The Last of Us Episode 9 'Look for the Light' Finale REACTION!! 

Doesn’t look like the perfect Ellie? The voice actress Ellie looks more like her especially the eyes of Ellie from the games version & Pedro looks more a white latina then being a true caucasian like Joel’s game version. Wish he had the full beard like him too .

Only better thing about the show is the showing on screen backstory with the stuff they didn’t show in the game and the voice actors in game were being used there motion captures of showing there actual emotions and transferring it into there characters faces in the game as most people don’t realize that nowadays with how realistic video game’s graphics have gotten and they think there’s not showing any emotions in faces in a game compared to live action wich isn’t true . Games better then show by far just like stuff like Harry Potter or game of thrones or walking dead live action being based off comics or books that’s stuff always turns out better with also more detail being able to be put into it.

Have you seen the Netflix advert for The Last Kingdom film?

Ellie just kept chopping till she hit wood... nuff said.

@@osojasmine8288 why are you being xenophobic? Who cares if Pedro is a white Latino instead of a "true Caucasian" he is still white and while he was born in Chile he was raised in USA, Texas, he still lives in the US/NYC mostly but I think he holds a Chilean citizenship too and visits his family in Chile frequently that's why both his Spanish-Chilean and American-Texan accent is perfect, he is fluent in both but you could argue English is his first language, his parents moved to the US when he was a baby so they probably taught him English first and then Spanish. He nailed it as Joel, focus on that instead or silly things like his beard or if he's Caucasian American white or Latino white.

If ellie had cancer, I'd have feared for cancer's life

Eh does he really love her? Or is it just what she does for him

​@@CaptainChapin It's both she replaces the daughter that he lost.

@@blackcrowvol2281 so she’s just a performance for him to feel like he matters.🤷🏾‍♀️ by the end of the season we know that he doesn’t really respect her as a friend or as a person because he takes her choice away and lies and manipulated her into continuing that father daughter role.

@@CaptainChapin Well if you think about it the fire flies didn't give her a choice either they just shipped her into the surgery room. She didn't even realize that she was drugged. Joel made sure that she lived long after his death.

He was scary as hell in the moment

My man full on disassociated and got the job done

@@NikkiStevenReact He wasn't, he saved a Elly from the commies.

Oh wow you just blew my mind about the lying part

@@wiiplaya25 cool! I was just blown away by how well written this show is and the constant parallels they've presented us with. The whole show is about love and the consequences of it. The things people will do to protect who and what they love, feels so human in this show and it's why I love it and the game so much. Ellie meant EVERYTHING to Anna and she will do anything to protect her, even potentially put her childhood best friend at risk. She didn't know Ellie would be immune, but you better believe she's gonna lie to get Ellie safe. Just as Joel is going to lie to save Ellie because she in now his everything. They're both wildly selfish in those moments and there is no hesitation and it's such a beautiful and tragic human response. It's almost horrfying because it makes us confront ourselves and the decisions we know deep down we'd make. And 9 times out of 10, we're saving the one over the many. And we've seen how true that was during this pandemic, something as simple as wearing a mask was too hard for some people. It makes Joel's choice 10 years later hit harder for me, in the opposite way. 10 years ago I was completely in camp team wrong. Understood it, but 100% wrong. Now, I get it. Seeing the selfishness of humanity these past 3 years can harden your heart and make you want to say fuck the world, do we deserve saving? Maybe I'd rather just live with the people I love most and let the world just go on. Now I'm more 60/40 and that can swing on any given day.

Oh without question. She is still traumatized. There's probably a little bit of "we've come all this way and we're just about there" but clearly she is still a wreck emotionally.

Yeah she literally tries to rationilize that the trauma is worth it as long as she can make the cure Wich joel negates She is gonna heal from it given due time but still

absolutely, she's gonna need time and human connection to get better

i had the added idea, even while playing the game years ago that Ellie, after her encount with child ra**** cannibals, she was probably thinking things like "is this world even worth saving? are these people worth it?" and that all got her depressed ontop of the PTSD, and the Giraffes sparked this "theres still great and beautiful things in this world that are worth it"

​@@IH8YH It's an excellent interpretation, it makes a lot of sense.

What a moment between the two of them

Except he didn't say it directly...a lesser show would have followed up "It wasn't time that did it" with something like "It was you" or a hug or something. This show is better than that -- Ellie knows, the audience knows, everyone knows, but he didn't have to say it for us to know and feel what he was communicating.

Oh same. I didn’t know that part of the story.

​@@misterderp4566i was kinda expecting ellie to hug him tho

Tess saved him first, gave him a purpose and kept him busy but yeah now Ellie is the one that kept him going without Tess there

Damn attack of the onion choppin ninjas!

I think that’s my favorite line from the series

Just seems like that would be something someone says to a romantic partner, not a father to a daughter.

@@zen-sufi Only if your mind is in the wrong place.

​@@zen-sufi because only romantic partners can heal emotional wounds? What are you even saying?

Had that 28 days / weeks later camera work.

I get why a certain someone did a certain thing to a certain character in the 2nd game

@@hermionesings Like... How? Abby is just a stuck up b!tch who hates Joel because he's a man. She doesn't care that Joel looks after Ellie and that Ellie loves Joel.

John wick ess

@@hermionesings Ahah, I understand too. But some major informations were missing in TLOU2 and from both sides. Really great game though

She probably would have ageeed with marlene but I know what you mean

Both sides are the right and wrong choice

@@BluEx22329 oh yes I know she would have but that choice was still stripped away. Regardless of what her decision would have been, she should have at least gotten one.

@@BluEx22329 I doubt it. I'm not killing myself for a maybe.

@@someone23ful True but tbf Marlene probably was backed in a corner by a lot of people who realize that Ellie’s life being taken will end the “apocalypse”. Marlene was right, and wrong, depends on how you want to look at it, should she be given the choice to say no, and then everybody just has to live with the fact that there’s a cure that can save everyone, but they can’t because they leave it up to free will, which is why there’s not really a correct option in this situation, because either way someone was saved

It’s especially inevitable with a cute baby in the show

I know right. They both do a really good job

yes 100%

i tune in exactly for that. im very emotional too and i love that feel/react the same way. love this channel.

@@concretgod8085 - I agree...also love how Steven sometimes gets concerned and comforting when her emotions take over.

Me too! 100% percent! If that makes me a bad person, so be it. I'll wear that proudly knowing that someone killing my beloved child would have to be over my dead body.

@@ro4eva amen!!

​@@ro4evapathetic

@@ro4eva Absolutely, I would not only let the world burn, I'll strike the match to save my children.

It goes deeper than that. We know Ellie would have wanted this. Marlene eludes to this and those who’ve played the sequel, know this to be true too. Her whole life has been decided by other people. She was put in FEDRA school by Marlene, her life set out for her - Captain Kwan gives her two roads she can go down, than after she gets bitten Riley gives her option 1 & 2 and ignores Ellie when she asks what option 3 is. From there she’s given to Joel and goes through a series of traumas and near death exp, where she’s to follow Joel’s every direction. After all this and all those who’ve died instead of her, Ellie is suffering from survivor’s guilt and needs her life to mean something. She would have readily let herself die for a cure. The tragedy, is that the one time she makes a major decision for herself, it’s taken away by the one person she loves in the whole world. The ending shows she sees through Joel’s lies and even though she’s alive, their relationship is forever broken because of this betrayal.

Ashley Johnson herself said that Ellie doesn't believe Joel the second he lies to her. It blew Neil, Craig, and Troy's minds when she said that on the podcast. Their relationship is forever changed/ruined and seeing it play out on TV is going to absolutely crazy, cause TV Joel is a lot more "human" and "soft" compared to video game Joel

Exactly!! Such subtle and amazing acting by both. You can literally see on her face that she knows he’s lying and that for the first time she realizes she can’t trust him anymore. She just wanted him to be honest with her but he couldn’t, so eventhough they love each other they now have to live with this lie. You can see the wedge form between them and you know nothing will be the same. 😢

​@xxxilva I don't think I agree with you fully... Yes, he lied. But that doesn't mean their relationship is ruined. He can tell her the truth and they could mend it. I think she would understand. People make mistakes and he saved her life. Lying was the only thing he did wrong. Everything else is on the Fireflies. 😭

@@casie6609 there's also connection with him and Anna about both of them protected Ellie by lying (Anna lied to Marlene about she cut the cord before she got bitten)

@@casie6609 I didn’t say it was ruined.. I said it will never be the same because that’s what happens when trust is broken and lies/secrets are introduced. She gave him an opportunity to be honest with her, being honest later won’t be as easily forgiven.

The music is perfection

When they gonna release part 2?

If you played the you don’t want a s2😭😭

I’m dreading a Season 2 if they follow the story like Season 1.

Ashley Jonson was the one who did Ellie in the video game. It is a really nice gesture of them that they have put some of the video game actors in the series too.

I have to say that before this, I never realized just how similar Bella Ramsey looks to Ashley Johnson. I could absolutely believe they could be mother and daughter.

I just wanna say there’s blood when a baby is born that baby looked pretty clean. Probably had too tame it down a bit for tv.

Yeah, the casting was so great due to likeness despite the game voice actor connection.

i agree people were wrong saying she looks nothing like ellie actress or in game but i do think shes not that good fo an actor to play the ellie role. Pedro for joel did a good job but bella Ellie isnt that endearing or likeable imo.

Oh really? Didn’t recognise her in a mask I guess

Oh shit that's so cool!

@@danzansandeev6033 her voice I noticed right away

@Rick King 22 SPOILERS Abby

Didn't you spot that in the flashback Ellie's mum is played by Ashley Johnson?? Ashley played Ellie in the game!!!

This. As someone in love with the game for 10 years it was hard to express to newcomers the long haul character arcs they were in for without giving things away. People were writing it off as a stupid zombie show and I had to tread the line between biting my tongue and urging them to keep watching. You really can't judge this on the first few episodes although episode 3 with Bill and Frank did a solid job of showing newcomers this is not your typical post apocalypse story. The story is all about the bond between Joel and Ellie and the decisions that leads to. That really only kicks off into full gear by episode 6.

"She means more to me than you'll ever know."

Yep

" anything for HIS child" sure, but what about MY child?? 🤔... it's the horrific nature of the fallen world, and by extension, ultimately, of OURSELVES.... us ...

Is it just me or dose Bella look like Ashley I’ve never noticed it until this episode

Ashley Johnson is goated

Idk my personal critiques it seemed pretty fast especially this episode. I felt no danger to Joel when he was wiping out an entire building. I felt no danger for them from zombies while traveling the across country. And there was like 5 minutes of zombies in a zombie apocalypse. (Non game player)

Wtf this ending is horrible Joel is just a monster murderer who is selfish and thinks he's worth more than others

@@Ace-mw9pmNon-game player says a lot, lmfao. Its gonna be fast because besides the cut scenes it was all gameplay (in the game) which if they included all that it would obviously be boring and everyone would be complaining that it’s going too slow. Can’t win.

It really is. Even just the sounds she was making is recognizable

When she said it’s me that’s exactly how Ellie would say it

@@NikkiStevenReact my thoughts exactly, all the gruts and stuff.

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I’m pretty sure it’s hinted at in the game but not out right said

@@cydniebourret1702 Yeah it happened during the Pittsburgh scenes in the game, very much a hint

It’s alluded to in the hotel in Pittsburg. You come across a body (bodies?) in a bathtub with a toaster. Ellie makes a comment about them “taking the easy way”, and Joel says that it’s not as easy as it seems

Marlene didn’t give Ellie a choice, but Joel didn’t either.

@@gpeddino but one choice would end her life, the other would save it. I’m still with Joel on this. So he went scorched earth to save her life and the byproduct of that removes the option to continue the surgery… so in order to save her from guilt for not ‘saving the world’, he lied to her. Neither option is great, but like I said, I’m killing them all too if I’m Joel. Also, even if Marlene had given her the choice, there is no way a traumatised 14 year old should be able to consent to such a thing. AND Marlene took that option off the table for Joel to give her a choice, by just plowing ahead with the surgery. He had no other recourse at that point.

Maybe Marlene told her on day one, told her to keep it secret?

@@jamesdodds9407 No. because after Joel says “cordyceps grows inside the brain. Find someone else”, Marlene says to Joel “there is no one else… we DIDN’T TELL HER, we didn’t cause her any fear, there won’t be any pain”; so Ellie didn’t know. In episode 5 Ellie told Sam that her blood was medicine so she likely felt it would just be a matter of doing something with her blood.

I was thinking that too. I don’t see Marlene as an especially bad person, but that moment disgusted me.

Calling these Firefly people innocent is really stretching it

Saaameee. It all builds up together and as overall is so good. And pretty much every episode is little different and brings something else to the table. And now I can't decide on ranking

@@Andjelka99 Couldn’t agree more! Same dilemma lol

Only ep 3 sucks, two bearded dudes fucking is awful

Marlene’s explanation doesn’t hold water. If Ellie’s cordyceps is telling the other zombies that she’s one of them, why did they attack her in Kansas City?

I think she means that the cordyceps that’s transferred when bitten recognizes the cordyceps that’s already in her body, so it doesn’t do anything maybe? That’s how I understood it at least.

Yes, Troy Baker is who said that originally. About his world, I mean. Anyone who discredits the importance of there being a huge possibility for a cure isn't accepting the gravity of the situation and is being delusional. There is no right answer here. There are points supporting both. You have to recognize that the cure was very, very possible, or you're not doing the story justice

Bella nailed the acting no doubt about It , but I think It could have been way better with a more similiar actress

I don't think so, after the giarfe scense she told Joel she wanted to live with him after this was over. She wasn't planning on dieing.

Amen

I wanna watch season 2 but I absolutely do not wanna hear all the bullshit from ppl about the story of part 2.

@@mediumvillain i am so fucking ready for season 2 and hope they make it just as faithful as this

I look forward to season 2 as well because the story is actually really good.

I loved Part 2

@@mediumvillain part 2 sucks

Woah really well put

And one thing I always asked was how would they duplicate a cure? How would they distribute it? What would happen if they lost the original sample? Too many what ifs and not enough answers so I'm 100% on Joel's side

@@VecnasCurse86 Joel should have came clean at a later point not right away and very heavily stressed the part that it was not a for sure thing that a cure would be created in why he decided to do what he did. Its easier now to lie, but if Ellie were to ever find out? Then it becomes a much worse situation for him trying to explain himself.

It always made me think, that even if by some miracle they made a cure...how are they going to manufacture it on a big enough scale to make a difference? How are they going to distribute it? Won't they just monopolise it? Why kill your only source of research? Wouldn't it benefit them to keep Ellie alive and keep being able to draw blood samples? i just don't see them being able to create a cure with shitty lab facilities, one doctor who isn't even a specialist, and only one immune subject to test with? It doesn't seem even remotely possible that it would work /shrugs.

@@MotherofImps The simple answer is they are a group of incredibly stupid, short sighted people with no actual concrete plan and Joel was totally justified in not sacrificing his daughter on the off chance they MIGHT be able to make at best a few samples of a vaccine, which they have no means of mass producing, distributing or testing. It was essentially we are just gonna wing it and cross our fingers, now get lost and no you don't get to say goodbye to your daughter, Joel had every right to save her.

I've said this from day one of playing the first game. The fireflies didn't even try with ellie they just instantly wanted to kill her over a "hope" it could work. And like you said if it had somehow worked they sure as fuck would of used it to get what they want from who they want. They didn't care about humanity they only cared about themselves.

Exactly! She only started caring when it was convenient for her and Ellie would’ve served a purpose. I think it makes sense that Joel chose for her.

@@mst3KGf yeah. They both made decisions. But Marlene sat with the idea of Ellie being sacrificed for humankind from the get go. She let that thought marinate for months and yet even in the last moment, she still didn’t let Ellie decide for herself. She had to guess “this is what she would’ve wanted.” Maybe, just maybe if she asked, talked to her about it, if she said yes, give her time to talk to Joel? I’m quite certain, if Ellie talked to Joel he would’ve let her go.

I stand with Joel on this 100%. If that makes me a bad person, so be it. I'll proudly wear that moniker. No loving parents would allow their children to be killed, especially at Ellie's age.

@@ro4eva and it's why I stand with a certain Part 2/season 2 character 100%

@@csi2448 You mean that character that ruined the entire franchise ?

Appreciate that very much. I put a lot of time and effort to make these videos as good as possible.

Cringe

The fact that Marlene supposedly “knew what Joel was capable of” yet only sent 2 guards to escort him 🤣🤣 she had it coming

@@laratheringfabian I mean, she trusted him not to give in to emotion. That's the Joel she knew.

@@laratheringfabian in the real world Marlene would kill Joel right after that flash bang

@@QuangMinh-kd1bn -- She was in his debt, so real world or not, I would remove such a person from society.

@@mst3KGf It's gonna be a good problem because Joel saved her life. Hopefully, trust will be a short-term issue.

I'm ready but at the same time not ready for season 2 I hope they change up joel role to last a bit longer but we all know

Episode 1 of season 2 tho …

So excited to see live action Scars. Fuuckkk…

@@Straddllw we don’t know how they’ll adapt it, Craig Mazin said Part 2 is a 2 season story we might get Joel for a whole other season before introducing Abby

@@uhuhuh1966Lol dream on buddy

@@chuckiemyers dream on? That’s literally what Mazin said you’re the one that’s in dreamland

From what website I like to try on pc

@@justincrossley1913 Steam

A vaccine is not a cure tbf

To be fair, that scene was in the 60s, before a lot of huge medical advancements, and I doubt they would have considered the possibility of Ellie's unique birth. But the real reason Ellie would have died in vain - in my opinion - is that the Fireflies have nowhere near the manpower they would need to even begin to mass distribute a cure

They reinforced what was said in the opening of episode 1 with the opening of episode 2, where the expert restated, 45 years later, that there was still no possibility of a cure or vaccine.

Medical science has advanced a bit since the 60s. And even if it hadn't, it's possible for someone to be wrong.

But the firefly doctors weren’t 100% sure either Marleen said they think they can make a cure. So if they killed Ellie and there research failed Ellie would have died for nothing. In a way Joel spared her life. Ellie didn’t know they were going to harvest her brain and kill her.