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In my opinion, Bill and Frank won the apocalypse... They were able to live 16 years together in a relatively normal way. They both experienced love and simplicity. They both went out together in a very romantic way. I cried the first time I watched this, and I've since watched like 10 reactors watch this episode and I cry every. damn. time. Nick Offerman deserves an Emmy for this performance. Seriously. Hes incredible!!!
Right? It's nice that there are empathetic people out there, especially here on the internet where there are also lots of sociopaths and trolls too, and negative Andys. You know this episode is amazing when it's also the most polarising ep that they have so far.
I love the blocking in the sofa scene, Frank, the weak and sick man is higher up, better lit, and sitting prouder, wheras Bill the healthier man is lower and looking up, almost cowering, but it never feels like power over another it feels like love flowing down from someone who can give it to someone who needs it.
I couldn't stop crying at the strawberry scene and the scene where Frank told Bill about his plan. Both of these scenes were so pure that you could literally feel the love they had for each other and their bond, seeing a gruff guy like Bill crying his eyes out on the couch made me ugly cry so hard. I'm glad they went together because Bill wouldn't have survived in a world which didn't have Frank in it.
it hits more deep when you know Bill don't have a knack in farming, when the first scene of him doing that resulting of a boogus looking carrot, thats why he's so gratefull for Frank intention
I think what i liked the most is the fact that they changed Bill story but kept the “toxicity” aspect in a way. They didn’t have a perfect relationship but in this show they manage to make it work and truly loved each other. 👀 unlike the game that Frank straight up hangs himself and Bill is left alone. Good changes
Know what really got me (in hindsight) when Frank told Bill about his final good day? The marriage. The world collapsed in 2003, the year before same-sex marriage became a thing in the US. They never married because, in the old world, they wouldn't have been able to. Frank essentially "invented" gay marriage in their little world, their home, just so they could do it before he passed.
Agreed. I was already crying at the strawberry scene, sobbing by their final dinner. But they really had a lovely life together. More than lots of people get honestly.
You can't overlook the huge amount of talent needed from the actors, the writers and the director to make you cry for characters you met less than an hour ago.
Every reactor is crying to this episode and so did I last night. Now I'm going through the pain again. Remember when Bill was singing Linda's Long Long Time and he stopped at "I think I'm gonna love you / For a long long time" before crying. These were the same lines the episode ended but Linda singing this time along with me crying.
@@Dustyphoto915 Or like the episode is a masterpiece and people with health emotional growth react to it. If you look enough you'll find some emotionally stunted people though lol
@@Dustyphoto915 its called emotions it has nothing to do with thinking for ones self.. Its ok you too can feel something if you allow yourself to. This was a beautiful episode. might go down in history..
Bill and Frank's story really touched me. In the real world, same sex marriage wouldn't be legal in Massachusetts until 2004. Here, the world fell apart in 2003, before any of that could happen for these two. Seeing as they met in middle-ish age in the mid-2000s, they were around to witness the AIDS crisis just a couple decades earlier, and likely lost friends during that period. Survival for people like them was never guaranteed in the "normal world", so for them to survive another epidemic, find love, and build a home in the ruins of a devastated community is a perfect example of "winning" the apocalypse.
Seeing reactors get emotional over Bill and Frank makes me so happy, not gonna lie. It's important to show stories like this; not only because we deserve to have our stories told, but because they can make people understand how beautiful true love is, regardless of gender!
And that's why The Last of Us is no ordinary game about a zombie apocalypse. The main theme was never the apocalypse, but loss, grief and love. The apocalypse is just the side story. I'm looking forward to the next episode. And your reaction to it of course! Greetings and love from Germany :)
Have to appreciate the irony of Frank representing the gamer community’s point of view. “I do not support this… I should be furious….. But you have to admit it is romantic…. heheheheheheh…”.
MVP of the episode was Nick Offerman. Close runner up was Murray Bartlett. 3rd runner up was the song "On the Nature of Daylight" playing during Frank and Bill's last day together. The song is a must-have to display the beauty and tragedy of life.
We all knew Maddison would be bawling her eyes out, just too cute! Love you guys as always, the episode was amazing, hate I have to wait a week for the next one!!!!
Bill taught Frank how to survive, and Frank taught Bill how to live. In the game Frank ends up leaving to see the world because he's too extroverted, gets infected, and hangs himself before turning. So Bill is a lot more bitter about the one person he trusted leaving him. Either way Bill serves to show Joel the difference between surviving, and living. Bill is a survival expert, but what does he know about living until he opens up? In the game he shows Joel how bad he can become if he doesn't trust people or open up, in the show he shows Joel how good it can become and what he could've had with Tess. So either way Joel starts to open up. That's the major theme in the Last of Us. Surviving vs Living.
This whole episode was incredible. So heartbreaking, but also beautiful at the same time. They found love in a destroyed world and society. Bill knew how to survive, and Frank taught Bill how to live and enjoy life. I was a WRECK crying my a$$ off. ❤👏🏼
The 80's song on the radio that came on at the end of the first episode is when they drank the wine and killed themselves. They died the same time that Joel,Tess and Ellie left the QZ. Joel said he left it running over the radio, he turned it off when they went into the bunker.
And now look up the lyrics to that episode I 80ies song on the radio (" *Never Let Me Down Again* " by Depeche Mode) and see if you can draw a connection between the lyrics and Bill & Frank's story... 😏
Damn guys. I've been watching alot of reactions. My initial watch of ep 3 brought tears to my eyes of course. But when I saw your reaction drop I started crying before I'd even watched it coz I knew Maddisons ( sorry if I spelt that wrong) reaction was gonna set me off big time. In a good way I guess though. What a heavy episode hey. Love you guys. Much love from Perth West Oz.
I binged all of Arcane this weekend for the first time and then immediately followed it up with one of the best episodes of a show I have ever seen. Only disappointment is I don’t know if I’ll ever have another weekend of TV this good again.
@@abysskek haven’t played a single second of LoL but absolutely loved arcane. Amazing story and animation. Almost every character is nuanced and well written. Fantastic portrayal of mental illness and trauma. All around 10/10.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to watch this show after watching the first episode but decided to continue. I was blown away by this episode. I am now hooked!
how they make you fall in love with these people so soon is an amazing accomplishment i don't know how that's possible it tears your heart apart when something happens too them such amazing work they have done here .
This was the episode that that broke me. Two middle aged men growing old, finding purpose again in a world so divided and ill-advised on tearing itself apart and actually being able to die in peace as everything crumbles around them. A tsunami of tears left me by then. Is it wrong that I cried at this and not at Sarah and Tess’ death despite how emotional both were?
I'm gay and this episode hurt me so much, but in a good way. I'm glad they managed to tell a love story about two men in such a harsh world. Even though I played the game and this deviates quite a lot from it, this escences was always there and they managed to captured it beautyfully.
I feel you guys so hard, I cried the entire time I was watching this thing. Like as soon as they ate those strawberries and he said "I was never afraid until you showed up" the tears didn't stop Haha
Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett are both Emmy nominated and Bartlett won one. Offerman like many actors started in theater and can really do the drama roles. The story change was pushed by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann who also wrote the story for the game was open to it and it really fits into the narrative he wanted to tell in the game that this is a story about love between humans at the end of the world. Mazin even says this is a story about love between people at the most dire time in existence and how that love could save or doom humanity. All wrapped in a zombie type story. In the end the monsters are not the real monster, we are. This story is going to be about how we go out. It will follow the game narrative but make changes where it is important to play to the drama and not the on screen action.
It's so nice to see someone react exactly like me when I first watched it. I was a blubbering mess. Also enjoyed your reaction because you weren't caught up in the game's narrative and expecting to see Ellie and Bill to interact, you just let it happen.
your guys' reactions to every little thing are so pure and very relatable. i've seen so many other people react to this episode and you guys r my personal favorite lol. i can't wait to see you guys react to the rest of the show.
To be fair, I only watch reaction videos of this episode from reactors that I do know will like and UNDERSTAND this one. I enjoyed both of your reactions. Madison really had me sobbing. Each time I watch a reactor's vid, I end up crying with them.
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 consider it a Masterpiece
Hi, you two! 0:57 - Joel is making what is called a cairn. It's a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, but it's often made to pay tribute to someone who is dead. In this case, you already know who he is doing it for.
Thanks, Madison! Thanks, Christian! Episode 3 deserves *all* the awards. Love amidst chaos, there's no better tale to tell. 💎 #MACReact #TheLastOfUs #TLOU #TheLastOfUsHBO
You think you can get yourself together after how they delivered every line at the end but the music and those edited silence hits you right in the deeper feelings...
At the beginning of the episode when Joel is by the river he is stacking the rocks in whats known as a "cairn". These have been around since prehistoric times and are often built as memorials. In this case, he is doing it as a memorial to Tess
I just want to comment and say I LOVE how extra and dramatic her reactions are specially. That’s the whole point of a good reaction. Love yall and will continue to watch 🥰
If there are no Emmy nominations for the acting and writing in this episode, something is clearly wrong. Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett were sensational. Kudos to the director, as well. Great reactions, guys. I knew this was going to tear you up. LOL.
This is exactly how game adaptations should be. take the character, and soul of the game, but change what you need to change due to the medium change. what works in an interactive game does not always translate to screen. Also, i dont want a 1 to 1 retelling of the game, the show should bring something new. This was beautiful, amazing TV. Awards should be won for everyone here, actors, sound, writers, sets....it was all 100% amazing.
I love that it was there own choice to go out the way they did. In this series, a lot of people's lives get taken from them. It is so powerful in this dangerous world that they had a different choice. That people got to have a life and have love. It makes it more powerful to me. That the human side to all of us is never really gone. ❤️ Also go and watch/hear the podcast for this episode. It is amazing! I was hooked on what they were saying and the choices that were made. Amazing work❤️
Aside from Bill and Frank's relationship, another favorite aspect of this episode is watching Joel slip back into "dad" mode without even realizing it or admitting it, whether it's trying to keep Ellie from seeing the mass grave or helping her with the seatbelt. Even his rules, while the first one is his emotionally wounded self trying to keep from being hurt, the latter two are meant to keep her safe. And then we get the end, a classic "Dad, you have such lame tastes in music", followed by, "Okay, I guess this is fine." And Joel even smiles.
Why do I watch the reactions? It make me cry all over again!!! But if you think about it, dying old on your own terms with the love of your life is pretty much the only happy ending we will get 😞
Can someone tell me why this show is so freaking good, and why it must make us cry with every episode? We should probably expect more tears with episode four, also your reaction was great. I love how emotional she gets.
I didn’t cry like most people did only because l realized that Bill and Frank accomplished something so many people fail to: And that’s live their lives the way they dictated them. Granted this still happens during an apocalypse, but despite that they made the most of it and lived a very fulfilling life. I both admire and respect that - and it was a beautiful ending to an equally beautiful love story. Tragic, perhaps, but they went out together. 👏🏽
I love how the episode begins with Ellie asking if Bill and Frank are nice and Joel says "Well Frank is." But Joel is the most like Bill. Really emphasizes that Joel knows he isn't a good person.
But Bill was a good person. He was paranoid, sure, and given his letter he probably did take a sadistic joy whenever his traps worked against infected or non-infected. But he was a protector, he was sweet, and he loved with all of his heart. Joel says Bill isn't a good person because he never saw that side of Bill, and only saw the things he saw in himself. What that says is, Joel is indeed like Bill, he just has to learn to find the good in himself like Bill did.
Very good and emotional episode, the change from the game so far are very good and make sense because there cannot be as much action in the show as there was in the game. Somehow I feel like i'm the only one who manage to not tears up until the letter.
5:29 I gotta say as an American... September. Not our month Edit: 32:00 Best comedy movie ever. Stephen Spielberg turned to Jason Rietman the director of the 2021 film, they were all in a meeting for Sony and the group had started talking about some of the best scares in film history then Stephen turned to Jason and said "The library ghost... Top 3 scares of all time". I don't think I'll ever forget that story. It just goes to show that aside from Sfx History between the two directors there was massive respect for each. Also Ivan Rietman made Meatballs, Stripes, and more recently was a producer for Spiderman into the Spider-verse. There's a amazing quote from the brothers who directed it saying how much they loved the flow of dialogue and comedy it felt natural, like in an Ivan film. Along with a great story about Ivan sitting in the pre screenings of the movie
3:35 and that's exactly why you don't use just one stereo earbud. He literally did not hear it, because the audio came only on the right and he was wearing the left one. Game spoilers for this episode ahead: Frank in the game gets bit when he got the battery from the military truck that the three were looking for. He was stealing resources and preparing to get away from Bill and Joel and Ellie basically take the truck he prepared for himself. Frank left Bill a nasty farewell letter, basically saying how much he hated him. You could decide to give the letter to Bill or not. I think they show not just how to make a good video game adaptation, but also how you can deviate from the source material, and actually make it better. Bill had only a small role in the game. The only unfortunate thing we missed out on was the banter between Ellie and Bill and the magazine scene at the end, but I think this episodes writing, story telling, cinematography and acting was an absolute masterpiece.
The first scene and the pyramid of stones. In the past, stone mounds, such as the one Joel made, were made to commemorate a deceased loved one. They were erected to honor their memory. Of course, such mounds were primarily placed on mountainous, dangerous trails, but in this case, Joel probably did it to commemorate Tess. The scene with the buried in the basement is also quite interesting. Those who know the game know that the issue of whether after being infected "inside" one is still a human was raised. From the reaction of the buried, who followed the blade of the knife with his eye, one can conclude that he knew what a knife was and how it could end for him. The scene with Bill and Frank kissing reminds me of the American military: "First the gunfire, then the questions"... in this case, first the kiss, then the question about the name :) Of course, it was a joke, but such stereotypes circulate. :) But I can personally say that I once had a similar adventure with a girl when I was young... I learned her name after :) So the situation is definitely possible :) And I still wonder, since Joel and Tess met Bill and Frank, why didn't they live with them in this fenced community? There is no logical explanation for this. After all, they could have everything together. Defend each other. Why didn't it happen? For those who are wondering, Frank probably suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which slowly progresses and is a fatal disease. Bill and Frank showed us something that doesn't even happen very often in a world that doesn't end. I'm leaving out male-male relationships, but I can understand it in such circumstances. We are a stand-up species that feels best in a herd, regardless of what that herd looks like. It was their herd, their time and their love. I understand it all the more because now, despite the fact that there is no such pandemic, I am as lonely as Bill was before he met Frank. To be happy, the proximity of another person is enough for us. When I watched this episode for the first time, I was disgusted. But as you can see, you have to mature to certain things/events. Now I think it is one of the best episodes of the entire show.... This episode shows us that even during the end of the world, you can have goals that are worth sticking to in order to survive. Great, great show...
When I finished this episode I thought to myself: If I cried, Madison is gonna BAWL. I haven't watched the reaction yet but I think from the thumbnail that I was right. 😂😭 This episode was so good.
the stones are for water level, peoples who live near rivers do this to measure the rising waters, and know if you can camp nearby or not. when the river rises, the water gradually covers the stones and we can see them disappear below the water level, it is a kind of measurer over time to know id the river level is stable and safe or not.
As many times as I've rewatched this episode, it still amazes me to see how small Nick Offerman manages to make himself look when he kisses him. Just a split second, and he's so small and soft and OPEN TO LOVE. *Chef's Kiss
The stones Joel piles at the beginning are called a cairn . These are markers for the Dead. I've not seen any breakdowns or reactors mention this. Keep waiting for it.
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In my opinion, Bill and Frank won the apocalypse... They were able to live 16 years together in a relatively normal way. They both experienced love and simplicity. They both went out together in a very romantic way. I cried the first time I watched this, and I've since watched like 10 reactors watch this episode and I cry every. damn. time. Nick Offerman deserves an Emmy for this performance. Seriously. Hes incredible!!!
Episode 3 was beautiful it made me emotional and reminded me of negan's backstory with lucille
I like to torture myself too with watching reactions on youtube and cry every goddamn time lol
10 reactors? Rookie numbers! At least 30 and cry every time. Compilations of reactors too. I am crazy I know.
@@whoever_81 this was early on I’ve hit those numbers by now. Still cry.
@@BipolarBLKSheep Fair enough 😊
The amount of tears shed around the world for this episode! Absolute masterpiece.
Right? It's nice that there are empathetic people out there, especially here on the internet where there are also lots of sociopaths and trolls too, and negative Andys. You know this episode is amazing when it's also the most polarising ep that they have so far.
@@alistairt7544 and homophobes
I've seen just about every reaction video to this, lol. Still makes me cry every time.
I love the blocking in the sofa scene, Frank, the weak and sick man is higher up, better lit, and sitting prouder, wheras Bill the healthier man is lower and looking up, almost cowering, but it never feels like power over another it feels like love flowing down from someone who can give it to someone who needs it.
I’m so glad they chose a different path for Bill and Frank’s story.
This will win awards
I couldn't stop crying at the strawberry scene and the scene where Frank told Bill about his plan. Both of these scenes were so pure that you could literally feel the love they had for each other and their bond, seeing a gruff guy like Bill crying his eyes out on the couch made me ugly cry so hard. I'm glad they went together because Bill wouldn't have survived in a world which didn't have Frank in it.
it hits more deep when you know Bill don't have a knack in farming, when the first scene of him doing that resulting of a boogus looking carrot, thats why he's so gratefull for Frank intention
I think what i liked the most is the fact that they changed Bill story but kept the “toxicity” aspect in a way.
They didn’t have a perfect relationship but in this show they manage to make it work and truly loved each other. 👀 unlike the game that Frank straight up hangs himself and Bill is left alone. Good changes
Know what really got me (in hindsight) when Frank told Bill about his final good day? The marriage. The world collapsed in 2003, the year before same-sex marriage became a thing in the US. They never married because, in the old world, they wouldn't have been able to. Frank essentially "invented" gay marriage in their little world, their home, just so they could do it before he passed.
Agreed. I was already crying at the strawberry scene, sobbing by their final dinner. But they really had a lovely life together. More than lots of people get honestly.
You can't overlook the huge amount of talent needed from the actors, the writers and the director to make you cry for characters you met less than an hour ago.
I cried like a baby watching this episode. Goddamn it, this show is amazing. Every episode we end up losing someone we fall in love with.
No you didn't.
Fuck this episode like shiiit
Every reactor is crying to this episode and so did I last night. Now I'm going through the pain again. Remember when Bill was singing Linda's Long Long Time and he stopped at "I think I'm gonna love you / For a long long time" before crying. These were the same lines the episode ended but Linda singing this time along with me crying.
This show hits all the emotions
Yeah it’s a bit strange. Every single reaction video on UA-cam is exactly the same. It’s like no one can think for themselves.
@@Dustyphoto915 Or like the episode is a masterpiece and people with health emotional growth react to it. If you look enough you'll find some emotionally stunted people though lol
😭😭😭😭🥺
@@Dustyphoto915 its called emotions it has nothing to do with thinking for ones self.. Its ok you too can feel something if you allow yourself to.
This was a beautiful episode. might go down in history..
Bill and Frank's story really touched me. In the real world, same sex marriage wouldn't be legal in Massachusetts until 2004. Here, the world fell apart in 2003, before any of that could happen for these two. Seeing as they met in middle-ish age in the mid-2000s, they were around to witness the AIDS crisis just a couple decades earlier, and likely lost friends during that period. Survival for people like them was never guaranteed in the "normal world", so for them to survive another epidemic, find love, and build a home in the ruins of a devastated community is a perfect example of "winning" the apocalypse.
i dont bill had any friends at all nevemind lgb friends
@@Burke1O1Frank was def a city boy tho lmao
@@peters4115 true true
Seeing reactors get emotional over Bill and Frank makes me so happy, not gonna lie. It's important to show stories like this; not only because we deserve to have our stories told, but because they can make people understand how beautiful true love is, regardless of gender!
I'm straight and this was simply the best television I've seen since the M.A.S.H. finale back in '83.
“He fell in the right hole” 👀😂 loved this ep so much!
I agree..
There's definitely a joke in there somewhere, but I won't be the one to dig it out.
I think Joel was piling those rocks as some sort of tribute to Tess.
Yes he did. They talk about that in the podcast
The way I screamed when I realized Bill also took the pills. I literally cried so hard
The scream I scrumpt lol
This episode was obviously incredibly sad but I think this will be one of the happiest episodes we will ever get out of this show. So damn good
Literally. Hunter arc is next and we maybe even get to meet the brothers and I'm not ready omfg
Right I was so happy for them, they had a beautiful relationship
In a world with .0000001 chance of a happy ending for those two to die on their own terms with each other that was a beautiful episode.
the window shot at the end was brilliant
Seeing Christian cry had me sobbing all over again. Such a beautiful episode, I’m gonna need episode 4 not to cause me more emotional damage 😭
Ohh you poor thing ..
you’ll cry at all the episodes left , sorry ..
And that's why The Last of Us is no ordinary game about a zombie apocalypse.
The main theme was never the apocalypse, but loss, grief and love. The apocalypse is just the side story.
I'm looking forward to the next episode. And your reaction to it of course!
Greetings and love from Germany :)
Have to appreciate the irony of Frank representing the gamer community’s point of view. “I do not support this… I should be furious….. But you have to admit it is romantic…. heheheheheheh…”.
MVP of the episode was Nick Offerman. Close runner up was Murray Bartlett.
3rd runner up was the song "On the Nature of Daylight" playing during Frank and Bill's last day together. The song is a must-have to display the beauty and tragedy of life.
This episode I just can't stop watching..over and over again.
I was waiting for yall to react because I knew this episode would have Madison sobbing her eyes out 😭
you can really feel the sheer joy they are experiencing biting into that strawberry
We all knew Maddison would be bawling her eyes out, just too cute! Love you guys as always, the episode was amazing, hate I have to wait a week for the next one!!!!
At the beginning Joel is making a cairn for Tess, his way of mourning her.
What a gut punch this show was, incredible acting and a beautiful expansion of the game story
Bill taught Frank how to survive, and Frank taught Bill how to live. In the game Frank ends up leaving to see the world because he's too extroverted, gets infected, and hangs himself before turning. So Bill is a lot more bitter about the one person he trusted leaving him.
Either way Bill serves to show Joel the difference between surviving, and living. Bill is a survival expert, but what does he know about living until he opens up? In the game he shows Joel how bad he can become if he doesn't trust people or open up, in the show he shows Joel how good it can become and what he could've had with Tess. So either way Joel starts to open up.
That's the major theme in the Last of Us. Surviving vs Living.
He also grows to hate Bill in the game
This whole episode was incredible. So heartbreaking, but also beautiful at the same time. They found love in a destroyed world and society. Bill knew how to survive, and Frank taught Bill how to live and enjoy life. I was a WRECK crying my a$$ off. ❤👏🏼
The 80's song on the radio that came on at the end of the first episode is when they drank the wine and killed themselves. They died the same time that Joel,Tess and Ellie left the QZ. Joel said he left it running over the radio, he turned it off when they went into the bunker.
And now look up the lyrics to that episode I 80ies song on the radio (" *Never Let Me Down Again* " by Depeche Mode) and see if you can draw a connection between the lyrics and Bill & Frank's story... 😏
Ron Swanson didn't have that inside him, but Duke Silver did.
Hearing that letter from Bill and knowing what happens in the game really hits hard.
Damn guys. I've been watching alot of reactions. My initial watch of ep 3 brought tears to my eyes of course. But when I saw your reaction drop I started crying before I'd even watched it coz I knew Maddisons ( sorry if I spelt that wrong) reaction was gonna set me off big time. In a good way I guess though. What a heavy episode hey. Love you guys. Much love from Perth West Oz.
This episode was the best hour of TV I've ever seen.
You guys are a joy to watch. Definitely a nice find. I am subscribed now.
I wanna see Chris cry more haha. Love how natural you two can be, awesome watch
I binged all of Arcane this weekend for the first time and then immediately followed it up with one of the best episodes of a show I have ever seen. Only disappointment is I don’t know if I’ll ever have another weekend of TV this good again.
There's still so much coming in this show that I doubt this will be considered the best by the end. Emmy worthy ep definitely tho.
As someone whos watched arcane numerous times, whats your thoughts? Have you played league of legends or have any knowledge on league lore?
@@abysskek haven’t played a single second of LoL but absolutely loved arcane. Amazing story and animation. Almost every character is nuanced and well written. Fantastic portrayal of mental illness and trauma. All around 10/10.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to watch this show after watching the first episode but decided to continue. I was blown away by this episode. I am now hooked!
Get you hooked just to break our hearts in next few weeks haha. Can't wait
how they make you fall in love with these people so soon is an amazing accomplishment i don't know how that's possible it tears your heart apart when something happens too them such amazing work they have done here .
This was the episode that that broke me. Two middle aged men growing old, finding purpose again in a world so divided and ill-advised on tearing itself apart and actually being able to die in peace as everything crumbles around them. A tsunami of tears left me by then.
Is it wrong that I cried at this and not at Sarah and Tess’ death despite how emotional both were?
Even on the apocalypse, Bill and Frank showed everybody that LOVE WINS.
I'm gay and this episode hurt me so much, but in a good way. I'm glad they managed to tell a love story about two men in such a harsh world. Even though I played the game and this deviates quite a lot from it, this escences was always there and they managed to captured it beautyfully.
I feel you guys so hard, I cried the entire time I was watching this thing. Like as soon as they ate those strawberries and he said "I was never afraid until you showed up" the tears didn't stop Haha
Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett are both Emmy nominated and Bartlett won one. Offerman like many actors started in theater and can really do the drama roles. The story change was pushed by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann who also wrote the story for the game was open to it and it really fits into the narrative he wanted to tell in the game that this is a story about love between humans at the end of the world. Mazin even says this is a story about love between people at the most dire time in existence and how that love could save or doom humanity. All wrapped in a zombie type story. In the end the monsters are not the real monster, we are. This story is going to be about how we go out. It will follow the game narrative but make changes where it is important to play to the drama and not the on screen action.
It's so nice to see someone react exactly like me when I first watched it. I was a blubbering mess.
Also enjoyed your reaction because you weren't caught up in the game's narrative and expecting to see Ellie and Bill to interact, you just let it happen.
This was one of the most beautiful episodes of TV in a long while
I didn't even consider that the world ended on Joel's fucking birthday!! which is how he so easily remembers the date.
This is one of the best episodes of tv this year
Bill knew how to survive, Frank knew how to live
your guys' reactions to every little thing are so pure and very relatable. i've seen so many other people react to this episode and you guys r my personal favorite lol. i can't wait to see you guys react to the rest of the show.
To be fair, I only watch reaction videos of this episode from reactors that I do know will like and UNDERSTAND this one. I enjoyed both of your reactions. Madison really had me sobbing. Each time I watch a reactor's vid, I end up crying with them.
Just realized that he dodged the cake on his birthday, the biscuits from the neighbors, the birthday pancakes. He dodged death four times
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 consider it a Masterpiece
I swear, I've watched almost all of the reactions to this episode and hands down, this is my favorite. I love both of your energy so much ❤
Hi, you two! 0:57 - Joel is making what is called a cairn. It's a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, but it's often made to pay tribute to someone who is dead. In this case, you already know who he is doing it for.
*Give you both hugs* I cried too 😢
Thanks, Madison! Thanks, Christian! Episode 3 deserves *all* the awards. Love amidst chaos, there's no better tale to tell. 💎 #MACReact #TheLastOfUs #TLOU #TheLastOfUsHBO
You think you can get yourself together after how they delivered every line at the end but the music and those edited silence hits you right in the deeper feelings...
When I saw this was available I said to myself "omg poor Madison" 😭😭😭
At the beginning of the episode when Joel is by the river he is stacking the rocks in whats known as a "cairn". These have been around since prehistoric times and are often built as memorials. In this case, he is doing it as a memorial to Tess
I was crying with you guys 😢😢😿 😭. This episode will be history!
I just want to comment and say I LOVE how extra and dramatic her reactions are specially. That’s the whole point of a good reaction. Love yall and will continue to watch 🥰
Madison already crying at the piano scene - I'm afraid to keep watching because surely she dies in this video lol Awesome episode.
If there are no Emmy nominations for the acting and writing in this episode, something is clearly wrong. Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett were sensational. Kudos to the director, as well. Great reactions, guys. I knew this was going to tear you up. LOL.
The actor that played Frank was in season 1 of White Lotus, he was the hotel manager and such a great actor!
This is exactly how game adaptations should be. take the character, and soul of the game, but change what you need to change due to the medium change. what works in an interactive game does not always translate to screen. Also, i dont want a 1 to 1 retelling of the game, the show should bring something new. This was beautiful, amazing TV. Awards should be won for everyone here, actors, sound, writers, sets....it was all 100% amazing.
I love that it was there own choice to go out the way they did. In this series, a lot of people's lives get taken from them. It is so powerful in this dangerous world that they had a different choice. That people got to have a life and have love. It makes it more powerful to me. That the human side to all of us is never really gone. ❤️
Also go and watch/hear the podcast for this episode. It is amazing! I was hooked on what they were saying and the choices that were made. Amazing work❤️
23:15 she saw a frog playing a piano last week. 🤣
Cause you guys watched the sandman, both of them went out with a kind word & a friendly face
Aside from Bill and Frank's relationship, another favorite aspect of this episode is watching Joel slip back into "dad" mode without even realizing it or admitting it, whether it's trying to keep Ellie from seeing the mass grave or helping her with the seatbelt. Even his rules, while the first one is his emotionally wounded self trying to keep from being hurt, the latter two are meant to keep her safe. And then we get the end, a classic "Dad, you have such lame tastes in music", followed by, "Okay, I guess this is fine." And Joel even smiles.
Why do I watch the reactions? It make me cry all over again!!!
But if you think about it, dying old on your own terms with the love of your life is pretty much the only happy ending we will get 😞
The marker at the start was a memorial for Tess.
Ellie saw a piano before, in the hotel where the frog was on the piano.
I almost never cry watching stuff, but this shit got me dude.
HBO is doing a marathon today and I'm watching you guys at the same time. ❤
Beautiful episode, been watching with my wife and her brother and we were all fucking wrecked. Don’t think I’ve actually cried that much since Up.
Holy crap!!! Was that Christian getting teary😢 I think it’s the first time me seeing that!!!!
Can someone tell me why this show is so freaking good, and why it must make us cry with every episode? We should probably expect more tears with episode four, also your reaction was great. I love how emotional she gets.
OMG you guys had me in tears!!! Loved this reaction vid! This episode was a 10/10!
I didn’t cry like most people did only because l realized that Bill and Frank accomplished something so many people fail to: And that’s live their lives the way they dictated them.
Granted this still happens during an apocalypse, but despite that they made the most of it and lived a very fulfilling life. I both admire and respect that - and it was a beautiful ending to an equally beautiful love story. Tragic, perhaps, but they went out together. 👏🏽
Seeing both of you crying was new to me. I had tears falls too. No worries. 😆
Ive missed your reactions so much. Youre always so genuine. Thank you!
I love how the episode begins with Ellie asking if Bill and Frank are nice and Joel says "Well Frank is."
But Joel is the most like Bill. Really emphasizes that Joel knows he isn't a good person.
But Bill was a good person. He was paranoid, sure, and given his letter he probably did take a sadistic joy whenever his traps worked against infected or non-infected. But he was a protector, he was sweet, and he loved with all of his heart. Joel says Bill isn't a good person because he never saw that side of Bill, and only saw the things he saw in himself. What that says is, Joel is indeed like Bill, he just has to learn to find the good in himself like Bill did.
Show Joel doesn't seem that bad. Game Joel was MUCH more closed off and fucked up
Rewatching all my favorite reactions in the wake of Nick's Emmy win. You're still at the top and so is this episode.
Just found your channel. Loving ur vibes hehe 😊 subscribed
Loved your reactions! The way I was SOBBING this entire episode 😭
I sounded like a dying animal the way I was sobbing to this episode.
New subscriber! You guys are amazing, thanks for the content!! 🥰 I loved this.
Very good and emotional episode, the change from the game so far are very good and make sense because there cannot be as much action in the show as there was in the game. Somehow I feel like i'm the only one who manage to not tears up until the letter.
y’all are so genuine for this
one of the best ep of all time for me
i don't know I never cried that much
5:29 I gotta say as an American...
September. Not our month
Edit: 32:00 Best comedy movie ever. Stephen Spielberg turned to Jason Rietman the director of the 2021 film, they were all in a meeting for Sony and the group had started talking about some of the best scares in film history then Stephen turned to Jason and said "The library ghost... Top 3 scares of all time". I don't think I'll ever forget that story. It just goes to show that aside from Sfx History between the two directors there was massive respect for each. Also Ivan Rietman made Meatballs, Stripes, and more recently was a producer for Spiderman into the Spider-verse. There's a amazing quote from the brothers who directed it saying how much they loved the flow of dialogue and comedy it felt natural, like in an Ivan film. Along with a great story about Ivan sitting in the pre screenings of the movie
I just love when people react to things like i do. You guys are great!
Subscribing right now.
3:35 and that's exactly why you don't use just one stereo earbud. He literally did not hear it, because the audio came only on the right and he was wearing the left one.
Game spoilers for this episode ahead:
Frank in the game gets bit when he got the battery from the military truck that the three were looking for. He was stealing resources and preparing to get away from Bill and Joel and Ellie basically take the truck he prepared for himself. Frank left Bill a nasty farewell letter, basically saying how much he hated him. You could decide to give the letter to Bill or not.
I think they show not just how to make a good video game adaptation, but also how you can deviate from the source material, and actually make it better. Bill had only a small role in the game. The only unfortunate thing we missed out on was the banter between Ellie and Bill and the magazine scene at the end, but I think this episodes writing, story telling, cinematography and acting was an absolute masterpiece.
The first scene and the pyramid of stones.
In the past, stone mounds, such as the one Joel made, were made to commemorate a deceased loved one. They were erected to honor their memory. Of course, such mounds were primarily placed on mountainous, dangerous trails, but in this case, Joel probably did it to commemorate Tess.
The scene with the buried in the basement is also quite interesting. Those who know the game know that the issue of whether after being infected "inside" one is still a human was raised. From the reaction of the buried, who followed the blade of the knife with his eye, one can conclude that he knew what a knife was and how it could end for him.
The scene with Bill and Frank kissing reminds me of the American military: "First the gunfire, then the questions"... in this case, first the kiss, then the question about the name :) Of course, it was a joke, but such stereotypes circulate. :) But I can personally say that I once had a similar adventure with a girl when I was young... I learned her name after :) So the situation is definitely possible :)
And I still wonder, since Joel and Tess met Bill and Frank, why didn't they live with them in this fenced community? There is no logical explanation for this. After all, they could have everything together. Defend each other. Why didn't it happen?
For those who are wondering, Frank probably suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which slowly progresses and is a fatal disease.
Bill and Frank showed us something that doesn't even happen very often in a world that doesn't end. I'm leaving out male-male relationships, but I can understand it in such circumstances. We are a stand-up species that feels best in a herd, regardless of what that herd looks like. It was their herd, their time and their love. I understand it all the more because now, despite the fact that there is no such pandemic, I am as lonely as Bill was before he met Frank. To be happy, the proximity of another person is enough for us.
When I watched this episode for the first time, I was disgusted. But as you can see, you have to mature to certain things/events. Now I think it is one of the best episodes of the entire show....
This episode shows us that even during the end of the world, you can have goals that are worth sticking to in order to survive.
Great, great show...
When I finished this episode I thought to myself: If I cried, Madison is gonna BAWL. I haven't watched the reaction yet but I think from the thumbnail that I was right. 😂😭 This episode was so good.
the stones are for water level, peoples who live near rivers do this to measure the rising waters, and know if you can camp nearby or not. when the river rises, the water gradually covers the stones and we can see them disappear below the water level, it is a kind of measurer over time to know id the river level is stable and safe or not.
As many times as I've rewatched this episode, it still amazes me to see how small Nick Offerman manages to make himself look when he kisses him. Just a split second, and he's so small and soft and OPEN TO LOVE.
*Chef's Kiss
Your videos are just such a joy to watch.
The stones Joel piles at the beginning are called a cairn . These are markers for the Dead. I've not seen any breakdowns or reactors mention this. Keep waiting for it.
For Bill & Frank 😭🥺❤️
in the hotel episode 2 there was a piano