Left Behind | The Last of Us Ep 7 Reaction 

Lets take a trip to the mall!

The editor is really like the 4th member of the couch, because the jokes ALWAYS hit 😂

I love that they made Ellie hit the flashlight in the same way they made the player hit the controller to toggle the flashlight. It’s the small things that makes me appreciate this show even more!

what makes left behind even sadder is that ellie most likely had to kill riley when she turned

Riley is played by Storm Reid who is currently the little sister to Rue in Euphoria. Plays Bloodsport’s daughter in The Sucide Squad.

i actually listened to the podcast for this episode and they said the memory of what riley said stayed with ellie. whether you have 2 minutes or 2 days you don't give up because you love each other and joel is the person she loves the most right now so she will fight to the bitter end for him

They adapted Left Behind perfectly. Storm and Bella were incredible and this episode was another 10/10 for me. Best video game adaptation ever in my opinion. Extremely sad we only have 2 episodes left.

Huge shoutout to Storm Reid’s portrayal (Euphoria, The Invisible Man, Suicide Squad) as Riley because her performance is what stole the episode for me! For those that played the DLC, she at least got the chance to ride the carousel. 😢

It’s safe to assume they probably had a book that had the fatalities. In 2003 those guides where gold to a fighting gamer. She knew the Baraka fatality combination. Only possible with a book they found.

Context clues. If Ellie could find an MK II poster, it stands to reason Riley could find a strategy guide or old issue of EGM or Gamepro. She found the pun book, after all.

Ellie earlier in the season: it wasn't the first time I killed someone. It's kinda fucked. Someone pointed out in your episode 5 reaction that Henry's first legit kill was his brother. For Ellie, it was her best friend she was in love with

I actually buy that Riley knew how to do the fatality for a simple detail: they were in an Arcade. The one I used to play had a whole sheet of codes for each game with combos and fatalities. So much memories.

When Joel told Ellie to go NORTH,her life as Lyanna Mormont with the whitewalkers literally flashed before her eyes and she said she ain't about to relive all that😂

One thing they changed from the game was that Ellie already knew about Marlene prior to Riley mentioning she was the one who recruited her. In left behind the game Marlenes name was already known to Fedra and the soldiers What they didn't know was that Ellies mom was a Firefly so when she died she put Ellie in the Boston QZ as an orphan so they wouldn't kill her

Lmaoo the line about her having drills after falling on the roof killed me, yall are hilarious af 🤣

Between the heartwarming cute moments showcasing Ellie and Riley finally being able to act like kids again for once, if only for a little while...... only to rip it all away again for the seventh time in a row (damn you, show), this never ending River of tragedy that follows Ellie is emblematic of not just the shows central theme but why Ellie continues to fight, to carry on. It showcases her and Riley on opposite sides of an ideological, real and tribalistic conflict before they lay down their arms and come together to just be close for a little while because they're each others purpose in this moment; a fascinating parallel to the Bill and Frank love story and why it matters greatly when Ellie continues to lose and lose. And now that she does have someone who looks after her, who she can depend on, who matters to them, she’ll be damned if she loses that connection again. For Riley’s sake and everyone else who died, Ellie will finish this journey……even if it kills her.

This episode was heartbreaking but necessary to understand more of Ellie's perspective and behavior. Bella killed it as always and Storm did a fantastic job too, she has been amazing on Euphoria and did not disappoint here

They adapted this DLC to Episode so beautifully damn you Neil!!!!

I guess yall didn't catch it but Riley literally said she's already been playing the game. She's been gone for weeks and has been staying in the mall. I think Lupa just answered his own question.😂

Considering she found a pun book, she may have also found a cheat book / guide for Mortal Kombat, I used to collect them from gaming magazines in the early 2000s.

13:31 the most i've laughed on a roshi vid LMAOOO lupa was killing me this whole episode

Lmao the MK fatality stuff was funny. In the podcast the showrunners talked about how at the time the outbreak happened video game magazines were widely popular so they imagined they would have found and collected those magazines which is how you got guides and other info.

You were all talking to each other but Riley mentioned that she’s played the game multiple times since she’s been staying there which explains how she knew how to do a fatality and the reason why the “clicker” took so long was because it’s not a clicker, it’s a stalker and they don’t just attack you they sneak around you, hide and plan their attack

There was a GameStop in the mall if you look carefully. Maybe she found a game magazine/guide that shows her how to do the fatality. So don't fret too much on that detail. Improbable but not impossible. Edit: Just listened to the official podcast and the creator said they thought a lot about it too. They said Ellie and Riley were obsessed with the game and would collect anything related to it, including magazine/guide about the game. They would have already memorized the fatality moves but they just could never play the game until this day.

13:34 God damn Lupa's cracked laugh brings me a warm smile. Keep it real Roshi Sheera n Lupa :)

Right on! Seeing Ellie and Riley exploring the mall reminds me of when Eleven and Max went to the mall together back in S3 of Stranger Things. ❤

About Riley knowing the fatality for Mortal Kombat. It's very much possible. It looks like they were fans of the game even before. They had a poster. So it's very much possible they or more importantly, Riley could have found a game magazine where the character's fatalities are listed. She stayed in the mall for some time, so she has time to practice as well. The infection started in 2003 in the show. So those 90s games magazines, like the comics, probably survived as well.

"That was awesome. Where's the exit" LOL same. I was anxious they were in danger the entire time

Love the touch of Ellie wearing the Nathan Drake shirt from uncharted, also the naughty dog keychain the Fedra guy had, very nice

6:50 I LAUGHED SO HARD AT THIS😭😭

I really love when Ellie finds the bombs, the joke Riley is telling’s punchline is “An Investigator”. Like mini (immediate)foreshadowing that the conversation is about to switch gears

As a child of the 90s I had tons of gaming magazines and strategy guides that showed the moves. I like to imagine Reilly had one of those guides growing up. Ellie did mention having a friend that knew everything about the game.

The first fatality I learned when I was 3 years old was mileenas fatal they showed here. It’s just “hold high kick for 2 seconds” my cousin showed it to me haha so I could believe it if they weren’t in an apocalypse

The girl who played Riley (Storm Reid) also played Bloodsport's daughter in The Suicide Squad

13:32 Lupasan never disappoints 🤣I just spat coke all over my goddamn monitor 💀

This episode, just like the Left Behind DLC, is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. When Ellie and Riley are having the time of their lives playing around the mall and especially the arcade I felt absolutely elated. I especially loved how this was also a first date between them, even though they didn’t really know it was a date. And then when they finally kissed I couldn’t help but hold my heart because I thought it would burst from pure joy. And after they both get bit I felt my heart break even harder than in the game. On the “Inside The Episode” after the show they talked about how even though Ellie felt absolutely defeated she still wants to savor every second of time that she has with the ones she loves. And it shows when she is stitching Joel up and the Left Behind theme is playing.

Having Micro braids in a apocalypse is crazy

in the 3rd ep, ellie talks about riley knowing everything there was to know about the game, the poster in the room is rileys, no internet, but game guides would have been plentiful

In the post-show podcast, they explain that Riley and Ellie learned the fatalities by finding old gaming magazines. Basically, they learned about MK2, thought it was dope, and would pick up anything they found that was related to it. I think even the creators knew that's kind of a hand-wavy explanation to justify having the cool fatality in the show but it does the job.

I love how they added some scenes form Ellie’s comic 9/10 episode

thank you for pointing out the crew members in that bridge shot. you guys aren't the only channel that mentioned seeing people, but i couldn't find them... i was looking on the opposite side of the bridge. :)

Macho Nacho is an Uncharted Easter Egg. Elena’s (Nathan Drakes Wife) first job was at a Macho Nacho

13:34 might just be one of the best moments in this channel 😂😂😂

I think arcade games had manuals yall, she probably just found them

What I liked about episode seven is that they adapted this from the first game’s downloadable content Left Behind because this explored Ellie’s backstory and we get to see her time meeting and spending time with her friend Riley moments before Riley had succumbed to the infection. Fun fact, Storm Reid, who played Riley in episode seven, also stars in the teen drama TV series Euphoria with Zendaya.

13:36 bro this shit had me dying, y'all funny af

They adapted the left behind DLC so well so good

6:49. Y’all are too much. Her face on Miguel’s body FLOORED me 😂

She could easily know the MK moves list. She got Ellie the pun book right? Well, she was in a book store, and what else was popular at the time? Strategy Guides. She could have found an MK 2 Guide at Barnes and Nobel. There's also a chance she got it where she got the poster. That MK poster is from an EGM magazine. That magazine would have had the moves list and all known Fatalities at the time. Hell if it's the issue I'm thinking of, EGM even came out with a pamplet that had all of that in it, as well as how to do Juggle combos, and I think a guide on who was weak/strongest against everyone else. So there's logical ways to have found out the Fatalities.

Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin explained in the the official podcast that Riley found a videogame magazine that listed the fatalities. I had the same reaction as you two though 😂

Other people probably have already said, but Riley is played by Storm Reid! She's in Euphoria, A Wrinkle In Time, The Suicide Squad and a lot of other projects.

I’m so glad I found y’all, I love your reactions!

I saw Black Lagoon and Oregairu on the Patreon watchlist. I'm really excited and I hope you guys post it on RU-vid💜

It’s funny you were talking about Euphoria since Storm Reid is the sister to Rue in the show. She’s also in A Wrinkle in Time, Missing, and in Suicide Squad she’s the daughter we see in the opening.

13:34 damn that was genuine bro love right there.

12:42 I love that i relate to this so much. In a world of fungus people, the most unreal thing is that this child learned how to do a MK2 fatality on her own without any assistance.

In the after credits, Neil explains that Ellie would read game magazines/guides on Mortal Combat, so thats how they knew about the fatalities.

I’m sure the fatalities were also on the graphics all over the machine. There’s an arcade by my crib and some of the old machines have combo list next to the buttons as a guide

Riley must have found a Mortal Kombat Game Guide in the same store she found the pun book, probably like an old Borders or something in the mall.

Lupa, I feel your love of pinball.

Sheera at 12:52 had me rolling!

They had instructions for MK2 back then cause I had the strategy guide and still have it where it tells you all the moves. They had strategy guides going back to FF7 in 1997 and before as the one I had is dated for 1993...

Given the MK2 poster maybe Riley looked for game magazines and/or one of the clue books - they were fairly big even back in '03. And one of them could have the FATALITY codes.

Y’all are quick! 🔥💪🏽

Regarding the Mortal Kombat fatalities, they could have found a player's guide or some similar cheat book because back in 2003 those were very common. So the fatalities could have been in one of those books or a magazine.

That Jason Derulo edit in the beginning 🤣 You guys are always hitting with the edits 😂

Loved the chemistry with Bella and Storm! Great stuff this episode!

I said the same thing about the fatalities lmao. It's explained in the segment after the episode that one of the things they'd find were video game guides (Riley probably found one at Gamestop). I remember that was the era we had to rely on those things.

Cheat codes and secret moves used to be in physical magazines you know, and those are still laying around. And they collect those things.

I think Riley knowing the combos and fatalities was an early hint of just how long she’d actually been in that mall. She told Ellie she’d just found it, but had been there long enough to figure out how to play. That doesn’t answer the question of why she didn’t do a full sweep of the mall in all that time, but it’s the best I got lol

There’s a GameStop right there in the mall. You telling me they don’t have a game informer magazine with the MK moves in there? 😏

12:40 my guess is Riley found the Official Fighter’s Companion at some point. It has the fatality codes in them right? It’s been a while I don’t really remember lol

Lupa did not miss with those "Hey Bro" bits xD

love the matching water jugs

Storm played Riley to perfection

About the fatality thing, probably Riley learned from someone much older than her, who lived before the apocalypse.

I love this channel man.

6:27. Ellie does have a point: the FEDRA in Kansas City got wiped out by Kathleen's militia, & 2 weeks later a horde takes out most of the militia then makes its way to the city with almost no one left to defend it.

Lupa is so god damn funny bro🤣🤣🤣 this dude when he went “yeah!! Yeah! Yeaaaah-“🤣

Riley was chilling in a mall for days, she probably found a cheat code magazine (they had those in 2003) and practiced it. I'm sure there was a GameStop in there, they're in every mall.

All things considered that was a pretty happy episode. I know the bar is low in that category, but showing Riley and Ellie just enjoying their last few moments together and tying that to Joel at the end with Joel and Ellie holding hands was very sweet 😭

I just assumed Riley learned the fatality from reading an old school game magazine. Or maybe an older firefly passed on the knowledge.

oh nooo the glory is on patreon 😭 someday i'll try to become a patron and watch it

At the arcade I go to they had the characters fatalities combos on the machine

That “S1 Abby” edit when Bethany showed up on screen got me 😂

Riley also had a magazine with all the fatalities so I'm guessing she memorized if or had read it for so long.

I had the same reaction to the Attack from Mars pinball machine. Memories, man.

Spirit Halloween isn't even deterred by an apocalypse. Even infected are going "Damn, these things are everywhere."

Riley found a moldy print out of the combos from GameFaqs circa 2001 that’s my head canon

Before having the means to get consoles or playing PC games, I got into gaming and anime magazines, those gaming ones had the fatality list, Riley and Ellie, if she had the poster, that means she had access to old magazines covering the game or maybe the fatality list is on the side of the arcade, there are tons of ways people knew about this, it is a 1993 game.

I don't know about arcades back then but they usually have the move list on the Panel

the producers of the show said Riley got the fatalities from an old video game guide. which is also the same way they probably got the posters

Not y’all matching mugs and drinking at the exact same time 😂 🙏 3:22

Your editor is amazing 😂

On the arcades they have the move list including the fatalities above by the buttons.

as crag mazine said there was secret code books for games back then and they were fan of the mortal combat and they probably read it even knowing theyre never gonna play it .

About the MK2 fatalities. Most likely she got the finishing moves information from an old magazine that she found.

In MK II, Baraka and Mileena are boyfriend and girlfriend in the game. Both Ellie and Riley chose to play as them at the arcade. Whether the creators knew it or not, their gameplay did showcase a grim foreshadowing.

The Left Behind DLC was hectic to play. I really liked the parts they adapted for the TV show. Props to Ellie for literally pulling Joel back together.

Sheras reaction whenever the girls get attacked is priceless😭👌🏾