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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
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 love how we were introduced to Bill with closed/hidden doors and ended it with an open window due to the impact of Frank. Shows the 180 that Bill took on the outlook of life.
Sure you can look at it like that. Bit in the note it is clearly Bill just being over prepared for every circumstance. "Don't go into our room, I imagine it would be quite the sight. I left the window open so the place wouldn't smell." Even in his death he is preparing, preparing for people who he doesn't know would ever get to his place, mostly Joel
@@Jalbesbe whether or not that was the case, it certainly had that effect. besides, not everything that can be read in between the lines is deliberate anyway. also, a little unrelated, but I've just started watching reactions to this show recently, and out of all fan communities, tlou fans seem to be less believing of theories related to the story-telling, less willing to read in between the lines. wanting more forward movement and less depth in story. this isn't a knock on you, it's just something i noticed. i wonder if it's zombie/apocalypse genre fans that think like this in general. wouldn't that be funny? if I'm right, then a lot of them would be like Bill before Frank
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
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 🙁
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
I kind of presumed they wouldn't.... the audience knows what happened, you don't need to see the bodies. Spiritually they're gone, and unnecessary gore isn't Craig Mazin's style either. Now if this was The Walking Dead, Ellie would've been poking their gruesome remains with a stick or something 🥴
I’m being 100% serious, when we first saw Joel and Tess during the lunch party sequence, I thought “Woah! It’s Pedro Pascal from the Mandalorian!” I’d genuinely forgotten what show I was watching, it felt like an art house romance film. Blown away by what they managed to do in this episode.
I was gonna type a whole block but I just have no words for how beautiful this episode was. my girl and I were basically sobbing watching this, she was like “ant why didn’t you warn me about this” I said “this is NOT how it went” but I am absolutely so happy with the changes they made
@@TheEbonyEngineer for me I thought they were still going to have bill meet ellie, just to reaffirm Joel's closed heart. So when bill drank the pills I was like "nooooooo!" Because i thought bill was going to wake up and frank wouldnt. And that would just fuckin shatter him.
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”
The second you see the wheelchair I started crying, and didn't stop until the end. So beautiful! When Bill apologizes earlier for growing old faster than Frank, but he tells him he likes him older, then you see the reversal as Frank got sick, it was heartbreaking
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
Nick Offerman showed phenomenal range in that episode, from the angry prepper uttering "Not today, you new world order jackboots" to that strawberry giggle.
Bill and frank giggling over the strawberries was the sweetest part of the episode. Bill making Franks last meal the first meal they shared together was the most heartbreaking for me 😭 so good.
I love the sound bill makes, It’s so real and I can picture times I’ve been in similar situations of being overwhelmed by emotion that you just make such uncharacteristic noises. It’s a weird thing to focus on maybe but it really stood out to me.
@@popinjayishuman the whole episode stood out for me. The amount of character development we got for Bill is astronomical compared to the game. This is my favorite episode yet. Such wonderful writing and acting.
I was SOBBING. This is the most pure form of love I’ve ever seen. I was so genuinely invested in their relationship. This is the hardest I’ve cried in a long time. I needed this lol
@@shaanwayne815 You clearly haven’t experienced enough love in your life. It’s ok my dude. Maybe somebody will love you one day, and maybe one day you won’t be so hateful. But in my experience, you can’t have one without the other.
@@just_peachy3582 dude you are insane, I'm not hateful. I don't support homosexuals, it's disgusting. A woman belongs to her man and vice versa. If same sex people are gonna marry each other, then what about procreation. God made 2 distinct genders, male and female to attract each other, please don't disturb the natural order. It's just like electric charges, unlike charges attract each other, which means positive and negative charges attract whereas like charges repel each other, positive repels positive and negative repels negative. It's how It's supposed to be and you can't change that. It should be the same with gay marriages, they should not be legal and definitely not be represented in entertainment media. It sends wrong message to young kids, the young kids have a fragile and sensitive mind which won't be able ro comprehend these things and the worse fact, they may actually get influencedand something really stupid . People get easily influenced by what they watch or hear, like if you listen to a high beat music you might get motivated to achieve some big milestone whereas if you listen to a love song, you might wanna spend more time with your wife or gf. It is due to dopamine secretion. Please leave kids out of this
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.
I've always enjoyed Nick Offerman very much. But I didn't know he had this caliber of acting in him, he was absolutely sensational beyond words. It may be completely different from the character of Bill, but seeing their life together was beautiful, romantic, tragic, all in one. Pedro and Bella continue to display amazing chemistry, cannot wait for next week.
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.
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.
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 💜
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
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
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 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. ❤️
If people get annoyed by the changes to the game I have a simple answer, just go play the game. This is an adaptation based on the game. It's faithful where it matters, but becomes something more when it's appropriate. This episode ripped my heart out, the performances were amazing and by the time the credits rolled i was left devastated but smiling and so excited to see what happens next. Outstanding 👏👏
I think my only complaint is that we didn't see the section where Joel is hung upside down, but I'm hoping they shift that section to another portion of the story. This episode was truly a masterpiece and one of the best episodes of television I've ever seen.
Right! I was hoping to see how they did it live as it would be cool to see how they do it cinematically. It was a great iconic moment in the game just like the bloater.
@@loonylaura85 It was a trap. He stepped on it and ended up upside down hung by the leg. Also, the game is on pc (or coming to PC?), so you could play it if you wanted to buy it!
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
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.
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'm gay myself and the change to Bill's story is the best change of the series imo. I am so happy to see Bill getting a better ending than what he got in the game. It was sad but touching at the same time.
@@maju5232 Bill was gay in the game, he had a play girl for goodness sakes LOL. They basically showed this the same ingame as in the show, just instead of just frank dieing they both die.
@@emmanuelcaranza4412 called me old schooled. Never crossed my mind the partner he referred to in the game was a man. Thank God they developed this story so they increase their chances of award nominations. You absolutely have to check gay and lesbian scenes. Only then you're nominated
@@maju5232 this isn't some "forced wokeness" Listen I get it, you are gay and closeted and hate yourself for it and seeing two men fucking in a TV show makes you remember that but its ok. You can be yourself now.
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.
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 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 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.
I didn’t cry. I SOBBED. It was so beautiful and not what I was expecting at all but I Loved it so much. I’m excited for future episodes if they’re all gonna be as good as the first 3. My eyes still hurt from crying so much 😂😂
@@judeless77 Same… omg. My father passed away this week and his funeral was today; my teenager and I were already so dehydrated from crying. And THEN tonight, they hit us with this beautiful, absolutely gutting episode… the timing is almost funny
It felt like game Bill never lowered his walls for Frank and this episode was a 'what if' if he had. So Bill goes from Joel's cautionary tale about what he could become if he stays closed off, in the show he's the hope of what he could be if he opens himself up. It's a beautiful parallel. It reminded me of the giraffe scene. Not just because of the music, but because it was a section amidst all the trauma where we could breathe and see something beautiful that reminds us why it's even worth it to try for a cure it to keep going. While it was definitely different from the game i fell like this was better. Bill was so bitter and hateful and most of that section of game was just combat to get from point a to b, to get a car battery. It wasn't story heavy. And while i love Bill and Ellie together I'd rather have this beautiful story than her calling him fat in 7 different ways. Stunning writing, cinematography and performances.
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
ive felt emotionally drained since 30min into the first episode and were only 1/3 of the way through the season brethren! HBO out here making The Last of Us fans Depressed all the way into March 😭
Both the actors and the writers and director deserve some type of award for this episode. This is probably one of the best episodes of television I've ever seen in my life.
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!
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.
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 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
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.
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
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.
I love the shot of the infected looking at the knife instead of Ellie. It's like he knows what she's got in her hands and the fact she's probably going to stab him. It shows they're not just mindless zombies and that they still have basic intelligence left. Also, the beautiful score that plays when Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett) get married is called "On the Nature of Daylight (Entropy)" by Max Richter. It was also in the film "Arrival" (2016).
I mean they do have some level of intelligence and consciousness, somewhere, theyre just not in control of themselves, but it could also have just been looking at an object in its face w/o any real awareness lol
Cordyceps keep the host brain intact. They infect the muscles of the body but all thoughts and memories are untouched by the fungus. What is beautiful is that most zombie stories don’t give a rats butt to the infected but I believe the episode shows alot of humanity which we have lost. Just think the next time you get mad in traffic or some minor things in life we can’t stand
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
Seeing straight guys, like myself, cry over a bearded, gag, tragic romance, as I did. Silver lining to living on the brink of total nuclear apocalypse.
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 feel like the love story is so important, especially for a show like this, because sometimes it’s hard to understand why people keep going when the world has fallen apart like this. And of course Bill’s arc shows Joel what life can be-even in the worst of times-if he opens his heart up again. ❤ can’t wait for the next episode!
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.
Oh gosh, I was an absolute mess during this episode! Bill and Frank's relationship was just so pure and beautiful; I actually like this part more than I like the game! And that NEVER happens! The changes they've made from the game have so far been super fantastic!
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.
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.
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.
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 cried so hard i needed to take a 10 minute break before they got married, cried, and then cane back and cried until the end of the episode. sad we didnt get to see ellie and bill banter and the “why are the pages stuck together” scene in the car, but i loved this so much more
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
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.
I am Greg all through the episode. I COULD NOT STOP CRYING. I have never played the game (so I don't have anything to compare these characters to) but today's episode is one of my fav episodes of television ever!!! I only got to see Bill and Frank for an episode but I LOVED them SOO MUCH!!
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.
I did love episode 3, cried many moments during the episode but I kinda wish Bill got to meet Ellie. I loved the way they interacted in the game and was looking forward to seeing it. But I do love seeing how Frank and Bill met all the way until the end. It really humanizes Bill and dives more into his character
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!
It's VERY hard for a movie or a show to move me to tears. This one did. Maybe it was because my stepdad (who passed away last October) was also named Bill and looked like Nick Offerman, but really the love story was beautiful. I love that they didn't just show everything as happy, that they had moments of being angry with one another and on opposing viewpoints. But that made their romantic scenes that much more beautiful.
(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.
You know how great this show is, this was the first time I can say I got emotional watching the life and romantic relationships between two men in Bill and Frank. I’m kinda glad they did a switch up from the game and gave us a deep backstory and view of Bill & Franks life through the years.
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
Cried like a baby throughout the end of this episode. I've never played the game so this was so unexpected and beautiful and I don't think I'll forget their love story any time soon. The episode is a masterpiece.
@@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.
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This will definetly bring some controversy but still, it was heartbreaking! :(
Loved the episode, a nice break. Didn't think I'd be crying in it.
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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.
Super sad. Another great episode.
In my oppinion, Bill won the apocalypse. He went out old, and on his own terms with the person he loved. What more is there to life? Simply beautiful.
Neil Druckman said the same thing on the podcast. I 100% agree.
i was thinking the same thing. They literally didn't even go through the appocalypse.
I fucken cried :'(
@@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
Man’s not a survivor, he’s a thriver
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.
The comment I was looking for. Thank you :) ❤️
Beautiful. You are free now, and you are loved. ❤
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.
@@davidwiederman8841 quiet
I love how we were introduced to Bill with closed/hidden doors and ended it with an open window due to the impact of Frank. Shows the 180 that Bill took on the outlook of life.
That’s such a good observation 🚪🪟
Good point
Sure you can look at it like that. Bit in the note it is clearly Bill just being over prepared for every circumstance. "Don't go into our room, I imagine it would be quite the sight. I left the window open so the place wouldn't smell." Even in his death he is preparing, preparing for people who he doesn't know would ever get to his place, mostly Joel
@@Jalbesbe whether or not that was the case, it certainly had that effect. besides, not everything that can be read in between the lines is deliberate anyway.
also, a little unrelated, but I've just started watching reactions to this show recently, and out of all fan communities, tlou fans seem to be less believing of theories related to the story-telling, less willing to read in between the lines. wanting more forward movement and less depth in story. this isn't a knock on you, it's just something i noticed.
i wonder if it's zombie/apocalypse genre fans that think like this in general. wouldn't that be funny? if I'm right, then a lot of them would be like Bill before Frank
I also love that their last meal together was the same as their first meal together. Made me bawl my eyes out!
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
Same with Tess last episode telling him to save who he can save. Love this show
Each place they visit provides eye opening experiences how others cope good or bad. Each experience gives them permanent building block to there development.
Yep and when Bill tells Frank he was never scared until they met. Joel who is already ruthless, will go even more mental when Ellie is threatened.
Joel will be a Father figure to ellie i know it.
I mean, its really trying to leverage a justification to the ending. It was pretty morally ambiguous/dubious in the game.
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 🥹
It’s a story made by Hollywood
“THE GOVERNMENT ARE ALL NAZIS” had me rolling lmao
That’s such a Ron Swanson thing to say LOLLL
@@madtitan0825 they totally put a little of Ron Swanson into bill lol. The "Don't tread on me" flag and all
That should be a meme !!!
Ron Swanson strikes back!!
@@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
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
Great point!
So a universe infested with fungi lobotomised cannibals is kinder to homosexuals than our actual universe?????
@@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 In that world that old macho joke "all the more women for the rest of us, hyurr hyurr" would actually ring truer than ever.
@@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 🙁
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
same idk why the strawberry bit made me cry so much aha
🙄🙄
@@OneHonestCritic shoo
Anyone eyes who were dry during that episode ain’t got a heart😂
@@00jnunez mine's dry tho. that was the most disgusting episode so far than the clickers.
Even in a zombie apocalypse, all we really crave is human connection
until you get stabbed in the back and get your heart torn out of its bloody chest....but yes I agree :)
Facts!!!
That's why you people got us an entire corona spread all over the world, stupid monkeys.
Seemingly we are in similar ways.
This episode captured it beautifully
I know it's not real, but I'm glad the show gave Bill and Frank respect by not showing them dead laying together
Yes I loved that ❤
I really thought they were at the end and I was ready to turn it off before then 😂
@@Feedback72 me too 😂 I kept repeating “please don’t please don’t please DON’t”…
It lowkey reminded me of that old couples scene from titanic
I kind of presumed they wouldn't.... the audience knows what happened, you don't need to see the bodies. Spiritually they're gone, and unnecessary gore isn't Craig Mazin's style either. Now if this was The Walking Dead, Ellie would've been poking their gruesome remains with a stick or something 🥴
As someone who never played the game this felt like a 90 min stand alone movie. Had my heart going the whole time, absolute masterpiece.
I’m being 100% serious, when we first saw Joel and Tess during the lunch party sequence, I thought “Woah! It’s Pedro Pascal from the Mandalorian!” I’d genuinely forgotten what show I was watching, it felt like an art house romance film. Blown away by what they managed to do in this episode.
The ❤This Show!
I was gonna type a whole block but I just have no words for how beautiful this episode was. my girl and I were basically sobbing watching this, she was like “ant why didn’t you warn me about this” I said “this is NOT how it went” but I am absolutely so happy with the changes they made
I ugly cried for half the episode.
@@TheEbonyEngineer seeing bill cry when he was sitting on the couch absolutely crushed me, I was ruined for roughly 75% of this episode honestly
@@TheEbonyEngineer for me I thought they were still going to have bill meet ellie, just to reaffirm Joel's closed heart. So when bill drank the pills I was like "nooooooo!" Because i thought bill was going to wake up and frank wouldnt. And that would just fuckin shatter him.
It was emotionally powerful.
Ant?
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.
Rest in peace Annie 🕊️
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”
The second you see the wheelchair I started crying, and didn't stop until the end. So beautiful! When Bill apologizes earlier for growing old faster than Frank, but he tells him he likes him older, then you see the reversal as Frank got sick, it was heartbreaking
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
Also remember the game's creator is working on this show so he approved of the changes.
im still crying
I know it's an exaggeration when you say the first thing in years to make you cry is two fruity hairy old men doing it.
@@layton6202 so true 🤣🤣🤣
@@layton6202 I wonder why you would fixate on that aspect of the story.
Nick Offerman showed phenomenal range in that episode, from the angry prepper uttering "Not today, you new world order jackboots" to that strawberry giggle.
Bill and frank giggling over the strawberries was the sweetest part of the episode. Bill making Franks last meal the first meal they shared together was the most heartbreaking for me 😭 so good.
It made me break down in tears for Which I don’t ever do
That was cringe as fuck
I love the sound bill makes, It’s so real and I can picture times I’ve been in similar situations of being overwhelmed by emotion that you just make such uncharacteristic noises. It’s a weird thing to focus on maybe but it really stood out to me.
@@johnsmith6132 shit was so rough I was straight up sobbing
@@popinjayishuman the whole episode stood out for me. The amount of character development we got for Bill is astronomical compared to the game. This is my favorite episode yet. Such wonderful writing and acting.
I was SOBBING. This is the most pure form of love I’ve ever seen. I was so genuinely invested in their relationship. This is the hardest I’ve cried in a long time. I needed this lol
Fck LGBT, love is supposed be between a boy and a girl, that's the only natural way, as the god intended
@@shaanwayne815 You clearly haven’t experienced enough love in your life. It’s ok my dude. Maybe somebody will love you one day, and maybe one day you won’t be so hateful. But in my experience, you can’t have one without the other.
@@just_peachy3582 dude you are insane, I'm not hateful. I don't support homosexuals, it's disgusting. A woman belongs to her man and vice versa. If same sex people are gonna marry each other, then what about procreation.
God made 2 distinct genders, male and female to attract each other, please don't disturb the natural order.
It's just like electric charges, unlike charges attract each other, which means positive and negative charges attract whereas like charges repel each other, positive repels positive and negative repels negative. It's how It's supposed to be and you can't change that. It should be the same with gay marriages, they should not be legal and definitely not be represented in entertainment media. It sends wrong message to young kids, the young kids have a fragile and sensitive mind which won't be able ro comprehend these things and the worse fact, they may actually get influencedand something really stupid .
People get easily influenced by what they watch or hear, like if you listen to a high beat music you might get motivated to achieve some big milestone whereas if you listen to a love song, you might wanna spend more time with your wife or gf. It is due to dopamine secretion. Please leave kids out of this
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.
In God? Sorry but God doesn’t allow such BS in his presence. That’s the Devils doing. Marriage between Man and Woman ordained of God.
@@OneHonestCritic Your a lonely, soulless pessimist.
@@OneHonestCritic God loves everyone
@@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.
@@OneHonestCritic your god doesn’t sound very nice. God wouldn’t hate two people in love
I've always enjoyed Nick Offerman very much. But I didn't know he had this caliber of acting in him, he was absolutely sensational beyond words. It may be completely different from the character of Bill, but seeing their life together was beautiful, romantic, tragic, all in one. Pedro and Bella continue to display amazing chemistry, cannot wait for next week.
I knew he had this in him because I watched him in a show called Devs. Check it out.
Open mouth kissing a man isn't acting, it's gay
@@taya12020 awesome hadn't heard of it definitely will check it out
Have you seen him in Fargo? He had a small role in that series but he nailed that too.
Our boi does theatre with his wife, Megan. He definitely flexed his acting chops in this episode!
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.
gross.
@@josh6567 lmao what’s gross
I never cry at movies or shows - and I would like to report that I cried for about 15 minutes straight. Absolutely amazing episode
You shouldn't cut onions while watching tv
Can't remember the last time I cried at anything- last night I cried like a baby watching this.
I never cried at any movie but this episode was the only one that made me shed a tear , even tho I never even played or seen the game
@@davidwesterberg375 that's crazy a grown man at that too
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.
you clearly didn’t play the game
This episode was nothing compared to the game
@@stephaniereyes6423 I played the game and I'm just glad that they dug into Bill and Frank's relationship a little bit more. It was only hinted at.
@@stephaniereyes6423 🤓
@@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.
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!
I haven't seen a single negative thing and I'm grateful. Perfect episode
yeah people are being really awful (and frankly just homophobic). it’s good seeing people understand and get emotional over such beautiful storytelling 💜
its frickin disgusting, like I dont want to see homosexuals on my tv
@@jacktait9849 then turn it off and look away. cry some more while you’re at it 💜
@@im_azraelle I just skipped to the not gay parts 👍🏿
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.
Good point. 👍 It's ironic.
It's kinda sad and ironic that Bill survives by simply hiding from the government. And i wonder did someone else live in the house besides him?
Sad reality is, exact thing most definitely happened in North Korea and China because of Covid.
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
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.
Yes
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
Yeah still didn't see it more so two people who haven't the felt touch of another being finding each other and going at it.
Disgusting
@@vakuolk I loved Severance, i really really hope burt and irving can reunite in season 2. Their relationship was so, so touching and felt so real.
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 You're a loser.
@JiggyJerome Let's not be ignorant in public it makes only you look bad.
It was probably something like Parkinson's
@@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 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. ❤️
If people get annoyed by the changes to the game I have a simple answer, just go play the game.
This is an adaptation based on the game. It's faithful where it matters, but becomes something more when it's appropriate.
This episode ripped my heart out, the performances were amazing and by the time the credits rolled i was left devastated but smiling and so excited to see what happens next. Outstanding 👏👏
Some of us didn't even know it was a game and are taking this one it's own merits.
I think my only complaint is that we didn't see the section where Joel is hung upside down, but I'm hoping they shift that section to another portion of the story. This episode was truly a masterpiece and one of the best episodes of television I've ever seen.
Why is he upside down?
@@loonylaura85 play the game it played out way different but this was still good just missed that ellie and bill shit talk
Right! I was hoping to see how they did it live as it would be cool to see how they do it cinematically. It was a great iconic moment in the game just like the bloater.
@@codyhuber4252 I can't do console games, just ones on my phone. I read another comment that mentioned a trap.
@@loonylaura85 It was a trap. He stepped on it and ended up upside down hung by the leg.
Also, the game is on pc (or coming to PC?), so you could play it if you wanted to buy it!
It is heart-warming to see these emotions that we are showing... collectively. I have never felt so close to people on the internet.
What
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
As someone who never played this game and heard rumors that this episode would be great, I am still wiping my tears away. This was beautiful.
Beautiful?
nothing like the game but i loved it ! cried my eyes out
@@5822huron Yeh
@@elenadehaan6549 it's great hearing that this adaptation is hitting so well with the fans of the game! Even if it does change things up.
Yes
I think my only issue with this show so far is that we’re not gonna see Ellie and Bill interact, and that’s not even really a problem
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.
@ray24051 I'm actually fine with that. I don't know why but Frank and Bill's characters hooked me
@@ray24051 you can argue this was a filler episode. it’s also only episode 3. i’d say we’re moving pretty fast
We didn't need to know Bill and Franks story, most shows wouldn't have showed it and would be lesser for it. This episode was a masterpiece.
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
so much fslur kissing. though Bill is right. the govt is run by nazi and jews
Bill’s sound was the appropriate sound when tasting properly grown strawberries 😋😋
I laughed the whole time at how stupid this whole episode was
@@myguitartwerks7825 did you, is that why you're here lmaooo I've never witnessed weird cope
@@myguitartwerks7825 you don't have a girlfriend btw
I'm gay myself and the change to Bill's story is the best change of the series imo. I am so happy to see Bill getting a better ending than what he got in the game. It was sad but touching at the same time.
@@maju5232 what are you on about? Bill is already gay in the game 🙄 you’re clearly not paying attention in the game smh
@@maju5232 Bill was gay in the game, he had a play girl for goodness sakes LOL. They basically showed this the same ingame as in the show, just instead of just frank dieing they both die.
@@emmanuelcaranza4412 called me old schooled. Never crossed my mind the partner he referred to in the game was a man. Thank God they developed this story so they increase their chances of award nominations. You absolutely have to check gay and lesbian scenes. Only then you're nominated
@@adicusdeathreaper It was implied and they did not die together. Why can't I prefer the original plot instead of this forced wokeness
@@maju5232 this isn't some "forced wokeness" Listen I get it, you are gay and closeted and hate yourself for it and seeing two men fucking in a TV show makes you remember that but its ok. You can be yourself now.
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.
Euphorias way better
@@layton6202 not really comparable since it's not the same genre. Both great shows though.
@@leflairon this person said the best show HBO has ever done not the best zombie Apocalypse show HBO has ever done.
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 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 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.
I didn’t cry. I SOBBED. It was so beautiful and not what I was expecting at all but I Loved it so much. I’m excited for future episodes if they’re all gonna be as good as the first 3. My eyes still hurt from crying so much 😂😂
It’s never been uncontrollable for me until this episode
@@johnsmith6132 I feel dehydrated from all the crying that caught me off guard.
@@judeless77 me too
If you played the game this would probably be your second time crying over a damn window 😭😭😭
@@judeless77 Same… omg. My father passed away this week and his funeral was today; my teenager and I were already so dehydrated from crying. And THEN tonight, they hit us with this beautiful, absolutely gutting episode… the timing is almost funny
Brava HBO, you introduced me to 2 characters, made me fall in love with AND grieve them, in ONE episode.
It felt like game Bill never lowered his walls for Frank and this episode was a 'what if' if he had. So Bill goes from Joel's cautionary tale about what he could become if he stays closed off, in the show he's the hope of what he could be if he opens himself up. It's a beautiful parallel.
It reminded me of the giraffe scene. Not just because of the music, but because it was a section amidst all the trauma where we could breathe and see something beautiful that reminds us why it's even worth it to try for a cure it to keep going.
While it was definitely different from the game i fell like this was better. Bill was so bitter and hateful and most of that section of game was just combat to get from point a to b, to get a car battery. It wasn't story heavy. And while i love Bill and Ellie together I'd rather have this beautiful story than her calling him fat in 7 different ways. Stunning writing, cinematography and performances.
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.
The story is different that’s not how frank died and bill didn’t even die
@@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
I'm so emotionally drained. That episode was ridiculously beautiful.
ive felt emotionally drained since 30min into the first episode and were only 1/3 of the way through the season brethren! HBO out here making The Last of Us fans Depressed all the way into March 😭
Both the actors and the writers and director deserve some type of award for this episode. This is probably one of the best episodes of television I've ever seen in my life.
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!
A perfect example on how you can deviate from the original source material and still get the same amazing result
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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.
an even better one actually
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 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
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.
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.
This episode was actually written by Craig Mazin, and Druckman was initially opposed to the change.
@@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
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.
You cry very easily
@@layton6202 sad life you must have
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.
Same
@@albelvalentine8983 because I don't cry a lot
I love the shot of the infected looking at the knife instead of Ellie. It's like he knows what she's got in her hands and the fact she's probably going to stab him. It shows they're not just mindless zombies and that they still have basic intelligence left.
Also, the beautiful score that plays when Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett) get married is called "On the Nature of Daylight (Entropy)" by Max Richter. It was also in the film "Arrival" (2016).
I mean they do have some level of intelligence and consciousness, somewhere, theyre just not in control of themselves, but it could also have just been looking at an object in its face w/o any real awareness lol
Hearing that score in that scene brought the water works on hard-core
@Jeff M yep was also gonna say this
I liked the episode but I wish they didn't use that song just because it has been used in several TV shows and movies already.
Cordyceps keep the host brain intact. They infect the muscles of the body but all thoughts and memories are untouched by the fungus. What is beautiful is that most zombie stories don’t give a rats butt to the infected but I believe the episode shows alot of humanity which we have lost. Just think the next time you get mad in traffic or some minor things in life we can’t stand
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
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.
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.
Honestly, it was too far fetched and out of place. This would have been a fine spin off but it doesn’t work with the rest of the show.
@@kylevernon respectfully but wholeheartedly disagree
@@damimami5144 he propably liked his own comment lol there's no chance there are 2 of them
@@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.
@@zylik2112 Hey, just as absurd as there being two gays in the show.
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.
For this episode it is better to didnt lay the game because honestly I am either that it isnt game accurate but it is what it is .....
@@Iden_Elihio_1999 Can't understand this?
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.
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.
I imagine that Bill as a boyfriend would be something of a challenge even on a good day.
I’m so glad that at least in the show frank didn’t die hating bill in the end 😭
I liked their ending in the show, bill’s chapter in the game gonna hit differently now
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
This episode was literally devastating. A lot of shows try to be this emotionally compelling and it doesn't translate. This did.
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
Don't lie to yourself
@@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.
@@devinvez3869damn bro tell us how you feel about gay people without telling us 😂
@@devinvez3869 oh I'm so sorry for you
Lame
They made me bawl my eyes out with a slow reveal of a window. Thats how you know this show is in good hands.
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.
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.
Tears were shed. Was blown away from the episode. Did not expect this episode to be so moving but wow.
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 whole episode is original and not in the game at all
God damn it me and my boyfriend held each other crying this episode. It was amazingly filmed
Seeing straight guys, like myself, cry over a bearded, gag, tragic romance, as I did.
Silver lining to living on the brink of total nuclear apocalypse.
It’s just so sad, even more when you’re in a long term relationship and the sad just sneaks up and attacks you.
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 feel like the love story is so important, especially for a show like this, because sometimes it’s hard to understand why people keep going when the world has fallen apart like this. And of course Bill’s arc shows Joel what life can be-even in the worst of times-if he opens his heart up again. ❤ can’t wait for the next episode!
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.
Oh gosh, I was an absolute mess during this episode! Bill and Frank's relationship was just so pure and beautiful; I actually like this part more than I like the game! And that NEVER happens! The changes they've made from the game have so far been super fantastic!
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.
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.
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.
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😭😭
@KC arrival and shutter island, you know you’re about to be crying bad after that song begins playing😭😩
I didn’t want it to end!! Authenticity, beauty, and devastation all in one episode.
i cried so hard i needed to take a 10 minute break before they got married, cried, and then cane back and cried until the end of the episode. sad we didnt get to see ellie and bill banter and the “why are the pages stuck together” scene in the car, but i loved this so much more
Could pooosibly still see the pages stuck together on their way to Pittsburg 🤔
Probably gonna get that scene tbh. They’ve copied all the noteworthy scenes so far.
@@fy4b230 I think you meant "recriated" 😂
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
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.
I am Greg all through the episode. I COULD NOT STOP CRYING. I have never played the game (so I don't have anything to compare these characters to) but today's episode is one of my fav episodes of television ever!!! I only got to see Bill and Frank for an episode but I LOVED them SOO MUCH!!
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.
I always can count on Greg to share my same reactions. I was crying every 10 minutes since the piano scene. Like damn... PERFECT casting from day 1.
This was pure poetry in film. I cried through most of it. So touching. 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼💕💕RIP Annie Wersching, game Tess.💗
I did love episode 3, cried many moments during the episode but I kinda wish Bill got to meet Ellie. I loved the way they interacted in the game and was looking forward to seeing it. But I do love seeing how Frank and Bill met all the way until the end. It really humanizes Bill and dives more into his character
True but maybe they are making changes to swerve the last of us 2 and that whole disaster?
@@ponyboy90 Honestly I hope lmao because if season two is anything like the game, ima sit that one out
@@NeonMedusaVI yeah I pray it trails off away from the last of us 2 completely
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!
It's VERY hard for a movie or a show to move me to tears. This one did. Maybe it was because my stepdad (who passed away last October) was also named Bill and looked like Nick Offerman, but really the love story was beautiful. I love that they didn't just show everything as happy, that they had moments of being angry with one another and on opposing viewpoints. But that made their romantic scenes that much more beautiful.
I love the twist this episode took of actually exploring Bill and Frank’s relationship and of course the end of it as well.
Bill and Frank beat the apocalypse. They went out happy, in love, fulfilled, and on their own terms.
Bill leaving everything they had to Joel for him and Tess to live there and stay safe literally broke my heart.
Never played the game so I was so suspicious of frank at first but cried so much in this episode. Loved it.
this was not in game, they totally deviate.but message was received by Joel. Welcome change
(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.
@@lifewithoutborders1348 there was still romance between em, but no happy ending
You know how great this show is, this was the first time I can say I got emotional watching the life and romantic relationships between two men in Bill and Frank. I’m kinda glad they did a switch up from the game and gave us a deep backstory and view of Bill & Franks life through the years.
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
Cried like a baby throughout the end of this episode. I've never played the game so this was so unexpected and beautiful and I don't think I'll forget their love story any time soon. The episode is a masterpiece.
It will be remembered as one of the best episodes of TV ever made. Simply beautiful. So well acted and the writing just superb.
the opposite, just wait.
@@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.