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Such a beautiful episode. It shows that there’s still can be good in a post apocalyptic world driven by fear, anger, hate and death and I did cry a bit. I was a bit disappointed that we didn’t get to see Ellie and Bill going after each other like they did in the game but I was okay with that. Now get ready for anti-woke channels like TheQuartering, Geeks + Gamers, Nerdrotic and RK Outpost getting furious over this episode by claiming that Bill was never gay in the game (when it’s been confirmed by Neil Druckmann in the past that he was gay) and the show has now “gone woke”… Also, RIP Annie Wersching.
@@expattrading well we don’t know what happened in the first 4 years of frank in Baltimore and in the many years between the time jumps but yea in general it looks like those too won the lottery together in all of this
The fact that in their universe, gay marriage wasn't made legal before the pandemic began. Bill and Frank are so beautiful, and I will forever love this episode.
That final letter Bill writes to Joel with the lines about "one person worth saving and that's what he did" definitely sets things up for what's to come. love it
Each place they visit provides eye opening experiences how others cope good or bad. Each experience gives them permanent building block to there development.
I don’t know if people realize because of how much more open we are with gay love now but Bill lived in a small town as a gay man in 2003 when the world ended so the fact that he was able to find love and create a safe happy relationship during the end of the world is so telling. Bill probably thought the world was over already and everyone leaving was his only chance to be himself. This was so beautiful and I’m happy they made it so long 🥹
@@irasac1 I’m just imagining one of the FEDRA comes evict him out of the town and he gives the solider a letter that said “I can do whatever I want” lolll
I started crying at bills reaction to eating a strawberry and didn’t stop the entire episode. I watched this with the bros and not a single eye was dry
Something else to think about with this. Gay marriage was never legalized in the universe because it happened in 2003. So Bill and Frank choosing to get married on their final day was also very touching. Their love is something they would have never had the chance to experience at that point
@@larochejaquelein3680 I mean the U.S did not legalize gay marriage until 2015. I think we can assume the apocalypse made people less bigoted in terms of race, gender, or orientation because all that mattered was you were alive and human now
@@s7robin105 I wish that could be the case. I'm reality, people like us who think "we have to stick together" will be lined up and shot by the "every man for himself" social darwinists 🙁
Nick Offerman showed phenomenal range in that episode, from the angry prepper uttering "Not today, you new world order jackboots" to that strawberry giggle.
Annie Wersching's passing was unexpected and saddening, Rest in peace and thank you Annie for all your work and the joy you brought to us through these mediums.
In that world, Bill won the zombie apocalypse lottery. He died of old age with the man he loved. No one can really say that. Like Frank said, “it’s poignantly romantic”
I grew up in the closet. I never thought I'd see a world where I would see two grown men smile and cry over the beauty of the love between a same sex couple. So while I sit here and weep at the beauty of this episode, this story, I'm also weeping because the world has changed so much. And I wish Bill and Frank could have lived to see the world where they were free to be happy.
I grew well into my adulthood hiding who I was. I openly wept at this episode. I'm so glad I made it to a time where I can see two men fall in love and die happy together in a show without it feeling like 'bury your gays'.
@@davidwiederman8841 bill and frank were always a couple in the game. And don't rope 99% of people into your own private views about homosexuality. That's demonstrably not true.
I find it so beautiful that what really made Bill and Frank fall for eachother wasn't the food or the hospitality, it was the piano that made each of them realize they had found their first real human connection in God knows how long, someone they can empathize with, someone they can trust. This whole episode was so moving.
@@OneHonestCritic there's always someone like you ruining it for everyone. Crawl back to whatever church you came from. The real God loves everyone. You're just homophobic and you use the Bible not as a guide to life, but as a weapon. You mask your biases under the guise of faith, which spits on God's image. You should be ashamed of yourself. Love is love.
To take a side character with barely any backstory at all, to take little hints from the game and completely flush it out into a gut-wrenching and heartful story all in one episode while also serving the same impactful lesson as it did for Joel in the game was so cool. I haven't cried to anything in years but this one episode had me fucking sobbing
i saw some terrible comments about this episode elsewhere, and it made me so sad. but I'm glad so many of the people in the comments here share the same feelings i do about this episode. it was amazing. i don't cry often to shows or movies, but this was heartwrenching and beautiful and i absolutely loved it!
yeah people are being really awful (and frankly just homophobic). it’s good seeing people understand and get emotional over such beautiful storytelling 💜
I felt that Bill and Frank were symbolic of the fact that despite all the bad out there after the outbreak, there was a little pocket of paradise just for those two.
Well said. I never even new it was a game until reading comments in reactions. So I am taking the show as I find it. I find it compelling story telling.
This episode broke me. I'm still broken 5 days later. I ugly snot cried. It's heartbreakingly beautiful. The writing, cinematography, music, ACTING. *chef's kiss "Frank was the flowers and Bill was the soil". In the end, Bill loved Frank like he wanted to be loved. ❤️
I swear the producers on this show know how to make a good episode because one minute I am fully indulged into Bill and Frank's relationship only to then have my heart ripped out right after...Dear God, if this broke me, I can't imagine when we meet Sam and Henry.
@@stephaniereyes6423 The game director and co creator of the show quite literally confirmed his sexuality. In the game, Ellie finds an Adult's Men magazine. Bill states that Frank was his companion that lived with him until this death. They expanded on a part of the story. That's an okay thing to do. This episode was excellent.
@@stephaniereyes6423 I agree with you to a sense. I don't think the show can do better than the game, it's the story I fell in love with, pretty much perfect in my eyes. So the show can only do just as well or worse, and so far, it has done just as well. It's like an alternate story to keep game players interested, but keeps the story beats similar enough to the games to hook the new audience who didn't play the game. I did prefer game Bill and his riffing with Ellie but the show does its own thing and it worked.
It's an interesting contrast to start that flashback with the mother and her child that we're basically told were sent off to be summarily executed, and showing us the destruction of lives in this world from the outbreak, and then follow it with a story showing a man who's essentially thriving and getting to actually live after seemingly living within himself _until_ the outbreak.
That was strange. It’s like they only served to be a transition. I also felt it was strange that Ellie was playing with that stalker in the cellar/crawlspace before killing it. That implication lends too much to the idea Ellie can’t be trusted with a gun, because she comes off like a serial killer. That was just weird to me.
@@DUBS720 she wasn't playing with it. she was curious about it, as a lot of kids would be, especially one who's immune and encountered one before. idk how you got serial killer vibes from her cutting its skin open to see what happens. weird take
I love when TV can bring people together like this. It's a true testament to the quality of the show and this episode, that it can touch so many people in the same/similar ways
I love that they changed Frank from being infected to having ALS (or something like it). It gives his decision to die a new depth, and finds beauty even in tragedy. Was fully crying during this episode.
He died from aids. It’s what happens when a man rips and tears an orifice of another man in a savage degrading manner. This episode was a softcore porno and served no purpose towards progressing the plot or any of the main character arcs
@@jiggyjerome7264 lmfao you have no idea what "character development" is you ignorant homophobic fuck. I guarantee you that if Bill kissed a girl it wouldn't have been "softcore porn" to you, so how about you shut tf up and appreciate the relationship for the humanity and love behind it. And by the way, he didn't die of AIDS you fucking moron, ALS is a neurodegenerative muscle illness. Them being gay had nothing to do with his death.
This was the first time I feel I've ever seen a gay couple on screen that really REALLY made you feel as though those two people were falling in love and in love for life. No one else has hit that mark on screen for me. This episode was incredible. The writing and the actors. Incredible.
Agree!! Something that comes close for me might be Severance... There's a very different love story, not a focus of the show, but it's almost as soft and tender as what I saw here. Oh and Out Flag Means Death is also incredibly good at gay romance, in a more light-hearted way, I loved it so much I needed several rewatches. Damn, I'm just realising how much good stuff has come lately wow
Finding love and purpose even in the end of the world and fighting for that purpose. A beautiful story that also sets up Joel's whole arc and teaches him a lesson about opening himself up and fighting tooth and nail for someone. Ellie. The entire episode was a lesson about love and human connection and not letting go of that, even in the apocalypse.
I was okay until that Strawberry scene. Just got a little teary-eyed at Bill & Frank's first kiss. But then they played a variation of Ellie & Dina's relationship's theme, "It Can't Last" during the strawberry scene. That's when the proper crying started lol
I loved the fact that when Frank and Bill were arguing about restoring the town, I pointed out how Frank looked identical to game-Joel, beard, shirt, everything. Then later on, sure enough, Joel grabs those exact clothes after his shower. Loved it.
I don't play video games, but so far this is probably the best show HBO has ever done. This episode will win a lot of people a LOT of awards. Absolutely phenomenal.
I also found out Annie Wersching passed away shortly after watching episode 3. I was heartbroken. I didn’t even know she was sick. Thank you for mentioning it and giving her some much deserved recognition.
Same for me. When I heard Frank ask Bill why the pill bottle was empty, I was like Noooo! This is one of those changes where the battery run makes sense for gameplay but not for a show plot. That letter at the end really set the tone moving forward.
Yeah it would have been cool to see but I guess the trade off is the screen time for bill allowed him to develop more as a character in the show. And he still ends up serving the same purpose in the plot and for Joel’s own emotional journey.
@@alexm4163 Yeah but at the same time it wasted more than an hour on these two characters love story that never happened in the game and it basically slowed the pacing of the show down compared to last week.
This is random but based off when you said "guess he and tess never really had a title" reminded me of when she tells him "I never asked you to feel the way I felt" when they find out she was bit. I get the sense that he did care for her but never wanted to say to her or anyone what she meant to him because it would mean it was real and he could lose her like he lost Sarah. Further cutting himself off as best he can
I've not felt this moved by media in years, if ever. This episode shook me to my core, I was stood up weeping/in shock at how much pain I was feeling. This episode is a truly incredible work of art.
I ugly cried this whole episode man, I haven’t been that emotional watching something in quite awhile. I’ve played the game 6 times, and I absolutely am satisfied with the direction they went with this episode. Absolutely amazing
There are plenty of other movies and shows that can get me to cry over characters but I've never encountered a show that can get me to cry SO QUICKLY. First with Sarah after less than 30 minutes with her and now with Bill & Frank.
I felt like Sarah was a character that pulled me in quickly. Knowing she was going to die ahead of time was like watching a calamity happen that you're powerless to stop. This episode though, not so much.
This show knows how to spend their time. They gave us so much more of Sarah, Bill and Frank already. It’s not stretching the story but rather giving it more depth at spots in the game that needed it.
@@Mario-rg5cq but it manages to develop them in a way the game wasn't able to. It showed them what they were and presented a parallel ending of what would create a similar lesson for the characters.
@@MuhammadIrfan-oe5su it’s not what they were bc it’s two different stories Bill never died and frank hunged himself bc he got infected it’s two different stories that you can’t compare with each other bc the outcome is different they should match it with the game and it’s ending to what happened to be able to compare it
@Mario if you want the same thing that happened in the game to happen, then go play the game. It's an adaptation that's taking narrative liberties with what's already been established before.
@@burdenedflesh4189 you don’t understand that they are saying that it showed how bill and frank lived and I’m saying it’s not how they lived bc that’s not what happened at all and I played the game I think that should be obvious since I said how frank died and bill didn’t. There fore it didn’t show them it show something different so it has nothing to do with the original
Nick Offerman needs to get a supporting actor nom for this. This show just gets better and better every single episode. The frank and Bill relationship was so good and the character development was amazing!
Don’t know the game. Never heard of it before this show. First two were fine. But this episode! Wow. It was INCREDIBLE. The acting was impeccable the storytelling beautiful I was so sucked in. With many tears and nothing to compare it to I can only say it was a great hour of television. So beautiful.
Totally. When people talk about the immersion of gaming this is HOW a completely constructed and affecting narrative can pull you right under with it. All narratives are quests -- this one takes us along so VERY VERY CONVINCINGLY. Just beautiful. Gonna go cry some more now.
When someone asked Neil Druckman if tlou would get a part 3, he said if there was a way to tell a story that revolved around love then he would do it. In the game you do not have the ability to see backstories about anyone except Joel. This is Neil finding another way to tell a story about love and it was beautiful. It may not be how it was in the game, but by every bit, it continues to keep the theme of tlou which is love.
@@SuzakuXdo you have any proof or anything for this? I listened to the podcast and Druckman seemed to be very on board with the changes and was praising the episode
The key to a good adaptation, which sounds easy but is incredibly difficult, is to know when to keep to the source material and when to steer away from it. The balance of this so far has been perfect.
I went back and watched the scene in the game where we see Frank is dead, and I got super teary-eyed now that I know just how much Bill loved Frank. 🥺 It also makes the letter that Frank writes to Bill even sadder.
This ep was beautiful & heartfelt, but also gutting. It’s like someone saw the opening of “Up”, and said: “Let’s stretch it to 75 minutes, and have it take place after the apocalypse.”… And dammit, it works. I never played the game, so i don’t really have a frame of reference other than what I watched. It was a great ep for me, for sure
This episode hit EVERY emotional nerve possible. Being in a post apocalyptic world, yet Bill and Frank were able to find love within each other was beautiful. I was absolutely balling my EYES OUT during this episode. Loved every moment.
You just know that once this video was done the guy in the flannel shirt had a full on hour long sob-a-thon. There are so many points where he's trying desperately not to completely loose it. I love that blokes are finally starting to not be ashamed of their emotions.
Bill and Frank are what chemistry looks like, so I sobbed… we should all be so lucky to find someone who sees us the same even after all the years soak in.
@@kylevernon "this would have been a fine spin off but it doesn't work with the rest of the show" Translation: My homophobic ass can't handle the fact that gay people exist.
As someone who is mad with the world and everyone like me and have passed years away from others, these episode hit me harder than thought it would be, I cried a lot, almost makes me think that maybe there could be something for me outside, someone who love
I played the game so I went into this episode knowing what was going to happen with Bill and Frank but man was I wrong, the changes they made for their story were perfect, I was not prepared to cry so much. It was such a beautiful episode
@@devinvez3869 they were in love, and they showed their story the same way they would show any man and woman’s love story. I don’t see how showing that story among the millions of similar ones with a woman involved is “pushing” anything. there is nothing wrong with being in love.
I haven't watched Nick Offerman in much outside of Parks And Rec but it's nice to see he's still doing roles and yet roles that aren't always comedic. This was an emotional episode I was sad about Bill and Frank and what happened to Frank and what that did to Bill. Probably my favorite episode so far based off how little into the series we so far are either this one or the 1st episode is my favorite
I didn't cry full out but i swear i had tears stuck in my eyes for half an hour. My god this episode just toyed with my emotions....absolutely amazing. This is how you do a love story
I had to take so many breaks during the episode because I couldn’t stop crying. Which is different from the breaks I needed last week during the clickers fight. I love that this show isn’t just a mindless post apocalyptic show, it has heart.
When Frank is telling Bill that he will fall asleep in his arms, and the camera pans over to Bill just balling his eyes out, reminded me a lot of Interstellar’s scene when Cooper was watching the videos and sees Murph as an adult. You felt all the weight of their pain.
Like you guys, I cried a lot in this episode because my mom has multiple demyelinating sclerosis and she tried to commit suicide twice, she is fine now and is contained but it was very hard for me but it must be more difficult for people who suffer from these disabling diseases which don't have cure and only they understand what it feels like to gradually lose their mobility and things that they could do before and no longer do, and in some cases gradually lose their cognitive functions when you have Alzheimer's or the beginning of it. Also understand that it is a personal decision, even though it hurts a lot, if the person decides to take their own life feeling that they lived a full life and the disease is taking away their identity. Something that happens in life and you don't hear much, I'm happy that they covered it on premium television.
Man you guys are so quick to it, just when I thought this episode couldn’t get anymore sadder they started playing “on the nature of daylight” 😭 that song always gets me and they hit me HARD when I was already sad😭😭
I'm not the type to cry even when a sad / depressing scene in a movie plays, but this episode did it. Bill and Frank's relationship and the The last day of their life made me cry. Neil is truly the genius when it comes to making a tugging at your heart strings kind of episode / momment.
Thanks for sharing your unfiltered tearful & heartfelt reaction guys. Damn Greg, you really brought us to tears again! You ok? This was just exceptional quality storytelling. Did not expect to love this show This much. Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett were absolutely heartbreakingly perfect as Bill and Frank. I feel like "Long Long Time" will stay with us. The bookends with Joel and Ellie just brilliant. ~ k Rest in Peace: Annie Wersching
I was sad for a brief time when I realized Bill and Ellie weren’t going to get to meet in the show, but the direction they went in the show was perfect!
If I wanted a 1:1 adaptation of the TLOU story, I'd just go play TLOU. It's fantastic through that medium. For live-action television, everything they've done so far has been amazing. Just a reminder that TLOU isn't just about Ellie & Joel, it's about the survivors of the apocalypse and how they manage to find humanity without looking for it.
They really chose the best story beats to give the spotlight! I LOVE Bill in the game and was so excited to meet him in the show (especially knowing the actor portraying) and the way they chose to turn it around made me fall in love with this version of Bill, also seeing the after credit scen and getting the reason why they chose to do it this way it made total sense! Also, it's a nice push for Joel to start opening up to Ellie and setting him on the path of accepting it
One of the most faithful, heartfelt, loving, caring, well thought out and articulated episodes of television that I have ever seen. This show is freaking phenomenal. It just keeps getting better and better.
(GAME SPOILER) In the game, Frank is already dead when we meet Bill. During Bill's story "quest", they hide in a house and find out that after an argument (I think), Frank left to go do what he wanted by himself and got infected in the process. Bill and Joel find him hanging, dead for awhile but not really decomposed. So their relationship is very much implied but you can't really show a past relationship not about the main characters.
Oh my goodness this episode was just so beautiful, tragic and heartbreaking. It defied my expectations in the best way! Wow! Incredible!!! The music during their last day, ahhh that's where I broke
I love the game. It’s perfect. His character will always be there in the game but this what we got in the show with the backstory and change in Bill/Franks storyline is so much better. Beautifully done. And so much more emotionally connecting.
@@arleh5402 Unfortunately there is no avoiding how much people are gonna whine and they're gonna find every reason to be mad about it. Really is a shame.
While watching it I was so emotionaly involved, but it was a few hours later when I realized how much the love potrayed effected me, and how much hope it gave me, that even during the worse circumstances, good things could happen to us...
The number of straight men who have been broken by this episode is so touching. Even my friend I watched this with had to have me hold his hand for comfort. I am so happy that this show exists, game adaptation or no.
This episode is a masterpiece. It just expanded the story fully. I dont want a 1-for-1 retelling of the game, I have the game for that. This just showed the differences in media and what film can do over gameplay.
Not that I was a nonbeliever but I may have grown jaded in my days. This made me believe in compassion and love again. To give and to receive them. I just cried so many times this episode it destroyed me as much as it warmed my heart man
As a fan of the game, I thoroughly enjoyed this version. Was looking forward to the gym scene, but this hit so many emotions. Also I believe this is the "Calm Before the Storm" episode
Tbh I was worried about introducing the Bloater so early in the series. If and Joel and Ellie had a hard time fighting clickers in the second episode, introducing a bloated would have shot the escalation way too high way too fast.
Saddening, so many people can't see the relevance of this episode. So much symbolism throughout that can easily be missed. Ultimately, consider the semantics of the title, The Last of Us. Frank & Bill's story could not embody that meaning more. Incredible episode. Cheers all!
Wow, what a great show, gentlemen. As a person who has never played or seen the game, I found it SO interesting when one or the other of you would say "Oh, just like the game" and be kind of delighted by that. I love this episode and I am so glad that the two of you watched it and commented with interest and humor, but you did'nt make it about your comedy chops, you watched it with respect for the story, which I found touching. Your comments were well placed, open-minded, and intelligent. I enjoyed your show. very much; my first time seeing you by the way. Have liked and subscribed, keep up your excellent work and all the best to you both.
No tengo palabras suficientes para describir este episodio, solo puedo decir que es hermoso, conmovedor y con personajes que se cuidaban con mucha ternura 💗 😭
Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett did great. I didn't matter if they were gay or strait, man or woman, I could feel their connection and it really moved me, which I didn't expect.
This was beautiful.. I’m so glad they changed their relationship! So much more here, instead of just random scattered notes that hint at how unhappy Frank was before he died.
Watching this episode, I cried hard, REAL tears. Like, it’s the first time I’ve cried like that in almost 2 years. Definitely first time in two years where I’ve shed more than a single tear🥲
