The Last of Us 01x03 "Long, Long Time" REACTION | This episode had us in SHAMBLES!! 

Bill’s traps were so effective in the show that he caught a husband

In this world, they won. There are no doctors or hospitals, no nearby family to help, no home-care nurses (something I am dealing with for my Mom these days). They simply didn't have all the options for outside assistance we have. And still, they got to have 16 good years together and go out on their own terms rather than being taken out by the raiders or down by the fungus. For Bill especially, this was a blessing--he got to have a kind of love he never thought he'd have, and he grew and blossomed under Frank's attentive care. And he did save and protect Frank, who was perhaps a little too trusting for the world they were in. So they both were better for the relationship than they would have been apart--which is the very definition of success.

We don't watch reactions like this to be happy. We watch them for connection. We watch them for catharsis. You guys are great! Keep being yourselves.

What hit me really hard after watching the episode was just realizing that the world fell apart in 2003, which means that in this world same-sex marriage was never legalized in the United States. The first state to legalize it wasn't until 2004. It made the fact that they married one another so much more impactful.

The context of the time period is everything for this story. They cried when kissing because this kind of love story would not have been allowed to happen in 2003. Gay men in their age bracket were still reeling and traumatized from the AIDS epidemic and being publicly gay in this country meant even more harassment and violence then today. This story was masterfully told.

Stop apologizing about crying! I’m a 32 heterosexual man and I still cried! I beat the game twice! Once for ps4 and I just finished the ps5 edition! I have no issue with the change! It was beautiful and poetic! Hats off to everyone involved and if they don’t win a Emmy for that one episode alone WE RIOT!

I love how Bill serves the same purpose for Joel's journey, but from an opposite perspective. In the game, Bill is a cautionary tale of "Joel, this is who you will become if you never let people in." In the show, Bill is a beacon of hope, basically saying, "Joel, this is who you could become if you DO let people in."

"The goal is to grow old together." Yes. Exactly. And I hope you two have a long... long... happy life together.

This episode is incredibly sad, but the story is not a tragedy. That’s what’s so incredible about it. They won, they had probably the best life out of anyone in the entire world during the apocalypse

People watch to see your genuine emotional reactions! Don't ever feel like crying on camera isn't professional. 🙂

They had the best story anyone could dream about in an apocalypse. They got to grow old together and die together on their own terms. No on controlled their lives. They were free. And they shared love the entire time.

Pretty sure the rocks being stacked are a memorial for Tess. In some cultures leaving a stone on a grave is a thing. It's also a mindfulness/meditation thing. While it also CAN be a trail marker, Joel knows this trail so, he doesn't need a marker.

Genuinely cried my heart out for 3 hours afterward. You're right that it hit the want of growing old together with someone. And to see how Bill changed and grew and found joy and love and for Frank to find safety and comfort and care absolutely fucked me up. One of the greatest things I've ever seen on TV. Thank you for the reaction you guys.

I totally did not recognize Murray Bartlett, the actor who played Frank. He was on season 1 of White Lotus! I knew he looked familiar, but had no idea. His American accent was spot on. They both had such incredible performances. Oh I cried and cried. What a beautiful love story and episode. ❤ 💕

I could not wait for you both to react to this episode, it was amazingly acted and well written too, not a dry eye I am sure in many households. As someone who has been married 17 years and 21 years together with my husband this showed so beautifully the fear of getting old, loosing your other half, the one u built ur life with, the memories u made and what they mean to u, it was just wonderful. This series is amazing.

This episode and the actors are going to win an Emmy and a Golden Globe next year. I know it's early but this is one of the best episodes of tv I have ever seen.

The way I cried for like 30 minutes straight during this episode 😭

The producers said this was a happy episode😭

I loved this episode. I wasn't expecting them to deviate from the game's plot this much, but I'm not complaining because this was so beautifully done and it's always nice to see good LGBTQ rep.

Oh boys, when my husband and I watched this last night all we could think while we sobbed was about your reaction! 😂 so beautiful, but so sad. No zombies, just the HORRORS of real ass life. Love you guys!

i was sobbing the whole time while watching this episode, and every time i think about them it brings tears to my eyes 😭was so beautiful the way they developed the story❤❤

Don't be professional. Be yourselves. That's why I watch your channel. Great reaction!

Omg this episode destroyed me!! And yes it definitely hits home too for us as well. Me and my boyfriend have been together for almost 10 years. 3 years ago I was diagnosed with rheumatoid disease. Some days I can walk around even party, other days I need help walking and even getting dressed. The pill scene, for example, of Bill making sure Frank took his meds, was spot on! Such a heart wrenching episode yet one of the best episodes I’ve ever seen in a while 👏🏽❤️

This episode hit hard. I cried hard. Beautiful love story ❤

I sob cried at this episode. This is about the greatest love. It appeals to anyone with a heart. This was so well done. The mix of that couple with how it hits home with Joel and how he gives into being her protector for real. But I cried again with you guys too. Thanks for reacting to this show. ❤️

The way y'all made us tear up all over again. This was a beautiful deviation.

Joel was stacking the stones into a cairn for Tess. A memorial for her, if you will.

I sobbed like a baby watching this, and again watching your reactions 😢 such a beautiful and heartbreaking story. We all wish for this, to fall in love, spend a long and happy life with them and die a peaceful death in their arms. Such a wonderful episode ❤

Joel was making a memorial for Tess at the start of the episode.

Universal love story Glad to have found this channel.

I just have to say that Bill's giggle of sheer joy when he tasted the fresh strawberry is the cutest damn thing in the history of cinema and it makes me emotional every time ❤❤

This show really knows how to make us bawl our eyes out

I was sobbing half of the show 😭😭😭

A masterpiece of an episode. What more can I say....

i thought that the rocks in the beginning were like a grave thing for Tess.

definitely no shame in crying, I love genuine reactions

When this episode came out i sobbed like crazy. Not just because of the amazing story telling. But mainly because it was the first time I'd ever seen a queer couple have their story told with respect and beauty. It really gave me that "we made it" sort of feeling. I will forever love The Last of Us for this reason. The inclusivity is so beautiful ❤

The look Bill gives him as Frank moves in for a kiss 😂

Gurl this episode left me emotional Nick Offerman did so well portraying Bill and the actor who played Frank did amazingggggggg! I really love the original bits they have added in this series.

This episode wrecked me. That final meal...lord I lost it there. Great episode and reaction. I've been waiting for you all to see this one.

Man, this episode took me OUT!!! It hit way too close to home for me. I was not ready but it was beautifully done.

And this is the happy part of the Last of Us… 1,000 yard stare.

My wife cried the whole time!

This ep gonna hit gay guy harder, my tears just won't stop falling I haven't cry so hard since prayers for Bobby

This episode destroyed me but it was beautiful. Even though we didn’t get to see Joel interact with them I’m happy they gave us this Bill and Frank storyline. This show is my new therapy Sunday where I get all my emotions out. 😂

They managed to find love in the middle of a freaking apocalypse. And had like a good 15-20 years with someone to love, which is more than many people get.

The town that was used as the location for nick offerman’s, is the town Joni Mitchell is from.

My soul left my body with this episode.

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.

The spore exposure and survival of cooking is covered on Doctor Hope's Sick Notes.

Love that they used the giraffe song from the game for the last scene of Bill and Frank going into the room together. That’s what got me

Yes!! I've been waiting for you guys to drop this one, so excited to see your reaction!

In the game, Frank hanged himself coz he was infected. He took his own life before the fungus consumes his body and potentially harmed Bill along the way. In this series, it's different but made to perfection. If you noticed at the end of the Episode 1, the radio of Joel started to play an 80's song, indicating that Bill and Frank are already dead. Joel said that if Bill didn't reset the playlist every few weeks, the system will automatically play the 80's song. So maybe it's already 2 weeks when Bill and Frank died before Joel and Ellie reached their house. It's also on the note that 80's - X which means either in trouble or dead. Other two is 60's - nothing new and 70's- new stocks. If you noticed too that Bill put more crushed medicines in Frank's wine coz Bill don't wanna die first in Frank's arms.

Finally an episode that approaches my love of the Mosaic episode in season 3 of The Magicians. Sobbed my eyes out.

It this episode have you in Shambles, just wait for the Shamblers

"You were my purpose" That line killed me.😢

Hey y’all. I recently found your channel . Y’all are so much fun to watch. I love your reaction to horror movies, especially VHS. I’m also glad you guys are watching TLOU. This particular episode was sooo good , and I too sobbed uncontrollably Say, speaking of VHS, are y’all going to watch the sequels?

oh yeah, subscribed immediately as soon as I saw this episode, so happy you guys uploaded this right after I got back from the library! such perfect timing!

I love your tears. In a total normal relatable way. Not in a crazy enjoy your pain type of way. 🤣😢

I don't know if I'd say that the shoe gave Bill more of a purpose, but rather a different purpose, and an expanded role. Bill in the game works more as a warning example for Joel about what he might become if he doesn't learn to open up to people, while Bill in the show instead works as an example of what Joel can aspire to become.

Just found your channel a few days ago but I just wanna say you two are awesome. I love your reactions and as a gay horror loving man myself it really is amazing seeing you two working on this channel together. This episode is amazing and I can't wait to see you two react to the rest of it! ❤️

So far, 3 and 0 for crying. Great Show!!!

This episode was sooooo beautiful 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍I cried my heart out with this episode 🥺🥺🥺🥺like a Beautiful love story 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️love y’all sweeties 🥰😭probably one of my favorite episodes sooo far ❤️🤞🏽🫣

"I didn't think he could sing." Ron Swanson can do everything.

I love that you guys are so real with your reactions… I don’t feel alone when I cry during the reactions with you… Thanks for being there.😊

Some shows and movies have me sad and in tears while I watch them... this is the first show I've seen that had me feeling... hollow for the next three days. I still don't feel okay.

7:28 about this i think yes it can there is a similar accident in history when a fungi called ergot (we get LSD and bromocriptine and other meds from that grows in wheat its insides are white the outside is black ) ifested crops and people dodnt notice they ate the flour and died bcuz of the neurotoxines and even then presumably patient 0 worked in a flour factory they didnt eat it possibility inhaled it

he was his purpose 😭😭😭😭

I was really looking forward for your reaction

Team bear on bear love! 🐻 ❤

My Husband and I cried as hard as you did. We are older, like the characters, I am 52 and he is 58. We have been together for 32 years, and we both have health issues now. Just as you said, beautiful, but most of all, relatable. It's not often Hollywood displays a gay relationship like this, older and "not pretty" men. I know that I would do just as Bill did, under the circumstances. We love your videos, keep it up guys

Love your reactions!! You all made me laugh so much

I love RU-vid for videos like this where I see guys react like I did thanks x

I knew this would hit you guys a lot harder

Just discovered u guys! ❤❤ Had to subscribe. 😁

Fking hell they did not prepare us for this

Crying while typin , i love u guys

I just want to say… YOU GUYS ROCK!!!! I’m subscribing!!!! 🤩

Love you guys! xx

I thought I saw every reaction video there was to see on this episode; so glad I found this. A good reaction, boys. FYI, I ugly cried during this episode.

I lost any semblance of empathy a long time ago so unless I am emotionally invested in someone I could care less. I'm a white middle-aged working class heterosexual married man who spent twelve years in the Army and most of the rest as a trauma specialist nurse so I've seen some shit. I'd only cried five times since 1979, losing my mum, my dad, my dog, watching Grave of the Fireflies and David Bowie, Episode three fkn wrecked me. That was one of the finest pieces of writing and acting that I have seen in a very long time, when Bill said "I'm satisfied" I lost it, it's stuck with me for over a week it was beautiful.

I love this episode is a masterpiece and love y’all guys channel

Dont be ashamed of crying guys, we all cried😂

I love you both so much guys!

Loved your reactions. I cried like a baby and cry with almost every reaction I watch lol.

great episode

Trust me with episodes like this we want to see you cry. It’s a powerful episode. You’d have to be inhuman to not feel something.

Great reaction guys ❤

Watched this episode at two in the morning and had to bite my blanket to muffle my sobbing cause I didn't wanna wake my dad up

i dont know how you cant cry during this episode 😭

It’s like they put you two in a tv episode.

the first time i watched this episode it made me cry and this reaction had the same effect.

It's been confirmed that Bill and Frank were a couple in the game also. Players caught them at the tail end of a nasty breakup because Bill refused to bend a little and let Frank have some freedom ... I like this ending much better.

I'd like to think that the door slamming by itself in the end was Bill and Frank's spirits either leaving the house and moving on. Or they were trying to get Joel away from their bedroom door. But it could also be a reference to the original versions of the game before the PS5 version came out. There used to be doors that would slam shut on their own. after entering a room or a house and walk on through, when you were far enough away, sometime if you turned back and looked, the door would just close on it's own. The school section of the game, the bloater in the gym area, used to have haunted lockers. it was actually a glitch where the locker doors were just slamming open and shut over and over again. I believe the PS5 version removed these glitches.

I'm sorry for the cute, possibly fluffy bunny who gave his life for a meal they really didn't need to eat in the first place, seeing as they'd be dead in an hour - they coulda just drank wine. Nobody ever mourns for the rabbit.

Bill literally won the apocalypse, from day 1 until the end he lived a very good life in comparison to the rest of the world. And he found Frank.

it wasnt a trail marker. it was a cearn for tess. its kinda like a grave stone for people who have no body to burry.

He made a stone memorial to Tess

I cried AGAIN watching you watch it. It’s just so beautifully sad.

this episode hit me hard especially cause my mom has MS.