Hardest I've Ever Cried... ✧ The Last of Us Episode 3 Reaction 

Early upload! I stayed up late making sure I got this done, and it might not be perfect but I tried to fit everything that I thought was crucial to the story. Live, laugh, cry. ❤

Bill and Frank are the only 2 people that go out on their on terms. They lived, they loved, they grew old and they died. For living during an apocalypse it's the perfect life.

Ultimately Bill served the same purpose as he did in the game but this time we were also given a beautiful story inside a beautiful story

In the game Bill serves the purpose of showing Joel what he will become if he keeps on the path of shutting people out. In the show he does the opposite. He shows Joel what he can be if you lets someone in.

Apparently the director turned in a two hour version of this episode before it got cut down to this. It's an amazing piece of work. I hope they release the 2 hr version at some point. Appreciate your take. I cry each time i see it.

This is exactly how hard I cried watching this episode

Frank's line about "Older means we're still here" hits harder when you realize that, since the show sets the story 10 years earlier then the game does, Bill & Frank here were two gay men who came of age at the start of the AIDS pandemic. (No wonder '80s music meant "trouble" in their radio code.) Yet they survived, and met, and grew old together.

I love how really soft-hearted you are. You see all the nuances in a story and the characters and make the connections and you FEEL them. Not everyone is able to do that so completely. This story was so unexpected and so beautiful. I feel like I've watched something extremely special and important. Thank you for sharing with us. ❤

Oh, how i ugly cried my way through this episode. Two days later my roommate walked inTO the kitchen and i was crying and he freaked out, like o my god what happened? And i just scream cried I'M THINKING ABOUT BILL AND FRANK AGAIN😭

"[Episode director] Peter Hoar did his director's cut with our editor, Tim Good, which was quite long," Mazin explained. "When they sent it to me, I think it was almost two hours or something like that. So, I was like, oh, that's probably not good. "And I sat down, but I'm like, 'OK, I'll watch the two-hour version of this episode.' And I cried so hard that at one point, I actually said out loud, 'Ow.' "I mean, it hurt. I cried so hard it hurt. And I thought, 'Well, if these guys can do this to me and I wrote this fucking thing, then I think it might work pretty well on other people'." Neil would always say, 'We can change anything, but we need to talk about why. And if there's not a good reason - if we can't do better - let's deliver what we have.'" I'm pretty sure they did better here in this episode with all the changes.

A comment a saw really summed up the change in this episode from the game, in the game Bill shows Joel what he'll become if he continues being the same person he was for the last 20 years and in the show Bill shows Joel what he could be and there being people that can make life worth living again.

Without a doubt one of the most impactful pieces of TV I've watched. Such a beautiful episode in an otherwise haunting story.

I sobbed like a BABY the first time I watched this... and every time after that lol Just hits you right in the feels :(

This is literally the most beautiful crying that I've ever seen. I love this episode and your reaction.

I just cried again. This episope is a masterpiece of television.

They won! They lived their best life together and went out on their own terms.

I like that you appreciate how each version of Bill’s story fits into the game vs the show. ❤

Thank you for sharing your experience with this episode. Between watching, rewatching, and reaction videos I don't know how many times I've seen it. Most of us know it beat by beat now, yet like a great song or master painting it never loses its power. We simply marvel at how perfect it is. It's a beautiful poem. It's a testament. It's a master class in writing, performance, direction, music, editing, and adaptation. THIS is how you adapt content between media. The Bill and Ellie dynamic between Earl and Ashley will always exist in the game. But Bill's town is largely an extension of the tutorial, still getting the player into the mechanics. The neighborhood, high school, and truck scene made for amazing gameplay. Story-wise, though, the most compelling part of Bill's Town was finding Frank and the implied backstory. The intent of the section is that Joel and Ellie need a car and provisions. The outcome in the episode is the same. Taking this detour into Bill and Frank's lives was a brilliant stroke of storytelling to get us there.

Bill & Frank an Epic Love Story we didn't know we needed. Thank You Naughty Dog & HBO. Looks like Frank had ALS.

This episode is really special for so many reasons. The writing is so superb and yet there's zero fat on it. Every word exists for a reason to inform the viewer on some level. The reason Bill mentions leaving the window open explains why the front door closed just before Joel opened the bedroom door. Bill's letter saying (paraphrase) "God help anyone who stands in our way from protecting the ones we love" -- we know what that will eventually mean for Joel. Bills line of "I'm old. I'm satisfied. And you were my purpose." As an "empty nest" father of two, who are now adults writing the new chapters in their lives - one serving in the USAF, and the other graduating college. I felt that deeply.

Y'all had me crying on public transportation this morning.😭♥️

I hadn't teared up for a long time before I first watched this but it unlocked something in me and from that moment where I initially balled my eyes out to now, I've broken every time I've rewatched it. Beautiful piece of Television!

I mean, considering he was a closeted gay prepper in a tiny US town, I would assume he didn't talk much to anyone even before shit went down, except for maybe his mother until she died. In the game he stayed this way, despite Frank, which eventually drove Frank away and to his death, but Bill was still alive. In the show he learned to change and open up ever so slightly, which got him supplies to fix the fence, advice to reinforce the fence, which protected them against the raiders, he got meds to treat his wound and Frank's disease and a few luxuries, as well as the love of his life and so much joy until his old age that he didn't even want to go back to his old ways, because Frank basically taught him how to live and not just survive. It's also interesting how long Tess & Joel knew each other, as this was not really covered within the game either. And Joel also could not call her a girlfriend, even though he almost did. I'm also glad to just see her again, as I love Anna Torv, knowing her from Fringe, and Tess generally comes a bit short in the story. She originally was planned to have a little backstory too, where she kills her infected husband but can't do the same for her kid, which she ends up locking in a room, but it was cut for time & budget reasons. In the game Bill was kinda there to show Joel how he would possibly end up if he kept closing himself off, like a warning. In the show Bill showed Joel what he could be if he opened himself up again. It's a beautiful display of how opening up and love can be scary, but also how much we can benefit from it if we find someone who truly loves us back.

Yup, I ugly cried on this one

The laughs in desperation before full on crying LMAAAAAO I love this

I don't know if you noticed.. but the shirt that Joel is wearing at the end is the same one Frank wore during the "government is all nazis" argument he had with Bill. Small detail that I really loved. But holy hell this was such beautiful episode. I absolutely loved it and I loved how pure and genuine your reaction was.

I'm glad that i was not the only one crying so hard watching this episode. And was lucky enough to watch it with my boyfriend, so i could hold hands with him when the several lines came up. And your reaction shows what a wonderful open and empathetic person you are

I loved the dual meanings of “Love will abide” for Frank and Bill, then Joel and Ellie at the end. Different types of unconditional love, just as rare as the other to find

Probably the best episode of the season. It definitely got the best reactions/reviews. If this doesn’t get nominated for an Emmy I’ll be shocked. It’s such a well-written and acted episode that is a significant departure but still feels like it fits into the overall storyline.

this episode had us all ugly crying

Yesss, I was waiting for this moment! This is the episode. Thank you Eralia! =)

It's amazing how this show portrayed a believable and moving and so heart-breaking love story in like 30 minutes, which many, MANY movies and tv-shows fail to do in several hours ...

The beauty of this episode is that it subverts our expectations. We've been conditioned through modern storytelling to fear everything, especially the benign, the innocuous. Dolls, children, children with dolls, dolls that look like children, all manner of seemingly harmless and familiar things, all trying to kill you. We expect that any kindness will be answered with violence, that any trust met with betrayal. We as an audience have been primed to fear the most faithful of friends, the most reliable family members - especially in this particular genre of horror - and when we encounter a story about caring and commitment amongst the ruins of a dying world, we don't know how to process it and it hits hard. "I was not expecting this" seems to be the most common refrain, with good reason. This is ostensibly a series about a 'zombie apocalypse' where anyone and everyone can go from being a kindred soul to a mortal threat in an instant and no one is to be trusted, especially other humans. Yet this particular tale is about trust, and love, both matrimonial and romantic. It's about allowing oneself to be vulnerable and in that vulnerability, finding those moments of existence that are both ephemeral and priceless. We expect a calamity, a personal buskin beyond the destruction of our civilization. We anticipate a type of misfortune that doesn't occur. During the worst catastrophe in the history of human kind, we bear witness the best thing to ever happen to these two humans, and it's profound; jarring. We await a devastation that never comes to pass; that expectation of tragedy is subverted by a story of love. We expect blood and destruction; what we get is a masterpiece about small, beautiful lives lived less ordinary. This is one of the best stories ever told on film, in my opinion, and it's based on a video game; we've come a long way from Pong.

When you teared up for the song, I knew this was going to hit you hard

pretty sure the ep is gonna win like every Emmy possible.

Yeah I don't cry in general... and this episode hurt my manly soul to the core. I was so damn happy they at least had the greatest life one could ask for in the apocalypse.

while i'm glad that the show stayed mostly faithful to the story of the game i am really glad they made this one change. it's both deeper and more beautiful than what we got in the game. and i love how bill was somehow living his best life after everything with the rest of the world went to shit.

What they did with this episode was one of the best things I’ve ever seen or read. It was shot well, had good pacing, told a complete story and let you use your imagination to fill it out.

I also sob like an absolute baby watching this episode. I LOVE your reaction 😂❤️❤️❤️

I didn't cry like that but that part of them old in their last day, the autuum city and the sad song is emotional destroyer, tears where rolling heavy :D Episode was great.

A masterpiece of an episode. TV drama at its absolute finest 👌

This episode is some of the most beautiful TV I've ever seen

It's interesting that in both the game and the show, Frank faces the same decision: live and end up trapped in his own body, or take his own life. The big difference is that the show lets him die with the love of his life.

When I tell you there wasn't a single tear left in me by the end of that episode

I already had seen some of it from you, but it was really nice to see the big sweetheart come out to this extent. I had to look for tissues because of you. Great vid!

Cant stop reacting to this series almost a year later and love your reaction. Happy to report both Nick Offerman and storm reid got off with an Emmy eatch for outstanding guest actor/actress in a drama and 6 other Emmys for the last at the creative arts Emmys. Can’t wait until the real Emmy’s next week.

Let the waterworks flow!! Amazing episode

For me, this is one of the best episodes of TV I’ve ever seen.

In the show, the outbreak began in 2003 when George W. Bush was President (as we saw in Episode 1), which means gay marriage wasn't legal nationwide yet. So, theoretically 1 additional reason why Bill & Frank chose to live on their own instead of in the Boston QZ was because they were a gay couple & they might have been discriminated against for that.

Finally someone who had my reaction to the boutique and wedding scene. My god it was so beautiful

I had been obsessed with these reactions. This is one of the most concise ones but still maintains thoughtful insight. We did have a few months to prepare for COVID in the US but most of our leaders in power chose to do next to nothing. In California, some precautions were advised in early March 2020 but the shutdown happened very quickly with announcements on the 15th, almost everything closed on the 16th, and then complete shutdown on the 17th. The first friend of mine to die from COVID happened less than three weeks later. I believe Bill is mostly a product of his environment. He shut out a world that rejected him so that's why he isolated himself and was glad when everyone was gone. He could finally just be himself. And thankfully for him, he caught a Frank. Bill's greatest fear wasn't losing Frank. It was dying before Frank. Bill was sorry for getting older faster. He saved and protected Frank. He stood in the middle of the street to draw gunfire away from Frank. When Bill thought he was dying, he said to call Joel and said, "He'll take care of you" implying he had an agreement with Joel and probably would have done the same for Tess if something happened to Joel. And he said, "You were my purpose."

This one of the most beautiful written and acted episode of anything in TV history. Me and my husband sat there stunned when it was over.

I love your last of us reactions and gameplay so much it always makes my day to watch these☺️

Just discovered your channel, loved the reactions to TLOU so far! I think this was one of the best episodes of TV I've ever seem... the writers ability to make us care so much about characters even in a single episode it incredible. Can't wait to follow along with the rest of the series. You should do more tv/movie reactions!

Immediately subscribed. Your visual quality is top-notch! Your cinematic look makes your reactions easy to watch. Keep it up!

I really loved this reaction. You summed it up perfectly and I as well loved what the writers did with this story, so fitting as opposed to the game. This episode always gets me emotional and seeing you cry did me in twice over, but in a good way. I love your reactions to this series! I love the perspective you give to these episodes, especially knowing you've played the game! Keep up the great work, can't wait for the next one! 💚💚💚Thanx!

Maybe the best episode of television I've ever seen. Two tear-streaked thumbs up

Your emotional reaction hit the spot 😭😭

This episode deserves several emmys.

This reaction was the same as me, I was SOBBING for half the episode

My worst march memory: Military exercise. We went out on a Wednesday, did a bunch of fieldcraft-stuff, shooting, rappelling off cliffs, checkpoint security and whatnot, marched everywhere, everyday. Late on saturday evening we get the orders to make it back to base by dawn, marched through the night, got to the rendezvous point, got to nap on our assembly yard for like an hour before we were made to stand at attention and watch the flag get raised at dawn. Then we got the new orders to march back out for another three days in the field.

Me seeing a new reactor that sobs during their reactions: *SLAMS FIST ON MOUSE WHEN SUBSCRIBING*

one of the best single episodes of tv i’ve ever seen.

Intelligent and emotional. Makes for a great reactor. Prolly my favorite on YT.

This is potentially the episode of the year. It's, it's so good

I’d be lying if I said I don’t still ugly cry at this episode every time.

Just a beautiful show. As a big game fan I was reticent seeing how much it varied but it was perfect. So glad so many people got it.

I cried as hard as you did. Beautiful episode

This episode really broke my heart.

I very much enjoyed this (both the episode and this particular reaction video). There is just no dignity when watching this episode. You just have to make peace with being a mess 😆 This episode will be talked about for a long, long time.

Yayyy My Favorite New RU-vid/ Gamer

If I had filmed my reaction to this episode, I would’ve been crying as much, if not more than you. It’s so good, I’m glad HBO did it

If you are into podcasts, there's a companion one made for this show. Is hosted by Troy Baker ("our" Joel) and the writers, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. It really adds a lot to the narrative experience

When Joel finds the car, and then the chemical supplies, the show implies it can be used to make a car battery. But my first time watching, seeing the chemicals followed by Joel's "Show me your arm" at 15:58, I thought they were gonna give Ellie the chemical burn over her scar she mentioned to Dina.

Just getting around to watching this and holy hell…more tears were shed here than both games combined. Lol.

I was crying along with you! This was such a great episode!

I started crying when Frank said he and Bill were going to get married, and I didn't stop until the end of the episode. It was just a slow, constant stream of tears that I couldn't stop. I think I started sobbing a little when Bill said he was going to die with Frank

game bill served as a cautionary tale for joel, but tv show bill got to have his happy ending with frank, possibly the most beautiful ending for a character in this game universe and he also brought a bit of hope for joel to try have a purpose again ✨

Just found you. Loved this. There is something about experiencing these stories through someone else's eyes

16:59 He’s wearing Frank’s shirt from the fight. 😢

you represented me this entire episode 😂😭

That episode is just so good on so many levels. And I really enjoyed your reactions.

Thank you for sharing your emotional journey

The only time I cried this hard from entertainment was after watching Sophie's Choice.

That was the first time I’ve watched you “ugly cry.” Nothing ugly about it, but don’t feel bad. Most of us have, and many of us have done it more than once at this episode.

I'm 58, I've watched a LOT of television in my life. This is IMO the best episode of television ever made.

yep in the game Bill wasn't a happy person and was that survivalist simply because he didn't like anyone, nor cared for them. His own words the world died and i was happy it did. He wasn't the lovable guy in the games he was the original Bill non-caring and grumpy. Eventually Frank left him and left him a note saying he hated him for how he was. It wasn't a good 20 years together, but in the show they made Bill someone you liked and it worked out much better.

Este capítulo nunca se superará. Un balazo dolía menos... Yo tambien lloré fuerte, no me esperaba tremendo capítulo 🥲🥲❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹🍓🍓

The shirt Joel is wearing after he showers is the shirt Frank is wearing when we first see him in the pit.

Very genuine, great reaction.

I’ve seen this episode like 5 times and I still cry like that!

My favorite episode, both of the show and of reactions. At this point his cPTSD is revving up. Since losing Sarah he shut off his humanity switch to just survive. Save for his brother, the only people who even remotely came close to his heart were Tess, and to a lesser extent Bill and Frank. He just lost them all in quick succession, and for all he knows his brother is gone too. On top of that here is this little girl, a glaring reminder of Sarah he keeps pushing away, because if he lets those emotions back up they will come back hard and fast and reliving them will be overwhelming. Plus if he lets himself care about her in that way, if he lost her, it would kill him. Joel has it rough right now. As for the show, I love how both the game and show versions serve the same story function but as two sides of a coin. The game showed Joel what he would become if he doesn't let people into his heart. The show revealed to him what he could have if he does.

This is literally the "IF EVERYONE DOESN'T WIN AN EMMY WE RIOT" episode of television.

My heart broke watching this episode the first time. My heart broke a second time watching you watch this episode.

Masterful writing. I have never come to care about characters as fast as I did with this episode.

@10:05 Ohhh snap she already crying and the big stuff hadn't even come up yet. Guuuurl you gonna go THRU IT! lol

The game version shows a cautionary tale of what Joel will end up as if he shuts people out. The tv version shows how happy Joel can be if he lets people in. It may have been completely different from the game but it serves its purpose the same. Showing the viewer what can be for Joel.

they’re flawless in the show

You just gained a new sub...hello from New Zealand.

I hope that gets them the Emmy