As soon as I saw Riley I knew I was about to be in pain. I think it might've been the first episode where I was audibly crying. I teared up a little when they buried Sam & Henry but not like this 😭
why are y'all never reacting to Eminence in Shadow??? Top 5 isekai shows, and much better then Anos, which you enjoyed for the same type of content, even though that had less of what y'all would like then Eminence
I love that they made Ellie hit the flashlight in the same way they made the player hit the controller to toggle the flashlight. It’s the small things that makes me appreciate this show even more!
Also when Riley shines the flashlight in her eyes, she says "Ow" like how the characters squint in TLOU and Uncharted if you shine the light in their face.
In the game she probably did it, but they never say. In the series, however, she kinda confirmed it when she said "He wasn't my first" after killing Bryan 😥
They adapted Left Behind perfectly. Storm and Bella were incredible and this episode was another 10/10 for me. Best video game adaptation ever in my opinion. Extremely sad we only have 2 episodes left.
@@Babylauncher3000 That part of the game was never as important so that’s likely why they skipped it and decided to focus more on Ellie and Riley/Ellie’s backstory which is what Left Behind was more about than anything. They were also still able to show how much Ellie cares about Joel in the few scenes they had this episode but made it much more condensed and palatable for a TV show. Those few scenes carried the same emotional weight as the game as well so I don’t see how you could complain about that.
They didn’t show the infected chasing them the show been ok so far they’ve been cutting out a lot of scenes and toned down the violence hopefully when joe is looking for ellie he goes into beast mode
@@Cloudcity20 I'm just sayin you shouldn't call an adaptation of DLC "perfect" if it cuts 40% of the DLC. What they did adapt they did adapt perfectly but the DLC itself was definitely streamlined.
i actually listened to the podcast for this episode and they said the memory of what riley said stayed with ellie. whether you have 2 minutes or 2 days you don't give up because you love each other and joel is the person she loves the most right now so she will fight to the bitter end for him
It’s safe to assume they probably had a book that had the fatalities. In 2003 those guides where gold to a fighting gamer. She knew the Baraka fatality combination. Only possible with a book they found.
also, game magazines were BIG in the 90s and 2000s. big titles like MK2 DEFINITELY got full game guide articles in GamePro and the like back in the day.
Huge shoutout to Storm Reid’s portrayal (Euphoria, The Invisible Man, Suicide Squad) as Riley because her performance is what stole the episode for me! For those that played the DLC, she at least got the chance to ride the carousel. 😢
Context clues. If Ellie could find an MK II poster, it stands to reason Riley could find a strategy guide or old issue of EGM or Gamepro. She found the pun book, after all.
Ellie earlier in the season: it wasn't the first time I killed someone. It's kinda fucked. Someone pointed out in your episode 5 reaction that Henry's first legit kill was his brother. For Ellie, it was her best friend she was in love with
I actually buy that Riley knew how to do the fatality for a simple detail: they were in an Arcade. The one I used to play had a whole sheet of codes for each game with combos and fatalities. So much memories.
I was going to say I’ve played on some arcade tables hat had all the Fatalities listed where all the buttons are. But they weren’t looking down so yeah I’ve with Roshi, my suspension of disbelief couldn’t accept that 😂
One thing they changed from the game was that Ellie already knew about Marlene prior to Riley mentioning she was the one who recruited her. In left behind the game Marlenes name was already known to Fedra and the soldiers What they didn't know was that Ellies mom was a Firefly so when she died she put Ellie in the Boston QZ as an orphan so they wouldn't kill her
When Joel told Ellie to go NORTH,her life as Lyanna Mormont with the whitewalkers literally flashed before her eyes and she said she ain't about to relive all that😂
This episode was heartbreaking but necessary to understand more of Ellie's perspective and behavior. Bella killed it as always and Storm did a fantastic job too, she has been amazing on Euphoria and did not disappoint here
Between the heartwarming cute moments showcasing Ellie and Riley finally being able to act like kids again for once, if only for a little while...... only to rip it all away again for the seventh time in a row (damn you, show), this never ending River of tragedy that follows Ellie is emblematic of not just the shows central theme but why Ellie continues to fight, to carry on. It showcases her and Riley on opposite sides of an ideological, real and tribalistic conflict before they lay down their arms and come together to just be close for a little while because they're each others purpose in this moment; a fascinating parallel to the Bill and Frank love story and why it matters greatly when Ellie continues to lose and lose. And now that she does have someone who looks after her, who she can depend on, who matters to them, she’ll be damned if she loses that connection again. For Riley’s sake and everyone else who died, Ellie will finish this journey……even if it kills her.
Considering she found a pun book, she may have also found a cheat book / guide for Mortal Kombat, I used to collect them from gaming magazines in the early 2000s.
This, plus the fact that immediately after doing it she admitted that she had been there a few times and played it before to practice before she brought Ellie there.
@@YaBoyRoshi Cheat books/guides from gaming magazines in 2001 contained all kinds of games and consoles, from NES to N64, Sega to PS1. They would just contain lists of thousands of cheat codes/ secrets and little tips from all kinds of games. We would trade them around in school all the time before the internet was common.
It was said that Riley was in the mall for quite a bit and she said she'd played the game while there so she just learned top play while being alone there
Yep. I remember reading one from my older cousin. She had tons of gaming magazines that I would spend reading while she's playing. The addition of MK2 is perfect for this timeline regardless of the world ending in '03.
I guess yall didn't catch it but Riley literally said she's already been playing the game. She's been gone for weeks and has been staying in the mall. I think Lupa just answered his own question.😂
In the podcast Craig and Neil explained that since they loved MK so much and the was no internet in ‘03 they collected these gaming magazines with move sets for MK and “how to beat” certain levels from other games that the girls most likely memorized even though they probably would never play!
Lmao the MK fatality stuff was funny. In the podcast the showrunners talked about how at the time the outbreak happened video game magazines were widely popular so they imagined they would have found and collected those magazines which is how you got guides and other info.
@@TherapyGel yeah I'm just going off of the official podcast because they were asked how the fuck they'd know the finishers and they said clearly Ellie/they have an interest in video games so they would have collected as much about them as possible to read and know more. So in their minds they just had a book that had finishers in them and memorized the characters the liked. So like they did think about it but they also didn't have to. Because what's it really matter? You're going to include a finishers lol.
@@ericmicke4130 Yeah in reality the explanation isn't necessary, the setting of a mall alone gives all the details you'd need to deduce it. But speaking of which I've been loving the podcast. The extra insights have enriched the experience that much more.
You were all talking to each other but Riley mentioned that she’s played the game multiple times since she’s been staying there which explains how she knew how to do a fatality and the reason why the “clicker” took so long was because it’s not a clicker, it’s a stalker and they don’t just attack you they sneak around you, hide and plan their attack
About Riley knowing the fatality for Mortal Kombat. It's very much possible. It looks like they were fans of the game even before. They had a poster. So it's very much possible they or more importantly, Riley could have found a game magazine where the character's fatalities are listed. She stayed in the mall for some time, so she has time to practice as well. The infection started in 2003 in the show. So those 90s games magazines, like the comics, probably survived as well.
As a child of the 90s I had tons of gaming magazines and strategy guides that showed the moves. I like to imagine Reilly had one of those guides growing up. Ellie did mention having a friend that knew everything about the game.
There was a GameStop in the mall if you look carefully. Maybe she found a game magazine/guide that shows her how to do the fatality. So don't fret too much on that detail. Improbable but not impossible. Edit: Just listened to the official podcast and the creator said they thought a lot about it too. They said Ellie and Riley were obsessed with the game and would collect anything related to it, including magazine/guide about the game. They would have already memorized the fatality moves but they just could never play the game until this day.
I really love when Ellie finds the bombs, the joke Riley is telling’s punchline is “An Investigator”. Like mini (immediate)foreshadowing that the conversation is about to switch gears
This episode, just like the Left Behind DLC, is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. When Ellie and Riley are having the time of their lives playing around the mall and especially the arcade I felt absolutely elated. I especially loved how this was also a first date between them, even though they didn’t really know it was a date. And then when they finally kissed I couldn’t help but hold my heart because I thought it would burst from pure joy. And after they both get bit I felt my heart break even harder than in the game. On the “Inside The Episode” after the show they talked about how even though Ellie felt absolutely defeated she still wants to savor every second of time that she has with the ones she loves. And it shows when she is stitching Joel up and the Left Behind theme is playing.
In the post-show podcast, they explain that Riley and Ellie learned the fatalities by finding old gaming magazines. Basically, they learned about MK2, thought it was dope, and would pick up anything they found that was related to it. I think even the creators knew that's kind of a hand-wavy explanation to justify having the cool fatality in the show but it does the job.
The first fatality I learned when I was 3 years old was mileenas fatal they showed here. It’s just “hold high kick for 2 seconds” my cousin showed it to me haha so I could believe it if they weren’t in an apocalypse
I thought i was the only onee!! Especially when they were in the arcade and the camera panned away to the clicker it gave me huge stranger things vibes 😭
12:42 I love that i relate to this so much. In a world of fungus people, the most unreal thing is that this child learned how to do a MK2 fatality on her own without any assistance.
thank you for pointing out the crew members in that bridge shot. you guys aren't the only channel that mentioned seeing people, but i couldn't find them... i was looking on the opposite side of the bridge. :)
What I liked about episode seven is that they adapted this from the first game’s downloadable content Left Behind because this explored Ellie’s backstory and we get to see her time meeting and spending time with her friend Riley moments before Riley had succumbed to the infection. Fun fact, Storm Reid, who played Riley in episode seven, also stars in the teen drama TV series Euphoria with Zendaya.
in the 3rd ep, ellie talks about riley knowing everything there was to know about the game, the poster in the room is rileys, no internet, but game guides would have been plentiful
Other people probably have already said, but Riley is played by Storm Reid! She's in Euphoria, A Wrinkle In Time, The Suicide Squad and a lot of other projects.
It’s funny you were talking about Euphoria since Storm Reid is the sister to Rue in the show. She’s also in A Wrinkle in Time, Missing, and in Suicide Squad she’s the daughter we see in the opening.
6:27. Ellie does have a point: the FEDRA in Kansas City got wiped out by Kathleen's militia, & 2 weeks later a horde takes out most of the militia then makes its way to the city with almost no one left to defend it.
I think Riley knowing the combos and fatalities was an early hint of just how long she’d actually been in that mall. She told Ellie she’d just found it, but had been there long enough to figure out how to play. That doesn’t answer the question of why she didn’t do a full sweep of the mall in all that time, but it’s the best I got lol
Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin explained in the the official podcast that Riley found a videogame magazine that listed the fatalities. I had the same reaction as you two though 😂
They had instructions for MK2 back then cause I had the strategy guide and still have it where it tells you all the moves. They had strategy guides going back to FF7 in 1997 and before as the one I had is dated for 1993...
She could easily know the MK moves list. She got Ellie the pun book right? Well, she was in a book store, and what else was popular at the time? Strategy Guides. She could have found an MK 2 Guide at Barnes and Nobel. There's also a chance she got it where she got the poster. That MK poster is from an EGM magazine. That magazine would have had the moves list and all known Fatalities at the time. Hell if it's the issue I'm thinking of, EGM even came out with a pamplet that had all of that in it, as well as how to do Juggle combos, and I think a guide on who was weak/strongest against everyone else. So there's logical ways to have found out the Fatalities.
This could very well explain it. I remember doing that around 2003 instead of just flat out buying the strategy guide. Go to the bookstore, read it, and retain information until you got back.
12:40 my guess is Riley found the Official Fighter’s Companion at some point. It has the fatality codes in them right? It’s been a while I don’t really remember lol
I’m sure the fatalities were also on the graphics all over the machine. There’s an arcade by my crib and some of the old machines have combo list next to the buttons as a guide
Given the MK2 poster maybe Riley looked for game magazines and/or one of the clue books - they were fairly big even back in '03. And one of them could have the FATALITY codes.
In the bts clip, Druckman mentioned they had the MKII guide. Would have been better if they showed it because even with a guide the MK games had ridiculous inputs.
I said the same thing about the fatalities lmao. It's explained in the segment after the episode that one of the things they'd find were video game guides (Riley probably found one at Gamestop). I remember that was the era we had to rely on those things.
Regarding the Mortal Kombat fatalities, they could have found a player's guide or some similar cheat book because back in 2003 those were very common. So the fatalities could have been in one of those books or a magazine.
In MK II, Baraka and Mileena are boyfriend and girlfriend in the game. Both Ellie and Riley chose to play as them at the arcade. Whether the creators knew it or not, their gameplay did showcase a grim foreshadowing.
Riley was chilling in a mall for days, she probably found a cheat code magazine (they had those in 2003) and practiced it. I'm sure there was a GameStop in there, they're in every mall.
The Left Behind DLC was hectic to play. I really liked the parts they adapted for the TV show. Props to Ellie for literally pulling Joel back together.
All things considered that was a pretty happy episode. I know the bar is low in that category, but showing Riley and Ellie just enjoying their last few moments together and tying that to Joel at the end with Joel and Ellie holding hands was very sweet 😭
They used to have video game magazines, maybe she found one and studied it wishing she could one day play, so she finally got the opportunity to use what she learned
The creators said they knew the MK2 moves because they found magazines that had them in it. That's actually a real thing as those were still around in the early 2000s
Riley wasn't going to be shoveling "doo doo", but monitoring citizens that sign up for it and make sure they do their job so she would be a patrol officer.
as crag mazine said there was secret code books for games back then and they were fan of the mortal combat and they probably read it even knowing theyre never gonna play it .
Before having the means to get consoles or playing PC games, I got into gaming and anime magazines, those gaming ones had the fatality list, Riley and Ellie, if she had the poster, that means she had access to old magazines covering the game or maybe the fatality list is on the side of the arcade, there are tons of ways people knew about this, it is a 1993 game.
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Lets take a trip to the mall!
YES!!! FINALLY!
As soon as I saw Riley I knew I was about to be in pain. I think it might've been the first episode where I was audibly crying. I teared up a little when they buried Sam & Henry but not like this 😭
Nah you got it.
why are y'all never reacting to Eminence in Shadow??? Top 5 isekai shows, and much better then Anos, which you enjoyed for the same type of content, even though that had less of what y'all would like then Eminence
THE GIRL WHO PLAYS RILEY IS FROM EUPHORIA!!! LUPA EVEN MENTIONED EUPHORIA ON THE CAROSEL!!! RUE'S YOUNGER SISTER
The editor is really like the 4th member of the couch, because the jokes ALWAYS hit 😂
they should really have him for a surprise reaction
like how they did with yaboyrocklee
loool yoo i remember saying this somewhere before--this is facts!
“Starring s1 Abby” had me ROLLING
11:18 cracked me up 😂 that was funny asf
Edit: 13:34 i literally screamed, this editor needs a raise lmaoooo
@@leafwinters3468 who's their editor?
I love that they made Ellie hit the flashlight in the same way they made the player hit the controller to toggle the flashlight. It’s the small things that makes me appreciate this show even more!
I never hit the controller, I just shook it. Interesting!
Also when Riley shines the flashlight in her eyes, she says "Ow" like how the characters squint in TLOU and Uncharted if you shine the light in their face.
@@jackiekreutzer166 It's crazy to me that they implemented this feature in real life too
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Just shows how goated the series is, they made it in real life 💪
You're supposed to hit it? I always kind of jiggled it
what makes left behind even sadder is that ellie most likely had to kill riley when she turned
In the game she probably did it, but they never say. In the series, however, she kinda confirmed it when she said "He wasn't my first" after killing Bryan 😥
@@JwanCortez yeah i agree, i’m pretty sure she had to kill her in the game too :( really sad
The series is basically explicit about it - she did kill her. Who else would have been her first kill?
Riley is played by Storm Reid who is currently the little sister to Rue in Euphoria. Plays Bloodsport’s daughter in The Sucide Squad.
...the daughter in The Invisible Man and the main character in Disney's A Wrinkle In Time
I KNEW she looked familiar! She's in EVERYTHING.
She’s so talented
she killed it in Suicide Squad! so funny and real
Yall kidding, right? Her acting was VERY bad! Not even a joke! She cannot act.
They adapted Left Behind perfectly. Storm and Bella were incredible and this episode was another 10/10 for me. Best video game adaptation ever in my opinion. Extremely sad we only have 2 episodes left.
They skipped the entirety of Ellie getting supplies from a crashed helicopter. She just found thred upstairs.
@@Babylauncher3000 not that deep lol
@@Babylauncher3000 That part of the game was never as important so that’s likely why they skipped it and decided to focus more on Ellie and Riley/Ellie’s backstory which is what Left Behind was more about than anything. They were also still able to show how much Ellie cares about Joel in the few scenes they had this episode but made it much more condensed and palatable for a TV show. Those few scenes carried the same emotional weight as the game as well so I don’t see how you could complain about that.
They didn’t show the infected chasing them the show been ok so far they’ve been cutting out a lot of scenes and toned down the violence hopefully when joe is looking for ellie he goes into beast mode
@@Cloudcity20 I'm just sayin you shouldn't call an adaptation of DLC "perfect" if it cuts 40% of the DLC. What they did adapt they did adapt perfectly but the DLC itself was definitely streamlined.
i actually listened to the podcast for this episode and they said the memory of what riley said stayed with ellie. whether you have 2 minutes or 2 days you don't give up because you love each other and joel is the person she loves the most right now so she will fight to the bitter end for him
It’s safe to assume they probably had a book that had the fatalities. In 2003 those guides where gold to a fighting gamer. She knew the Baraka fatality combination. Only possible with a book they found.
It might’ve been on the back of her poster
also, game magazines were BIG in the 90s and 2000s. big titles like MK2 DEFINITELY got full game guide articles in GamePro and the like back in the day.
Confirmed in the official Podcast!
Oh yes, that makes a lot of sense. I loved those guides back then and forgot all about them
Huge shoutout to Storm Reid’s portrayal (Euphoria, The Invisible Man, Suicide Squad) as Riley because her performance is what stole the episode for me!
For those that played the DLC, she at least got the chance to ride the carousel. 😢
I knew I recognized her but couldn’t put my finger on it, thanks!
She’s always playing small characters but she would kill it as a main character one day
@@DelaHorror she was the main character in that movie "missing" that just came out as well as "a wrinkle in time" from 2018
@@DelaHorror she did recently star in the movie “Searching” & she’s the main character so I have a feeling she slayed that part as well
@@victoriam438 she was never in missing. She's in the 2nd part of the film
Context clues. If Ellie could find an MK II poster, it stands to reason Riley could find a strategy guide or old issue of EGM or Gamepro. She found the pun book, after all.
Ellie earlier in the season: it wasn't the first time I killed someone.
It's kinda fucked. Someone pointed out in your episode 5 reaction that Henry's first legit kill was his brother. For Ellie, it was her best friend she was in love with
I actually buy that Riley knew how to do the fatality for a simple detail: they were in an Arcade. The one I used to play had a whole sheet of codes for each game with combos and fatalities. So much memories.
I was going to say I’ve played on some arcade tables hat had all the Fatalities listed where all the buttons are. But they weren’t looking down so yeah I’ve with Roshi, my suspension of disbelief couldn’t accept that 😂
But Riley said she played before that day @@StreetDzine . It would be strange if Ellie did one without support.
One thing they changed from the game was that Ellie already knew about Marlene prior to Riley mentioning she was the one who recruited her. In left behind the game Marlenes name was already known to Fedra and the soldiers
What they didn't know was that Ellies mom was a Firefly so when she died she put Ellie in the Boston QZ as an orphan so they wouldn't kill her
LOVE THIS COMMENT! I’m sure many people didn’t catch that which sucks but I definitely noticed those changes as well.
When Joel told Ellie to go NORTH,her life as Lyanna Mormont with the whitewalkers literally flashed before her eyes and she said she ain't about to relive all that😂
This episode was heartbreaking but necessary to understand more of Ellie's perspective and behavior. Bella killed it as always and Storm did a fantastic job too, she has been amazing on Euphoria and did not disappoint here
Lmaoo the line about her having drills after falling on the roof killed me, yall are hilarious af 🤣
Between the heartwarming cute moments showcasing Ellie and Riley finally being able to act like kids again for once, if only for a little while...... only to rip it all away again for the seventh time in a row (damn you, show), this never ending River of tragedy that follows Ellie is emblematic of not just the shows central theme but why Ellie continues to fight, to carry on.
It showcases her and Riley on opposite sides of an ideological, real and tribalistic conflict before they lay down their arms and come together to just be close for a little while because they're each others purpose in this moment; a fascinating parallel to the Bill and Frank love story and why it matters greatly when Ellie continues to lose and lose. And now that she does have someone who looks after her, who she can depend on, who matters to them, she’ll be damned if she loses that connection again.
For Riley’s sake and everyone else who died, Ellie will finish this journey……even if it kills her.
13:31 the most i've laughed on a roshi vid LMAOOO lupa was killing me this whole episode
They adapted this DLC to Episode so beautifully damn you Neil!!!!
Considering she found a pun book, she may have also found a cheat book / guide for Mortal Kombat, I used to collect them from gaming magazines in the early 2000s.
This, plus the fact that immediately after doing it she admitted that she had been there a few times and played it before to practice before she brought Ellie there.
Mortal Kombat 2 came out in 1993!! Lmao where would she find that book? Remember everything stopped around 2003
@@YaBoyRoshi Cheat books/guides from gaming magazines in 2001 contained all kinds of games and consoles, from NES to N64, Sega to PS1. They would just contain lists of thousands of cheat codes/ secrets and little tips from all kinds of games. We would trade them around in school all the time before the internet was common.
It was said that Riley was in the mall for quite a bit and she said she'd played the game while there so she just learned top play while being alone there
Yep. I remember reading one from my older cousin. She had tons of gaming magazines that I would spend reading while she's playing. The addition of MK2 is perfect for this timeline regardless of the world ending in '03.
I guess yall didn't catch it but Riley literally said she's already been playing the game. She's been gone for weeks and has been staying in the mall. I think Lupa just answered his own question.😂
i guess you didn't watched the outro where they explain that it is not possible to make a fatality move even if riley played for weeks. 😂
@pie yota kobi I did and it is possible especially when you don't know exactly how she learned it.
@@pieyotakobi2940 it is possible 🤣🤣🤣
In the podcast Craig and Neil explained that since they loved MK so much and the was no internet in ‘03 they collected these gaming magazines with move sets for MK and “how to beat” certain levels from other games that the girls most likely memorized even though they probably would never play!
Sheera literally said that...
Lmao the MK fatality stuff was funny. In the podcast the showrunners talked about how at the time the outbreak happened video game magazines were widely popular so they imagined they would have found and collected those magazines which is how you got guides and other info.
Not sure if they'd have arcade cabinet codes but those Cheat Code books that came out yearly were huge back then too, could also explain it.
@@TherapyGel yeah I'm just going off of the official podcast because they were asked how the fuck they'd know the finishers and they said clearly Ellie/they have an interest in video games so they would have collected as much about them as possible to read and know more. So in their minds they just had a book that had finishers in them and memorized the characters the liked.
So like they did think about it but they also didn't have to. Because what's it really matter? You're going to include a finishers lol.
@@ericmicke4130 Yeah in reality the explanation isn't necessary, the setting of a mall alone gives all the details you'd need to deduce it. But speaking of which I've been loving the podcast. The extra insights have enriched the experience that much more.
@@TherapyGel it's been really fun to hear the explanations for what's different and all that. Really just adds layers to it all.
13:34
God damn Lupa's cracked laugh brings me a warm smile. Keep it real Roshi Sheera n Lupa :)
You were all talking to each other but Riley mentioned that she’s played the game multiple times since she’s been staying there which explains how she knew how to do a fatality and the reason why the “clicker” took so long was because it’s not a clicker, it’s a stalker and they don’t just attack you they sneak around you, hide and plan their attack
About Riley knowing the fatality for Mortal Kombat. It's very much possible.
It looks like they were fans of the game even before. They had a poster. So it's very much possible they or more importantly, Riley could have found a game magazine where the character's fatalities are listed. She stayed in the mall for some time, so she has time to practice as well.
The infection started in 2003 in the show. So those 90s games magazines, like the comics, probably survived as well.
As a child of the 90s I had tons of gaming magazines and strategy guides that showed the moves. I like to imagine Reilly had one of those guides growing up. Ellie did mention having a friend that knew everything about the game.
There was a GameStop in the mall if you look carefully. Maybe she found a game magazine/guide that shows her how to do the fatality. So don't fret too much on that detail. Improbable but not impossible.
Edit: Just listened to the official podcast and the creator said they thought a lot about it too. They said Ellie and Riley were obsessed with the game and would collect anything related to it, including magazine/guide about the game. They would have already memorized the fatality moves but they just could never play the game until this day.
"That was awesome. Where's the exit" LOL same. I was anxious they were in danger the entire time
I really love when Ellie finds the bombs, the joke Riley is telling’s punchline is “An Investigator”. Like mini (immediate)foreshadowing that the conversation is about to switch gears
This episode, just like the Left Behind DLC, is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. When Ellie and Riley are having the time of their lives playing around the mall and especially the arcade I felt absolutely elated. I especially loved how this was also a first date between them, even though they didn’t really know it was a date. And then when they finally kissed I couldn’t help but hold my heart because I thought it would burst from pure joy.
And after they both get bit I felt my heart break even harder than in the game. On the “Inside The Episode” after the show they talked about how even though Ellie felt absolutely defeated she still wants to savor every second of time that she has with the ones she loves. And it shows when she is stitching Joel up and the Left Behind theme is playing.
Love the touch of Ellie wearing the Nathan Drake shirt from uncharted, also the naughty dog keychain the Fedra guy had, very nice
In the post-show podcast, they explain that Riley and Ellie learned the fatalities by finding old gaming magazines. Basically, they learned about MK2, thought it was dope, and would pick up anything they found that was related to it. I think even the creators knew that's kind of a hand-wavy explanation to justify having the cool fatality in the show but it does the job.
The first fatality I learned when I was 3 years old was mileenas fatal they showed here. It’s just “hold high kick for 2 seconds” my cousin showed it to me haha so I could believe it if they weren’t in an apocalypse
Right on! Seeing Ellie and Riley exploring the mall reminds me of when Eleven and Max went to the mall together back in S3 of Stranger Things. ❤
I thought i was the only onee!! Especially when they were in the arcade and the camera panned away to the clicker it gave me huge stranger things vibes 😭
13:32 Lupasan never disappoints 🤣I just spat coke all over my goddamn monitor 💀
Black mirror episode 😂
Sorry lmao
bro im fucking cryinggg
@@bando3107 She was staring hella deep into her eyes after that win 😂😂😂
The girl who played Riley (Storm Reid) also played Bloodsport's daughter in The Suicide Squad
12:42 I love that i relate to this so much. In a world of fungus people, the most unreal thing is that this child learned how to do a MK2 fatality on her own without any assistance.
The Move List is usually on the Machine
Having Micro braids in a apocalypse is crazy
thank you for pointing out the crew members in that bridge shot. you guys aren't the only channel that mentioned seeing people, but i couldn't find them... i was looking on the opposite side of the bridge. :)
What I liked about episode seven is that they adapted this from the first game’s downloadable content Left Behind because this explored Ellie’s backstory and we get to see her time meeting and spending time with her friend Riley moments before Riley had succumbed to the infection. Fun fact, Storm Reid, who played Riley in episode seven, also stars in the teen drama TV series Euphoria with Zendaya.
6:50 I LAUGHED SO HARD AT THIS😭😭
in the 3rd ep, ellie talks about riley knowing everything there was to know about the game, the poster in the room is rileys, no internet, but game guides would have been plentiful
13:34 damn that was genuine bro love right there.
In the after credits, Neil explains that Ellie would read game magazines/guides on Mortal Combat, so thats how they knew about the fatalities.
6:49. Y’all are too much. Her face on Miguel’s body FLOORED me 😂
Macho Nacho is an Uncharted Easter Egg. Elena’s (Nathan Drakes Wife) first job was at a Macho Nacho
Other people probably have already said, but Riley is played by Storm Reid! She's in Euphoria, A Wrinkle In Time, The Suicide Squad and a lot of other projects.
It’s funny you were talking about Euphoria since Storm Reid is the sister to Rue in the show.
She’s also in A Wrinkle in Time, Missing, and in Suicide Squad she’s the daughter we see in the opening.
6:27. Ellie does have a point: the FEDRA in Kansas City got wiped out by Kathleen's militia, & 2 weeks later a horde takes out most of the militia then makes its way to the city with almost no one left to defend it.
They adapted the left behind DLC so well so good
I think Riley knowing the combos and fatalities was an early hint of just how long she’d actually been in that mall. She told Ellie she’d just found it, but had been there long enough to figure out how to play. That doesn’t answer the question of why she didn’t do a full sweep of the mall in all that time, but it’s the best I got lol
1:00 “some really sad stuff”, that’s pretty much the motto for TLoU
13:34 might just be one of the best moments in this channel 😂😂😂
I love how they added some scenes form Ellie’s comic 9/10 episode
not really it was borring tbh but not bad 7.5/10
@@valas_vip9203 wrong. 10/10 episode. Nothing was boring about this
I agree 10/10 the show takes it time to tell a story and not just some mindless action
@@imjustmekai6176 u r saying 10/10 because it was gay ep but the truth is it was boring ep af
@@enjoieart3058 but the story itself was borring
Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin explained in the the official podcast that Riley found a videogame magazine that listed the fatalities. I had the same reaction as you two though 😂
I think arcade games had manuals yall, she probably just found them
They had instructions for MK2 back then cause I had the strategy guide and still have it where it tells you all the moves. They had strategy guides going back to FF7 in 1997 and before as the one I had is dated for 1993...
She could easily know the MK moves list. She got Ellie the pun book right? Well, she was in a book store, and what else was popular at the time? Strategy Guides. She could have found an MK 2 Guide at Barnes and Nobel. There's also a chance she got it where she got the poster. That MK poster is from an EGM magazine. That magazine would have had the moves list and all known Fatalities at the time. Hell if it's the issue I'm thinking of, EGM even came out with a pamplet that had all of that in it, as well as how to do Juggle combos, and I think a guide on who was weak/strongest against everyone else. So there's logical ways to have found out the Fatalities.
This could very well explain it. I remember doing that around 2003 instead of just flat out buying the strategy guide. Go to the bookstore, read it, and retain information until you got back.
13:36 bro this shit had me dying, y'all funny af
12:40 my guess is Riley found the Official Fighter’s Companion at some point. It has the fatality codes in them right? It’s been a while I don’t really remember lol
Riley must have found a Mortal Kombat Game Guide in the same store she found the pun book, probably like an old Borders or something in the mall.
I’m sure the fatalities were also on the graphics all over the machine. There’s an arcade by my crib and some of the old machines have combo list next to the buttons as a guide
Given the MK2 poster maybe Riley looked for game magazines and/or one of the clue books - they were fairly big even back in '03.
And one of them could have the FATALITY codes.
Lupa did not miss with those "Hey Bro" bits xD
Storm played Riley to perfection
Spirit Halloween isn't even deterred by an apocalypse. Even infected are going "Damn, these things are everywhere."
In the bts clip, Druckman mentioned they had the MKII guide. Would have been better if they showed it because even with a guide the MK games had ridiculous inputs.
I said the same thing about the fatalities lmao. It's explained in the segment after the episode that one of the things they'd find were video game guides (Riley probably found one at Gamestop). I remember that was the era we had to rely on those things.
Cheat codes and secret moves used to be in physical magazines you know, and those are still laying around. And they collect those things.
Regarding the Mortal Kombat fatalities, they could have found a player's guide or some similar cheat book because back in 2003 those were very common. So the fatalities could have been in one of those books or a magazine.
Sheera at 12:52 had me rolling!
I’m so glad I found y’all, I love your reactions!
Not y’all matching mugs and drinking at the exact same time 😂 🙏
3:22
At 0:02 left and lower side. Are those people standing there with cameras? Omg are they the film crew? Lol they're in the shot?
I saw Black Lagoon and Oregairu on the Patreon watchlist. I'm really excited and I hope you guys post it on RUclips💜
In MK II, Baraka and Mileena are boyfriend and girlfriend in the game. Both Ellie and Riley chose to play as them at the arcade. Whether the creators knew it or not, their gameplay did showcase a grim foreshadowing.
Lupa, I feel your love of pinball.
😤😤😤
There’s a GameStop right there in the mall. You telling me they don’t have a game informer magazine with the MK moves in there? 😏
Riley was chilling in a mall for days, she probably found a cheat code magazine (they had those in 2003) and practiced it. I'm sure there was a GameStop in there, they're in every mall.
The Left Behind DLC was hectic to play. I really liked the parts they adapted for the TV show. Props to Ellie for literally pulling Joel back together.
I just assumed Riley learned the fatality from reading an old school game magazine. Or maybe an older firefly passed on the knowledge.
That “S1 Abby” edit when Bethany showed up on screen got me 😂
All things considered that was a pretty happy episode. I know the bar is low in that category, but showing Riley and Ellie just enjoying their last few moments together and tying that to Joel at the end with Joel and Ellie holding hands was very sweet 😭
Riley found a moldy print out of the combos from GameFaqs circa 2001 that’s my head canon
Lupa is so god damn funny bro🤣🤣🤣 this dude when he went “yeah!! Yeah! Yeaaaah-“🤣
That shit was perfectly funny lol
**Zombies n shit**
Roshi, Sheera, and Lupa: 😁
**Unexplainable Mortal Kombat Proficiency**
Roshi, Sheera, and Lupa: 🤨🤨
11:19 Hahahah you killed me with the Robert Paul Champagne soundbite. Try it out!
Immediately looked for this comment when I heard it lol. A man of culture
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I need a lease and a key!
Riley also had a magazine with all the fatalities so I'm guessing she memorized if or had read it for so long.
Loved the chemistry with Bella and Storm! Great stuff this episode!
They used to have video game magazines, maybe she found one and studied it wishing she could one day play, so she finally got the opportunity to use what she learned
the producers of the show said Riley got the fatalities from an old video game guide. which is also the same way they probably got the posters
They should've said an older firefly member taught her the moves. That would've been more believable lol
That Jason Derulo edit in the beginning 🤣
You guys are always hitting with the edits 😂
The creators said they knew the MK2 moves because they found magazines that had them in it. That's actually a real thing as those were still around in the early 2000s
Sheras reaction whenever the girls get attacked is priceless😭👌🏾
Riley wasn't going to be shoveling "doo doo", but monitoring citizens that sign up for it and make sure they do their job so she would be a patrol officer.
At the arcade I go to they had the characters fatalities combos on the machine
as crag mazine said there was secret code books for games back then and they were fan of the mortal combat and they probably read it even knowing theyre never gonna play it .
I don't know about arcades back then but they usually have the move list on the Panel
About the MK2 fatalities. Most likely she got the finishing moves information from an old magazine that she found.
Before having the means to get consoles or playing PC games, I got into gaming and anime magazines, those gaming ones had the fatality list, Riley and Ellie, if she had the poster, that means she had access to old magazines covering the game or maybe the fatality list is on the side of the arcade, there are tons of ways people knew about this, it is a 1993 game.
*6:53* not Sheera in the Miguel pose😂💀