's also an important moment, it shows that even if Bill was a grumpy survivalist "paranoid schizoprenic" he now actually trusts Joel to take care of Frank if he dies.
Most preppers are dangerous fantasists. No actual military experience
I love this episode so much. Not many tv shows can make me cry anymore but this one did.
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Just to point out something you may have missed (based on a comment Samantha made at the beginning of the episode), but the infected don't eat. Well, the fungus does consume their host from within over time (that may have been what you were referring to), but they don't feed on anyone else. Their biting of others only serves to spread the infection.
The Bill and Frank story is so different in the game, and all the interaction between Ellie and Bill found in the game will be missed by those who never play the game, but I love the change. It provides one glimmer of light in the darkness that is the rest of the story.
That is one of the logical drawbacks to this iteration of "zombie". If the infected doesn't eat, they will die. If the host dies, they are no longer useful to the parasite.
@@toddwynn3397 I always just looked on it like with actual mushroom-type fungus. Like, the longer the Infected exist, the more of their body the fungus takes over and kinda replaces (for lack of a better word) the host bodies to a degree - like we see as we progress through the game - and then kinda changes to getting its nutrients from the ground, like when we see them all lying on the ground in the second episode.
@DavidGowers Even if the fungus is able to draw nutrients from the ground and sun, the human body needs certain things (protein, fats, vitamins, minerals, etc) to maintain muscles, bones, and vital organs. These nutritional needs aren't available in the soil. I still loved the game and am enjoying the series, but how the host can survive for so long has always been a plot hole for me. I've also wondered how they get super powers, but that is a different discussion.
Ellie's red t-shirt is from the game. Also the open window is the main menu of the game. Great job this show of transferring it to real life
It’s probably a good idea to have tissues on hand going forward. I’ve cried every episode so far 😂
hahaha good call!
I concur. Damn this show, I just want to have fun watching a zombie apocalypse, not crying and having my feelings destroyed every episode :)
FYI on Frank. I saw a reaction to this episode from a Medical Doctor. He said that judging from the symptoms and Frank's evident knowledge of what he had, even though there was no equipment or doctors to give a diagnosis, was probably MS or ALS both of which can be hereditary, which would account for his knowledge of what his condition was through familiarity due to family members suffering from it.
My first thought was MS and as Frank said, there is no cure. So sad.
. MS?
Even Daniel broke down and cried like a baby. Well heck we all did. grown men, and women were all broken by this episode for sure.
No they weren’t only the woke
@@dabbadoo2226 Give it a rest, douche.
@@tucci06 If you give virtue-signaling reactionaries the attention they crave, they might not go away.
@@dabbadoo2226 lmao go touch grass
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In the game, Bill and Frank were implied to be in a relationship (it was not express though), but it ended badly. In-Game Bill tells Joel that caring for anyone is a bad idea. In both the show and game, they make it clear that Bill and Joel are similar men, but in-game Bill is really an unhappy person and more of a cautionary tale for Joel: here is what you might end up as if you isolate yourself and refuse to care for anyone. In the show, Bill is a positive mirror if what Joel could be if Joel can get past all that he has lost and embrace a few people worthg protecting. People say this episode is not directly related to the story, but I think it is as a vicarious character study of Joel. Bill says he was _glad to watch the world die_ and, in effect that Frank became his one exception. To Bill, Frank was the single person worth protecting. Obviously they are building to Ellie becoming equally important to Joel.
Thanks for the recap! I haven't gotten to Bill yet in my replay of the game so that's an interesting comparison but I agree, this episode completely translates to Joel and you can immediately tell the change it has on him with how he communicates with Ellie
Yeah, it's not explicit said that they were romantic partners in the game. But I feel like one has to be pretty fucking blind to miss that lol
Yes, I like how it tells to us same information and meanings but by opposite ways: in the game and in the show. But main plot is exactly the same: about importance of important people near us.
it's very explicitly stated they were in a relationship. bill literally tells joel "he was my partner"
@@Saberwolf2112 He does say that, but a lot of people didn't take "partner" to mean "romantic partner" as much as "business/smuggling partner." I completely agree that if you associate that with the earlier reference (at the start of the level) when Bill says that he used to care for someone who he calls "a partner" then it seems clear, but not "express" as it would have been if Bill had "boyfriend" or "husband" something similar. Frank's suicide note also on the face if it doesn't seem very romantic, he seems to despise Bill. There are ways to interpret the suicide note to refer to a romance as well, but there is room for interopretation and it got past a lot of players.
When Ellie was reading the letter from Bill. I thought about "True Detective" Marty asked Rust if he was a bad man. ------ Rust said yes. ------ The world needs bad men to stop even worst bad men. ------- And that is what Joel and Bill epitomise. ------ The need to have bad men who will stop the truly vicious people of the world as we see in Episode 4.
I've watched the entire series and I never thought of Joel as a "bad man". Yes, because of the horrific world in which he lives, Joel has to sometimes do what we consider in our world to be "bad", but Joel is not the instigator of bad situations, he reacts and resolves bad situations. From what I've seen in other apocalyptic worlds, people are the worse and they tend to make the worst come out of a "good" person. Love to Joel and Ellie.
@@sheilaburns8977 So true
What an episode, just incredible acting on top of great cinematography, it feels like a movie its so good.
Damn, TBR. I have seen you excited, scared/shocked, and laughing your ass off. But never so emotionally punched in the gut like this.
This was a great episode.
It's great that we got to meet Frank. What a bonus for those who played the game.
More like a slap in the face to those of us who loved the game
Outstanding reaction. Beautiful tears and sniffles. ❤😢
The second Bill chugged his wine. I knew what was happening. What greater story is there than Lovers dying in each other's arms?
Watching Bill, take care of Frank when he is sick is what real love looks like
This episode was beautiful
I don’t consider it a sad ending because they went out on their own terms together
We should all be so lucky 🙏
Joel said that it got into the food supply like bread, cereal, pancake mix. I just realized that Joel and Sarah never got their pancakes or birthday cake
Single greatest episode of television in a decade. I wept like a child when I watched it for the first time and I cry whenever I rewatch it or watch people react to it. "You'll crush all of these up. Put it in my wine. I will drink it. Then you'll take me by my hand, bring me to our bed. Then I will fall asleep in your arms." Bills tears after kills me every time. "I'm old. I'm satisfied, and you. Were my purpose." Such a fantastic line. I can't listen to Long Long Time by Linda Ronstadt w/out tearing up anymore.
18:06 - He didn't want the raiders knowing what house they live in. He was trying to lead them away from Frank ❤
I think this episode is an example of something missing from so many other post-apocalyptic shows--that life can be worth living, not just to protect someone, but that there can still be beauty, love, and friendship--otherwise what's the point in living? Just loved it and your reaction. Glad to see I wasn't the only one totally wrecked.
Best reactors, reacting to the best episode of a TV show !
Thanks for the kind words Alex! This episode was spectacular!
Really happy to see you two get to this episode, it was just magnificent and I appreciate your reaction! Apparently there's a 2 hour long cut of this episode they edited down to its final length, that'd be interesting to see.
3:00 when you jump directly into the story before the title sequence it's called a cold open :)
This has the most terrifying line of the whole season - "It started on Friday. By Monday everything was gone."
48hrs. From having a world to not having a world.
I feel sorry for anyone hoping to win Emmy's in all the categories this episode is nominated in because this episode will clean house.
Best in all of them. What an amazing performance by everyone; fantastic screenplay, direction. It was like a sweet standalone mini-movie. It makes you laugh and cry. Bravo. 👏
And a perfect song to frame the whole thing. 🌹💕
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊 I highly recommend the 1996 Action Adventure Thriller THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. Based on a true story about two male lions going a killing spree in 1890's Kenya, while an Irish engineer and an American hunter try to stop the beasts.
Agreed. It's a hidden gem.
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Reelin' with Asia and BJ just watched it. Very cool movie.
One of the best and most romantic TV episode of all time. This was a beautiful reaction from Tbr and samantha.
well said
Thank you.
You've got to be joking??? This was the worst episode and not just of this show but of any show I've ever seen. Two hairy bearded men falling in love. 🤢🤮
@@tobyroberts2847 lol you're an embarrassment
@@tobyroberts2847shut up bigot.
Will happily watch any reactor(s) do this one--on account of wanting to enjoy this episode with all sorts of folk. 🙂
Thanks, TBR! Thanks, Samantha! 🍓 This is one of the finest episodes of television I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing... and I've experienced quite a lot. Finding love amidst chaos... that's a powerful message. I hope those in need take it to heart. #TBRSchmitt #TheLastOfUs #TLOU #TheLastOfUsHBO
it is fun watching you experience these episodes weeks after the rest of us. Just when we get over the emotional damage of the episodes, you guys bring us back in to feel the hurt again lol.
Bawling like a baby. Hopefully there will be Emmys for this episode.
The little exchanges between Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett sold this episode.
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Everyone chuckles at the "which gun?" exchange and it is funny but it's also showing that Frank is the only person Bill would ultimately trust.
It was a great unexpected episode but so sad. It just shows we all need that someone special in our lives. To protect and grow old with.
Been waiting for this one. You guys are great. I’ve watched a million of these at this point and you guys are fantastic. Just love you guys. Keep it up. 👍🏼
Never seen Sam cry that hard. No worries, this grown ass man (me) was crying just as hard
I’m not a science fiction, zombie, apocalypse game playing person, just a 66 year old lady. I devoured (pardon the pun) this series and this was my fave episode. Ive watched it several times. It shows that amongst all the chaos, death, violence, greed and corruption, love will survive. It’s very moving.
16:30 Man I literally can't imagine how good it would feel to eat a freshly grown piece of fruit, especially a strawberry, after years of surviving on canned stuff.
I nearly said 'get the tissues ready' last week but thought It'd be spoiler-y of me so didn't, I knew it'd wreck you soon as I watched it nearly two weeks ago and have been anticipating the reaction ever since, which was great. The depth and narrative work, the TV writers are adding is excellent. Look forward to the rest of the series on TV and here. Thanks.
This has been hard watching all my favorite reactors with Last of Us. Finally, watching episode 3. Love you guys!
Great reaction. Thanks guys👍🌹
7:50 Like the old saying goes: "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they ain't after you."
😭😭😭
Superb episode one of my favorites so far I tbh ❤️ the differences to the show/game so far.
Tho I have certain things that would have been interesting on the small screen but still love it.
Looking forward to the next and your next 😄👍
You both should see what the game does in Bills ark both versions are good but the show is so much deeper❤️
Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤️
Thank you and same to you!
Future archeologists will come upon their bodies and say. "They were roommates." X'D
Thank you guys so much for not talking over or cutting out the most important lines
Do you love me?
Yes
Then love me the way I want you to
So heartfelt ❤️
One of the best romance stories of all time. People disagree with me but that's ok.
I agree! And it pissed off a lot of Christo-fascist conservatives as a bonus!😅
Maybe people are trying to make political points. This episode is undeniably well-made and touching.
It really is though… and a huge step up from what happens in the game.
Crazy had they could create such an impactful romance story, expand on the lore of The Last of Us and tie it back into the motivation for our main characters!
@@TBRSchmitt Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett gave career defining performances here. Another brilliant episode.
We just watched episode 5 tonight. HBO added it early since the Super Bowl is on Sunday. I wish you guys were caught up. I would love to be able to watch your reactions within a day of the current episodes 😎
Usually takes about 24 hours. Trying to chase the dragon of "immediate posting" will drive us reactors crazy.
People need to remember to slow down life. Time already flies too fast.
I'm ashamed to say that when *Bill* sat down at the piano, I thought for certain he was going to get clobbered at any moment. 😏🙄
Tragically beautiful. Two people falling in love and making it work. I agree their aging really hits, also the letter being so spot on for Joel & Ellie but then they hit us with Tess (of course it would be about her, but 💔).
I gotta get outside & dig me a hole so I can find a man lol... this episode was incredible ❤
I think when the '80s music started playing at the end of ep1, that's when they died. (Since it was Frank's idea and I'm sure it was Tess who set it up.) I like to believe that Bill sent it to get Tess and Joel to hurry down there so they can find the letter and get the supplies he gave them, and to tell Joel what he needed to say. I am kinda glad Tess didn't see Frank dead. She would have been devastated.
No, the show tells you that the radio is set up on a timer. If Bill doesn't reset it every few days, it automatically plays an 80s song to signal danger (i.e. Bill is killed, incapacitated, or unable to get to the radio). It would have gone off days after Bill and Frank died.
Masterpiece of a episode, Nick and Murray need Emmy wins this year.
I agree, Emmys to Pedro and Bella as well. Why not just give Emmys to the director, the writers and the entire cast for best TV show.
I hope this episode and the actors get nominated for awards.
The song over the radio is the same one they heard in EP 1. Showing they had already died. Very sad, fantastic episode
Yay, I've been wanting to see y'alls reaction to this episode...edit- awesome reaction as usual y'all, can't wait to watch next week's episode.
Awesome, hope you enjoy!
Beautiful storytelling
You know things are about to get real when Max Richter starts playing.
Frank went to my high school here in Perth. I think I left the year before he went there.
May I recommend a great movie that gets overlooked. The Commitments is a movie of Irish kids trying to form a soul band. Awesome soundtrack and good movie.
I love this show but I love you both more. Thank you for such a beautiful reaction….❤
Good Easter egg when ellie tells joel you're too honest ...
I just dont get it why people so hateful and pissed off because of this episode, because cmon.. this is pure, toucheful story about relationships with really important people of your life. And it is extemely compact in terms of screen time, but without lack of meanings. It has some minor elements, like Bill in the middle of the street there, yeah. But overall, jeez, it was like a whole drama movie instead of single episode. And it so perfectly loaded into whole show story. This is perfect example of extremely important life principle "just live your own life and do not disturb others lives". Fundamental thing about life, about yourself and your beloved ones.
Last of Us is one of my few favourite games overall (from 90s to nowadays) and this episode is just wonderful.
I like your company since my first meet with your channel about "Das Boot" watching and I like that you are natural and sensitive couple, as I always thought. This is why I stayed here over all the time.
“Hateful and pissed off” says it all, really.
@@adamh8876 I dont get it too, what do you mean by that sentence
We hated it because it retconed two characters from the original story, and, like many other things in the show, broke the world building just to have a side story romance that had nothing to do with the primary characters. That combined with the many plot holes, and the show's creator outright admitting he inserted this episode to 'trick people into watching a gay romance" just to appease his ego tends to leave a sour taste in the mouth. Especially when we enjoyed the original well told Story.
@@Beuwen_The_Dragon no it's because you're a whiny, ignorant bigot.
Never expected them to fall in love and die with each other in their arms! From what i remember in the game Frank hung himself in a bad part of town because he got bit. Bill was still alive!
The only thing that stuck out to me, was that the final shot, through the window, appeared to be from a second floor vantage point, when their bedroom had been moved to the main floor, to accommodate Frank's wheelchair.
Pretty sure you can see the street outside the window at the same level - not as if you had to look down at the street.
@@jhornacek it could just be from the split diopter effect they used. As I said, that's just how it appeared to me...
Got a like for the truest form of love commentary
I heard that there's a safe code on the wall somewhere in this episode. It's an Easter Egg shout out to the game. Still haven't seen it, though.
O wow that's cool! I want to watch a bunch of Easter egg videos on this show once it is over so I don't get hit with spoilers haha!
Another fantastic reaction to this emotional rollercoaster!
I don't have HBO but I've heard a lot of people talking about how this was one of the best episodes of any television show written and performed. Ever
Those People evidently have only just discovered television...
One more sad thing to remember is that during 2003 Gay Marriage was still illegal. Mass was the first state to approve it, but it wouldn't go into law until 2004. This was such a genius episode and Nick deserves a Emmy for his performance.
Similarly the radio code for trouble was an 80s song, since that was when the AIDS epidemic hit and the Reagan government just let the gay community die.
Masterclass in Emotion that episode.
The only criticism i have is that i would prefered that story as a movie, zombie apocalypse brokeback mountain.
And the song during the last day montage ("On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter) gave me a little bit of whiplash because i watched Arrival so many times that i will always associate this song with this movie.
Based on the symptoms Frank was experiencing I am guessing a disease like ALS is what he had.
One of the best TV episodes ever created.
Bill and Frank getting married is more emotional when you remember that in the world of the show, normal society ended in 2003, and at that time there was no gay marriage.
Totally missed that. Good catch.
Absolutely loved this episode it was so good it kinda made you forget how good and informational episode 2 was to the storyline
17:30 why does Bill not have a sniper perch(s)?
That's been bugging me too, he should have had some kind of cover or perch since he's a survivalist.
@@chadwickvon8019 yeah, he could have had concrete bunkers too.
I was definitely stressing with that haha! Bill was too smart to just be fighting in the middle of the street with no cover!
He could be trying to draw fire away from Frank in the house. They could have grenades and torch the house so he's trying to protect Frank by having them focus on him in the middle of street. Great reaction. Definitely cried during this one. 😭
If Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett don't get nominated for this episode I will be shocked because those two definitely hit it out of the park with this episode. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@@AngieHines maybe. Its tough to keep drawing fire, if you are gut shot though.
one of the best stand alone episodes of tv ever made - and i have seen them all - this is up there with some of the best #BB episodes - and for me that's alot i balled my eyes out. 5 stars.
As I'm sure others here have already pointed out, this wasn't a tragedy but a triumph considering the world they live in. Dying on your own terms after years of life and love after the end of civilization is such a luxury.
This may be one of the bet episodes of TV ever made.
Samantha, I am a tough skinned guy who barely gets teary, but seeing you get upset, more than I have seen before...you almost got me there! ha ha thanks guys for the reaction.
I can't say anymore than "Incredible well done"
This show is getting better at each episode.
If want something even harder, look for the Viggo Mortensen movie "The Road" from 2009.
Such a great curveball episode for a zombie apocalypse tv series.
they aren't zombies
@@Selene.moonie 🙄 Tell it to the scientists who have been talking and writing about zombie ants and the zombie-ant fungus for far longer than ridiculous pedants have been complaining about how people refer to a video game or a tv show.
@@Selene.moonie don’t censor or report or cancel me pleeeease
I have been watching these out of order (not sure why), and I realised after watching your reaction that it was only a few days they have been dead. I think that was the meaning of the Depeche Mode song being broadcast on the radio at the very end of episode 1. That was an 80s song and 80s, as Ellie worked out, means something is wrong. Basically it was signallling that was the day that Bill and Frank ended it all.
No, Joel says that Bill had the radio set on a timer, and that if he didn't reset it every few days that it would automatically play an 80s song to indicate something is wrong (i.e. for some reason Bill couldn't make it to the radio to reset the timer - either because he was dead, captured, or something else). So the radio didn't play that song on the day Bill and Frank died - it happened days later.
You can read about Frank in a letter in bills house in the game
One of The Best episodes of Television I have ever seen
Amazing reaction 🎉
A lot of people (vocal minority) are upset bill is gay. I’m upset he wasn’t using cover like a dips$&t.
One of the best episodes on TV ever!
Oh boy, this one. As love stories go, it did in 30 or so minutes what many movies failed to do over several hours, even several movies..! 😵 Yes I'm looking at you Prequel Trilogy, and Twilight movies, to name just a couple 😝
We all had to kinda go through this with Covid 2020
You guys seem like like just good people. When can we hang out?