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Under the circumstances of the world they're living in, this is arguably the "happiest" outcome one could have. To go out on their own terms with the one they love. Very poignant episode.
Seriously. Even in terms of pre apocalypse life they had a better outcome than so many. It's sad but in a beautiful optimistic way. Kinda like the first 10 mins of UP. The Last of Up
And it's all about the flip real quick. they wanted to show the last bits of 'warm' humanity until all the sh*t hits the fan and it all gets super dark the rest of the way. between the part where Bill says ' I don't care if you're decent people' to Joel and to Tess saying to Ellie that she and Joel weren't good people, the build up has been great.
@@system0fadowner251 I was thinking about this, yeah it was sad in the end but even in our world some people don't get to meet someone special to spend their life with so I agree completely. To grow old in that world with someone you love is probably very uncommon.
Bill and Frank „won“ the Apocalypse in my Book: They lived a, mostly quiet live, were with someone they loved, and they went out together on their own Terms. Also you Guys are great as always Love your Reactions
This episode was a great example of how to give greater depth to a relatively minor character whilst still hitting all the important beats that progress the story and reflect back on the main characters in a meaningful way! So glad to see a happy glimpse of Tess, and that Bill and Frank did indeed share a love that lasted a long, long time! ❤
It’s gonna get super sad from here on out no breaks :,(. If you’ve seen or played the game you’ll know and the show knows how to pull your strings so it’s probably gonna hit 10 times more.
Thanks for the reaction! A thing a lot of folks might not realize (especially if they’re not from the US) is that the world in this show ended in 2003, and the first US State (which does happen to be Massachusetts) didn’t legalize gay marriage until 2004. So Bill and Frank, in-world, never knew the joy of the possibility of actually being married in their world until they decided, on their last day on earth, to just do it themselves. Truly heartbreaking, beautiful stuff, in my opinion. I thought this was one of the best episodes of TV I’ve ever seen.
Also back then homosexual relationships weren't nearly as accepted in public as they are today and so somebody like Bill never would've allowed himself to be in a same sex relationship. It literally took the apocalypse for him to not feel judged by the world for having one
I mean at that point, they had been living through the apocalypse for two decades - 16 of those years were together so I don't think the thought of legality even crossed their mind.
Like Kat, I cried a lot in this episode because my mom has multiple demyelinating sclerosis and she tried to commit suicide twice, she is fine now and is contained but it was very hard for me but it must be more difficult for people who suffer from these disabling diseases which don't have cure and only they understand what it feels like to gradually lose their mobility and things that they could do before and no longer do, and in some cases gradually lose their cognitive functions when you have Alzheimer's or the beginning of it. Also understand that it is a personal decision, even though it hurts a lot, if the person decides to take their own life feeling that they lived a full life and the disease is taking away their identity. Something that happens in life and you don't hear much, I'm happy that they covered it on premium television.
I love that you guys both chose outfits to match the episode! Sonny's plaid to match the typical clothing in this world, and Kat's pink hair/makeup to match the color of all of our eyes and faces after we openly wept for a full fifty minutes at how beautiful this episode was.
“There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.” ― J. R. R. Tolkien. This to me is the message of this episode, and the message Bill passed on to Joel in his letter. As bleak as the world in 'The last of us' is and with everything Joel went through, this message is incredibly important. Also, we as a viewer are given this message here as well. This world is dire. And the first two episodes were all about that.
“Bill knew how to survive. Frank knew how to live.” I saw that comment on a reaction and loved it. Such a beautiful and powerful episode of television. These men are Uber talented. 🥹🥹💜💜
As a non-gamer, I came to this series due to the cast. Every episode has been amazing, so cinematic and heartbreaking. ALL the acting has been phenomenal and the music so poignant. Though very sad, this episode spotlights hopefulness, light in the dark. Perhaps a spark for Joel on his personal journey as well. PS Kat, I can’t believe how fresh you look with an infant in your home!
Since a tv show has more time to flesh out characters than a game I'm really hoping to see how Joel and Tess's relationship grew. It's clear that he loved her even if he couldn't show it. Of course, it allows Anna Torv to get more screen time and that's always a plus.
This felt like a movie that I guarantee would be on every critic’s shortlist for best picture at the Oscars. I cried once every 15 minutes this entire episode. It’s honestly not just one of the most beautiful and emotionally powerful episodes of tv I’ve ever seen, it’s also one of the best live stories I’ve ever seen. Neil Druckman said in the BTS video after the episode that he and Craig Mazin had this philosophy on the show was “when should we deviate and when should we come back, if it’s kinda the same or worse then they stay (completely faithful to the game), if it’s better we deviate”. I’m SO DAMN HAPPY THEY DEVIATED! And I’m so happy that it ended with them dying together instead of Bill just forever bitter and living alone like in the game. Also I loved the Mortal Kombat 2 cameo. And of course Ellie’s favorite character would be Mileena. Tragically yesterday Annie Wershing who played Tess in the game passed away at 45 due to cancer. So when they showed the flashback with Tess and Joel I cried. Rest In Peace Annie Wershing.❤❤
Haven't been this impacted and blown away by a so called "bottle episode" since Akecheta from season 2 of Westworld. Both stories were able to make me fall in love with a formerly total side character with little depth in the space of an hr, then rip my heart out. And rip to Annie. She deserved so much more recognition. She's stayed awesome in everything she's been in since 24. I hope she got to at least see her character come to life on TV before she passed
Not only the episode in itself was masterfully made, they still manage to move the story forward. You can see Joel’s walls cracking down when Ellie’s reading the letter (even before it mentions Tess) and the only way for us to feel as much as Joe did was to show the story of Bill and Frank. This was a defining moment for Joel for better and for worse
Beautifully said! The story of Bill and Frank gives hope to not only us, but Joel as well. They were such great examples of thriving in spite of the circumstances, and doing so through love and selflessness rather than isolation and selfishness.
Fantastic episode accompanied by sad news. Annie Wersching, the voice actress for Tress in the video game, passed away from cancer on Sunday morning. Condolences to her family.
This episode of The Last Of Us for me was one of the best episodes of TV I have ever seen beautifully told much much better than the way it was told in the game
"Not today you new world order jackboot fucks" was one of the best lines! It was also a line that wasn't meant to be spoken in the script. It was put in to tell Nick what Bill was thinking but when it came to shoot the scene Nick said to Craig Mazin (showrunner) he was going to say that as a line and that's what you got.
I must say, I find your reactions very comforting and relatable. I've also really appreciated the way you both work off each other in your discussions before and after the episode. Loving the addition of the Danish word of the day as well.
I ADORED this episode, it hit every note perfectly and Nick Offerman and Frank’s actor (can’t remember his name) absolutely knocked it out of the park. The ending actually made me tear up, which the first two actually didn’t. But hey, no matter how sad, Bill and Frank had decades of loving safety and comfort and went out in each other’s arms. They WON the apocalypse. Loved it. Every second. Just like I loved you two’s reaction. Can’t wait for the next one!
They're in the apocalypse, I think in that situation, you prolly wouldn't feel like wasting time with flirting and dates, lol. Also, he was completely alone for years (even before the outbreak), which is devastating for the human pysche. We need human connection, so he grasped onto it the moment he had the chance.
I mean in the game Joel goes to Bill to get a vehicle, same thing in the show. The main difference is that in the game Bill is bitter because Frank left him in addition to being paranoid. Plus of course Ellie met him. In the game he served as an example of what Joel never wants to become and in the show it seems to be a character that Joel aspires to become. Quite a nice change in my opinion because after the second episode I thought that it's a good show but aside from the background-story (TV-show and the mycologist) and some really small changes (like infected chasing after them instead of soldiers when Tess died), there wasn't much reason to watch the show from a story perspective. I thought this deviation was actually quite nice.
EXACTLY! In the Game, Bill was a bitter old curmudgeon BECAUSE he served as a narrative WARNING of what Game Joel could become. Game Joel was NOT a closed off person. He wasn't the feared one. He cared for Tess (I AM the romantic type/There's enough here that you have to feel some sort of obligation to me). So a Narrative Warning IS appropriate in the Game. SHOW Joel IS Game Bill already. He IS bitter already. He hates the world already. Tess knew he didn't care for her (I never asked you for anything, not to feel the way I felt). There is no narrative purpose with rehashing a Game Bill. NONE. What Show Joel needs IS an aspirational character instead.
I love the hidden details i didn't realised on my first watch... It started in Jakarta, and found in a victim from a grain factory. So the grain/flour was infected and shipped worldwide! Now remember the scenes from the first episode: neighbour granny getting a biscuit put into her mouth... Joel forgot to buy the birthday cake... no pancake breakfast... Joel on Atkins diet.... Sarah rejecting the cookie from the neighbour... Eeek. Here all confirmed. That gives another question: early how many secured places gave flour/baked thing afterwards to the survivors, not realising how dangerous it is. Even months later if someone loots a store or a house for supplies, or QZ's giving out as food.... Of course if they got detectors and fast tests at least the QZ's probably found it soon and checked it afterwards all the time. By the way in episode 2 probably it wasn't a kiss from alien point of view, it was an easy entry point to enter, to infect. To join? Since she was infected already... TBH it was the most disgusting thing i have ever seen... yuck. Oh and I'm sure Tess wasn't bit by the clickers where Ellie was wounded. They stated how different the wounds of their victim is when they found their fresh victim. She was bitten when she climbed ahead alone to clear the way and Joel had a discussion with "circus" Ellie. My reasoning: You can see Tess's face and expression as she rejoins, and her behaviour changed. She knew she will turn in a few hours. So she was in a hurry, melee attacked one of the clickers, and the infection already spreaded when she showed it. If so it changes why and what she said from that point on.... Shoulder wounds is 2-8 hours to make you turn, see episode 1 medical poster in hospital when they check the kid, on the wall. They slept before it, at least Ellie and they watched her if she turns. After she rejoins they only saw the swarm below them and went into the museum with the clickers. Not big time difference, roughly 15-20 minutes. (Also if she would have fought a 3rd clicker there would have been noise attracting the two we seen looking for them, mainly for Joel). The truck was near to the museum, clickers, that was the short way and if the wound would reach her neck vein she would have turned in 15 minutes, before reaching the truck, if the wound was body/shoulder and 2-8 hours then again it doesn't matter which location she was bit, either it wasn't face/neck she had time (see show) or it was a little further away, then she got time what i'm trying to say. Also when the clickers were hunting and Joel was silently reloading, evading if there were a fight between Tessa and a clicker this one would have heard it and ran that way. So my dear Watson, the only logical conclusion is she was bit earlier. And that's why that experssion was on her face as she rejoined. This episode was very emotional again, i loved it. All the acting, story telling, everything is spot on. Joel and Ellie superb, and the two guys Frank and Bill.. i was speechless. I was excited with them for the food, cried with them, laughed with them, etc. These are actors. Confirmed many things, and showed what was the music code for. Don't forget to like our wonderful smart reactor's video, we all elsker them. and give your score for the episode at imdb and rotten tomatoes to show you appritiation. Cheers! P.S. Here is a cookie for anyone reading this long comment. Got tasty Jakarta ingredients in it....... :)
Yeah, it's because of Bill being the survivalist/prepper that he is that he and Frank were able to survive everything that was going on outside their little town, and it was because of Frank being who HE is that they were able to live a relatively full life. I'd like to think that up until whatever caused the rift between them in the game that they had pretty much the same life as they do in the show. I love, too, that we got to see in their lunch date that Bill and Joel are very much the same in that, without someone to protect they're just surviving but when they each have someone to look after and protect then that gives their life meaning. Had Bill not died with Frank, he very much would have ended up the same as we saw him in the game, and that's exactly how Joel would have ended up without Tess, then Ellie, to protect.
I may be crossing the streams a bit here but for some reason the way Bill changed when he fell in love and how he said he wasn't scared till he met Frank reminded me of when Cassian said to Marva "I won't have peace. I'll be worried about you all the time" and Marva replied "That's just love. Nothing you can do about that" By the way I really LOVE the Danish word of the day segment you guys are doing now! I'd only recently realised just how many words in English actually derive from Danish... well, old Norse anyways. Turns out the British Isles were actually occupied and ruled by the Danish for centuries and they left *a lot* of their vocabulary behind. Trust the little one is doing well.
When it’s love at first sight there is never too soon, my husband and I were inseparable after our first date. 32 years later he still puts up with my grumpy ass 😅
En ekstremt bra episode, jeg er imponert over hvor bra serien er selv med endringene di gjør. Har fellt mang en tåre disse tre episodene. Jeg så også SKYGGEN I MITT ØYE på netflix her om dagen, jeg ble knust. Så mye tragedie og sorg. Takk for hver dag som går uten krig og elendighet.
Also - Thank you for the spoiler warning in the discussion after. I muted the sound but was unsure when to unmute so I just watched the last 20 minutes in silence😊😂.....Still worth it. 👍🐶❤❤❤ 42
It was definitely sad, but at the same time they lived a life of love, they had everything - food, home, warmth and resources like electricity, gas, fuel, etc. Given that it's a post apocalypthic world where everyone else is trying to survive, suffering and dying terribly...Bill and Frank were insanely fortunate, living in a paradise really. So while it was sad, it was also heartwarming.
When he says he was never "afraid" he is not talking about ALL fears. Paranoid people are afraid OF things and people. Bill was never afraid FOR someone before Bill was never afraid of LOSS before. And I ADORE the fact that they include the topic of PAS/MAiD/death with dignity/going out on your terms, ESPECIALLY since it is NOT legal in most of the US. (Only legal in 20% allow for medical personnel, only 2 states allow for assisted suicide)
Your analysis is so thoughtful and poignant! Joel and Bill truly are mirror images. Only someone so similar could understand Joel enough to galvanize him with just a letter.
One of the most faithful, heartfelt, loving, caring, well thought out and articulated episodes of television that I have ever seen. This show is freaking phenomenal. It just keeps getting better and better. Too bad, there are ignorant, bias trolls who are review bombing the episode and show because of their anti-LGBTQ+ views.
"Bill had probably denied himself this kind of happiness his entire life." "That also might be why he's paranoid." Excellent discussion and insight and Danish lesson. Thank you!
I assume the deviation happened after the scene where they had the argument about Frank fixing up the neighboring properties. In the game Bill didn't concede in the show he did.
Interesting fact, Someone pointed out that outbreak day was roughly a month or so before when the state of Massachusetts where this takes place legalized same sex marriage. So bill would have been very closeted his entire life. making their decision to get married at the end Even more poignant
I had never even heard of this game (not a gamer) last game I played was on a game boy, so yea.. but I watched the first episode and saw that they were weekly so I had to know the story 😂 thank god for people who are great gamers, I watched the gameplay on UA-cam and loved it, as far as the show goes loving it.
SORRY KAT YOU SAID THAT'S WHERE HE GETS FOOD AND STUFF ? I CAN'T, NEARLY SPIT MY (newly refilled) DRINK ! (Food and Stuff in Parcs and Rec is the shop where Ron Swanson gets "all his food. And most of his stuff"
Game Spoiler: It feels like an alternate reality instead of Bill letting Frank do up the town and make it his, in the game he refused that so Frank ended up hating him and tried to leave him and got bitten and killed and left the letter and killed himself. In the letter from Frank in the game he says that Bill would never change his ways and that is why he ended up resenting him... I really think that moment where Frank wants to maintain and upkeep the town to show love was the turning point of where we could have got the game ending or the show ending depending on the choice Bill makes.
First, your reaction to the toy going off was priceless. I know the basics of the video game story as I havent played and probably never will. I felt like this change was pretty awesome. This show just keeps tearing my heart out on a new level every episode and i love it. Author Stephen King made comment on twitter that he finds it funny this episode takes place like 10 miles outside Boston. I replied to him that I live 7 miles outside Boston and I am ok with the inaccuracies cause the show is just so damn good. 😊 10 Mile outside Boston is still very much City/Suburbs. Even after the appoclypse youd stlil see civiliation. It doesnt get that rural till youre about 20+ miles out haha. Its nice that Danish like English just adds letters that are totally unneccesary.
// Its nice that Danish like English just adds letters that are totally unneccesary. // Worst offender IMHO is the word "queue". Literally every single letter after the first one is useless.
I haven't watched anything that gutted me like this since Six Feet Under. Great reaction, y'all. Maybe Black Mirror: San Junipero. Oh I think the disease Frank had was Parkinson's according to some of the behind-the-scenes stuff HBO put out.
I agree wholeheartedly with you guys comparing the adaptation of TLOU to The Witcher one... Changes are fine, when they serve the overall story and enrich the message of the adaptation.
This guy fell apart at the Luke Skywalker thing (and she was SO supportive to him during that / super cute). I can't wait to see how you all handle this. (grabs popcorn...)
Bill does serve the same purpose in both game and show but they do differ.(spoilers for game) Bill in game is supposed to be someone that Joel could end up like and he doesnt want to be. Bitter miserable lonely men that pushes everyone away. Hank does die by suicide because he got infected. Bill in the show is someone Joel could aspire to be like. To open up to love and to care. Protect those you love no matter what. Move heaven and hell protect them. The one thing ill miss from the games that we didnt get to see in the show is Bill and Elli bickering at each other. Other then that i loved the love story i cried like a baby watching it.
People sleep on video game stories. They’re for children. Well… this made me cry like a little child. Why am I torturing myself watching people react to this? I’m kind of obsessed 😅
All we need now in the episode starters is how Joel and Tess got together, how Ellie got bitten, and how the apocalypse started for Tess. I heard her story is about as terrible as Joels. Oh and how Tommy and Joel got seperated.
The writers were capable of making the viewers fall in love with Bill and Frank in a single episode. I wish they have given Tess the same treatment before they killed her off.
This episode was cruel. Intruducing characters for us, give them an entire storyline over years and years and then just take them away from us AND put Max Richter over it. That's it, I'll stop watching, they can't do this! Just kidding. It was a great story within a story and probably very important for Joel and as others already mentioned, Bill and Frank made the best out of it.
hi kat, i totally don't want to overstep but i've noticed that in recent videos that your thyroid, at the base of your throat, is very swollen. i have thyroid problems, and i know they can be brought on by pregnancy. i wanted to make you aware because a lot of people don't even know what their thyroid is, and its responsible for a lot of your body's functions. i apologize if i'm overstepping but i wanted to tell you just in case!
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Also, we didn't get to mention it when we filmed the reaction - RIP Annie Wersching...
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LOVE = KÆRLIGHED
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In an interview, Neil Druckmann put simply: "I was open to all changes, but the bigger the changes, the better they had to be".
Under the circumstances of the world they're living in, this is arguably the "happiest" outcome one could have. To go out on their own terms with the one they love. Very poignant episode.
Seriously. Even in terms of pre apocalypse life they had a better outcome than so many. It's sad but in a beautiful optimistic way. Kinda like the first 10 mins of UP. The Last of Up
The fact that they lived their lives together for 20 years also. They grew old together. Finally died together.
And it's all about the flip real quick. they wanted to show the last bits of 'warm' humanity until all the sh*t hits the fan and it all gets super dark the rest of the way.
between the part where Bill says ' I don't care if you're decent people' to Joel and to Tess saying to Ellie that she and Joel weren't good people, the build up has been great.
@@system0fadowner251 I was thinking about this, yeah it was sad in the end but even in our world some people don't get to meet someone special to spend their life with so I agree completely. To grow old in that world with someone you love is probably very uncommon.
Everyone dies one day. This was a happy ending even by non-apocalyptic standards.
Bill and Frank „won“ the Apocalypse in my Book: They lived a, mostly quiet live, were with someone they loved, and they went out together on their own Terms.
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Reminds me of the farmhouse in the second game. Don't wanna spoil anything but the contrast is just heartbreaking.
@@nickv1212 very sad parallel
“Then love me the way I want …” Sonny, you were so sweet to look over to Kat.
This episode was a great example of how to give greater depth to a relatively minor character whilst still hitting all the important beats that progress the story and reflect back on the main characters in a meaningful way! So glad to see a happy glimpse of Tess, and that Bill and Frank did indeed share a love that lasted a long, long time! ❤
Every episode starting like "oh you think last episode is sad? Let me show you something better this time" LOL
It’s gonna get super sad from here on out no breaks :,(. If you’ve seen or played the game you’ll know and the show knows how to pull your strings so it’s probably gonna hit 10 times more.
Thanks for the reaction! A thing a lot of folks might not realize (especially if they’re not from the US) is that the world in this show ended in 2003, and the first US State (which does happen to be Massachusetts) didn’t legalize gay marriage until 2004. So Bill and Frank, in-world, never knew the joy of the possibility of actually being married in their world until they decided, on their last day on earth, to just do it themselves. Truly heartbreaking, beautiful stuff, in my opinion. I thought this was one of the best episodes of TV I’ve ever seen.
Actually it was legalized in Nov. of 2003, so they missed it by a few months.
@@lindaouellette6656 wtf this is even sadder 🥹😭
@@lindaouellette6656 yes, but it went into effect in Jan 2004, like I said.
Also back then homosexual relationships weren't nearly as accepted in public as they are today and so somebody like Bill never would've allowed himself to be in a same sex relationship. It literally took the apocalypse for him to not feel judged by the world for having one
I mean at that point, they had been living through the apocalypse for two decades - 16 of those years were together so I don't think the thought of legality even crossed their mind.
Such a minor point in the game becomes one of the best episodes of 2023.
Like Kat, I cried a lot in this episode because my mom has multiple demyelinating sclerosis and she tried to commit suicide twice, she is fine now and is contained but it was very hard for me but it must be more difficult for people who suffer from these disabling diseases which don't have cure and only they understand what it feels like to gradually lose their mobility and things that they could do before and no longer do, and in some cases gradually lose their cognitive functions when you have Alzheimer's or the beginning of it. Also understand that it is a personal decision, even though it hurts a lot, if the person decides to take their own life feeling that they lived a full life and the disease is taking away their identity. Something that happens in life and you don't hear much, I'm happy that they covered it on premium television.
I love that you guys both chose outfits to match the episode! Sonny's plaid to match the typical clothing in this world, and Kat's pink hair/makeup to match the color of all of our eyes and faces after we openly wept for a full fifty minutes at how beautiful this episode was.
“There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.” ― J. R. R. Tolkien.
This to me is the message of this episode, and the message Bill passed on to Joel in his letter. As bleak as the world in 'The last of us' is and with everything Joel went through, this message is incredibly important. Also, we as a viewer are given this message here as well. This world is dire. And the first two episodes were all about that.
“Bill knew how to survive. Frank knew how to live.” I saw that comment on a reaction and loved it. Such a beautiful and powerful episode of television. These men are Uber talented. 🥹🥹💜💜
As a non-gamer, I came to this series due to the cast. Every episode has been amazing, so cinematic and heartbreaking. ALL the acting has been phenomenal and the music so poignant. Though very sad, this episode spotlights hopefulness, light in the dark. Perhaps a spark for Joel on his personal journey as well. PS Kat, I can’t believe how fresh you look with an infant in your home!
The entire world needs to watch this episode and learn from it...
Since a tv show has more time to flesh out characters than a game I'm really hoping to see how Joel and Tess's relationship grew. It's clear that he loved her even if he couldn't show it. Of course, it allows Anna Torv to get more screen time and that's always a plus.
This felt like a movie that I guarantee would be on every critic’s shortlist for best picture at the Oscars. I cried once every 15 minutes this entire episode. It’s honestly not just one of the most beautiful and emotionally powerful episodes of tv I’ve ever seen, it’s also one of the best live stories I’ve ever seen. Neil Druckman said in the BTS video after the episode that he and Craig Mazin had this philosophy on the show was “when should we deviate and when should we come back, if it’s kinda the same or worse then they stay (completely faithful to the game), if it’s better we deviate”. I’m SO DAMN HAPPY THEY DEVIATED! And I’m so happy that it ended with them dying together instead of Bill just forever bitter and living alone like in the game. Also I loved the Mortal Kombat 2 cameo. And of course Ellie’s favorite character would be Mileena.
Tragically yesterday Annie Wershing who played Tess in the game passed away at 45 due to cancer. So when they showed the flashback with Tess and Joel I cried. Rest In Peace Annie Wershing.❤❤
Haven't been this impacted and blown away by a so called "bottle episode" since Akecheta from season 2 of Westworld. Both stories were able to make me fall in love with a formerly total side character with little depth in the space of an hr, then rip my heart out.
And rip to Annie. She deserved so much more recognition. She's stayed awesome in everything she's been in since 24. I hope she got to at least see her character come to life on TV before she passed
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This is 100% the episode the show is gonna push for awards considerations. Brilliant all around!
Not only the episode in itself was masterfully made, they still manage to move the story forward. You can see Joel’s walls cracking down when Ellie’s reading the letter (even before it mentions Tess) and the only way for us to feel as much as Joe did was to show the story of Bill and Frank.
This was a defining moment for Joel for better and for worse
Beautifully said! The story of Bill and Frank gives hope to not only us, but Joel as well. They were such great examples of thriving in spite of the circumstances, and doing so through love and selflessness rather than isolation and selfishness.
Fantastic episode accompanied by sad news. Annie Wersching, the voice actress for Tress in the video game, passed away from cancer on Sunday morning. Condolences to her family.
This episode of The Last Of Us for me was one of the best episodes of TV I have ever seen beautifully told much much better than the way it was told in the game
I’m loving the Danish word of the day, it’s cool that you all do that 🙂
Beautiful discussion afterwards. Thank you.
"Not today you new world order jackboot fucks" was one of the best lines! It was also a line that wasn't meant to be spoken in the script. It was put in to tell Nick what Bill was thinking but when it came to shoot the scene Nick said to Craig Mazin (showrunner) he was going to say that as a line and that's what you got.
This episode made me realize I'm surviving right now, like Bill did, and not living like Frank did. I need a Frank in my life 😅
Then dig a hole in your backyard, maybe your Frank will be falling in.
@@zanechi haha, that's a nice idea 😅
Well said
you and me both, friend
BE the Frank in your life! :)
This is the right way to flesh out some characters! So heartbreaking 💔 Awesome episode!
Is every episode of this show gonna make me cry? 😢
Great tearful reaction!
Absolutely beautiful television. Unique, emotional, impactful. Actors crushed it! Love it.
I must say, I find your reactions very comforting and relatable. I've also really appreciated the way you both work off each other in your discussions before and after the episode. Loving the addition of the Danish word of the day as well.
I ADORED this episode, it hit every note perfectly and Nick Offerman and Frank’s actor (can’t remember his name) absolutely knocked it out of the park. The ending actually made me tear up, which the first two actually didn’t. But hey, no matter how sad, Bill and Frank had decades of loving safety and comfort and went out in each other’s arms.
They WON the apocalypse.
Loved it. Every second. Just like I loved you two’s reaction. Can’t wait for the next one!
They're in the apocalypse, I think in that situation, you prolly wouldn't feel like wasting time with flirting and dates, lol. Also, he was completely alone for years (even before the outbreak), which is devastating for the human pysche. We need human connection, so he grasped onto it the moment he had the chance.
Also, Bill was probably VERY ready to assume his homosexuality, considering he was probably still in the closet.
For the algo, love you guys and loving this show so far. Not one episode below an 8.0 in rating
This episode is heart breaking. Such amazing acting
I mean in the game Joel goes to Bill to get a vehicle, same thing in the show. The main difference is that in the game Bill is bitter because Frank left him in addition to being paranoid. Plus of course Ellie met him. In the game he served as an example of what Joel never wants to become and in the show it seems to be a character that Joel aspires to become.
Quite a nice change in my opinion because after the second episode I thought that it's a good show but aside from the background-story (TV-show and the mycologist) and some really small changes (like infected chasing after them instead of soldiers when Tess died), there wasn't much reason to watch the show from a story perspective. I thought this deviation was actually quite nice.
EXACTLY!
In the Game, Bill was a bitter old curmudgeon BECAUSE he served as a narrative WARNING of what Game Joel could become. Game Joel was NOT a closed off person. He wasn't the feared one. He cared for Tess (I AM the romantic type/There's enough here that you have to feel some sort of obligation to me). So a Narrative Warning IS appropriate in the Game.
SHOW Joel IS Game Bill already. He IS bitter already. He hates the world already. Tess knew he didn't care for her (I never asked you for anything, not to feel the way I felt). There is no narrative purpose with rehashing a Game Bill. NONE. What Show Joel needs IS an aspirational character instead.
At the end of the day, even on an apocalypse. LOVE WINS!
The best of Linda Ronstadt she was a great singer. Had some big hits in the 70's and 80's. It's nice to see this and this was an emotional episode.
Thank you both...really enjoyed this episode.
Thanks for making these videos guys! Really great to watch. Also I love Kat’s hair cut and color!! Looks so good! ❤
Thanks, Kat! Thanks, Sonny! Episode 3 was pure excellence... a love story amidst chaos. 💎 #KatAndSonny #TheLastOfUs #TLOU #TheLastOfUsHBO
"One has to leave this world" - strong theme as always, beautifully shot, really sweet.
I love the hidden details i didn't realised on my first watch...
It started in Jakarta, and found in a victim from a grain factory. So the grain/flour was infected and shipped worldwide!
Now remember the scenes from the first episode: neighbour granny getting a biscuit put into her mouth... Joel forgot to buy the birthday cake... no pancake breakfast...
Joel on Atkins diet.... Sarah rejecting the cookie from the neighbour... Eeek. Here all confirmed.
That gives another question: early how many secured places gave flour/baked thing afterwards to the survivors, not realising how dangerous it is.
Even months later if someone loots a store or a house for supplies, or QZ's giving out as food.... Of course if they got detectors and fast tests at least the QZ's
probably found it soon and checked it afterwards all the time.
By the way in episode 2 probably it wasn't a kiss from alien point of view, it was an easy entry point to enter, to infect. To join? Since she was infected already...
TBH it was the most disgusting thing i have ever seen... yuck.
Oh and I'm sure Tess wasn't bit by the clickers where Ellie was wounded. They stated how different the wounds of their victim is when they found their fresh victim. She was bitten when she climbed ahead alone to clear the way and Joel had a discussion with "circus" Ellie.
My reasoning: You can see Tess's face and expression as she rejoins, and her behaviour changed. She knew she will turn in a few hours. So she was in a hurry, melee attacked one of the clickers, and the infection already spreaded when she showed it. If so it changes why and what she said from that point on....
Shoulder wounds is 2-8 hours to make you turn, see episode 1 medical poster in hospital when they check the kid, on the wall. They slept before it, at least Ellie and they watched her if she turns.
After she rejoins they only saw the swarm below them and went into the museum with the clickers. Not big time difference, roughly 15-20 minutes. (Also if she would have fought a 3rd clicker there would have been noise attracting the two we seen looking for them, mainly for Joel).
The truck was near to the museum, clickers, that was the short way and if the wound would reach her neck vein she would have turned in 15 minutes, before reaching the truck,
if the wound was body/shoulder and 2-8 hours then again it doesn't matter which location she was bit, either it wasn't face/neck she had time (see show) or it was a little
further away, then she got time what i'm trying to say.
Also when the clickers were hunting and Joel was silently reloading, evading if there were a fight between Tessa and a clicker this one would have heard it and ran that way.
So my dear Watson, the only logical conclusion is she was bit earlier. And that's why that experssion was on her face as she rejoined.
This episode was very emotional again, i loved it. All the acting, story telling, everything is spot on.
Joel and Ellie superb, and the two guys Frank and Bill.. i was speechless. I was excited with them for the food, cried with them, laughed with them, etc. These are actors.
Confirmed many things, and showed what was the music code for.
Don't forget to like our wonderful smart reactor's video, we all elsker them.
and give your score for the episode at imdb and rotten tomatoes to show you appritiation.
Cheers!
P.S.
Here is a cookie for anyone reading this long comment. Got tasty Jakarta ingredients in it....... :)
Great reaction guys! Such a wonderful episode
Yeah, it's because of Bill being the survivalist/prepper that he is that he and Frank were able to survive everything that was going on outside their little town, and it was because of Frank being who HE is that they were able to live a relatively full life. I'd like to think that up until whatever caused the rift between them in the game that they had pretty much the same life as they do in the show. I love, too, that we got to see in their lunch date that Bill and Joel are very much the same in that, without someone to protect they're just surviving but when they each have someone to look after and protect then that gives their life meaning. Had Bill not died with Frank, he very much would have ended up the same as we saw him in the game, and that's exactly how Joel would have ended up without Tess, then Ellie, to protect.
I always watch the Episodes on my own and then come back here to listen to your review / discussion part really awesome guys 🙂
I may be crossing the streams a bit here but for some reason the way Bill changed when he fell in love and how he said he wasn't scared till he met Frank reminded me of when Cassian said to Marva "I won't have peace. I'll be worried about you all the time" and Marva replied "That's just love. Nothing you can do about that"
By the way I really LOVE the Danish word of the day segment you guys are doing now! I'd only recently realised just how many words in English actually derive from Danish... well, old Norse anyways. Turns out the British Isles were actually occupied and ruled by the Danish for centuries and they left *a lot* of their vocabulary behind.
Trust the little one is doing well.
When it’s love at first sight there is never too soon, my husband and I were inseparable after our first date. 32 years later he still puts up with my grumpy ass 😅
One of my favourite episodes of television ever
En ekstremt bra episode, jeg er imponert over hvor bra serien er selv med endringene di gjør. Har fellt mang en tåre disse tre episodene. Jeg så også SKYGGEN I MITT ØYE på netflix her om dagen, jeg ble knust. Så mye tragedie og sorg. Takk for hver dag som går uten krig og elendighet.
Also - Thank you for the spoiler warning in the discussion after. I muted the sound
but was unsure when to unmute so I just watched the last 20 minutes in silence😊😂.....Still worth it.
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This episode had music taken straight from Games 1 & 2, wonderful just wonderful & emotional
It was definitely sad, but at the same time they lived a life of love, they had everything - food, home, warmth and resources like electricity, gas, fuel, etc. Given that it's a post apocalypthic world where everyone else is trying to survive, suffering and dying terribly...Bill and Frank were insanely fortunate, living in a paradise really. So while it was sad, it was also heartwarming.
When he says he was never "afraid" he is not talking about ALL fears.
Paranoid people are afraid OF things and people.
Bill was never afraid FOR someone before
Bill was never afraid of LOSS before.
And I ADORE the fact that they include the topic of PAS/MAiD/death with dignity/going out on your terms, ESPECIALLY since it is NOT legal in most of the US. (Only legal in 20% allow for medical personnel, only 2 states allow for assisted suicide)
Your analysis is so thoughtful and poignant! Joel and Bill truly are mirror images. Only someone so similar could understand Joel enough to galvanize him with just a letter.
ok i'm gonna watch this but I need to reefill my drink first, Mama's gonna get dehydrated with all the tears
One of the most faithful, heartfelt, loving, caring, well thought out and articulated episodes of television that I have ever seen. This show is freaking phenomenal. It just keeps getting better and better.
Too bad, there are ignorant, bias trolls who are review bombing the episode and show because of their anti-LGBTQ+ views.
I would not be surprised to see this episode win Emmys and Golden Globes.
"Bill had probably denied himself this kind of happiness his entire life."
"That also might be why he's paranoid."
Excellent discussion and insight and Danish lesson. Thank you!
Bill and Frank beat the end of the world. We'd be sonlucky to even have a fraction of a win like this.
World full of just survival. Showing how human connection can still happen. My poor heart.
I LOVE watching you Guys
What a great episode !! LOVED IT ❤
I assume the deviation happened after the scene where they had the argument about Frank fixing up the neighboring properties. In the game Bill didn't concede in the show he did.
Interesting fact, Someone pointed out that outbreak day was roughly a month or so before when the state of Massachusetts where this takes place legalized same sex marriage. So bill would have been very closeted his entire life. making their decision to get married at the end Even more poignant
I had never even heard of this game (not a gamer) last game I played was on a game boy, so yea.. but I watched the first episode and saw that they were weekly so I had to know the story 😂 thank god for people who are great gamers, I watched the gameplay on UA-cam and loved it, as far as the show goes loving it.
What ban episode,superbly written and acted
SORRY KAT YOU SAID THAT'S WHERE HE GETS FOOD AND STUFF ? I CAN'T, NEARLY SPIT MY (newly refilled) DRINK ! (Food and Stuff in Parcs and Rec is the shop where Ron Swanson gets "all his food. And most of his stuff"
Glad someone caught the joke 😉❤️
I'm gonna wait to see the awards this episode and the actors will win. Masterpiece
Danish word of the day for the win!
Game Spoiler:
It feels like an alternate reality instead of Bill letting Frank do up the town and make it his, in the game he refused that so Frank ended up hating him and tried to leave him and got bitten and killed and left the letter and killed himself.
In the letter from Frank in the game he says that Bill would never change his ways and that is why he ended up resenting him... I really think that moment where Frank wants to maintain and upkeep the town to show love was the turning point of where we could have got the game ending or the show ending depending on the choice Bill makes.
I would edit this to say "game spoilers" btw. Just saying
My partner (the one with a mighty beard, I am polyamourous) and I (a trans girl) have decided that Long long time is our song for eternity.
First, your reaction to the toy going off was priceless. I know the basics of the video game story as I havent played and probably never will. I felt like this change was pretty awesome. This show just keeps tearing my heart out on a new level every episode and i love it. Author Stephen King made comment on twitter that he finds it funny this episode takes place like 10 miles outside Boston. I replied to him that I live 7 miles outside Boston and I am ok with the inaccuracies cause the show is just so damn good. 😊 10 Mile outside Boston is still very much City/Suburbs. Even after the appoclypse youd stlil see civiliation. It doesnt get that rural till youre about 20+ miles out haha.
Its nice that Danish like English just adds letters that are totally unneccesary.
// Its nice that Danish like English just adds letters that are totally unneccesary. //
Worst offender IMHO is the word "queue". Literally every single letter after the first one is useless.
Glad that the cordyceps doesn't spread via tears, . . . I'd be getting re-infected every episode!
I haven't watched anything that gutted me like this since Six Feet Under. Great reaction, y'all. Maybe Black Mirror: San Junipero.
Oh I think the disease Frank had was Parkinson's according to some of the behind-the-scenes stuff HBO put out.
I never knew Parkinson's would put you in a wheelchair? And thanks!
Feel bad for him. Hard to forget when it happened on your Birthday
One of the best episodes in TV history. It sucks that I can't say more than that.
Why not?
Sonny was dressed for the occasion.
I agree wholeheartedly with you guys comparing the adaptation of TLOU to The Witcher one... Changes are fine, when they serve the overall story and enrich the message of the adaptation.
The biggest deviation from the game yet but man was that episode so good.
This ep was really good ughhh much better arc for Bill than the game for sure! Amazing change!!
oh goodie i get to cry again :-)
Fantastic storytelling.
ily guys
This guy fell apart at the Luke Skywalker thing (and she was SO supportive to him during that / super cute). I can't wait to see how you all handle this. (grabs popcorn...)
when Frank said "I know", it was so relatable such a nice answer to "there is no girl"...
Joel wearing Franks shirt at the end ☹️
Bill does serve the same purpose in both game and show but they do differ.(spoilers for game)
Bill in game is supposed to be someone that Joel could end up like and he doesnt want to be. Bitter miserable lonely men that pushes everyone away. Hank does die by suicide because he got infected.
Bill in the show is someone Joel could aspire to be like. To open up to love and to care. Protect those you love no matter what. Move heaven and hell protect them.
The one thing ill miss from the games that we didnt get to see in the show is Bill and Elli bickering at each other. Other then that i loved the love story i cried like a baby watching it.
People sleep on video game stories. They’re for children. Well… this made me cry like a little child. Why am I torturing myself watching people react to this? I’m kind of obsessed 😅
All we need now in the episode starters is how Joel and Tess got together, how Ellie got bitten, and how the apocalypse started for Tess. I heard her story is about as terrible as Joels.
Oh and how Tommy and Joel got seperated.
Я ждал реакции 🙋♂️
Looking good Kat ❤️
For the algorithm
May I ask…what film does the color spectrum poster in the background represent?
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!
It's beautiful, right?
It’s gorgeous! The movie and the print.
The writers were capable of making the viewers fall in love with Bill and Frank in a single episode. I wish they have given Tess the same treatment before they killed her off.
There's still the chance of flashbacks.
7:55 I thought it was a baby monitor! 😅
Haha, just a Mandalorian figure I don’t know how to turn off 😂
This episode was cruel. Intruducing characters for us, give them an entire storyline over years and years and then just take them away from us AND put Max Richter over it. That's it, I'll stop watching, they can't do this!
Just kidding. It was a great story within a story and probably very important for Joel and as others already mentioned, Bill and Frank made the best out of it.
what’s the movie in the back? isn’t it one of those things where each line is the colour of a frame of the movie?
It sure is! And the movie is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 😁
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Very off topic... Not sure if Kat has checked her thyroid, but she might want to.
Anyways, love your videos guys! Keep up the great work!
Are y'all German? Cheers.
No, Danish
hi kat, i totally don't want to overstep but i've noticed that in recent videos that your thyroid, at the base of your throat, is very swollen. i have thyroid problems, and i know they can be brought on by pregnancy. i wanted to make you aware because a lot of people don't even know what their thyroid is, and its responsible for a lot of your body's functions. i apologize if i'm overstepping but i wanted to tell you just in case!
You’re not the first to suggest that, but it’s nothing. So no worries there 👍 Thanks though!
@@KatSonny glad to hear it! Hope all is well :)