The Last of Us (HBO) 1x9 "Look for the Light" | The Normies Group Reaction 

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"If your kids are sad because they murdered someone, take them to the zoo." Good to know. Just in case.

For some reason the grunting is when she sounds most Ellie-like. I didn’t realize it was her at first until she grunted and I was like “omg, Ashley Johnson!”

Fun fact, the giraffe was not CGI it was real. But everything around, the floor, walls, roof were all blue for CGI

20:12 “R.I.P that doctor” that glance he makes into the camera knowing damn well what we gamers had to go through 😂😂😂 😭

The fact they brought the voice actors of Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Marlene, and Abby in one season is phenomenal

In a very poetic way that knife Ellie carries around separated her from her mother but she never goes anywhere without it so it’s like they are always together

I literally burst into tears when he said "it wasnt time that did it" that was such a cute little scene I love them so much

Their look at each other after "RIP doctor" lol. If you know, you know.

This was an emotional episode seeing the opening with Ashley Johnson's Anna opening the episode gave me chills. It's the passing of the torch from the OG Ellie to the actress who is playing Ellie in the show. Ashley in those 5 to maybe 10 minutes powerful performance and knocked it out of the park. Also, for me here's what sets this show apart from similar shows: restraint. It's eerie, intelligent, carefully paced and most importantly it only rarely shows you the infected. This means that when an infected DOES appear, it's impactful AF.

I like how you can clearly hear Ellie through her grunts and noises 😅 also felt the moment she held baby Ellie felt like sort of passing the torch moment

Suraj and Micky every time something big from the game happens 😂👌🏻

Fun Fact: Aside from Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey makes a cameo as one of the nurses (who actually voiced that same nurse from the game) within this episode as well!

i cant believe its been 9 weeks already, amazing show

I think the ending reflects a whole lot on how we're influenced by our past when making choices about the future. Ellie is tormented by the deaths of all the people she believes she could've saved as does Joel. Someone else in that same situation haunted by a set of different events might've made different choices. A simpler choice would've been to let Ellie live her life long enough before operating on her. Maybe she can pass on that immunity to her children. In which case all you'd need is her placenta to obtain the cells that would otherwise be in her brain. A rational way forward would require a rational world to prevail but alas this is not that world.

After all these years, that ending gives me the same exact gut feeling as it did when I was a kid. They nailed this adaptation holy crap

Marketas got that thousand yard stare we all had back in 2013 when the credits rolled

Joel lied to Ellie because he knows Ellie would do anything to save everyone and would not stop until she can sacrifice herself to cure everyone.

"Time heals all wounds, I guess." "It wasn't time that did it." It's hard to match "baby girl", but they actually did it. The expressions on Joel and Ellie's faces say everything. Especially Ellie. The poor orphan girl who, by her own words, had everyone she ever cared about die or leave her, knows without question that she has a father who will NEVER leave her.

People have gotten so used to how ubiquitous CGI is that anytime they see something shockingly magical on tv or in movies, the first instinct is "oh wow, that's good CGI"

The clip of Joel flaming the doctor to death had me rolling

I love how these conversations are all happening again 10 years later, such a great game and I cannot wait to see season 2/3.

Joel: I'm getting old and weak, you have to take her Thommy. Joel: Time to start a War

The "Swear to Me" moment, you can see Joel's heart snap in two.

it's a pleasure to go through this show with u guys thank u so much for watching it with me! i also loved all the skits haha

With the cure, why is everyone assuming the fireflies were honestly going to share any cure with anyone not with them?

I love that Micky noticed the reaction of everybody else (especially giddy bloodthristy Rana 😂) and probably realized what that would mean for Season 2. So much fun to see reactions of those already thinking ahead vs. those just in the current season. I'm so curious how people will handle season two.

Absolutely incredible. They managed to capture the spirit of the game while also expanding on it. This series is a 10/10

What I like about the story of part one is its unique take on humanity and its purpose within us as humans. It’s sort of a trope to have one person sacrificed to save the many. But this game subverted that expectation for me. Usually zombie apocalypse games/movies have a level of expectation that you have to make the “tough call” and let people die. Usually for your own survival or for all remaining humans to be saved. But movies like “Train to Bushan” and this game, broadened my thinking of the genre. Because of Joel’s actions, I realized… The fate of humanity shouldn’t rest on the shoulders of a single little girl. Like some miracle cure is going to help save the world from its problems. It’s not her responsibility. It’s everyone’s. Ellie dying won’t save humanity. People have to save their own humanity. A cure won’t give anyone that. People would still fight. People would still abuse power. Joel gave her a chance at life itself. To enjoy being alive. To find love, to have friends, to be her own person. Ellie, this character we’ve grown attached to, is worth more alive than dead. She means more to Joel than the world would ever care about her or her death. Even if her cure did save the people that were left, she’d be forgotten. This girl that thought she wouldn’t matter to anyone - because everyone she’d ever loved had either died or left - through Joel, got the chance to live and feel important. So in the end, to my own surprise, I think Joel was justified. Not because he took a choice away from her, but because it shouldn’t have been a choice a kid should have to make in the first place. BTW: thinking about it, those doctors didn’t even wake Ellie up and ask her for her consent. As far as Ellie knew, they would draw some blood and run tests. She might have guessed death could be possible, but the surgeons didn’t bother waking her up. I can only think that is because they knew they were going to go through with the surgery whether she said yes or no. So they kept her sedated and asked Marlene’s permission. Abby’s dad can fuck it. Sorry for the strong language but, man, he doesn’t get to decide for her.

To answer your question about if the cure would have done anything it’s simple and straight forward, “You’re not immune from being ripped apart” - Tess

Laura was one of the nurses at the end. She also voiced the same nurse in the game calling you an animal after you kill the doctor.

I loved how all of the callbacks like Chef Boyardee and the five mile hike that Joel makes is his way of showing how much he cares for Ellie. It harkens back to Frank saying paying attention to things is how we show love. He was paying attention to Ellie the entire time because he instantly felt those fatherly instincts when he was first hired to protect her. He just buried it until he couldn’t anymore. The scene where he shows his vulnerability and openly talks about his suicide attempt was so heartwarming. He shows so much vulnerability that he wouldn’t originally show because that’s how much he cares about Ellie. It’s heavily implied that he contemplated suicide in the game, but verbalizing it in the show only to end with the “it wasn’t time that did it” was a good choice. And Ellie responding with “well I’m glad that didn’t work out” was perfect. That’s the closest they will ever get to saying “I love you”. Love how much goes without saying in their relationship. It’s that subtle dance between tease and payoff that really makes us chomp at the bit for every single interaction, clinging to every second. Fun fact: before the game came out 50% of the play testers without children hated the ending and wanted it changed, and all of the testers with kids understood Joel and loved the ending. Happy Naughty Dog stuck to their guns and didn’t go for the safer, more feel good ending. People still discuss this ending and how it made us feel to this day.

Micky cheesing and trying not to laugh at @3:36 when Marketa said she would be pissed if there was a cliffhanger in the end was absolutely priceless. Also Suraj looking at the camera like "Welp...you'll find out soon enough."

It’s shitty Joel lies to her but I’m so happy that the lie he says about raiders attacking the hospital is so much more believable that the game. It always annoyed me how awful the lie was 😂

The fact the exact same discussion is back on the table after the show ended is hilarious lol. Season 2 and 3 are gonna be so fun

Suraj and Micky turned to each other when the Joel shot the docter and smiled. They get they know. That look was the look of “we know but they don’t” hahahahaaa

RIP that Doctor. That random doctor that died with no repercussions.... at all. Also another Critical Role cameo and major OG TLoU surprise: Laura Bailey was one of the nurses in the room! Kinda hoping we see more CR cameos in the next later seasons as all of them played random voices throughout the games.

I absolutely LOVE the end discussion in this episode. You guys touched on so many questions and arguments I had with friends. Thanks for this

Spidey was too funny "ngl, I'd have shot him faster than that"

spidey saying "oh.. i just shot him, as soon as he reached" made me absolutely die laughing hahahaha

I remember feeling so empty after finishing the game, conflicted and not knowing what i would have chosen, then waiting 7 years for Part II to maybe fill up that emptiness, but it just made me emptier. Nothing in any form of media makes me feel like The Last Of Us, i can't explain why, i just feel it.

No the farmhouse where Ellie was born is not the farmhouse from the second game. The farmhouse where Ellie was born was on the outskirts of Boston. You can see the skyline in the background. That was the initial time Anna and Marlene and the other fireflies going to Boston. The farmhouse Ellie and Dina lived in was just outside of Jackson, Wyoming

That was a real giraffe. I thought it was CGI too when i saw it.

"All worth it for Ellie" Bless her innocent heart

"R.I.P. that doctor..." *Suraj's face 👏👏👏

Y’all’s discussion after the reaction is why I fucking love this game man, just so dang good and I can’t wait for them to do part 2 it’s going to get even more interesting.

Such a great series! Can't wait to start from the beginning again and binge-watch the whole experience!

LMAO that opening ad was INCREDIBLE 👍💯👏🏽🙌🏽

Another great episode, and that was my question, they didn't even know if their cure would even work

Been waiting for this all day. Episode was fantastic and 10/10 show and episode

Before I forget, I truly appreciate the pallet cleansing pun. In a very intense episode it was perfect.

First off, this was, in my opinion, the best show to come out in the last decade, and the best adaptation of a video game ever. An example every other show should strive to emulate. They cut non-story relevant parts from the game to give us a better fleshed out story, with more relatable characters. The cast was amazing, though I had my doubts initially. I'm glad I was wrong. The Normies reactions were fun as always. Thank you for bringing us along on this ride. Suraj touches on a real good point that all of them dismiss too easily. The people in this world have almost universally gone over to kill first, and take what they have. How in the hell would you convince people that are determined to just kill you and take your stuff, a) not to kill you, b)believe you have an actual cure and are not just trying to trick them into lowering their guard so you can kill them, c) if they kill you before you can convince them the cure is real... then the cure is effectively dead, and Ellie died for nothing. This is what he's talking about. Never mind the idea that they can identify and synthesize an unknown substance with the equipment that is available in a post-apocalyptic world. Something that could not be done by actual experts in the pre-apocalypse world. Never mind the moral implications of "We didn't tell her, we didn't cause her any fear..." Which is complete horseshit. They didn't want her to even have a chance of saying no when she found out they were going to kill her because some dude "THINKS it COULD be a cure". The only reason to rush the surgery was to give Ellie and Joel no time to think or have second thoughts. There is zero guarantee that killing Ellie will lead to a cure. Even if it did, the second point applies.

As much as Suraj makes fun of the, "um... actually 🤓☝️" comments, he is literally that person on the couch 😂

Laura Bailey was the nurse on the right, closer to camera when Joel enters the operating room🥰

I had started watching The Normies years ago because none of my friends watched The Walking Dead. When that series ended I wasn’t sure what videos of The Normies to start watching until The Last of Us came out and i’m so excited to keep watching the channel as we all take on a new show together.

Rana just sitting there like it's a normal f*cking Sunday while almost everybody else is screaming at each other is sending me

I seriously love their skits to random shows

I didn't know the original Ellie was going to be in the series, but as soon as I heard her voice, I knew it was her. There was just no way.

5:24 that was my face when I saw the farm too, I love how you immediatly recognize it

the dilemma that Joel goes through reminds me a lot to the plot in Arcane. "is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" and he was right... fuck the world. I wouldn't give up my daughter either.

That was a really good finale. 👍 The decision Joel had to make was really tough. I can understand his decision. Some of the scenes were beautiful. Thank You for the reaction! ❤

17:14 Shout-out to first reaction I've seen to mention the trolley problem!

Marlene knew a different Joel from who he is when she see him again here, I think that is part of why she doesn't kill him. She may not be able to conceive of a Joel who gives shit enough to storm back into a building and murder everyone. She thinks she is going to sacrifice Eliie but what she is doing is trying to kill Joel's "Baby Girl". Much like Amos from the Expanse, Joe is "That guy". In the game I was so wrapped up in that final action sequence and the urgency of saving Ellie that the enormity of what I did, or we did I guess, didn't really hit until the scene in the truck as Ellie was waking up. I sat real quiet after that, and made peace with the fact that as much as I love the dude Joel was the bad guy and by extension I was complicit in his actions. Agree with Marketa in that Ellie should have had a choice but it needed to happen before, not after Joel's rampage. I don't agree with his lie but I understand why he did, sad reality is Ellie never believed that lie. She is too smart for her own good. That being said, it made the TLOU Part 2 hit very different for me, like a really layered experience. I hope they are able to achieve that with season 2 of the show.

I thought I'd see some people horrified by Joel's actions and then they're all cheering lol That was depressingly funny

Laura Bailey played the role of one of the nurses 🙌

Been watching you for the past last couple videos and I got to say I like you guys. Feel like real friends

The best video game adaptation ever

laura bailey was one of the assistants of the surgeon!

If this show doesn't win ALLLLLL the awards, I swear. Best show since Breaking Bad.

Yo, that intro was flippin hilarious especially when Marketa look at the camera. I wonder how many times it took to get that shot.

lmao the intro love that😭

The best "zombie" tv show. It was so good. The complex story telling at its finest

Fun fact: Laura Bailey (also of Critical Role fame, The Last of Us Part II, and one of the actual nurses in this part of the game) was one of the nurses in the operating room.

11:46😂😂i been laughing for 3 minutes “its a ranaraffe “💀

Lmao that opening 😂 😂

Micky recognizing you know what was the best 😁

What makes the hospital scenes so good is that no one's in the right.

I had the same reaction on seeing Laura Bailey’s name. The credits show she is one of the nurses.

Dude that said “RIP to that Dr.” Then smirked at the camera. Lol. FYI Laura Bailey was one of the nurses. Everything comes full circle.

32:31 And this is why Chris is and always will be the best of out the bunch because he’s a realist who is open minded about both sides and has valid arguments that supports and rebuttal both…anyone who thinks Joel did the right thing is delusional and emotionally selfish but those who understand why he did it are understanding parents/parents to be

This was a very emotional first season

Laura Bailey's cameo was in the surgery room, she was one of the nurses!

“If your kids are sad because they had to murder someone, take them to the zoo.” Noted. ✍🏽😂

I like to think that in a poetic way the mom was there saving Ellie along with Joel when he uses the knife.

awesome episode, and ordered my bottle

That intro was great! Lol another level guys 😉

R.I.P to the doctor indeed... Those who did not play Part 2 have no idea what's headed their way in season 2 & 3 😂 The only thing that would have been better in this episode was the "I don't have time for this" scene. It was delivered really badass in the game

What a hell of a show 10/10

joel was right simply because the fireflies were idiots and marlene was a weak (maybe not mentally but 100% tactically) leader who couldn't come up with a single coherent plan in any situation. in fact it was because of a firefly plan, a heavily pregnant woman was abandoned on her own in the woods fighting off infected that led to ellie being an orphan in the first place in my view. also i don't trust they'd have an actual plan for what to do with a cure once they had one (as you mentioned with production and distribution, which in our own experiences in the last few years we have discovered is pretty difficult before an apocalypse let alone after).

12:20 AWW PAPA PEDRO. My 2023 in three words.

Kinda surprised on marketa's stance

Clicked so fast, I got whiplash Bars 😂

Laura Bailey was one of the nurses. I didn't realize it at the time. So cool to rewatch it and see her.

this show bro >>>>>> an unfathomable rollercoaster of emotions😕❤️

they're in for a ride for season 2

What a great adaption. And what I love about this whole story is that both Joel and the fireflies made the wrong decision. In the end, it should have been Ellies choice. Neither Marlene and the fireflies or Joel gave that to her. And even then, you still understand where both sides are coming from.

Joel to Marlene and the Fireflies "She means more to me than you'll ever know."

Considering animals are not directly infected by cordyceps like humans are, I like to imagine a scenario where escaped lions or bears start hunting the infected in the city ruins

As someone who hasn't played the game: how fool proof do they know thats gonna actually work? Like is it mentioned later that this is absolutely the only way to make a cure. cause if they did it and it didn't work then it what??? it was for nothing... Marlene says this is a theory like ????

In the game there are medical files explaining all the tests the fireflies have done on people with similar conditions to Ellie and they all ended in failure.