Did you look closely? | The Last of Us Ep. 4 Breakdown
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One thing I liked about this episode was how they showed Joel's limits in terms of physicality. It does show his age, he's not young with boundless energy. You see how the life he's had to live has taken it's toll on his body.
This stuck out so much to me!! It's also kind of a foreshadowing of his ultimate demise
The giggling at the end of the episode definitely WRECKED me
I felt so bad for the guy that was yelling for his mom. It made me stop and think about everyone in the universe who are just surviving by any means necessary. The actor did a phenomenal job
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. That whole scene was so realistic/raw I was speechless.
I think (at least to me) it really helps connect it to what I feel TLOU2 is all about, and what I remember Julien talking about when he played it. Throughout TLOU, we see the sheer amount of damage that Ellie and Joel do to other people and arguably the point of the second game is to empathise with the other people who are just trying to survive. Just from that moment alone it felt like it connected to the overarching theme of the second game and turned the “enemy” into just another person trying to survive the apocalypse
@@mxierg Druckmann also mentions that in the BTS of this episode, specifically about Kathleen. He likes humanizing the villains, showing that everyone has their own reasons for what they do even if it's bad or cruel
@@katgirlofthenight I haven’t yet listened to the podcast! (Assuming where you got that info from) But I love listening to it and hearing the insight from the creators. I loved Kathleen for that reason too ☺️
@@mxierg there’s a short thing after the episodes when you watch on HBO Max!
Joel getting up and guarding Ellie in the woods after she sounded so afraid that someone would come…that shot of him looking out into the dark behind her almost made me cry. I’ve never played the game before, but that scene I actually said out-loud “he’s a good man”
Learning how to be a dad again. I love it
It definitely shows he is starting to see her as family.
What I found really sweet about Joel teaching Ellie gun safety (besides him taking the time to apologise) was how he playfully tried to pull the gun away from her, it felt like such a dad thing.
Also I noticed with the character Kathleen (the lady who shot the dude) was that she seemed to have the motivation Tess had in early development of the game. Originally she was supposed to be the main villain, pursuing Joel throughout the journey in order to avenge her brother who he killed. I just thought that was pretty neat.
i love the casting choice for kathleen. the way melanie delivers her lines (“find who did this. find every collaborator, and kill them all.”) is so perfect because her voice is very sweet and the actual words she’s saying are so inconsistent with that. even though they’re setting her up to be a main antagonist, you get the sense that she was just a normal person before the outbreak, and now she’s been forced (by the world) into a role she really wasn’t meant for. the details in this show are incredible and i could spend hours dissecting each little thing.
Yes, seems like she's kind of... Fallen into this position and is blinded by vengeance.
I found the way she held the gun was a bit awkward... But she sure knew how to use it! This show is amazing so far.
Yes!! I've seen so many people saying she's a miscast and doesn't sound convincing, and I'm like ??? Her sweet voice is what makes it so unnerving! And also in the podcast Craig and Neil said that the audience is correct to be confused as to why everyone follows her, and to keep watching to find out 👀
@@livridley3515 right? She reminds me a bit of that woman drug dealer from euphoria. She’s polite, soft spoken, makes you feel like you can trust her but turn a blind eye or screw her over she will mess you up good
@@RS-bn1ty yes the drug dealer from euphoria is exactly who I thought of! Shes so calm which at first makes her seem nice, but when you find out what shes capable of she becomes terrifying.
I really appreciate how she chose to have the character act like that because it does make sense! Her brother was in charge and always took care of her and now she has to hold the box together. She doesn't know how and she's likely not used to not getting her way (within reason of an apocalypse, he probably took the rap for her many times).
i really appreciated the scene where joel apologizes to ellie for having to defend them, something about a man apologizing to a young women for the violence inflicted upon her and wanting to help her protect herself was very beautiful
I really think the diarrhea joke was the first time Joel has actually laughed in 20 years. It made me so happy especially cause I'm going to be so fucking sad next week
I got the opposite feeling, made me cry knowing the story lol
@@RS-bn1ty I was happy cause I could pretend for just a second that I won’t be sad next week. The writers are going to rip my heart from my chest and cut it into a thousand little pieces on Friday night
he made a whole fucking presentation, he's so precious 🥰
i wait for the episode and then i wait for the Julien's reaction
@@aorambaeva same!! after i watch the episodes, i always look forward to what julien has to say, especially with his lil presentations😭
the bep bep university is my favourite detail LOL
The way he has escalated this from just some notes on a Google doc to a slide show is everything. Legit feels like a class in the best way because I look forward to it after every episode.
Saw someone say how Joel didn't hear Henry enter because he went to sleep on his left side for once and was falling asleep listening with his right ear - just after Ellie explained how his hearing was worse in his right ear. Thought this was a great detail
I literally said "oh no he's sleeping on his left ear!" out loud right before they panned up to Ellie sitting up the brothers standing over them. Such a good sequence.
i enjoy watching these little recaps almost as much as watching the show :)
same
i’ve literally been refreshing youtube all day waiting for this
In the episode 5 trailer you can see Henry and Sam using sign language! (I’m guessing Sam is deaf/ hearing impaired.) It’s such a nice addition/representation for people that have hearing impairments. I am terrified for what’s coming tho
the actor who plays sam is deaf!
the bit where the guy begged for his life was exactly what it’s like with enemies in part 2, you feel like the worst person ever for killing them! this episode was possibly my fav so far. so many moments like in the game and finally we’re getting some gritty brutality mixed with lighthearted bonding like in the game!!
the casting of sam is going to kill me. in the game he looks ellies age even though we know he's younger. show sam looks like a baby, dude. can't wait to be in immense pain friday.
With Brian introducing himself, it's a known phenomena that people are less likely to kill you if they know you/your name. He was probably told to do that as a last ditch effort to stay alive.
this is so incredibly fascinating and i wish i could find studies or articles or even a thesis on this phenomena, it's such a crazy heartbreaking thing and it just absolutely boggles me to think about that fact
I swear the "fuck you man" from the NPCs shooting at Joel was taken straight from the game, sounded exactly the same
I actually appreciate them giving us a moment to breathe after the least episode. I caught myself smiling while watching Joel and Ellie bond. The acting and writing has been on point and I'm so happy to see that. Which also means nothing can prepare me for the next one 😭
I believe this episode was also about losing innocence in this harsh world. Episode started with child pointing gun (Ellie in the mirror) and ended with child pointing gun (Sam at Joel), plus everything that happened in between
Even with Kathleen. She seems like such a “normal” person that you’d imagine being a teacher or something, especially with that voice. Also the fact that she literally killed the person who delivered her as a baby. Very great episode
Oh shit, the starting and ending the ep with kids with guns oh my godddddd, what a good point
Nice insight! 👏
I love how much effort Julien increasingly puts into every episode doc/slideshow❤
I cried quite a bit during this episode just bc you could see Joel start caring more and more for Ellie. It was so beautiful to me. Plus we got to see just the 2 of them interact so much during this episode and I loved that so much!
All those shots from the backseat in this episode reminded me of the shots from Sarah’s pov in episode 1. It felt like Sarah’s ghost was watching Joel and Ellie become closer. Idk it felt kind of reminiscent and bittersweet, like Joel has a father-daughter relationship budding but it isn’t replacing sarah.
Another small thing I loved about this episode is that with the sleeping bag smelling good and Joel saying "that was Franks", they had another quick shot on the road of a very run down Arbys sign. I thought that was a sweet little callback to the last episode
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Frank's Arby's line from last episode absolutely killed me. I was dying laughing for 10 minutes straight for no reason
i loved the juxtaposition (parallel? foreshadowing?) of Joel guarding Ellie after she asked if anyone was going to find them, to the end of the episode where Joel was woken up BY Ellie because someone found them. if i were him i'd've felt a little piece of my heart break off waking up to that
I read that the diarrhea joke scene was a real reaction, pedro knew there was gna be a joke but he didn't know what joke
That cut after Ellie says “I’m not even tired” is actually in the game! I remember it
I noticed some parallels to the interactions between Joel and Sarah, and Joel and Ellie. In the first episode, Sarah and Joel were joking around, and when they were going to watch something together, Joel asks Sarah if she's going to fall asleep. She responds saying she wouldn't because it was too riveting, and then in the nex† cut, she was asleep. This episode with Ellie and Joel joking around, and her falling asleep after refusing to, was probably more comforting and endearing to Joel because of his familiarity to these interactions.
The only thing I wish they had included was joel saying “he ain’t even hurt” about the ambush!! Loved the scene either way but that line is so amazing in the game
saaame i even said it involuntarily lol
I'm guessing it was intentional as another example of how survival means that there is no trust in this world because how could he know just looking at someone.
@@vernluka true! but he knew that the dude wasn't hurt since joel just drove into him anyway lol. i just love the line and i would've really enjoyed to see it in the show
@@ainsleigh351 Oh, I don't disagree with you at all. It's a solid line and I would have enjoyed seeing Pedro saying it too, but I'm just guessing about what the creators were thinking because they tend to use language straight from the game. I was assuming the deviation was intentional for some reason.
The fact that you made a presentation that your WebCam can be visible into and the captions at the bottom! This feels like one of the most accessible videos I have ever seen, and I appreciate it so much
I noticed that too and I’m so grateful for it! Watching this felt feels so comparatively effortless compared to some other videos I’ve watched over the past few days. I especially love that you can see the twitch chat has their own closed captioning so even when they watch live, they can understand him.
Whenever I think of NPC behavior I think of Julien’s play through of TLOU part 1 remake and the one NPC that just kept sayin “get em boys!” but there were no boys left to get got 😂
This was like the first gameplay-heavy episode of the show I think, and they did a really good job of it. I was so scared that the game wouldn’t be able to translate the more gameplay heavy scenes like this one to the screen, but (of course) they are doing it so effortlessly. Learning more about the people in the city which in the game are really just obstacles. Taking the gameplay mechanic of Ellie being added as a tool to rely on for the player and turning it into the traumatic scene with the kid. Introducing bloaters and bigger enemies into the story without relying on the video game-specific aspects to make it unsettling. They are just doing so well! This was the first episode that really felt like the game as a Game to me. Excited to see where that leads (not excited to cry next episode tho)
Yeah! It was wild how the crash scene felt like I was back behind that car with people shooting at me. It felt just like the game! If they do the sewers like in the game, I'm screwed, because that part was genuinely so difficult horrifying.
I’m so mad I didn’t get a Twitch notification yesterday and missed the live discussion but glad the turn around for the RUclips video is so quick, so thank you Fluck for your amazing work.
I loved this episode so much. I hate this idea that episodes that have more set up than payoff are just “filler” episodes. The payoff episodes don’t have the same impact without the build up in the set up episodes and the build up episodes are typically where we get the best character interactions that I love. This will probably be the episode I rewatch the most for that reason.
I love the joke books addition in the show because in the game it’s this small thing that is meant as a reward for people who take their time and can be easily missed, but in the show it’s given more weight and used as a representation of their walls starting to come down. The truck scene was perfect. It’s my favorite part of the game and even though it’s near word for word from the game I feel like it still hits different with the added context of Ellie’s backstory and sexuality.
The NPC behavior guy was so true. He was so dumb to just check up on his buddy out in the open like that. He was lucky Joel was also moving back cause if he wasn’t, Joel woulda just shot him too. If you’re the only one who is ambulatory, always make sure the threat is neutralized before administering aid so that you don’t get shot yourself cause you can’t take care of others if you don’t take care of yourself first. At least Joel is shown to be competent and provided cover fire for when Ellie moved.
The camping scene was weirdly nostalgic to me. It made me remember some of the good moments in a really bad part of my life (that has nothing to do with the show it’s just how I feel).
I noticed Joel’s dad noises too! I love how much they’re emphasizing Joel’s age because, except for the winter sequences in the game, Joel is just this badass dude jumping off high places and beating up people bare handed with no consequences to his fists. In the show you see more of the wear and tear on his body like him and Tess complaining about their knees, him still having bruised and cut up knuckles from episode 1, him struggling to climb the stairs. It’s just so much more realistic than wrapping an alcohol soaked cloth around your forearm and being a-ok.
Why why why did they make Sam so much younger!?!? He was still a 13 year old kid in the game, but he was played by Nadji Jeter who at the time was a 16 year old so he felt slightly older and was characterized as being more world weary and having to grow up too fast for his age. While Sam’s new actor, Keivonn Woodard, is only 10 and they’ve characterized him with way more innocence so far! I’m terrified and so full of dread to see what happens on Friday.
I'm happy to attend The Bep Bep University with my fellow rats and hope to graduate with a Doctorate in rat studies.
The only tears I shed this episode were ones of laughter, I just love the return of Ellie's pun book!
This show makes me so happy. Good writing and acting is honestly all it takes, yet so many others fail miserably at that premise. When creators/writers actually care about the franchise and its lore, don't do dumb stuff for the sake of shock value and don't oversimplify everything to the point it insults the fans intelligence you know you have a great adaptation. Shoutout to The Wheel of Time and House of the Dragon :)
Def my fav episode so far. Loved seeing the jokes and the relationship start to build up between Joel and Ellie. Loved the intense scene with Ellie saving Joel. Everything was great about this episode. So excited for this Friday to see Henry and Sam
At the end of the episode I felt a bit weird about how quickly Joel and Ellie were bonding compared to the game, and how he was being much nicer to her - but then had to give myself the "if you want the exact game dynamic then PLAY THE GAME" talk 😂 And I have now watched the giggling scene about 25 times. His delivery of the 'goddamn stupid' line was so perfect.
Tbh I think Joel being nice to Ellie a lot earlier compare to the show this episode is the first time that they actually connecting to each other after Joel read the letter from previous episode
Great analysis. I love watching these after seeing the episode to see what you saw that I missed.
Just finished this episode and I no joke cried so hard seeing Joel laugh at Ellies joke, it crushed me knowing what happens to him and to see this relationship blossom. Pedro is so good at Joel wtf lol
Pedro Pascal's laugh makes me laugh every time I hear it. I was also dying when Joel finished the scarecrow joke
Omg the npc dialog had me rolling! My family is watching with me but haven't played the game so im laughing and yelling things like "hey! Where'd he go?!" "There he is! Get him!" "Flank em!" "Get back here!" And they're looking at md so confused why I'm laughing so hard.
Just my opinion but I think people who say this is a filler episode are not paying attention; it's absolutely brimming with key relationship development between Joel and Ellie. It's vital that we start to not only think of them as family, but _feel_ they're family, so that the emotional gravitas hits extra hard later on.
I'm almost 99% sure the npc behaviour guy went over and took the guys ammo 😂😂😂
I liked the episode and the little moments we had, and i do understand that it was all just a build up to what is gonna happen next episode, but it still felt a little short? With only 9 episodes in the series, it makes me nervous how they are gonna fit everything else in, especially if there is a whole episode dedicated to the Ellie and Riley story. Idk, i'm worried the end may be rushed or a lot cut out. I trust them! but just stressed lmao. The guy Ellie shot didn't realize that Joel had a kid with him, I believe he wouldn't have attacked Joel. He said they were done fighting but he was also apologizing and saying he didn't know. Devastating scene altogether. Also this is more for next episode, but I am so excited to see deaf representation with Sam! They never show people who are deaf or blind in these worlds so it's just really cool to see. and also about sam, he truly seems so so young. Like in the game he was what, 12-13, but the voice actor used made him feel older for some reason. seeing such a young kid play Sam makes what is coming even more horrible, i am not ready.
i just love that ellie never refuses to be herself. she ends up with this random guy after being chained in a room for days and still can let her personality shine
Liked this one!! Loved the joke book with Ellie and Joel laughing.
I really love this breakdown series with julien.
The diarrhea joke made me cry. Old man feel joy = I cry
These recap/reviews always tide me over until the next episode when I need my Last of Us fix!
I love how much effort he puts in these reviews
I really love these TLOU breakdowns, Julien! It's comprehensive and satisfying to watch. Looking forward to the next episodes! 🤍
Man, I just wanna say I really really love that you're doing these breakdowns. None of my friends are as into it as I am so this is mad cathartic for all the feelings I get when watching the episode lmao
i dont understand how y'all didn't cry when ellie was going through it during/post brians death, maybe i'm just sensitive, but that got me
Yeah no tears ep 4, but that’s because they want us to save them for ep 5
I was sad that we didn’t get the iconic “I shot the hell out of that guy, didn’t I” but I’m ok that it’s not there, especially because we got to see them bond
I wanted to say thank you, Julien, for doing these reviews with little to no game storyline spoilers. I really enjoy your commentary on the show and the comparisons to the game, but I've never watched any of the gameplay videos. I've been watching the episode, watching your review, and then rewatching the episode to see the details you discuss 😊
man I can't even tell if I get more excited for the new episode or julens review every week.
omg i also noticed the word for word npc dialogue and movement! that was so funny
i’ve been loving these breakdown videos 🫶🏻💓
The diarrhea joke was so funny 😂😂
Thank you for the captions!! they're more accurate that auto generated youtube captions and they look better and are easier to keep up with! thank you for thinking of disabled people!
I love getting to relive these episodes with the dink fam.
I have a masters, but I'm most excited to earn my degree in rat studies from bep bep university.
This episode was just a couple of besties giggling at the sleepover. Loved the slideshow!
I really enjoy watching you, and really love the attention that you put in the sliders, saying that :( please be more cautious, I played the game along time ago and don't remember some parts and you kinda spoils with the next episode, hinting that something bad its gonna happen to sam and/or Henry. I hope don't take it bad, greetings from México.
I think they are also setting up more expansion on Riley since I'm guessing that's who Ellie is talking about when she says "it wasn't my first time"
Is this a slide show for tlou notes?!?? I'm going back n forth from watching julen play thruus and the show, I can't stop
im just waiting for julien to fall in love with pedro pascal and fangirl over him just like the rest of us
I've said before somewhere that Ellie is playing around with the gun in the bathroom. She takes out the magazine and stuff so she can just practice, she just wanted a gun to feel protected she just didn't think the time would come so soon to use it
People think this is a filler episode. Are you joking?? This episode had so many shot for shots. It was amazing
The rollercoaster is from calaway park in Calgary Alberta
The way with this show suddenly the episode is a filler if you didn't cry 💀
The Brian scene made me have to pause the episode. Applause all around to that actor. 👏👏👏👏
watched the episode, watching this, gonna rewatch the episode, then rewatch this 🥹
Just thought about the fact that the field they drove through would be grown up after 20 years…who’s maintaining that field??
RIGHT! and no ones mentioning the buffalo scene and it was beautiful and so sentimental and symbolic!
I love julien and these videos bc he talks about the lines of dialogue that stood out and talks about subtle changes in the charters with the dialogue. i feel like we got a lot more cinematography talk this video witch is fine but i was excited to get into the writing and I missed it in this video!
17:14-17:19 omg it does look like him! I didn’t even see the picture before 🤯🤯
i got so excited when jeffrey pierce came on screen!
i love the power point this week!!
can we also talk abt that last scene!? my heart dropped so deep watching it i was in shambles the little “joel!” from ellie i can’t
come back, ep 5
I love that this is for bep bep university’s rat studies. 😂😂😂 Julen, you are the best.
please make bep bep university merch.
bep bep university 😂😄🥰
Sparrow 🍝🍝🥡🥡🌶️🌶️🍻
I haven't played the game, so question: why are the woods safe? The infected are fungus based! They love the woods!
And why do they decide to drive through the city? It's not safe from people or infected, apparently!?
And gun question, when Ellie assumed aimed so low at Brian, couldn't it have hit Joel too?
I actually really dislike how they humanize the villains in the show (both FEDRA and the hunters). I think it’s kinda cliche now to make villains be well-rounded lmao. I like in the game how it focuses on how humans can be vile and evil, including the moments w Joel talking about his past. It’s also just different bc again, I feel like everyone wants to humanize villains now to appear like they’re making a statement about humanity
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i feel like killing the infected has the same vibe (to me, anyways) as putting down a pet, solely in the sense that it's essentially a final mercy, "putting them out of their misery" as some grimly like to put it. whereas Brian was just a dude, and yes he was just trying to kill Joel moments prior, but he really is just a guy with his own life and his own family. in apocalypse media, "shoot first, ask questions later" is a common theme because you don't know who's friend or foe and as was explained in episode 3, real people can be vastly more evil than infected. it was a really good juxtaposition between Ellie's merciless killing of the infected, vs her hesitance to kill Brian. it also juxtaposes her humanity and her "innocence" still being a child, with Joel's jaded and passive attitude toward killing. Ellie is hesitant because she's yet to be exposed to as many evils as Joel. Joel lost that hesitance long ago because he's seen too much. it's just really well executed in how it's shown. very good "show, don't tell" moment fr
for some reason i don't sympathize with bryan at all. but he was probably just following orders. but then again in this situation everyone is just trying to survive.
Also when ellie is talking about Joel's coffee, she says "smells like burnt sh*t" which is how dina describes it in the game when her and ellie talk about it :,)
I thought that guy in the newspaper was Colin Powell the Sec of Defense in 2003
NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO SAM AND HENRY
You know, he didnt sleep that night. So on top of sleeping on his good ear, he was extra tired from the adrenaline rush of the ambush + no sleep.
"my legs don't walk like they used to before"
- julien and also Brian, kind of
FINALLY caught up time for a breakdown
Love the analysis, but do you ever post on your main channel anymore?
I don’t take notes watching show so I’m copying your notes thanks
A whole ass power point?? You're so cute, I love you, Julien
All my Next Steppers had to do a double take at the casting for Henry
I hate that I didn’t really like this episode, I’m watching this in hopes I like it more and to get a different perspective. I am one of those hardcore game fans but I’ve loved the last 3 episodes yet this one just didn’t do it for me so I’m looking forward to seeing Julien’s perspective