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HBO's The Last of Us Episode 2 Review (Spoilers)
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The ellie bite i thought was to replace her breathing in spores and being like i wasnt lying to show she is immune as well
Correct, it was confirmation for Joel since we don't have the breathing in spore scene.
yeah, it was to make it clear to the audience who hasn't played the game that she is definitely immune comparing her to Tess.
Came to say the same thing 🤜🤛
And people were bitching and complaining about how big of a moment that is in the game and how the show could possibly prove an equal point. As if this change was rocket science or something. Neil and others probably had so many ideas they didn't use in the game and they could very well be recycling those ideas for the show.
That is so smart.
Ellie shoved an unwrapped sandwich in her backpack. Most savage thing she's ever done imho.
she wanted to throw it at the infected later lol
I thought i was the only one who noticed
Pedro’s Joel was definitely playing on survival difficulty when those two clickers showed up. This episode was so GOOD!
And on NG+ since he already had the assault rifle
@@joaopedroformozo6555 yes lmao
I think the shows mechanics of infected is very terrifying because not only you have to be careful when you kill an infected you have to make sure there bodies dont fall onto a ground where the tendrils can grow and alert the horde
But Ellie and Tess survived a clicker bite where it's an instant kill in the game
@@quasar4678 i totally agree
You have a fair point about Ellie not acting like she hates Joel the appropriate amount, but I feel like Joel does show that he absolutely hates her. It's subtle, but there's a little look he gives her right after Tess' death before he walks off, and it's a look of pure "this is your fault, and you revolt me."
It wouldn't make sense, I don't think he'd blame Ellie for that because no one forced him to take the smuggling job, him and Tess decided to do it for their own benefits
@@jabr0nidave262 I mean i dont think he blames Ellie personally but he blames himself and Tess for taking the mission. It just so happens that the mission is Ellie
I think we'll see a lot more animosity between Joel and Ellie because of the death of Tess. With Tess, Ellie was an inconvenience. Now Tess's death is a direct result of taking this job in the first place.
Perfectly said
I know they'll keep the "keep our history to ourselves" line.
Yeah I think next episode will start with that cutscene after the subway. “Let’s keep our histories to ourselves”.
That will set the tone for Joel’s animosity towards Ellie throughout Bill’s chapter.
Craig has said infected are only violent if you resist, which is why they weren’t violent with Tess. It’s not because she’s already infected, as we know they continue to attack Ellie even though she’s technically infected as well.
A guess for why she got bitten again, is to show she is immune to additional infections. In the game this is done in the subway were she is not wearing a mask in the spores. In the show to my knowledge there is no spores so they needed a new way to show that.
The infected that kissed her is actually a Stalker. You can see the difference. I watched it twice and it clicked in my head the second time. Look at the scene again it's cool to realize that.
Wonder if he was a Romantic type and that's why he kissed her
@Marius Boss This might be a joke on your part lol, but I'll tell you what I think anyway. She's infected already. The stalker can tell. It feels it. She isn't trying anything because she doesn't wanna alert the other infected. She is also losing herself a little as she's going slowly. Her body is losing. The stalker is taking the opportunity to make the fungus take her over faster. It's already connected to her, that's why it doesn't rip her apart or just bite her
@@thanosorion yeah I agree I thought the way they delivered a few of those shots was to imply that she was starting to lose control of her body.
I think the reason why Tess doesn't fight the infected more is because she's already getting taken over by the fungus. So part of her almost wants to be with them but part of her is trying her hardest to blow up the whole building. I think Neil and Craig explain it like that in the official podcast.
me and my buddies found it so weird the way she went down, why didn't she take a grenade or something
I think one of my favorite parts this episode was Ellie pretending to turn real quick, she’s growing on me more and more
I went in wanting literally the game just live action but everything the same and I didn’t really like the casting for Ellie but after this episode I’m bought in.
Yeah some choices are way off, Tess being not as confident, Joel clearly being affectionate towards Ellie from the start etc
I see what you're saying about Joel and Ellie, but I think you can tell at the end of the episode, they both are kinda blaming each other for Tess' death so I think a little more "hate" and coldness is coming.
My prediction is there will be more tension between Joel and Ellie at the beginning of the next episode. Now that they're alone and fully stuck with each other.
The french tendril kiss might be a way for the infected to make her a part of their "network". Like now she will also sense when someone steps on a mushroom.
I like the fact that Ellie got bitten again, that way the difference is way bigger. Glad the show is being received well
In regards to the kiss, Craig Mazin has said that the reason why the Stalker didn’t bite her is because she didn’t resist. The infected are only violent when they have to be to spread the infection.
i liked the new bite on elie, because in game you know she tells the truth looking at her breading the spores and nothing happening, here they don't have spores so the next best thing is the bite
I suggest you listen to the show's official podcast about the episodes before doing your take because they go over almost every change to their adaptions. You'll get a better insight on why they made the changes instead of guessing. It will also help you go over the episode in your head without having to re-watch it since you don't have HBO max.
Also, they didn't mention this in the podcast, but they combined Hotel with this Downtown episode. You obviously noticed Ellie messing around, being a kid and pretending to be checked into the hotel, but the building they entered in was actually the Hotel. Ellie actually said her line from the game about ever staying in a place like that. This time Tess is the one to answer Ellie with Joel's line, but a little different.
i think the "kiss" was the way of the infected to create the conection between them and their sorroundings
3:52 exactly right. I thought that through both the first two episodes. His motivations seem different, especially since he already wants to go west to find Tommy so the growth Joel and Ellie have is going to be weakened. Also Pedro's Joel is a lot more robotic (trying to show his numbness, but not as effective as how Troy had portrayed him very walled up). I don't think its an issue with Pedro as an actor but rather directorial cues.
In case you missed it, Tess's lighter is the exact same lighter from the Uncharted series.
Stalkers are smarter than runners.
In the HBO podcast, Neil made an offhanded comment about how awesome the tendrils network idea would be in a Last of Us game. Seemed like he wished he thought of it earlier, haha. That would make for some definitely hair raising moments.
Yeah definitely! But thought he said it was Craig's idea? Might be I'm misremembering though
@@christiant.g.994 Yes it was Craigs idea. :) Neil wished it was his tho for the game haha.
There's more than likely gonna be a 3rd game so they can definitely play with this when it happens. Maybe an evolution of the cordyceps.
@Gage Taylor Yes, definitely. The Shamblers and The Ratking was new for part II so the third game could absolutely have some other cordyceps stuff! 😊
“If Bill kills even one infected…” That part was so funny😂😂😂
Love your take on the episodes as a speed runner and connoisseur of this game. Please keep these up!
In the show's Bill & Frank episode, if Bill doesn't stand under a sign or symbol with a red plus, they'll have let the game down to an unthinkable level.
It's ok Joel's just playing on New Game+
Pretty sure he’s got Unlimited Ammo toggled on too
Definitely worth taking some quick one sentence notes for the next episodes just so you remember what you want to discuss during these reviews
did you notice that Joel reloading his gun and peering to the side with the clicker was a nod towards the game reveal?
I was waiting for him to cock the hammer back
Ahhh that's right! Nice!
Also when he reloads his revolver he puts the spent cases in his pocket, because if you drop them on the ground you make noise and the clicker finds you. Very nice.
@@IlNamelessKinglI all these small attention to details many would miss out on =D glad they are making it seem "real" in that respect =)
@@un_known5895 Yeah not only that, he puts bullets in 2 different pockets so the used ones dont end up in the same bunch of the good ones. Left pocket for used ones and right one for the loaded ones.
Pedro's Joel Died 3 times in the Museum and Tess got a + Sign.
I like they dont have shooting experts its more like “oh shit “ run unlike the walking dead
The people thjat voice the clickers in the game also voiced it in the show. I remember them saying it in an interview.
I think the reason the Infected guy didnt directly mangle Tess, because (kinda like world war z) she was already bitten, so he did that so she can turn faster.- anyone has a better explanation? I really want to know, this is just my thought
Every change they've made so far has been perfect. Let's see what happens after the next episode though as I've heard the next episode deviates the furthest from the source material.
Personally and please don't hate me this is just my opinion alone, but i feel it is being a bit rushed how joel is getting attached to ellie. there is a scene where he tries to fistbump her in the beginning and she doesn't do it, and he gets sad for a brief moment and thinks back of his daughter. Idk that one scene just didn't sit right with me for some reason i liked in the game that it took way more before they started having that connection together. maybe i just enjoyed his more bad ass side idk and i understand why they do as they do. wow u basically say what im trying to say at 3:38 nice im not alone.
EDIT for people already leaving weird rudecomments, maybe he didn't do it intentionally the fist bump but he became aware of it as he reached his hand to do it and nonetheless we saw what we saw. it's not my fault you can't interpret simple human behaviour
Tf are you talking about when has Joel ever done a fistpumn xD
That was not what happened lol. He didn't fist bump her
Exactly my thoughts! I hope it was coincidence and that they're still bonding bit by bit.
@@garypurdy4982 yeah that was an unintentional fist bump that again triggered his ptsd for a brief second.
@@stokedd that hasn’t even happened in the show nor the game lmao
I have some questions about the start of the outbreak. If it was discovered in Jakarta 2 days before the show starts, how did the whole world not know about it already? In 2003 there was already internet, they should have done a press conference immediately and let everyone know to prepare for it. And during the clock shop scene from episode 1, it was already starting to spread and become a problem in the US. How would Billy even be arrested at 2 am the next morning? The cops would have been plenty busy dealing with the outbreak that they wouldn't be arresting anyone
there's no social media or smartphone like we are now in present and the internet even back then it's really limited to how it was use and pretty slow too most of the information you get are from the news in TV or radio and in the first episode radio did mentioned something weird happened in Jarkata but people in US didn't know what actually happened there also Tommy actually got arrested at 11PM you can see the clock when Joel put Sarah down to the bed and he even said that the reason why he got arrested cause someone in the bar got violent beat up someone so he help to stop him and the cop came at the wrong time led him to get arrested
I agree the bite and tendrils instead of airborne spores was a huge but effective change
I'll admit, the kissing scene was not my proudest fap
the only thing i hated in episode 2 is just a visual thing, but Joel shoots the Clicker and the revolver has like no recoil. Looks kinda stupid like hes just holding the gun but dont shoot with it. Besides that, so far, a pretty good show
Yeah. It’s the same in The Walking Dead. When Rick shoots his revolver, the recoil doe not exist
Glad you are enjoying it so far Ant
Love your style of review, simple and effective. The deviations have been executed well. Spores gone replaced by a connected network of mycelium which adds so much tension.
Like you I cannot wait for the next one 👍
imo what really deserves recognition is the scene where Joel reloads his revolver while the Clicker slowely approaches him, the tension in this was just too good, like every noise you make is fatal, I loved it.
These are the only last of us show reviews I actually care about watching. Definitely keep making them!
I had a question that really applies to all zombie shows. If all the normal monsters only last 1-2 months, after 20 years how are there still huge crowds of them everywhere? There would be a lot less people in 20 years and the ones that have survived would be smarter about them so a few might get in trouble and die, but I don't see how there would be a crowd of 100+ in one area
i mean if you think about the population of the U.S even after 20 years id guess theres still probably anywhere between 100k-500k people left compared to pre apocalypses 300+ million, so id guess that the population of humans is still declining hence the amount of runners
@@fjh21127 would make sense if the gov didnt literally bomb his own states and kill infected and not infected ppl.
17:15 lol
Watch inside the episode on the HBO UA-cam channel. Neil explains the three things they changed and why it’s better for the show and making it more accurately believable, and Tess’ moment. Would love to hear your reflection on what he says.
I think part of Joel will blame Ellie for Tess's death and maybe now we are going to see some more tension between both of them.
About Tess not reacting to the kiss, I think it is because the fungus was already taking over her. She was acting very "robotic" to the movement with the lighter.
I hated the runner kiss scene. That thing would have ripped Tess's face off in the game. lol
It's the cordyceps recognizing that she is also infected and she didn't run she just stood there, and It was actually a Stalker. It was a stalker in the process of nearly becoming a clicker.
@@thegamermansion27
And also even if it was a runner it wouldn’t have attacked her, it would’ve pretty much done the same thing as the stalker that did it. The infected want to spread the infection, not necessarily kill off people and tear them apart. It recognized that she was already infected and sought no purpose to come at her in an aggressive way. Tess’ brain was already connected to the hive mind and the stalker only wanted to speed up the process of her infection. A lot of people don’t realize this for some reason lol
Neil mentions in the podcast the infected will attack those who are aggressive or are not infected. Since she didn't resist (maybe she was too paralyzed with fear or the infection taking over) they didn't rip her apart because it wouldn't be worth it to wound her further.
Yeah I agree I ain’t feeling that strong of a disliking to one another in the show like how it was in the game. Maybe that’ll become more apparent as the show goes on.
I interpreted what everyone is calling the 'kiss' as the Stalker infecting Tess but it isn't violent/through a bite because she wasn't putting up resistance, plus it's a brain fungus, fastest way to the brain is through the head. People keep bringing up why didn't she run/fight but like, what could she do by that point? She was already infected, running or fighting wouldn't make a difference.
Fantastic review, look forward to your thoughts on this weekly. I agree with the others that have commented, I think Tess' death will be the point where Joel and Ellie start to hate eachother.
I think I just miss how Tess pushes Joel away at the capitol in the game because he can't accept it. They have a more conflicting relationship in the game because they both have strong/agressive personalities. The show is great though, in a different way.
Excellent episode (again), from beginning to end with really good world building. I think they made a wise choice to ditch the spores and replace that danger with the 'they're all connected' thing. It adds a new level of creepy to the world. Like a twisted Pandora vibe (Avatar reference). I think it's nice they showed at least one scene that is true to the game. Has to be fan service and I hope they keep doing it. But they are progressing faster because there are also some new things coming up, according to the trailers I saw before the series started. So it won't all be recognizable and that's good too. I agree with Ant that the dynamic between Joel and Ellie seems less unkind but I wouldn't mind if they 'clicked' earlier on because it makes moments where something goes wrong more impactful to the viewer. Can't wait for the next episode.
The actors that were motion captured for the game originally, were playing clickers and some runners in the show as well
Loving the reviews Ant! Keep ‘em coming
I love how you reflect over the changes in a reasonable way! You're probably one of the biggest fans out there, and a lot of people just complain about the changes for the sake of complaining.
The environments are amazingly done. I'm so impressed on how good this tv-show looks. I mean the museum and the hotel? Wooow! Looks so cool. 😊 (And the frog playing the piano, coolest dude)
Yeah the highlight for me was the idea of how connected the infected are for sure!
What makes the show more terrifying than game and the big game changer and difference is the fact that this new mechanic when you kill an infected, only makes it difficult for Joel move from one area to another since killing an infected in the show alerts the horde of infected vs in the game you can kill the infected and the infected wouldn't care much.
I love when Ellie was like so there are no infected who throws spores on you , and all i was thinking about Bloaters and Shamblers 😏
They made Ellie too sassy,I never thought that was possible it's not a big deal but I just wanted to point it out
I believe that this iteration of Joel and Ellie still hate each other. Not in the same way they do in the game, just in a more psychological way. Also, Tess acts even more like a mom to Ellie (though in a very survivalist way), it shows in the way she addresses Ellie during their conversations. The way Ellie did not want to leave Tess behind… says much about how she needed those bits of human emotions.
I'm living the show so far! And you're killing it with the reviews Ant. Keep it up! Also fun fact Tess' lighter is based off of Sam Drake's lighter Pog
@4:16 at the end, joel walks away from ellie and possibly blames her for tess' death
maybe the hatred starts from now on?
Joel holds a gun way more on Ellie in the show. And in the game the Tess death comes pretty quick after they meet Ellie. It is after that that tension builds. When they are on their own.
Hi Anthony,
Thanks for the review. im trying not to give spoilers away here but It will be interesting to see what other changes they make. I cant wait for the university before winter.
I loved when Ellie said "I'll just throw my fucking sandwich at them" she so much like Ellie from the game but I'm not sure if I like the dialogue in capital, who knows maybe others do but I didn't
you are absolutely correct about ellie and joel "hating eachother" more in the game. I'm writing this as of after viewing episode 5... I STILL agree that the turn-around of them actually CARING for one another, will be less impactful than it was in the game. BUT- personally, i think the show is nothing short of perfect... so I'm sure they/Druckman found a way to make their turn-around HIT just as hard.
@ 3:21 Anthony begins this conversation :)
The reason why they added the second bite is because there are no spores so Joel can't see her breath them in and believe she's immune like he does in the game.
this episode was so damn good and that intro gave me the chills
joel playing in NG+ in the series
The reason Tess doesn’t fight it is that if she does, she’ll be torn to pieces! Being dead is not conducive to doing anything, much less blowing these things up to save Joel and Ellie. As for the kissing thing, it’s not like they were smooching, it was doing what the show has always established these things as doing, using the tendrils to quickly turn people and you need an open orifice or wound to do that. The infected also don’t attack each other, they operate in herds, they can distinguish between even like a fresh runner and normal human. Tess was bitten on the neck, the show establishes that being bitten here will turn you in mere hours, so the idea that the infected would be able to tell that someone is mostly turned but not entirely isn’t hard to believe when you think about the other crazy shit like Clickers learning echolocation and Bloaters being these indestructible behemoths, Shamblers growing acid spores and shit, Stalkers knowing to hide and ambush people etc.
As for Joel and Ellie, Ellie and Joel actually shit talk each other more in the show than in the game and Joel takes a lot longer to stop wanting to kill her after he finds out she’s bitten. He has no interest at all, he just wants to go back the whole time just like the game.
Next episode will begin with the "we dont talk about Tess and you do as I say" speech, so maybe we will get a more angry/fed up Joel after that.
I really love your opinion about the show.
I know the game from front to back but with this episode I was on the edge of my seat
I could see him hating her more now that Tess dies
The show is obviously on new game plus since joel has the AR already
Holy shit ant! I haven’t seen ur videos an a while and you look amazing! Congrats man
You’re looking really good Anthony!
Really enjoying these vids
Lookin good Ant! 💪🏽
How many times joel shoot the clicker..i dont remember...i have to watch it again n how the hell tess suddenly got bite..
For clickers, I think they should have more chaotic hand movement while running, they seem less agresive than the first runner that chaces Joel and Sarah
Have you not played the game? Runners are extremely more aggressive than clickers when both have spotted you
@@Young_Ruckus In TV show they swing they hands not as agressive as in the game, and Runners in the show literally try to jump, ram Joel totally mindless and careless
All I know is when I’m watching the last of us Ellie gets to walk on water but I gotta go find a crate man I better see a swim patch 😂
9:11 New game plus lets you use the Assault rifle all game in the remake
Currently doing a "full loadout"
New Game+ playthrough and the only time I get ammo for the carried over weapons is once/after I would pick them up normally. Have you noticed this? Is it a Grounded attribute because that's the only mode I play.
@@vodkasoup123 interesting, I still need to do Part 1 on Grounded, but I can tell you that with Part 2 Grounded, SMG ammo drops as early as the initial Jackson chapters.
@@rieyuki Yes! That's exactly what I was expecting, unfortunately not. Can barely find much info about Part 1 changes on forums etc, seems many aren't too interested.
I have a theory. In this Life you are the fungus, that is the reason for what you make Speedrunning. You are the last of us. !!!!!WTF!!!!!
This ep was first-time player gameplay. I hope they come with some experienced player scenes later on.
A g g r e s s i v e
That's what i want
No angel hair pasta in our futures 😂
I was disappointed that it was "tess, its over...." instead of "IT IS OVER TESS!!"
Still a great episode though
I tough the infected kissing Tess was a stalker
If the infected can see other infected doesn't that make Ellie invisible to the infected?
In the game the fungus has mutated inside of her which is why it doesn't kill her, so I guess it might be a similar thing in the show? Maybe it's like she's not part of the same network.
Hello Anthony! 👋😀
It’s interesting how you perceived the dynamic between Joel and Ellie in the tv series, ep2. Because to me it felt the opposite, to me it felt he almost hated her more/hated each other than in this part of the story in the game. To me it felt they compressed the timeline in which their relationship evolve + they’ve changed the order of some of the lines in tv series(which doesn’t bother me at all).
Okay but I thought it was supposed to be completely different ... They're just changing minor things but the overall story is going the same.... I was really hoping for more
It’s better this way or you end up like the Uncharted movie
I gotta disagree since Joel for sure hates her and is ok with killing her but Ellie is kinda hate but ok as well just like the game where she wasn’t super hateful but Joel was
As to your critic, I didn't like the conversation between Joel and Ellie where he goes "Nice knife", because Joel in the game at that point would completely ignore Ellie and focus only on the task at hand which was waiting for Tess also while Ellie would annoy Joel with questions
not really in the first episode when they're in the apartment Ellie actually asked Joel about are they gonna be safe when going outside that was her being actually scared despite putting the tough facade. Joel saw through that and his father instinct kicked in to ensure her that she's gonna be safe despite how emotionally disconnected he tried to be because he's not
@@kratosgow342 but he is emotionally disconnected, and I'm not just saying it because that's how it is in the game, he doesn't trust Ellie yet he doesn't even give her a gun, he's also mad at Ellie after Tess' death in the game in the cutscene, and he's also mad at Ellie after she saves him. It's only after he let's Ellie shoot that rifle to help him he starts to feel good about her.
@@kratosgow342 also like Ant said, he's supposed to hate her still so that we get the satisfaction of them getting close to each other later in the story, which is what we loved in the game
@@jabr0nidave262 well at the end of the episode the way Joel look at her and walk away definitely show that he disgusted by her for leading Tess to die and Ellie also have actual reaction when Joel pulled her away from Tess she outright said she doesn't want to be with him
also Ellie clearly sarcastically answered him when he asked "where did you learn that?" when she keep flick throwing the knife she said "from circus"
@@kratosgow342 It wouldn't make sense, I don't think he'd blame Ellie for that because no one forced him to take the smuggling job, him and Tess decided to do it for their own benefits
Can we get a live stream of Anthony and his mom watching an episode? :D
I think they're doing a good job but I'm not enjoying it quite as much as I'd hoped. What I'm not a fan of in particular is the way they are filming, everything is in short shots, 90% of the picture is blurred at any given time. They really had very little faith in the FX department. I feel like Joel doesn't hold his character well enough either. He often looks cheeky and like he isn't taking it seriously, like he KNOWS he's making a videogame adaptation and therefore isn't putting full effort in. He has very good moments, but weak moments, too. He's a bit too inconsistent, and like I say, doesn't look his heart is in it, YET. Ellie and Tess are/were doing a good job. Tess was the standout actor in my opinion, her eyes never wavered from the role like Joels. Ellie feels like she's feeling out the role but is taking it seriously and is doing a very good job.
I think with the new lore about the infection/fungus acting as one big brain could lead to numerous plot holes but we'll see how they handle it, it's a tricky thing to navigate lore/plot wise.
I really think the characters need more development, I'm worried that the series is going to lean more into the action than the development. Action is fun to play, for me, but to watch I'm really not interested. So altercations with clickers etc don't get the blood pumping, I more zone out. I much prefer the stranger interactions like what we see with Tess at the end, though one of the grossest things I think I've ever seen it genuinely made me think about how the fungus brain works, are they docile in certain situations, can they be coerced etc. I think it adds a level of depth that hopefully can separate it from the more cliche zombie slasher.
My hopes for the show are for it to ostensibly evolve, both with character writing and action pieces. I'd compare the Jurassic Park scene where the kids are in the kitchen with the 2 velociraptors to the Clicker scene, it's actually full of Jurassic Park nods throughout, however it doesn't get close to how effective that scene is in Jurassic Park. Fear has to be illustrated properly, compare how scared the kids are in Jurassic Park and how that amplifies the fear in that particular moment. I think that's a good example of how something should hit compared to when something slightly misses, and that's my general takeaway so far, it's not quite hitting hard, but it's only very narrowly missing. Not all the pieces are quite coming together perfectly.
It's a brilliant videogame adaptation but it's slightly faltering as a standalone piece of work. I will keep on watching because I'm a fan of TLOU and hope to see it come together properly at some point. Ep 1 I'd say was a 8/10, ep 2 a 7-6/10.
That jaw line tho, you look amazing
some MSM here in Europe were outraged by the "Kiss". I'm glad the scene didn't become a victim of cancel culture ^^
The change made to the cordyceps-infected in regard of "being connected" was smart IMHO, it's how fungus organisms work in real life.
I think that Joel from the show hates more Ellie than Joel from the game
I think it’s cool that they nerf Joel, Ellie and Tess by quite a lot. In the game you kill about 500 infected and another 500 human enemies. You’re quite invincible actually. I mean at Winter, Ellie probably take out 50 grown up mans in that chapter. Now they can’t even properly deal with 2 clickers, really add up to the danger of the whole infected situations.
Your talk about the "kiss" made me remember Tess' line to Joel about him not feeling the way she feels. What IF she allowed the kiss because after longing for Joel and recieving nothing, the infected noticed, pursued and wanted to share a kiss with her... with Tess knowing that this will be the last one she will ever have.