THE LAST OF US 1x3 Reaction! | Breakdown & Spoiler Review | HBO | "Long, Long Time"
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- Episode 3 of the highly anticipated Naughty Dog video game adaptation of The Last Of Us is finally here. Just when we thought this show couldn't make us cry anymore, they dropped this episode 😭 We should just have tissues on deck going forward.
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I love how Ellie reads “hehehehehe” phonetically. She’s never encountered internet slang :)
Yeah I was hoping to see Bill with them. He was funny in the game...
At least he may be alive since the whole (80s song) playing at the end of episode one.
Also, at the end of 3, the window is open.
People may assume he escaped but he was safe in there, where would Bill be?
There's no reason for him page Joel, just to give Joel everything in that place, then to leave out a window.
Also Joel could have taken all those guns and put it in the truck...
@@TheLostDude7 they said in the episode the song played automatically after a couple weeks if Bill didn't stop it, like a dead man's switch of sorts
@@Iceyman314 ahh gotcha. Idk I hope this approach plays out. Kind of a disappointing episode. I know they want to show bills back story but, it was boring, we didn't need to see that whole romance episode
And none of it was in the game
@Tea8hCBDude lol someone's homophobic
@@TheLostDude7 It was like, we switched the genre from Zombie show to a sad romantic drama for a while. But that's just life, not everyday's gonna be the same. I liked the episode but I can understand why some people wouldn't like it.
Bill and Frank's relationship gave me SUCH "Carl & Ellie in the opening from UP" vibes.
Cuurrrllll
me too!
I hope you're joking and you're not fucked up to compare the legendary Pixar scene with this one...
*I don't understand who didn't like the episode 3. The story isn't just about infected and action scenes. It's about finding humanity and love in a broken world. I loved Bill and Frank, perfect and extremely emotional episode. It doesn't have to be the same as the game, just a very well done adaptation.*
too much filler. i get what they were going for but it didnt need like an hour of it of side content. thats my biggest television gripe in general. and also in expense of one of the games biggest moments.
We all know who didn’t like it. People who have never played the game who r homophobic and toxic gamers
@@Shabeast meh i completely disagree my bruh.. i think you completely didnt get the message or you just choose not to recognize it
@@manasas868 tsk ur kind is the start of negativity
@@optimumpride7057 the message is Joel learning he has to open up to ellie and continue the story. And they used bill and Frank to show why. I got it just fine. We didn’t need an hour and a half of it. This series just like removes and kills people willy-nilly because they wanna surprise audiences so bad that at times it forget it has a greater responsibility as well so the overall narrative.
I played the game to death and I FREAKING LOVED this take on Bill and Frank. This episode were epic imo.
It totally deviated from the games, but this episode was amazing.
Nick Offerman is the fucking man, what a performance from him honestly amazing
@@Maciappula Yea, Nick Offerman needs an award for playing Bill.
In the game, Bill was not gay, at least there was no hint of it!
@@ВалентинЖданов-р9е dude, you really need to play the game again because he was gay as hell in the game.
@@ВалентинЖданов-р9е I guess you missed the hints then
i loved that they died in a non gruesome way during an apocalypse where everything is so scary and bloody and that we didnt see their dead bodies.. all we can do is imagine two skeletons hugging each other in bed, two people who loved and cared for each other dying in the room they shared :(
I cried once every 15 minutes this entire episode. This is one of the most beautiful and emotionally powerful episodes of tv I’ve ever seen. This felt like a movie that I guarantee would be on every critic’s shortlist for best picture at the Oscars. 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 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.❤❤
This gives me excitement for Season 2/3, cause what really needs to be rectified and improved is the messy, convoluted narrative of TLOU2. This episode proves it will change and for the better when the time comes to adapt that sequel.
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Oh sh7t! I didn't know about Annie Wershing. RIP. 😢
This episode hit hard, quite a bit harder than Sarah's death in the first. Bill and Frank living their life with love, be there for each other and then both ending it together when they're old and health is failing. Beauitful and absolutely heartbreaking and depressing at the same time. Didn't think this show would make me cry my eyeballs out, definitely far better than what happens in the game.
It's a masterclass in adaptation. The whole thing is a catalyst for Joel with the same outcome. Neil said in the podcast that he always weighs in what you gain by changing a characters fate so completely, and they decided the gain was more than worth the deviation.
It's insane some ppl day this episode hit harder than the death of Sarah.
This is just the product of loneliness of a guy who.... Likes guys
In the games, if you give Frank's suicide note to Bill, he crumples it up and throws it away. You can then pick that note up and it'll have a crumpled look to it.
I like how they switched it up so that Joel is the one who crumples up a note.
In the game, Bill serves as a cautionary tale to Joel about refusing to be open to love, being closed off, and by yourself. Sure, you'll live. But you'll be a lonely, hollow shell of a person.
Here, Bill's story serves as a reminder of all the lovely things love brings. And a reminder to Joel about what his purpose is, and unfortunately, how he's failed at that twice now.
Serves a similar purpose, in a different way.
Loved this episode.
good take
In the show, they played the soundtrack of the giraffe scene from the game.
You also get a trophy for picking the note back up! For those who are trophy hunting for platinum
@@PsychoSpiral they did! They also played "It Can't Last" (a theme of an important romantic relationship in the second game) during the strawberry scene
In the game Frank hates Bill's guts, this shit was trash and unecessary.
They gave Bill a happy ending. In the game, he lived the rest of his life alone and bitter. He deserved better. I approve of this change.
I was shocked they changed so much, would’ve loved to have seen Ellie & Bill go at each other... But Bill served his same purpose from the game. In the game he was an example for Joel how not to be, Bill was an uncaring loner and because of that was losing his mind, it was showing what could happen to Joel if he completely cut himself off from the world. In the show however, Bill is the opposite and is actually inspirational for Joel and shows him how he should be, I thought it was beautiful.
Found you again dude
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@@tiagoalves2056 I just saw. Im not offended its just weird to see the same comment over and over by so many different people. Haven't really seen that before
@@matlohn9381 ok sorry and again greetings from Portugal
Exactly what I was thinking... I was excited till I've seen the episode. Seems like some lbgqt forced episode.
I was really hoping to see Bill Joel and ellie fight at least before they left.
The more I've re-watched this episode, the more I've realised their situation even more. Frank's dying with an incurable disease, they live in an awful and dangerous world, they've grown old and spent a beautiful life in the past 16 or so years, it's probably getting harder and harder to keep up with the defenses and keep surviving in this world for them too, their lives are getting monotonous wake up, survive, sleep, etc. Now that they've gotten old and Frank's basically a liability too with his condition, they've probably reached a point where they're old, they're happy and satisfied, what's more to do? It's not the same world we live in. They're basically in stuck in this bubble for a couple of decades now. They can't retire and travel the world, explore new things, experience new things, etc, like an old couple would in our world. So, with all things considered, them doing a suicide pact was choice Frank made, eventually Bill, and it was such a bittersweet moment ❤ They won life's lottery in this world imho
Narratively this episode made sense...I can tell what the writers were trying to set up. Especially regarding Bill's words to Joel in the letter. It will all make more of an impact in the end.
What were they trying to set up, a romance episode that meant literally nothing in the end because they both die, bill was in the game to show how Joel would end up if he never tried to love again, all of that was thrown out of the window
@@imapimp212 Bill's letter at the end does that. Tells Joel that there are people were taking care of, don't be a loner.
@@FrshChees91 I still think having Bill help our characters out with the car, the school scene, when the zombies start chasing bill and Joel would’ve been more emotionally impactful than a dumb letter he wrote lol, Bill in the game was an example of what not to be, to not regress in self-loathing once you lose the person you love, which was the lesson Joel needed. All of that was thrown out of the window once Bill passed away with Frank
@@imapimp212 I saw a comment on another video that yes, while Bill in the game is an example for Joel of what not to be, Bill in the show is an example of what Joel could/should be. Ultimately, I think it has a similar impact on Joel. That despite both of them being hard characters, they can help in some way and live a life of meaning even if it's for one person.
@@imapimp212 You really aren't terribly bright. This episode did the exact same thing as the game, just in the opposite way.
As someone who played the game. I liked how they did bill and frank here.
Right?! I played the game when it came out. Played it so many times I can't tell you how many. I got all the achievements after numerous restarts and playthroughs. Absolutely loved the story and it's seriously among my top 3 games of all time. How the show depicted and interpreted Bill and Frank's story was just incredible, beautiful, and special. I loved it! But now I'm just emotionally exhausted after watching the ep and several react videos on it lol
As an episode of The Last of Us this is incredible, but the reason I love this episode so much is that even as a stand-alone story it is immaculate. One of the best episodes of Television I’ve seen in a long long time. The final shot through Bill and Franks window gives me chills. A near perfect episode of television imo
It was so beautiful and that window shot was bittersweet. I'm just emotionally exhausted at this point after watching that episode lol
Game fan here. I loved this so much more than Bill's chapter in the game. It is so incredibly amazing. In the game Bill alludes briefly to his relationship with Frank when he and Joel find Frank's body in another building and see that he has hanged himself. You never meet Frank. You never see their relationship. Having this instead, and getting to see this supremely beautiful love story is just so wonderful to experience. I loved it. I love that they got to live a full life together and go out together on their own terms. I especially loved the last day. The last meal being the same meal as the first and the marriage scene was amazing. The music playing throughout that entire day is flawless. And then when you realize that the world ended in 2003, twelve years before gay marriage became legal in the US, and you understand that they never got to live in a world where their marriage would have been recognized it is even more poignant. As a fan of the game, I love this episode. As a fan of great television, this is probably one of the top five best episodes of television I've ever watched. As a fan of a great love story, I have never seen a more touching, more profound, more immediately impactful on-screen love story than this one. What it was able to accomplish as a love story in the span of just 60 minutes is truly stunning.
I love the shot of the infected looking at the knife instead of Ellie. It's like he knows what she's got in her hands and the fact she's probably going to stab him. It shows they're not just mindless zombies and that they still have basic intelligence left.
Also, the beautiful score that plays when Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett) get married is called "On the Nature of Daylight (Entropy)" by Max Richter. It was also in the film "Arrival" (2016).
And shutter island loved it
All I remember is *Shutter Island*
It was the first time I heard of that film, and all I remember is that. Even Arrival scene couldn't resonate as intended sadly, due to another film already occupying the moment.
I almost wondered if the infected wanted Ellie to kill him? Like he can’t have much of a life/afterlife/infected life (🤔😂) under all that rubble.
This episode is gonna have some of the most emotional reactions. Such a great episode
I’ve been working my way through a bunch of the channels I regularly watch and most of them are crying multiple times. And I was the same
@@James_MacX Tyrone is the only person so far that I’ve seen do a review of this episode absolutely hating it
@@latrelljack8751 not familiar with the name off the top of my head but I must say I won’t go out of my way to seek it out. I loved the episode
@@latrelljack8751 I used to watch the hell outta Tyrone Magnus but a couple years ago dude went full Amazing Lucas level off the rails with the "alpha male hates woke" crap. Dude was chill as hell before but guess he's unfortunately still the same douche i stopped watching
No *bleep* this Gayness. I cannot believe what I watched last night it has scarred me for life. It was SHOCKING! REVOLTING! The awesome character of Bill who was not even a big part of the original story was a cool redneck/funny/gruff hilbilly type (obviously not gay). His character has been turned into an elderly gay man????? I cant believe anybody is ok with this let alone likes this. SHOCKING. More than that the TV show as a whole is basically just the game done worse. Who needs it really? I half liked because it was basically the story of the game which was brilliant. This episode with gay BIll was not only repulsive but very very boring as well. So boring it had nothing to do with the main story it felt like a walking dead side story with some gay porn.
This is the best way to tell the story. The creator probably had this as his base story and changed things up for the game. Narrative was this is really how this tragedy should be told. This is the end of humanity. Each episode should be moments of happiness with a gloomy reality looming for the future. The game is one thing but honestly the whole story is about love. How love keeps us together and how it will doom us all.
the only thing i miss from the game is the way Ellie interacted with Bill but this is better for a tv series.
I think he let him in not so much because of Frank's sincerity, but because Bill was lonelier than he probably even realized himself.
As a game fan I had no problem with them changing Bills story this was way more powerful and the chemistry between Offerman and Murray was incredible.
Same. Bill got more of screentime, and the story stayed the same. Go to bill -> get car.
Right?! There was so much humanity and depth. I personally was so curious about how Bill and Frank met and their relationship in the game. The letters that you read become snippets of the life they shared. I was so intrigued and I wanted to know more! The show's interpretation was just utterly beautiful and I loved it.
I think every episode is probably going to explore how there is both good and dark parts in both love and loss.
What I took away from this is that there is both beauty and sadness in everything. Even if you get your happily ever after with your soulmate and are one of the lucky ones to make it to old age, that fairytale still ends in disability and death. But that also means the possibility for so many beautiful experiences along the way. The goal isn’t to exist for as long as possible no matter what. The goal is to have meaning along the way. And Bill and Frank got to choose when they’d had enough on their own terms. When it was no longer possible to thrive and live and they were only surviving.
And I just thought of something else: SPOILERS MAYBE?
In the game, Ellie expresses survivor’s guilt at one point so maybe she wasn’t worried about the mycelium network cause she was almost hoping for something to happen. She keeps surviving bad things while others don’t. She doesn’t have a purpose to keep outliving people. She doesn’t like Joel enough to want to go on for him and she doesn’t appear to have anyone else (as she told Tess in ep 2). I feel like first she was testing to see if the Infected felt pain to see if the person was still present behind there and I think she has a lot going on in her mind with Riley becoming one and whether there had been anything left of her underneath, with Tess sacrificing herself to them, and herself being bit but not infected and why her, and she sees it doesn’t respond to the pain, and it’s just all fungus underneath so she just wants to release all her rage out on the monsters who caused her so much pain but who the people she loved all became I guess? Just a theory. I probably read way too much in.
Oh dear!!! I could not agree more. I admire how articulate you are. I cried again after reading your comment! 🥲
The window thing was there to showcase that when bill & frank met both sang the same song that was playing inside the car at the end. Emphasizing on the fact that Bill found the love finally.
Yes it’s deviates but Bills purpose still remains. Bill was to show Joel to not just survive but to live with purpose and Ellie was his purpose. Just like in the game Bill main goal was to survive but he became a broken man with regrets and not fixing things with Frank
Can't say enough about this show. One of the best adaptations of anything, so far. When it follows the source material it nails it and when it deviates it nails it.
I was disappointed that we aren't going to see a Ellie and Bill interaction on screen but I'm not mad at the changes either. I thought this was a wonderful change and gift for both fans of the game and new fans coming into the show. This was just a beautiful love story in such a dark world a much happier ending to bill and franks story compared to the game but it still hit all the same notes for different reasons. I was also not okay almost the whole episode wiping tears off so I feel your pain.
MASSIVE game fan here. I absolutely did not mind this at all.
I loved this addition, loved what it had to say about love and it's beauty. Bill serves a similar purpose, thematically, here.
Sure, we lost some funny moments between Bill and Ellie, but we got this beautiful love story.
Druckmann said that his philosophy regarding the changes was: if something they come up with is as good as our worse than the game, don't change it. But if they come up with something better, something thematically meaningful (because TLoU is a game about love and all the beautiful, horrible things it brings. So if something related to this theme comes up that is solid... ) they'll change it. The bigger the deviation, the bigger the story reward should be.
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Yes!!! The overarching theme of the game was human connection and human relationship. And how a relationship with someone can change you and that there’s still humanity/love/ beauty in an apocalypse. They nailed this theme in this episode and they have nailed the first three episodes so far. I’ll accept criticism of this episode that is objective and makes sense, but the only criticism I’ve seen so far is bigotry
@@sarahsav618 yeah, if it was a straight scene I bet it wouldn't have as much noise is having now, but there would still be noise about Ellie and Bill, which is more understandable
5:30 close. That X thing on the door basically says that a military unit has searched that place. It also states which unit it was, when they searched it, and any survivors or dead bodies. Any particular hazard, that are present in the house, a person coming across it should be aware of.
When Frank started playing the piano, I initially thought, “This totally shouldn’t be in tune.” However, it would be entirely accurate to Bill’s character if he learned how to tune his own piano. He built an impenetrable fortress, so the challenge of tuning a piano would be a “piece of cake” (anybody who knows how complicated and difficult it is to tune a piano can’t say it’s a piece of cake, but Bill is a maniac lie maverick lol)
This episode was phenomenal. Yes, this deviates from the game and yet, it delivers on the emotions, themes and we still continue onwards in the journey with Joel & Ellie, in a truck with their classic costumes. Also, Bill still leaves a mark on Joel while his arc goes on a different path. Love the spaceship reference. Best way to describe this version of Bill & Frank, is that it's a companion the o.g game. "On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter and "Long, Long Time" by Linda Rondstandt are used to perfection.
I think Frank had MS. It robs you of your motor functions over time if left unchecked (and often even then). There’s no cure, just treatments. No money in cures. This was a great episode and I really liked the change.
That's what I thought as well, had a boss who was diagnosed it is a brutal thing for someone to go through...
I think that was established to play into what Joel will fear about Ellie as the bond grows further and we get to the climax by season's end, it gives greater context and justification for what will be a brutal and violent end to this season.
He had cancer of some sort. Cancer that had metastasised and spread to his spine, brain, and organs. This is why he was so frail, had shaky motor movements, and was deathly ill. MS debilitates, but it doesn't kill.
@@gSWG3R I think that he had ALS that makes more sense to me as to why he wouldn’t want to go on anymore
@@gSWG3R MS does kill over time what are you talking about my grandmother died from MS.
I guess rewatching parks and rec would cured me from sadness after watching this episode, cause of nick offerman's incredible acting
I didn't know he can pull off that sad very watery eyes. Man, it made me tear up like him.
My headcanon is that Bill is Ron Swanson in an alternate universe.
This episode was just absolutely beautiful.
I finally got my girl to watch this show with me yesterday night after football (Fly Eagles Fly) and we binged all three episodes. This episode had us both tearing up and calling back to when her daughter caught covid and we feared losing her, as well as contemplating our own mortality and how we'd deal in this situation. This is beyond being just a good video game adaptation. It's calling up real emotional responses. This is art man.
Yooo same lmao, i watched this after my bengals lost, and fvck i wasn't rdy for this
Cried like a mfer the whole time
You guys should just keep a cute tissue box on the table, like in a therapist’s office in your new studio. I would imagine it’s a requisite for a reaction channel. Also, would love a tour of the studio!
Are they a couple im new so i dont know😅
Hahaha! I love the detail of “like in a therapist’s office”. But yes, tissue box on the table is probably a good idea.
I was a teary mess watching the dinner scene. They are doing such an incredible job.
I loved the detail that they never show you when Bill puts the poison in the drinks, only Frank know, that's why he says that he should be upset but find it very romantic, the two of them dying together. I loved that because you didn't realize until the second time you watch the scene.
As someone who played the game many times I really loved this episode, not even mad they changed all that part of the game. And I love Nick Offerman!
I lost it with this love story, I was sobbing uncontrollably 😭… if they added the song from Up it would’ve been game over for me. 😩
I would've had a cardiac arrest at that point if they added the beginning theme from Up. Fuck...this episode had me ugly bawling and now I'm emotionally exhausted lol
I love the changes made to Bill and Frank's story. Bill's journey solidifying Joel's purpose was incredible. Absolutely brilliant.
Bill served his purpose. He helped Joel to get the battery and the truck like in the game. So him and Frank dying doesn't change anything to the main story. What a great adaptation of Bill and Frank. Glad they found each other and lived in their own little space without judgement.
IMO, Frank deciding to "log off" (while still selfish) was for Bill's benefit in his POV. He probably felt like he was a liability, he can't run and his aiming would be awful bc of his illness (im guessing cancer). He wouldn't want Bill to potentially die trying to save him, sure the gates can protect them but for how much longer? Frank figured that if Bill was going to see him die, it would be better if it was after having one final good day and taking pills than a more gruesome death.
Like I said it's still partly selfish to ask Bill to aid him logging off (not sure if he would've done it if Bill said no, Frank had a way of doing what he wants lol), but given the circumstances I think it was the right call. I for sure don't envy either of them of having to make those final decisions.
Never did I think a change from the source material would make it BETTER, this is amazing
Wow..
Making me cry from episode 1 to 3
They did a great job
In case no one else mentioned, Bill's part in journey is just through his town to get the truck (more specifically a battery but they end up with that same truck). They ultimately get the car at the end of this episode, and they tweak how the message of Bill's journey is presented to Joel. The game offers a much worse turn of events for Bill's story, and his character acts more as a bad omen of what Joel could become, rather than providing the hopeful message offered in the show. Like all the other changes, I appreciate them more with every watch, and it helps that it was all portrayed beautifully. And the way they weaved our main characters' stories in and kept the same overall message, it's perfect.
This was one of the best episodes of television I’ve ever seen. Truly incendiary stuff.
You go explore a post apocalyptic world in games and you often see dead couples or family in bed. This is what it looks like in their POV. I really liked this episode despite the deviation because it added more backstory to Bill and Frank and has beautifully set up what Ellie and Joel's relationship will become in the show as well.
Bill and Frank scenes were really heart warming and breaking at the same time, i too felt while watching and crying that Frank had a little bit manipulating character, but i ignored it..., this ep was devastating...
Just a bit demanding
Otherwise he was selfless
I wouldn't say manipulating, I'd say it's more just the differences between an introvert who likes things the way they are and an extrovert who just does things because they make him happy or because he thinks it'd make his partner happy
@@BTBSOUNDS id think it was a case of introvert or extrovert.., eehhh, can kinda see it in some places but yeah.., maybe it was that and a little bit manipulation.., the thing is, if someone is going through a really painful and not so good life like Frank, ik that would be the best way to end your misery but also as Achara said, you gotta be in boths shoes, what will Bill do after that you know.., but yeah.., it can be both in short..
I agree, normally, I would think its manipulation, but given the times they lived in, to find companionship in almost a bargain was very interesting to see. And the best part is, Frank did not take any undue advantage of Bill, Frank did his part to contribute to their relationship. This is by far the most matured depiction of a love story on screen in the recent times.
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I love this change to Bill and Frank. They serve the same purpose but with a more beautiful story with a relatively happy ending. Plus, the episode ends exactly where the Bill part did in the game, so no part of the main plot was changed at all.
I’ve played both games many many times and loved this change. The whole game and show is about unconditional love , sacrifice and death. Lots of different death; it’s an emotional roller coaster on so many levels. I love how Neil continues to tell more of the story that brings more clarity to the story but then throws in these different twists that so far have been great. At first I wanted it to be exactly like the game but this episode ties in with the love, sacrifice and death theme that really hit me hard. In a good but sad way. Cheers!
I played the game on release back in 2013 and I remember always wanting more backstory behind bill and Frank because the letter shows clear hatred towards each other and a falling out so I thought that was the way they where going with this episode after the first 3 year time skip when they were fighting but I really like how the episode actually came out, my only issue I hope it doesn't eat up time for other important parts of the story that can be quite long and drawn out and might need more than 1 episode to resolve but that being said I'm excited for the next episode and who they might meet if not they'll meet them in the 5th episode
This episode is way more of what I want from this show- further development & exploration of characters we know & love, and adding depth to the world of The Last of Us. A lot of subtle nods to the game, including a first aid kit in Joel's stash. This ep shows that the creators have a firm grasp on the source material as well as understanding filmmaking, shot composition & pacing.
Nick Offerman's guest actor Emmy secured :) Murray Bartlett from White Lotus was also great!
I fear this performance will get forgotten by the time the next Emmys happen. Same with Everything Everywhere All At Once should win every Oscar but as it was released 11 months ago, the academy has forgotten and will give all the awards to films released this month
@@IAmThatBit-- EEAAO just got the most Oscar nominations with 11 and has won a bunch at all the other Awards shows. It'll do just fine at the Oscars like Parasite did. HBO just needs to campaign well for the show and its actors.
@@AllInTheGame01 I know EEAAO has been nominated. But it already lost best picture to The Banshees of Inishiren, which I am shocked by
@@IAmThatBit-- Golden Globes aren't everything, EEAAO will do well at The Oscars.
@@AllInTheGame01 Hope so
Very risky for them to so drastically change the Bill and Frank story but I loved it. Honestly I see the game and the movie as two branches of the same timeline. It's as if both game Bill and show Bill started their life the same but at one point diverged and so each version took different roads.
If I can take you back to the argument they had, I feel as if game Bill never acquiesced to Frank and refused to ever change or open up so it drives Frank away and we end up with the Bill in the game and obviously in the show it shows what could have happened to game Bill if he did drop his walls a bit.
It's a fascinating take on it and I suspect people will be talking about that for a long time.
Fantastic episode.
That’s such a nice take on it.
I dont mind this show deviating from the game as long as the changes are better and this was so, so much better.
Druckmann is a genius
I said the same thing about them having Nick play this role like this. He's known as the Alpha Male in all his shows, with zero vulnerabilities. Yet here, he goes from the man with the plan to a little shy boy to finally a well-balanced human being. Superb acting.
Just from a narrative standpoint, Bill has one purpose: showing Joel that shutting yourself off isn't the way to go. In the show Bill serves that purpose differently than in the game, it's still the same message though. I mean Joel said "I'm like that, too" like twice about Bill, so the show clearly wants us to connect their life choices. Bill wrote the letter to show Joel that you can break out of this life by breaking some of your rules and become someone who lives a happy life.
So even if I do like Bill (in the game and in the show) I don't see any purpose in keeping him around, everything the main protagonists can learn from his character has been said. I also feel like Bill is 15-20 years older than in the game.
This show is about the beautiful and terrible kinds of love, this one was a story about the most beautiful thing love can do, so let's keep it that way.
The Nature of Daylight by Max Richter is played in Shutter Island, Arrival, an episode of The Handmaid's Tale - and where main actor Elizabeth Moss via The Handmaid's Tale is also in the music video of the song itself on Richter's music page on YT, and it plays for TLOU for Bill & Frank.
"That was the most he sounded like Joel" Yeah Pedro delivered the lines from the game perfectly with same amount of pause as in the game👏
The new set is nice and cool , I still miss Jab's iconic couch for watchalongs 😆
26:46 As a huge fan of both Part 1 and 2... I've loved the way they did this. And while you seemed emotionally disconnected (I paused the video that moment, so maybe you said otherwise... but during the reaction you didn't seem to feel much), it totally had me fully invested. Emotionally had been very touching. Great episode! Not what I expected, but if anything is that a positive thing to me.
Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett gave career defining performances in this episode. Crazy that something as powerful as this came from a video game.
I’ve never played the game but I’m hoping to play it when it comes out for pc in a few months but learning that this is completely different to what happens in the game makes me even more excited to play it now.
I'm not spoiling it, but from a game players perspective this version was way better and wholesome and if you play the game it's gonna make you sadder
@@miketrujillo3677 no it isnt lol who ever said this is way better than the game bill and frank must be on drugs. yes eps 3 was okay but unnecesarry
I think this episode does have a purpose and it foreshadows the violent climax to come at the very end of this season. What makes me okay with this change, is simple. It still serves the same narrative purpose but in a different way that is more in line with the TV format than a video game structure. With the game, Joel starts to warm to Ellie mainly out of a subtle fear of becoming uncaring and distant like Bill had become with the loss of Frank and his love for him. The TV show, shows how that very love gave Bill purpose and meaning, to the point where Bill & Frank were content to live and die together through thick and thin. Something that Joel will definitely remember come time for the climax.
@@Levsmister bill was literally nothing but a tutorial space in the game he had like 6 cool lines, this is a drama television series made by the creator
Frank hates Bill's guts to the point that he steals his car battery to get away from him. Not this garbage romance bullshit.
Es genial como manejaron la historia de Bill, en el videojuego se insinúa la relación entre él y Frank pero aquí fue realmente fenomenal y hermoso que le hayan dedicado un episodio entero a esa historia y sobretodo que le dieran ese final tan emotivo dónde dejan claro que sobre la adversidad y caos del colapso humano aún hay quienes optan, luchan y buscan el sentido de seguir en el amor y la lealtad, algo que deja muy claro a Joel en la carta.
Al final sigue la línea del juego ya que Bill deja a Ellie y Joel armados y con una camioneta, solo que el camino a eso fue contado de una manera emotiva, profunda y mejor.
Nos regalaron escenas muy importantes donde resaltan el hecho de apreciar las cosas más sencillas de la vida como saborear una fresa; apreciar y valorar cada momento con las personas que amas.
Episodio de ⭐ 10.
When he started singing on the piano.. just the first note, I just bursted out crying.
Wait Jaby you just made me realize that the reason she sliced open the forehead was mostly likely to check if it was still connected to a "network" the same way Joel did to the root outside the museum!
bills town in the game was a stealth and weapon tutorial, so cutting it for a more heartfelt story is so much more impactful
It's such a sad thing that they found love in the post-apocalyptic world with no people around to judge them. This episode killed me.
Back story of Bill is a great addition. I'm not normally great with man on man action, but this was brilliant. The game hinted at Bill being vulnerable in some cases, this showed us what was hinted.
I did not know that Nick Offerman was a great actor, I only know him as a comedic actor.
watch DEVS
I think here the makers have shown so much courage to rewrite an existing story in such a way that in the end it still has a real added value. And it gives Bill and Frank so much more depth. This episode is a masterpiece in itself. 😢❤️
This episode had me in tears also. I kept expecting the worst but it was beautifully done
I don't know if I agree that Frank was being manipulative, Achara. I totally get your point about that you wouldn't wanna leave someone you love like that, with that big a responsibility.
But I don't think that's manipulative. At least this situation. Because he was getting sicker, there's nothing they can do to cure it. And he's had a solid, full, satisfying life. So why not just check out? Plus, Frank did not expect Bill to check out, too.
So if y’all want to cry even more, the song that plays during Bill and Frank’s final day is called “On the Nature of Daylight” by Max Richter….you’re welcome 🥲
As a huge fan of the game, I don't have my pride entangled with the play-by-play of the game. This had all the vibe of the game with brilliant subtexts, and what we as fans should be asking for is a familiar journey, but with new contexts. Personally, I respect that I get to experience the story I love, with the same sense of wonder and anticipation as my first playthrough.
in the game, it was implied that bill was gay. when bill says frank was his partner or when ellie pulls out the nudie magazine and says "how the hell do you walk with that thing?" and asks "why are the pages stuck together."
This ending made sense. At the end, my wife looked at me and said she would do the same. SHe hadnt played the game. So it makes sense he would do that. I think it was a good change. Not all change is bad. Sometimes it can be. Considering how dark its prob gonna get, it was a nice bittersweet ep.
As someone who played TLoU, this was a very nice backstory for Bill & Frank that really packed an emotional punch. The downside from this deviation is we miss out on some classic interactions between Bill & Ellie.
Not to mention the school section with the bloater
@@user-op6kt8pg9y They probably don't want to show the bloaters yet.
People who are not homophobic are going to love this episode no matter how much it deviated from the game. People who are homophobic will not like this episode and claim it's because they deviated from the game. Plain and simple.
There's only one thing that I kinda miss in this episode.
I would have loved to see Bill and Ellie interact with each other.
Franks condition is obviously progressive and the only other option is to let him wither away in agony for the last days, weeks, months of his life. His end is inevitable and this way he gets to go out in relative peace.
The pain Bill feels about it is inevitable as well, but this way (if he had chosen to live) he can live without the guilt of prolonging his loved ones suffering needlessly.
My only issue with this change is that we will never get the interactions between Bill and Ellie.
Ashley Johnson's Ellie was feisty as hell and this part of the game were some of my favorite scenes with her.
The change really didn't change much in regards to Joel and Ellie. They still got the supplies they needed and Joel receives the information needed for his character to grow.
With that said I can see why people are upset with the episode. Especially people who haven't played the game. Joel and Ellie could have showed up, found the note, and left without us ever seeing the Bill and Frank storyline. It does fill like filler but it was very well done.
I was so messed same like Achara, so good guys...love you both❤️
This show “subvert expectations” the correct way
As a gamer. I cried.. this was absolutely beautiful. Yes it deviated. But it also felt true to the core of who Bill. While adding this whole other side that we never got to see.
That being said. Now in even more excited, but also scared of what they will do with other characters that we will meet on the way. Because if this shit makes me cry... I cant Imagine how other certain other story lines will just absolutely crush me
As a fan of both games, I really enjoyed these changes. Bill did what he was put in the game to do. To kinda break through to Joel that men like them can change or should change for the better.
The actor who plays Frank to Nick Offerman's Bill is Murray Bartlett, who also played the resort manager in White Lotus Season 1 and I have been a fan since then. Both of them were phenomenal. This arc IMO gave soul to this story, which until now seemed like a plot for just another adaptation of the video game.
I’ve only watched a few episodes of White Lotus but couldn’t place him until people started saying that. He’s such a good actor!
@@Achara Wow Aunty Cha Cha herself!!! My day just jumped on a happy rainbow cloud. Woohoooo🌈☁
Also, please finish White Lotus when you get the chance and if you like, I'd even recommend making a reaction video series to it. I watched Season 1 after I heard the madness around Season 2, and it totally hooked me in.
Jaby bringing up "Call me by your name" was the highlight of this reaction.
this episode was wonderful. I loved your reaction. we were all like this greetings from Argentina
The episode is about the main theme of The Last of Us. Surviving vs Living.
Bill taught Frank how to survive, and Frank taught Bill how to live.
The only difference between the game and the movie happens during that argument in the street. In the game Bill says absolutely not, Frank starts resenting him because he’s an extrovert. Eventually Frank leaves, gets bitten, hangs himself to not turn. And leaves an angry letter to Bill, to which Bill swallows his tears and feelings and goes, “Well then fuck you too”. Bill will die bitter and angry having never lived at all.
In the show Bill compromised a bit, and let Frank love him how he wanted to love him. Let him make a friend, Tess and Joel. Spruce up the neighborhood. Frank in turn compromised and settled for just that. It’s still an apocalypse, he can’t invite too many people or do too much. So they both died satisfied, in each other’s arms, after a full life.
In either case their plot purpose is to teach Joel that surviving isn’t enough. In the game Bill shows Joel how bad and purposeless his life can be if he doesn’t open up. In the show Bill shows Joel how good it can be if he opens up.
Joel reads the letter and realizes that Frank died happy. And Tess died never having that chance. So he starts opening up a bit.
Both Bill and Franks are sides of the same coin. The bad ending. And the good ending.
Achara's jump at the very end, when the passenger mirror moved... my wife jumped even more than that! Apparently, if a mirror moves you're supposed to see something scary in the reflection. 🤣
Bill was out in the open to draw the gunfire away from the house and away from Frank…always taking care of him ❤️
As a game fan it was a PERFECTLY done switch and I loved it
This ep. Had me bawling it's just so genuine.
Achara you were amazing! Thank you.
The only two people in the world to live happily ever after...
I think it is funny how much weight everyone puts on the part that bill has to play in the game.
Bill in the game is basically a small side character that tells you were to go and helps you a little along the way.
Bill in the game could have been left out entirely and it would not have had any real big impact in the overall story.
The only thing that made Bill of the game a fun character was the banter between him and Ellie
This Bill in the series to me feels so much better then the bill in the game.
They took two characters, one that you didn't even talk to and another you played with for 2 hours max. To flesh out these two characters. They did it SO well 🤌🏾
This may sound strange ,But I always thought that it was bill (or his ghost/ spirit or something) opening the back door there when Joel checked Bill's room. Like the symbol /representation that Bill finally leave from life.
game fan here. I LOVED IT!! It was beautiful