The Last of Us - Reaction - S1E2 - Infected 

This had me dead lol

broooo 😂😂😂😂😂😂

it really is a parallel

That makes it so much more heartbreaking

I’m deceased 💀😂

I was thinking that at first too, and it still might be the case, but I wonder if maybe that's the punishment lesser crimes within the QZ. Like if you steal or something they take a hand or some fingers.

@@MrZomBie775 I would air more on the side of doing that in emergencies like being bitten. Cutting off limbs as punishment would use up a lot of medical supplies.

@@MrZomBie775 Could be, but I didn’t get that kind of vibe from the QZ. Like I don’t think there is that kind of mafia enforcement going on, at least not from the military’s part.

And we can see a sign in first episode, the infected kid scene, where it says the time of spreading if you get bite in different parts of your body. Arms was something like 2-3 hours, legs like 24hs (something like that, the further from the head the slower the propagation)

I was the same watching that scene, this show so far has been delivering so well!

That's why she's the best.

Emotionless

21:35 lol yeah I agree, right? That was funny though 🤣

I was the same way lol. Most people who have played the games just enjoy the moment, while those who haven't are nervous AF. It's pretty funny.

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but you can actually see Tess's blood on the infected from the museum's mouth.

@@Alex-gn6ii I’m pretty sure because if u look closely u can see her with blood on the shirt of where she got big also

I think the fresh dead body at the museum before the Clickers scene implies that non-infected humans are also or much more dangerous. You can tell by the way Ellie said that the wounds are not from the infected.

@@DR3AD47 those scratches aren't from human origin mate, Ellie didn't recognize that damage because that was the first time she saw a Clicker, Clickers are brutal compared to runners

i don’t like that, they made it feel rapey.

@@sgtmian I think that’s the point. The fungus is violating your body and making it do stuff you don’t want it to do.

@@sgtmian well it’s not supposed to be exactly nice for a fungus to take over your brain

@@sgtmian I don't know where you expected the fungus to go that's the biggest entry point in her body it's also the closest to the brain so it makes sense lol

They go into detail on the official podcast and make arguments for how that scene relates to some of the core themes of the show but I still think it's bad and should have been cut. One of the reasons I really liked the game was that it had a gritty setting but didn't rely on gratuitous portrayals of sexual assault, whereas in the show it's extremely hard to see the kiss as anything but. "It only kissed her unconsensually because she didn't fight back but if she resisted, THEN it would have gotten violent with her" is not a good argument that it wasn't SA. From the context of world building that's only a half step away from "we decided to explicitly show that the bandits have rape slaves now". I will acknowledge that the show isn't concluded yet, so there's a possibility that they might add more stuff in the future that ends up salvaging this scene, but as of right now I truly doubt that will happen. Another reason why I dislike that scene is much more granular and kind of petty. I have heavy disdain for that overdone horror trope of 'character uses unreliable lighter to sacrifice themselves with an explosion' that we've all seen a million times. I get that the failing lighter is a metaphor for the character's spirit, etc, it's just soooo bland and cliche for a show that has otherwise been very genre savvy. One of the big reasons Tess's death hits so hard in the game is that it's such an ignoble end. It's clearly a suicide-by-cop that ends up being completely futile because fedra catches up to Joel and Ellie anyways, but in the show her heroic sacrifice kills an entire horde of dozens and dozens of infected in a massive blaze of glory. To me, that kind of end for the character just doesn't read true to the setting or the tone of the story.

She voiced Tess in the game

@@yujuswifebecauseshesveryfr9414 thanks, I clarified the comment.

@@NileSwimmer of course! I freaked out thinking you were talking about the actress from the show. RIP Annie Wersching.

Masterpiece 10/10

This 2nd episode was disappointed

Where's Parker?

Straight up pain

Really disappointed on episode 3 i know it's been a while you're not in love but still I lost my mind

😭

Same

Episode three will win some Emmy’s for sure.

The fungus in question is cordyceps and right now its capable of gaining control of the brains and nervous systems of small insects as explained in the cold open of the first episode. The conceit of the infection of this show is that its an evolved strain of cordyceps which not only assumes the survival of the fungus in humans but that its evolved to navigate and understand the human brain. Its not the same fungus but survives in humans its same fungus but super evolved to be as effective on humans as it was on small insects. So as we have yet to see any fungal parasites evolve to be capable of harming humans in any effective way i find that comparing the fungal infections we have right now in the real world to the potential of a super evolved cordyceps infection is a bit shortsighted. the real barrier for cordyceps to be able to be effective to humans is that it would need to gain an understanding of how to navigate the human nervous system which is so complex that feat seems pretty implausible.

I wouldn't say the performances have been perfect. Bella struggles to maintain her american accent

Yeah cause she was bitten. But the creators explained to them it made more sense that it would be infected way out here I stead of fedra expending resources to track down a handfull of people that far outside the qz

Literally what I've been doing all day 😂, and same!

Big same

YO! Me too, lol

Lmfao same

Guilty. Trying to not start sobbing at work.

Dani having seen the game and knowing whats going to happen probably is also a factor in how she reacts^^

Not only that but Tess was already infected and it was in the neck, she had 5-15m and they walked to that building so like she said to Joel “Stfu because i don’t have much time” she was already twitching and the infected are all connected so the stalker knew it and just try to speed up the process

lol that never even happens in the game they are also not hive mind. That scene was just dumb as hell period.

@@angelbedolla347 yes, because its a series, not the game, they are adding some other things that they didnt in the game. The "hive mind" is the substitute to the spores.

@@angelbedolla347 You live to complain ain't you, fucker?

Oh gosh

If that's one of the best pieces of television you've ever seen, that means the television you've seen was nothing but garbage. It's the usual highly emotionally manipulative Hollywood episode. Looks like a movie tailored made for the academy to appeal to their exact "values" and blueprints. Also terrible LGBTQ wise as it just uses it for cheap tears and to score points. Nothing else.

@@FuzzyDlop lol ur just a hater man. I feel sorry for you. I personally enjoyed the episode and I’m entitled to my own opinion.

Yeah and it's believed that the infected person's mind is still intact but trapped in their own body, which is why in the game you might even come across some runners (stage 1 for those that don't know) that seemed to be in distressed or even crying. A horrible fate really to not be in control of your own body....

@@lalalalisa41 yes I have encountered this. Creepy as fuck