The Last Of Us - Reaction - S1E5 - Endure and Survive 

Sam and Morgan horrified at Perry getting his head ripped off, meanwhile Dani be rocking an ear to ear smile xD

Yeah, Sam was not deaf in the game and his age was much closer to Ellie. They made him deaf and a little more younger than Ellie to make him come off more vulnerable and dependent on Henry. And honestly, I think it worked because it hit a lot harder for me when it came to this scene again. Sam was just so vulnerable and in the end, he couldn't survive. And as a result, Henry couldn't endure...Like Bill with Frank, Sam was Henry's purpose 💔 That big ole boy was a Bloater! It actually takes years for an Infected to become like that, so in a way, they are pretty rare but when you do encounter one, be careful lol! In the game, once a Bloater grabs you, it's an instant death. I was cackling with glee when they basically gave one of the death animations to OG Tommy (Perry) 😅

LIVING for Dani's face the moment the Bloater pops up. Was like she was seeing an old friend. 🤣

Dani’s face during the whole battle was killing me 😆 Morgan & Sam, pure horror, Dani’s, loving a real to life adaptation of a game

The thing that makes it even sadder that Henry never killed anyone before and his first kill is his own brother

10:19 a cool bit of cinematography they did is frame this shot so the orange reflection of the store across the street covers Henry's eyes, such that it mimics the "Super Sam" mask that Henry painted on Sam, showing that Henry is the real hero in Sam's eyes

Bloater rips off head. Dani: 😁

Infection Phases: Phase 1 - "Runner": at most two days after initial infection, people turn into rabid, rage-fueled, and very fast hosts for the fungus parasite. In large scale outbreaks this can spread like wildfire, leading to hordes of Runners Phase 2 - "Stalker": after a couple of weeks, the infection takes a better hold on the host, and they start to sprout some fungal growth. As every stage progresses, strength increases along with fungus armor. Stalkers still have at least one eye that isn't overgrown with fungus and still rely on sight hunting like Runners, but are much stronger, and by now the fungus has a firmer hold on the host so it's calm enough to hunt prey and lay in wait for them. Very dangerous, though mercifully this phase is the least seen: during an initial outbreak you'll see lots of Runners, but by about a year later the Stalkers will turn into phase three. Phase 3 - "Clickers": after about a year, fungus growth has burst out of the host's skull so they no longer have eyes, but need to rely on echolocation. Their strength is drastically increased compared to earlier phases, along with tough fungal armor preventing a headshot. Phase 4 - "Bloater": the final phase are basically a progression of the "Clicker" phase, which takes about ten years to develop, More of a gradual growth, they're really big Clickers that have had enough time to grow fungal plate around their entire body, making them immensely strong and nigh indestructible. Unlike Clickers, essentially none of the human host tissue remains - all gradually subsumed by fungal growth, which essentially just grew into a humanoid-shaped "scaffolding" as the body was devoured by fungal growth. Phase 4B - "Shambler" - not so much a different phase as a unique variant of Bloater that develops in very wet climates like Seattle. Due to all of the available water, they have grown to develop very prominent toxin sacks. Shooting them makes them burst into clouds of corrosive toxin. Phase 5 - CLASSIFIED

Dani's reaction through the final scene was classic, knowing what was coming and then nodding her head in approval because it was done exactly the same as the game.

When the infected come out: - Sam and Morgan 😱😱 - Dani 😁 When the Bloater rips Perry's head: - Sam and Morgan 🤢🤢 - Dani 😍 I love it!

34:17 Dani's deep sigh is everyone holding it in. "These are manly tears." Key and Peele

This episode is another reminder of how brutal and unforgiving this world is, regardless of who you are. Something as simple as running across a group of infected has catastrophic effects to deal with and even doing the right thing has consequences. It’s no wonder Joel closed his heart off in the first place. The quicker you get attached to someone, the more likely you are to lose them. But GOD, does it hurt EVERY TIME they make us fall in love with someone and then take them away. Sadly, I’ve gotten used to it……

When you analyze the Sam turning scene, he had asked Ellie to watch him so if he turned she would be ready and get help so he wouldn't hurt her, they probably both fell asleep but he turned away from her and since he couldn't hear, he would wake up turned but without seeing her, he would not attack unless he directly saw her(again Sam not able to hear saved Ellie from being attacked in her sleep), his last act before he turned was to protect Ellie, he was the hero he dressed up as. This thought just twisted the knife. 😭

Love that Dani can't stop smiling after she realizes the Bloater is finally making an appearance.

“Bitch this is not the time!” I love that reaction to Kathleen holding them at gunpoint surrounded by clickers 😂😂😂

IMO, that last scene is as beautiful as it is brutal, as a viewer. Your heart actually drops when everything starts going down in that small motel room and Henry's actor does such a fantastic job. Super well done and just as heartbreaking. Morgan is definitely my emotional spirit animal.

Dani's face when the bloater came out is priceless

Middle girl is the GOAT. I can’t stand it when reactors who’ve seen it before give even the littlest thing away. So cool to see her let her friends experience the whole show without saying a WORD. MVP for sure

Has anyone else picked up on the eerie and heartbreaking foreshadowing early on in the episode when Dr. Edelstein says to Henry "The tunnels? Why go to the trouble. You can kill yourself right here." when Henry mentioned about escaping through the tunnels (because of the infected known to be underground)? It made it that much more tragic when Henry takes his own life after he shoots Sam. Great reaction.

Ppl were trashing Kathleen, but truth is, just like ya'll said, ppl will choose family 95% of the time (families seem to be growing apart nowadays). She did say, "what makes sam more important than anyone else", which is how each individual will see it. Kathleen was right also, in this world kids die everyday. Most ppl would be Kathleen. Henry, basically said what they had to deal with from FEDRA. Monsters create monsters. I know if it was my sister, I would go scorch earth also and be a lose canon, my brother maybe not, only because of we grew up together and a 7 yr age gap with my brother (still want vengeance). Henry is right too, there was only a little of the meds, he had to make sure Sam got it and move him to the front of the line. Both hard positions.

So from my understanding the later stages of infected become stronger, harder to kill, and more aggressive. That big guy is the final stage of infection, there’s only a handful of them though in the world. My theory to this is because the fungus’s main goal is trying to build a network right? So the fungus has different roles for each infected, like how Joel said “some live a few months others live for 20 years”. The earlier stages of infection roles are to infect, because they aren’t as strong. Sometimes their roles are just to go attach itself to a wall or piece of environment and let itself die so the fungus can expand the network on the ground and walls across the city as we saw in episode 2. However the later stages of infected like the clickers even though they still want to infect you, the ones who don’t give into the infection and keep fighting it, it will grow angry and just try to kill you so you don’t hurt the rest of the network. And the big guy you saw, are like the “tanks” because their body has been fully taken over by the fungus and they just want to run through all the gunfire and protect all of the other earlier stages of infection. Like how when it first came out of the hole it just slammed those guys on the ground so they get hurt and the other infected can do their roles and infect them easier. But if you shoot at it and anger it and it sees you as a threat to its network it will just run at you and rip your head off.

Fun fact: Adam Basil, the actor who played the Bloater in this Episode is 6'6 Foot Tall (1.95 cm), and the full Bloater suit weight is at least 80 Pounds (40 Kg).

Veronica is the name that Ellie gave the Fireflies. Amputations are super risky, even if you have the right set of tools and environment, which they have not, nor the skills. You'd need antibiotics as well or you would just die of an infection. And yes, Sam was just a little younger than Ellie and was not deaf.

“is he playing” is crazy😭 he was BITTEN

Dani was right, in the game, Sam was older. He was 13, a year younger than Ellie and he wasn't deaf

Laughing so hard at the girl in the middle smiling ear-to-ear when the infected attack while the other two are visibly terrified and horrified 😂😂😂

31:11 The youtube play button reflection scared the shit out of me!

Great reaction, as to the "giant infected", if you look at the actual cortecept fungus that takes over ants IRL, the ant slowly starts growing fungus around its body, at its latest stage its fully covered, before it explodes to spread the fungus to other ants. That's what that "monster man" is supposed to represent. In the game he releases spores

Very fun to watch the contrast between Morgan and Sam's faces from Dani's expression while the Bloater came up from the ground and tore Perry's head off. That smile....lol.

Fun fact: Perry who protected Cathleen is the voice actor of Tommy in the game and he got his head ripped by the big infected. 🤣

Someone probably already said this, but I love in retrospect how Kathleen killed her entire community with one decision. Because I couldn’t help hearing Sam ask where all the infected we’re going. They’re following the survivors of Kathleen’s militia back to the city. More than likely all the people with guns were with Kathleen and now they’re all dead, so Kansas City is completely open and not defended. Every person you saw on the street during that celebration is probably dead. Few thousand people gone in the night because one person couldn’t let something go and no one had the spine to tell her she wasn’t thinking about the people anymore.

Dani grinned like the rest of use psychos when we saw the Bloated do his iconic move 💀

off topic but the girl in the middle sometimes just pull a blank stare like gus fring from breaking bad😂

That swarm was going straight to the kc qz btw. So Kathleen being more focused on revenge against Henry then working on the sinkholes of clickers problem got everyone killed.

Very poetic that Kathleen said, "Kids die", and then gets taken out by a Clicker child and the big fella was all "BRRR, PERRY HEAD GO BYE BYE" Seeing Sam lying dead next to a FEDRA Infection sign.....so sad 😭 Even if they caught Sam's bite in time I don't think they had the tools to amputate.

Kathleen is one of my fav characters she’s got this sweet voice sounds like she was a kindergarten teacher but after 20 years of fedra abuse she’s been hardened and Henry took away her brother and it doesn’t matter why she’s absolutely wrong but you can totally see how she’s ends up this way and makes you question how would I handle this situation

Your reaction at 25:48 was perfect.

Runners and Stalkers are more likely to spread the infection rather than outright kill you. Iirc, Clickers don't try to infect either; the show kind of alludes to that here with Kathleen's death, and in episode 2 with the fresh, mutilated corpse in the museum. Clickers and Bloaters are just on demon time.

The kid playing Sam is SO good! ☺️

The differences in the reactions during the infected scene 🤣

As for the big guy I think the reasoning given by the creators is basically a combination of what you guys came up with, that they are the ones that have been infected for the longest, and that is because they were just big guys to begin with. Typically after a while if an infected starts to die they'll go off and hide and die and spread into the wall/environment like the one in the first episode, and most of the ones in the museum (besides the clickers) then if they are able to survive for long enough the fungus takes over their face and they become clickers, and then the fungus is able to survive long enough in really big strong people for so long that their whole body becomes taken over and they become like that one, but most never make it that long, which is why they're always so big.

It's kind of fucked up for Ellie not to tell Henry about Sam being infected, but it's realistic. I guess she wanted to avoid that confrontation and believed she could fix the situation herself even though it's common sense for us that blood itself doesn't function as a vaccine. A very accurate portrayal of a child's mindset and I love the show for focusing on the psychology of characters' actions.

Idk if anyone mentioned this yet but the guy whose head got ripped off and was Kathleen's right hand man was the voice of Tommy in the game

Dani and her gamer grin when the big guy showed up was fucking funny. The glee on her face, classic, hahah!

Faking dead would be a super risky move, as he could double check by shooting another bullet at you from afar.

The way Perry was killed by the Bloater is one of the ways Joel can die in the hands of the Bloater in the game.

Love that Dani's so animated in this episode :)

The child logic was heartbreaking

Yeah my dad and I cried so much watching this. Sam looks very similar to my nephew and it was like watching him die. This episode was the best and the worst emotionally so far

Morgan: sweetie softie Dani: cold meanie Sam: intimidating beauty Lol

Me reading the comments about Dani’s face during the horde scene before watching this reaction: 🤔 Me watching Dani’s face during the horde scene: 😂😂😂😂😂 I was waiting for this since last week. 11 days have passed and it still hits hard, even having played the game previously ☹️

Every episode is all aboard the feels train meme, and to think henry first kill is sam, damn really hit hard

27:33 Spot the one who played the game😂

28:56 ... Dani's gleeful smile as Kathleen gets jumped! Psycho much? :D

Interesting perspective from Sam. From having played the game before, I never thought about how the whole idea was for the infected to spread the infection rather than kill the potential host as this concept wasn't in the game. It is true, the bloater doesn't really make sense and seems so out of place. Especially since the show wants to be more realistic than the game. But, as fans of the game..we were just so excited to see it in live action and didn't give a second thought to it's realism haha the bloater was definitely a nod to the fans

"I dont know if you notice but they dont keep kids around, survival of the fittest..." -Henry in the game Yep, those rebels/hunters werent exactly kid people

yo dani was killing me this entire episode ahahaha 🤣🤣 love her reactions

Mayby you knew but the guy who got his head ripped of is Tommy’s voice in the game, i think its so cool they try to incorporate them 🙃

i love seeing how invested morgan is XD

I liked yalls reaction. It was interesting to see the two ladys on the end balling their eyes out, while the one in the middle fought back the tears as long as she could. What broke her was reading the message Elie wrote for Sam. This was a rough episode but very good.

Dani watching this whole episode knowing whats gonna happen without spoiling.. top tier

The big monster is a Bloater an infected stage 4. There are Runners, Stalkers, Clickers and Bloaters (final stage).

The big one at 27:00 is called Bloater. That’s what happens to people who’ve been infected for a very, very long time. It wasn’t a big person. That’s what the infection does to its victims.

Sam: 😯 Morgan: 😰 Dani: 😈

the whole "amputation as a cure" thing was some random people in the comments as usual making up bs to appear like they see "details". It was not mentioned either in the game or show at any time.

"They probably could amputate". Jump scare 😱. This is my favorite channel to watch these reactions.

From the sweat of that swarm of infected scene to tears from that last scene. Damn kek

3 reactions to the Bloater 😱😍😱

28:46 🤣🤣

In the game there are diary entries you can find where people try to amputate the arm of someone who was bitten, but it doesn't work. I don't know if that's something they'll carry over or make obvious in the show though.

Part of Kathleen's point that gets missed, cause it isn't maybe worded the best is that Sam was sick with Leukemia and "supposed to die" whereas her brother wasn't. So its not so much my brother is more important than your brother, it's also a "fate" thing.

When will episode 7 come out

Had to watch the reaction again. This was the episode I was dreading THE MOST! Killed me in the game, killed me even more in the series…

Whatever actress plays Abby, y’all pray for her 😂😂💀🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

That is a blowter, that's been affected for a very long time

Respect to the girl in The Middle. She knows what's going to happen but doesn't lead on or hint so her friends can have a natural reaction.

Dani keeping it together, my favorite part.

Dani's whole reaction during the action:😬 😂😂

Dani was a hoot this episode, but man I died at "I smell like beef" at the beginning 😭

I don't think the doctor was hiding, but the Rat gave the doctor's name, so the doctor was taken.

28:54 - Danny's FACE 😅

Watched ep 5 reaction from another channel which then led me to yours. And this reaction video is 👍👍. I'm sold. Subbing. Will check out your other reaction videos, ladies.☺

Me, knowing what happens, watching them fall in love with Sam and Henry: 🌝

The big zombie is called a “Bloater.” Bloaters are people who’s been infected for 20 years or more. There’s like 3 or 4 different type of infected in this universe. Also, I feel like you guys should play the video games. But its up to you.

There’s no way they can amputate. Without proper anesthesia, he would die from just shock alone. Not to mention other possible complications like fat embolism and blood loss. Plus leg bones are some of the strongest bones, you are not getting through them without a mechanical saw.

Fun fact, the actor who plays Perry is actually the voice actor and motion capture actor for Tommy in the game. This series sprinkles in a lot of cast members who were in the games into the show so it's really cool to spot them from time to time.

Was so easy to tell who had played the game when the bloater appeared. The little smile.

Thumbnail is great lmao. Sam and Morgan looking horrified on the verge of tears and Dani just dead inside lol

The bloater was indeed a bigger person that grew with time into this thing.

so the clickers are the blind ones, abd they only become that way after being infected for a long time. the big guy was a bloater, and that basically what happens if you've been infected for a really really long time.

“Who’s Veronica?!” 😂😂😂

Hi Ladies! This is probably my favorite reaction on this series so far. Love it!

That scene never gets easy.. incredible...

Yay, weekly emotional damage! lol this show...its really likes to make me cry...

As for the bloaters, the show creators said, after the episode airs, that bloaters are the more able bodied 'bigger/stronger' people, that could withstand 20 years of growth and infection

Almost every reations I've seen condemn the Kathleen group for what they've done. That they should be better than how they were treated and be forgiving. Henry said it himself what FEDRA put all their people through for 20 years, r@pe, t0rture, murd3r. In an apocalyptic world, high danger, low resources, and all the things that come with that, think, can you forgive being subjected to RTM for 20 years? Can you forgive the people that sold you and your people out to be RTM, all for fucking apples, alcohol, even medicine? If my neighbor sold my family out to be RTM, so that my neighbor could save their kid brother, should I accept that? Forgive that? Am I allowed to do the same? We all pretty much love Joel. Would Joel forgive? What would think of Joel if he didn't?

Yo why was Dani smiling though all the horror stuff this episode💀😭

For feels, Violet Evergarden is pretty lethal.

As someone who have played the game, the bloater is not he worst kind of infected that exists

the Bloater climbs out the hole, the girl in the middle is having a blast. 🤣🤣🤣🤣