I've Never Cried THIS HARD - *THE LAST OF US* (S1 - part one) 

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Don't worry, Natalie! Cordyceps infections - the parasitic fungus in the Last of Us - have very noticeable symptoms. Like making infected ants travel far from their original colonies, go out into the middle of nowhere and reach up to the sun as if they were praising it. Haha that would be very noticeable behavior. Anyway, enjoy Burning Ma-... oh. oh no.

When Nat was crying her eyes out in the first episode, I just kept thinking... "aww honey, just wait..."

32:55 "I want this to have a happy ending." Bill & Frank's story has the happiest possible ending there is. They lived a long and loving life together and died on their own terms. Outbreak or no, we should all be so lucky.

Love how the dog just vibes while Natalie has a complete mental breakdown every 5 minutes.

“DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL TYPES OF INFECTED THAT ARE SCARIER THAN THE OTHERS” Welcome to video game enemies 101 😂😂

This episode made my dad cry, because He knows exactly how Bill felt taking care of Frank in his last days. We are currently going through this with my mother right now. She has dementia and is wheelchair bound. The doctor says she more than likely will not be with us next year. My dad and I do our best to take care of her needs, but it is getting increasingly difficult. Needless to say, this episode tugged his heartstrings.

Bill’s cry-chuckle at 36:01 is the absolute purest and sweetest thing, it feels so genuine

I love how everyone's lives ended during the apocalypse but Bill's life has just started. Beautiful story indeed.

In episode one, Sarah has no flour to make pancakes so they make eggs, they refuse the biscuits, Joel is on the Atkins Diet, Sarah doesn't take any cookies because they have raisins in, and Joel forgets the birthday cake... AND the worlds largest flour mill is actually in Jakarta - pretty solid theory that the Cordyceps Pandemic started within a flour mill in Jakarta, and Joel and Sarah NARROWLY avoided becoming victims on outbreak day!

They way they expanded the love story of Bill and Frank was done so beautifully, I’ve cried so much. And Tess’ death freaked the fuck out of me. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey have great chemistry as Joel and Ellie.

I love how Natalie says ''I'm gonna cry'', while she's crying.

The chaotic laugh cry to Frank’s “I do not support this” followed by the unhinged “it doesn’t matter” 😭😂

You nailed it Natalie, the purpose of Franks character was to show Bill and through him showing Joel too the value of caring for each other. They solves this masterfully in both the show and the game

“Hop into this show and have some fun” Ohhhh dear sweet Natalie 😭😭😭

My favorite thing about the episode is the open window. Bill says in his letter that he left the window open for the smell, and asks for privacy for their grave. Joel went to their door before reading the letter, but the open window creates a cross-breeze that slams the front door, causing Joel to find Ellie, instead. It's like Bill insisted on their privacy from beyond the grave.

The writers of Episode 3 are absolute animals for the emotional anguish they decided to inflict on us 😭😭😭

Having ambition is all it takes to make a videogame adaptation work That's why most videogame adaptations in the past failed, because the studio hired people that didn't understand videogames or filmmaking That's why recent adaptations like "Detetive Pikachu", "Sonic The Hedgehog", "Arcane" and "The Last of Us" worked, because the people behind it understood the games and the media

My favorite party of Bill and Frank, is I didn’t sob cause it was tragic. They lived a relatively happy and peaceful life, they lived to old age. I sobbed because they lived, they lived so beautifully.

When Bill and Frank giggle over eating strawberries is my favorite part of episode 3. Them sharing their first meal as their last made me sob the most 😭😭😭

Natalie screaming instructions to people is my favourite thing 😅

I really loved the way they expanded on Bill and Frank's story and that they gave them a "happier" ending.

That’s Episode 3 is a masterpiece. It still stayed with me and even though people want to complaint that it’s not part of the video game, it’s so crucial to the show. It tells Joel he has a purpose and also to the audience it gives hope.

I love that they miss a lot of their shots in the museum with the clickers. Its so much closer to real life, when you consider how hard it is to be accurate with a pistol and the intensity of the situation. Loved the reaction, can't wait for more

One thing is for sure, Natalie is the only person I've seen cry and laugh at the same time. Stay golden...

Natalie cry laughing during the Bill and Frank montage has to be one of my favorite channel moments.

The end of Bill and Frank is more happy in my opinion. Its a miracle they lived together for so long, and to die by their own accord instead of the thousands of horrible ways outside their little town is just poetic. A perfect ending in an imperfect world.

Bill & Frank won the apocalypse. They had their own street, a house, a garden, a love life, they found their soulmate and died of old age. Bless them!

It's really amazing how attached you get to a character in just one episode and then they break your heart 💔 Masterful. Love the Frank & Bill story 🥰 Love Nick Offerman 😍 Your doggos are so cute. So funny when one looked over vaguely concerned then went back to sleep because they are used to your shenanigans 😂

This show is immaculate. I’m so so so happy you’ve decided to watch it!!!!!

“Zombie apocalypse make me very anxious. It feels… almost too real??” Oh Natalie… you are going to love/hate the intro 😂 so glad you’re experiencing this

This game was and still is INCREDIBLE. As far as I can tell most of this is a shot for shot remake of the game, even the dialogue seems to match. That first episode had a few changes at the start that I actually think work very well, but the scene where she dies is EXACTLY the same, and as it faded into the title screen I just sat and sobbed. Best opening to a game I have ever seen, I can't see it ever being matched.

This whole show just like broke my heart so many times. The fact it was a video game still blows my mind

Episode three was one of the most beautiful episodes of TV I think I've ever seen in my 47 years. This show is so great.

This show is SO good and SO hard to watch. In the game at least the heartbreaking moments are spread out over like 15 hours, here they punch you in the gut every 30-40 minutes.

Natalie sees someone nice and pleasant: “she’s gonna die”

Honestly, at one point you described exactly how it goes in the game. I was impressed.

Yep She did it, she cried A LOT omg I think she cried much more in this one then the Starnger Thing finale 😂😂😂😂 so cute Really happy for you watching this show, it's huge and crazy Natalie the best 💛💛

"I was never afraid before you showed up is one of the most heartbreaking line in this TV series

The poor doggos in the background being like, ".... damn, you good girl?" 🤣🤣🤣

The ultimate proof of viewer love: reliving bill and frank with you 😭😭😭

it's really impressive how often you predict the plot of a story so well

you know the show’s good when your genuinely laughing and crying at the same time 😂😢 (strawberry scene)

I love that it says it was infected flour and wheat and it shows them not eat pancakes, not go next door for biscuits, forget the birthday cake so all of those things are what saved them from infection

what really made me break during Bill and Frank’s episode, is that the outbreak happened before Gay Marriage was legalized . So their marriage meant even more :(

Yayyyyy!!! Was so hoping you’d do this show. You respond to the emotion of what you watch so well that this show was practically made for you. I haven’t played the game and it’s been an incredible journey of a series so far!

Funny😂 when I cry (which is rare) my dog gets so emotional with me and try’s to make me feel better, but these dogs are so used to it they don’t even bat an eye 😂😂

her emotional rollercoaster was too good, and yeah that episode with bill and frank got to me too, they did a really good job making their own version instead of following the game. i can't wait to see your reactions to the next set of episodes!!!!

I’m genuinely concerned for Nat’s wellbeing while watching Episode 5.

Glad you're giving it a shot. The whole series/game is much more than just a zombie/infected story. Buckle in!

I’m so pumped for her other reactions on the rest of these episodes!!! You can tell when she’s about to cry it’s hilarious 😂

12:53 "You greedy MUSHROOM" lmao

“I’m a mess”, I think we were all a mess after episode three. The writing and story was so good on that one in particular. It broke me.

I'm the same with zombies (or anything zombie-adjacent), but this show has COMPLETELY sucked me in. It has been incredible so far, and I'm so excited to see the rest!

the game is very similar in the way where it's not fun or enjoyable but the narrative and the story is just so strong that you care so much and have to keep following. you're just as invested as ellie and joel are, even if it's difficult.

bill and frank had their happy ending ❤️ can't wait for part 2!

Hahaha I was right there with you on the ugly crying on episode 3, hit home hard! Incredible acting on both parts. Nick's wee sad face when hes on the sofa always gets me..

You have such a fun and charismatic personality Natalie lol your reaction videos are always so entertaining and relatable. And this show is guuud

Thank You Natalie for allowing Your Emotions to show through! Believe Me, the REST of us cried just as much! See You next Reaction!

In all the reactors I've watched, you're the first one I've seen who picked up on the scene with Frank & Tess talking about the Code being a callback to the end of the first episode...nobody else I've watched has got that, yet. And yeah, pretty much this whole episode was stuff we don't get to see in the game, like we found out that there WAS a Frank, and it was pretty heavily suggested through a bunch of things that he and Bill were lovers, but we got none of the backstory so it was great to be able to see it. It was also great that a 'byproduct' of the episode was that we actually got to see a proper loving relationship between two gay people. Like, they weren't there just to be killed off or fridged or anything, they got a real, lasting love, and that was so refreshing. There's actually quite a bit that's been changed from the game, but all the changes so far (up to and including episode 5 atm) make perfect sense for TV. Like, with the way we're kinda 'stuck' seeing everything from Joel & Ellie's perspective in the game, the TV series has the opportunity to break away from that a lot more and show us things going on away from them.

Finally getting to this show! I love it, can’t wait to see you go through this series.

Not only do u not like zombies and doing this, it’s also current and not after the season ended. Through the first 5 episodes it’s incredible. -definitely would have loved u do a week to week watch though

I actually felt sorry for Natalia today. She was prepared and good to go this time around, and you took her big moment away from her. Next time 😊 Your TLOU reactions have been amazing Nat 💛

about the clickers : "is it because their eyes are covered or did they just stop functionning" technically as the intro in ep01 said those mushrooms plan is to eat and replace the flesh of the host the description of the "clickers" infected is every part inside the skull got replaced by mushrooms, and it kept evolving inside it, increasing the skull pressure until it eventually exploded, splitting the skull in half from upper jaw to forehead, freeing the mushroom and letting him evolve around the skull technically the eyes stopped functionning when it exploded

Even though there are clear-as-day differences between the show and the game words can't describe how well the show has captured the essence, feeling, and environment of the game.

Oh cool! So happy to see you finally reacting to this awesome HBO series. Possibly the best video game adaptation ever so far.

It doesn’t get any happier but it’s still an amazing show! Can’t wait to see how they end it. I know how the game goes. :)

Nick Offerman absolutely crushed this role, great performance

Yeah episode 3 is probably the best, sweetest and most sad thing I’ve ever watched. It’s beautiful. It deserved its awards.

Thank you for starting this show, Im sure despite you hating zombies or zombies-like (because you are fine, no zombies here, just some infection), this show, you will love it, and I thank you allowing us see your journey in this amazing story and for all of us to enjoy watching this great show with you.

I hope you do enjoy the show if you're going to keep watching it, would feel really bad if you were watching it with no enjoyment at all. It's absolutely gut-wrenching on a pretty regular basis but it is still utterly superb (comment left halfway through Nat's reaction to Ep 1)

I mean to be fair the fungi don't kill their hosts immediately, so unfortunately a lot of these infected are still alive and still in their head not being able to control anything that they can do. Which makes this even more terrifying

I love how the dog is just chilling in the background looking like a cute little burrito hahaha.

This show is SO F*CKING GOOD. Glad you're suffering for us Nat 😆. "I shouldn't get attached to anybody on this show huh?" < Correct

I'm simultaneously weeping and laughing watching Natalie's reaction. It's so intense! I feel for ya!

At first I was uncomfortable with two men being so open but that's OK, I'm just not used to seeing it. Towards the end of the episode, I was in tears too. The Last of Us is really good. Thanks again for your heart-felt reactions Nat.

27:17 I road somewhere, maybe true maybe not, "the infection" only kills you violently if you resist, so she died """peacefully""" because she was standing still and calm, and that's the reason behind that scene. I love this show.

The song at the end - long long time - is also the song that Bill and Frank played on the piano when they first met. It's their song.

I WAS LITERALLY JUST THINKING ABOUT IT

Her dog wondering if she’s ok during the bill and frank episode has me weak.

11:53 yes, videogame starts exactly like this

Episode three with Bill and Frank is one of the best episodes of any show that i've ever seen.

My heart actually hurt by the end of Episode 3. It was an amazing story.

Dog is like..."My owner gone crazy" "I don't know if she's sad or happy" Let me just sleep

Like you, I am terrified of zombies and zombie movies. I hesitated watching this show for weeks. I cannot believe how much I love this show, I watched the first 3 episodes in one night and after episode 3 I was completely hooked. Amazing cinematography, writing, acting, sound track. Glad I overcame my fear. :)

Been waiting for your reaction to the Offerman episode. You didn't disappoint. Omg now I'm ugly crying again. I swear to God if this episode doesn't earn an award I'm gonna zombie bite someone

what a lot of people don't realise is how lucky joel and sarah were to not be infected. The pancake mix they didn't use, the biscuits they were offered, the cake joel forgot to buy, all of those could have infected them because they use flour and sugar.

Clickers are literally the only thing I found terrifying in the game. Truly nightmare inducing panic attack giving horrors. ALSO. As a gay guy who has always found Offerman REALLY attractive in a weird way... I'm so glad they did Bill some justice. In the game it was sort of a passing remark that didn't get clarification until a little later. (Something along the lines of "frank was my partner" and then ellie makes a sort of joke after they leave, when she finds a gay porn mag in the truck and says "why are all the pages sticky" *this is also going off of my memory of playing the game 8 years ago*) Offerman was the perfect cast for the roll IMO, and not just because it gave me the opportunity to watch him kiss a man. That relationship felt believable and natural Also... "I'm worried frank is gonna die and joel and ellie are gonna" yeah... That's actually how it happens in the game.

After the harrowing and, frankly, terrifying birth of my eldest, we were all home for a few weeks while mumma recovered. I got a beat up second hand PS3 and borrowed the game from a friend. The missus doesn't play this sort of thing, but loves to watch me play as she then gets the vicarious cinematic feels. I got to 'that bit' with Sarah, paused the game and just sat with my head in my hands for a few minutes before turning to her and admitting, "I don't think I'm strong enough to play this right now." And just when I was over it (by a few years), I went and watched the show. 🙃

Glad you enjoyed it, Natalie! The clickers in the museum are very accurate to the game. Tough as fuck, can zero in on you by sound alone, can "see" you by echo-location if you move while in line of sight of their "clicking" noises, and move so wildly when attacking they are hard to shoot even at close range. If one gets too close to you in the game it grabs you and you die, unlike runners you can hit and punch to get them off you. Bill and Frank. Such a magnificent episode. It surprised all of us, game fans included. In the game Bill is a grumpy comic-relief character who accompanies Joel and Ellie through a long mission of crossing town and fighting off infected to retrieve spare parts. His relationship with Frank is not happy. I'll leave it at that. Suffice to say this is a major re-work of the couple, and although game-version Bill (played by W. Earl Brown) was done really well, he's much more of a tragic loner you pass by and can only assume went out of this world crazy and alone. I much prefer this one in terms of actual story. HBO Bill and Frank have a lot more to say about humanity than game-Bill does.

As a mom of an 8 year old boy… episode 5 wrecked me 😭😭 I cried so damn much

I feel like a sadist watching this channel, because every time I watch, Natalie cries, and I know she is going to cry, but I still watch every video and cry along with her. I am a 42-year old man with a wife and kids. I don't know why I keep doing this to myself.

"Why does the building have to make noises like that?!" Me, a Bostonian, "That's just how we build them. The creaking is the *aesthetic*"

The beauty of episode three 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.

You have to watch the intro to the game up to where Sarah dies. It made the world cry when it originally came out in about 15-20 mins of character development as well.

I'm a grown ass man and the Bill and Frank episode absolutely wrecked me. It was so well done and beautiful.

I didn't think you would be watching this until it all was released, but I'm glad to see you starting it at least. This is so far one of the best game to screen adaptions I have ever seen, and the game was already beautiful for the story. So happy you get to experience this now too, without having the need for the playstation (but still play it anyway when you can on PC).

Who knew that a show like this would be sad. Come on Nat, cant say you didn't see all of this coming.

I think that was the shortest "Wrap-Up" In Natalie Gold history. 😂 honestly, totally understandable. This show has done a masterful job with... well, just about everything. I never played the games, so watching the post episode commentaries and some RU-vid stuff helped fill in and inform the nuanced stuff. But even without the supplementary material, it all just works. Personal bias aside (largely genre related), I buy everything the writers are serving. The cinematography, set design, and sound design are beautifully executed. The actors performances have been astounding. Episode 3, in particular, had me completely invested. Had my attention right away with Bill and Frank's story. I cant think of another show that has dedicated such a dominant portion of an episode to a tertiary sub-plot , for the express purpose of developing support characters, THAT DONT EVEN FEATURE IN THE MAIN PLOT! That's WILD and it WORKED! You could cut out the Joel/Ellie parts and still be left with a perfect story. As Bill would say, "I'm satisfied." Can hardly wait for Part 2 :)

what makes this series soo good is it follows the video game so closely but they have made change to give a rich backstory to elements from the game. not to mention the acting and the practical and CGI special effects are better than some AAA movies with millions of a budget.