I think the last half of the season really showcased why Bella Ramsey was such a good casting choice. I always knew she was good, but damn, she might be up for awards consideration...
@@gamersthumbs4673 ha! no kiddin’ - i just turned 40 (yikes!) - also occurred to me regardless of age there might not be a ton of overlap between people familiar with 90s Broadway and zombie apocalypse gamers, but here we are! i feel seen :0) anyway, idk how well you know the show, but there’s an exchange in which Roger, one of several characters dying of AIDS, accuses his best friend, a videographer named Mark, of hiding behind his camera, pretending “to create and observe when you really detach from feeling alive,” to which he retorts, “perhaps it’s because i’m the one of us to survive”
About the clickers; in the games, you usually want to approach them stealthily and stab them in the neck with a knife or a makeshift blade, because it takes a couple of headshots to kill them with a gun. So, game accurate! Love your reactions! It's so refreshing to see someone blindly reacting to a story I grew up with, and I'm happy you're enjoying it so much.
Pedro has been amazing throughout (as he is in everything I've seen him in), but I have to say that in this episode at least, Bella Ramsey absolutely KILLED it.
He nails it, every time. For some reason, I thought Season 3 of The Mandalorian was starting today, and I've been in a funk since discovering it won't for a couple more weeks. Also, I just saw an interview with Bella where she asks the interviewer if it's bad she's never seen The Mandalorian.
@@VerowakReacts I really enjoyed Obi-Wan Kenobi. Many people who despise Episodes 1-3 agree that Ewan MacGregor's performance was the only decent thing about them. I think that's a little extreme, but he was very good. I don't suppose you've watched the Rogue One movie, which was fantastic, but the Andor spin-off series was also excellent.
Always look forward to your genuine reaction to each episode - and your anxiety over anything happening to Ellie and Joel is absolutely shared!! Those moments of understanding and understanding between them are like gems to cherish in between all the pain and conflict they come across! Glad we get the time in between episodes to regain our composure and fry our eyes!
I'm pretty sure that Joel was also hitting the clickers that Ellie stabbed and that was why she was physically jolting away from them... so yeah you may be right about it taking more than just Ellie's stab to kill clickers.
well. tbh, in the game you could kill clickers with a shiv. In the second episode they were realy resistent to the gunshots and to the axe, but i guess now they are returning to the game "ways". We'll see.
@@Blood8563 she's been pretty clear about not wanting any info that hasn't been said in the show so I was supposing based on just what we've seen in show.
Fun fact: Jeffrey Pierce (Perry) is Tommy's voice in the game. This is cool to see voice actors from the game getting to play characters in the show. We are yet to see Troy Baker (Joel) and Ashley Johnson (Ellie) though. I love your reactions: genuine with brilliant thinking!
My daughter always wondered how i know/taught her sign. Its b/c my illegitimate deaf brother got in touch w/ me when he was a teen, and i just started college. Back then we typed conversations for hours/days/weeks/months, but when we actually met... i had to be his eyes and voice on multiple occasions. Hes a successful chef now, but it was hard learning to be a brother to my brother b/c he is deaf. Me and my daughter have this secret language in sign that no one really sees.
I think that's great! I knew a girl at school who was mostly deaf, but she was really good at reading lips. It seemed like a superpower to me. It's also neat that you and your daughter now have a secret language 😊
"Revolution" is never the panacea that everyone expects. More often than not, old leaders are replaced with ones that are at least as corrupt and brutal. Kathleen was simply the Madame Defarge of Kansas City.
What's crazy is that the original leader of the revolution, her brother Michael, was a great guy according to Henry and everyone. If Henry hadn't done what he did, and if Kathleen wasn't so bloodthirsty for revenge, things would've probably gone much better for Kansas City after they took down FEDRA
@@VerowakReacts yeah driving the infected underground like that was a ticking time bomb that I think was gonna bring down KC no matter who was in charge
@@system0fadowner251 Definitely. I guess it's more of a I don't have to deal with the consequences of my own actions at the moment, so it's a good idea :D
Couldn't agree more :) Best part of this episode was the horde with the Balrog! That one scene must have been a fortune to film but damn worth it! Happy Valentines Day Verowak💞
It feels like absolute chaos to film! I never cheered for the infected so much... then promptly regretted everything. Happy Valentines day to you too!!
Ellie didn't give her blood to Sam because she thought it would make him feel better so he could go to sleep, and she most definitely never had a thought to kill him in his sleep or even if he was awake, she did it (imho) because she genuinely thought it might work, she knows her blood/immune system is the key to stopping infections once bitten, if anything in that moment was going to save Sam (at least in her mind), was giving him some of her blood, no matter how minuscule that chance was, it was still a chance to save a child and a new friend. 🤔
Like you said, every hero is the villain in someone else's story. Henry was Sam's hero, he was Kathleen's villain. Joel is Ellie's hero, he was Bryan's villain etc..
In the game, clickers can take multiple shots to the body before slowing them down. It took so much to kill them in episode 2 up until the head shots. You can kill a clicker with one strike (in the game) by either getting a head shot or taking a shiv/knife to their heads. Ellie's scene was kind of supposed to be symbolic of that even though it looks like she got them closer to the neck.
The fact that Henry’s first proper direct kill is his own 8 year old brother… I think he did a great job or portraying absolute shock. Also ngl this isn’t a spoiler but we spend way more time with Henry and Sam in the game so I was almost hoping that the stuff in the end wouldn’t happen until next episode and we’d get a bit more time with them… but nope they just had to stab me in the heart now
Didn't matter. The actors were too good and I loved them immediately. That episode actually made me ugly cry when I watched it the first time. Still makes me cry...
The proper name for the "Balrog" is in the credits, so I don't think it's meant to be a secret. But I'm obviously not going to type it out in case you want it to be revealed when first mentioned "in-tlou-world".
This was a great episode and it gives new audiences a taste for when they adapt part 2. Different perspectives, parallel situations, and the my actions are justified by my grief.
2:54 - Remember when Joel and Ellie were first driving down one of the streets in Kansas City and went past an alleyway with a pile of charred, smoldering bodies? That was probably these people, "the rats".
This episode was heartbreaking and tragic I as a fan who plays the video game already felt that the death of Henry and Sam was coming and I didn't want to see it because it was the part that broke me the most in the game and thanks to the series they did it again, especially that scene of Ellie with Sam quarting with his blood was super tender and sad, overall this episode was a 10/10 for me is the best of the series so far❤️
It's good that even though you've played the game, the episodes are still very emotional. The biggest difference is that you know what will happen and can be sad earlier 😭
lol... when that new, big Infected showed up on screen, I totally expected you to make a "Balrog" reference (...must have been the flames in the background and stuff...) and I was low-key disappointed you didn't... thus I was kinda happy when you called it a "Balrog" later... sometimes it's the little things that make your day... xD
Wow you have probably the calmest reaction to all the powerful scenes in the show I've seen. You didn't even get excited when the infected Ran out for underground.
The person being dragged behind the truck wasn't a collaborator, it was a FEDRA soldier or officer. He didn't get a trial. It was collaborators who were bing offerred the trial for surrendering. Joel knows how to use a rifle, having never used this particular type, he needed a few shots to figure out how it specifically behaves, like does it pull more to the right, does it sight lower than it looks? Once he got that down, he was pretty dead on. The actual overthrow of FEDRA was within the last 2 weeks, the rebels never really got anything set up after, Kathleen was so adamant about finding Henry and Sam. I'm a little glad they didn't make just smearing Ellie Blood on a fresh bite a remedy. It wouldn't take long for someone to let that slip after being saved. Ellie would then be a highly prized bounty. If you actually wanted to know, they spoil the name of the boss of this episode in the closing credits. If you consider the closing credits separate from the episode, thus spoiler.
at this point , my monday is incomplete without the last of us new episode. great reaction as always and again hbo doing its best at character development
I was a bit confused since I was expecting to have an episode to watch Monday but no, it was this past Friday lol. Thank you and the character development in this series is top notch, and the acting too!
She killed one clicker by hitting him in the neck. The second one she hit kinda in the shoulder and Joel sniped it. It's funny because her knife in the games is pretty much overpowered, as it is an unbreakable shiv that can be used indefinitely when you play her, making her an extremely strong stealth character that can even easily take out clickers (the previous stages Joel can strangle to death but he needs to craft shivs to stealth kill clickers). In the game you'd also already would've met and fought one of the "balrog" ones in Bill's town.
That was like the orcs bringing the cave troll to the fight (I actually wrote that before you brought it up in the video). Also, I guess Joel is, in general, not sucky at shooting, after all
@@VerowakReacts I just watched a video of the stages of Cordyceps infection. That thing was definitely the cave troll. There are more horrifying stages coming, apparently. We'll know which one's the Balrog when it's dragging Joel into a chasm and he tells Ellie to "Fly, you fool".
Everyone else's reaction to the child clicker in the van has been one of disgust, but yours is positively upbeat with appreciation for its athleticism 🤣😂 I can't with you 😂💜
Ellie really was hoping her blood would heal. I wish she had told joel and henry about sam’s bite, because then maybe henry could have had some time to say bye to sam. And also he wouldnt have to be the one to shoot his brother and possibly not resort to suicide.
The clickers have a tough armored covering on their head and are hard to kill with a gun. If you have a knife, you can stab them in the neck and get under the armor for a one hit kill. The game mechanic was similar.
@@VerowakReacts Yeah that's fair, I just thought I'd mention it. In the game, just after the first encounter with one, Ellie asks Joel "What was up with that big guy?" and he tells her what they're called and how they come about. So it feels odd that they're not revealing them so easily in the show.
I had to talk to a friend about the story of Last of Us. We share an English/Lit teacher that was really hard on us to understand meaning and how a story flows. In tragedies there are no right choices. Everything is wrong and the story in tragedies is to see the human condition in the worst possible circumstances. This is why I do not go to operas. Its about the worst of everything. Episode 3 was the "happy" episode according to Druckmann the creator of the story in the game and the show. Soooo its all going to be sad. This is about the end of humanity. The last of us. Personally I expect most everyone we come into contact with to die. Logically I don't see how humanity moves forward on a planet were a fungus is the new dominate species. Fun story to write but gut wrenching to watch and hope for a happy end. I love it.
I am loving every minute of this series. Finally a series that is endlessly dark and shows human nature. I love being able to see how everyone is doing the right thing from their own perspective. Episode 3 was definitely a happy episode for the characters in question, it was so amazing.
Seeing this play out live action and with more character building made it hit like nothing I've experienced before... That was a tough watch for me tbh.
I think it's great that they were able to add in additional character building. I've heard a lot of people say that which is great for those who have played the game since there are some things that are new to them
What a lot of people don't know is KC has a lot of tunnels both finished, partially finished, and unfished mining caves for limestone. You can drive semi-trucks into some of them and turn around in them easily. "I don't know if they are cursed." Whenever I hear something like this I always think of a line from "Lone Survivor" "There's no curses. It's just Afghanistan, that's all." In this case it would be 'There's no curses, its just the apocalypse.''
@@VerowakReacts yeah there are places places for tours. I think there are some smaller ones done up to stay in. And the bigger ones trucks can drive in, they are actually used for storage and hauling goods so trucks regularly drive at least of of the bigger ones. Search Kansas City caves there are some pictures of them, including the ones the trucks go in.
As irrational as it may have been for Henry to react how he did with that gun, you also gotta see it from his perspective, bc it all happened so fast. Henry has gone to great lengths to save his brother, almost crushing the resistance of of a whole group and in that moment if he didn’t grab that gun Joel was going to kill Sam. Idek if he realized he was infected yet, or if he just instinctually tried to protect him, and when he realized it all he shot him and all of that shock rushed in I don’t find myself necessarily being angry AT him in that moment for his actions more so than I’m just so disheartened by the situation they’re all in. They’re wrong for sure, and Joel and Ellie could’ve gotten seriously hurt or killed, but there’s just so much going on in a moment that happens in maybe less than a minute
I completely understand why he acted the way he did. I'm still not going to be happy when one of my favorite characters is in danger lol Henry's reaction is perfectly human and understandable.
so apparently in the game Balrogs are called Bloaters & they throw pus grenades to infect you if you aren't close enough for them to rip your head off. it is just so emotionally destabilising to have these heartwrenchingly beautiful stories of people surviving this post-apocalypse that alternate with recoiling in terror from the monsters that caused it.
I've heard of Jesus Christ ... Who is "Jesus Murphy!"? 😂 .. Im glad you like the series! .. I try watching with my family and they start conversations during the interesting parts or start washing dishes and I love them but it drives me nuts!! so Its nice to see someone enjoy it like I do. Thanks!
I looked up Jesus Murphy and heres what I found on Urban Dictionary "A phrase uttered by Canadians who stub their toes." ... thats oddly specific ... is that a thing?
@@flaviorayo4112 Huh... it's a Canadian thing, I guess that makes sense since most people seem confused when I say that. It's DEFINITELY said when stubbing my toe, so it's accurate :D
Absolutely wild and devastating episode. Kathleen is exactly the type of leader I expect to rise up juxtaposed with FEDRA. Two extremes both extremely dangerous. I needed a bit more backstory from her but there wasn’t really more time. That once scene showed us how ruthless she is. Everyone with her agrees rats should be shot. C U L T. But anyway. Back to my heart being absolutely shattered. The Jellie was strong this episode. The way he pushed her out of the gunfire and then covered from above. Poor Ellie absolutely traumatized between Sam and then seeing Henry shoot himself. I thought Bella was absolutely the star this episode! Very well done. You’re right: 4 more heartbreaking episodes. 🙃
She is the type of leader to rise up from the FEDRA insanity. Like Perry said, her brother was a great man but didn't do anything. Kathleen took more extreme measures to get stuff done. More backstory would have been nice, I think a spinoff with her as the good guy would be neat. She's just so casual about killing people. Yeah just kill them. "save the kids", no chance. Bella did amazing, 100% the MVP of the episode. I just love seeing Joel care for her more and more. Him asking her if she's alright after Henry shot Sam. And he looked so worried and scared while up in the house trying to kill the infected around Ellie. This series is just so perfect
The collaborators were people who profited off of a fascist regime that raped, tortured and murdered for 20 years. Nobody who ratted out their friends and neighbors to FEDRA were going to walk away from that unharmed. Kathleen makes it very clear that they had blood on their hands. A quick death might be more than they deserved. It's like getting upset at the Jews in the concentration camps who beat the camp guards to death after they were liberated. Henry put his own brother over Kathleen's, and Kathleen rightfully disagreed. Everyone puts themselves in Henry's shoes but imagine if you were Kathleen. Would you have gone 'oh well he probably had his reasons'? Not likely. I think the show cheats at the end by her talking about killing Sam and Ellie to make sure the audience definitely doesn't side with her because up until that point I think Henry was the bad guy. And the harsh truth is that she was right anyway. Sam was destined to die. All the heartache, the betrayal, the violence, all the death was for nothing.
The death of the martyr brother absolutely solidified the populous of KC and allowed them to overcome Fedra. Kathreen became obsessed with revenge instead of dealing with the infected, and it was the downfall of the city.
Balrog 🤣👍 Any chance you would ever do a LOTR Extended Edition rewatch series (since I'm assuming you've already watched them)? Anyway, another great reaction. I like how your eyes say as much as your words.
I dind't buy that Henry and Sam got out of that "boss battle" unscaved as well. After that fight they would have checked for injuries. Also showing Ellie's perspective before saving Joel in the last episode didn't really click for me. Both times it's an issue of giving the viewer too much information so that they're able to figure out the twist before it actually happens. This might just have been a thing with Jeremy Webb's direction though, but we'll see.
First time I saw Kathleen I didn't recognise the actress except gut instinct said "this b* is crazy". And then I realised she was Rose from two and a half men. Well I wasn't wrong. 😅
Joel is too smart to be walking in the middle of the street, out in the open, as they escape the city. Im thinking he was sleep-deprived and not thinking clearly.
I wish we got more background on Kathleen because I really struggled to buy into her as a leader in this world. I'm OK with her being an unlikely leader, maybe even a reluctant one, but in any political/social movement there are always going to be various factions vying for control and people lining up to take leadership. As such, I think I really needed to see how she was elevated to or took leadership following her brother's death and how she maintained it. It would have been good to see how she brought about change (the overthrow of FEDRA) where her brother had failed. As for Ellie killing the Clickers, I don't think it's as simple as so many other Zombie movies and shows where a single head-shot or stab, wherever placed, is enough to kill them. My guess is that if you hit them in a part of the head that's mostly fungus as apposed to the host's brain tissue it'll keep coming at you. So yeah, I think Ellie was just lucky enough to get the first one in the right spot and I'm pretty sure the second one was still alive after she stabbed it, but Joel then shot it. Enjoying the show and your reactions. Keep 'em coming.
Another fantastic episode, HBO continus to knock it out of the park. The bloater's arrival was fuckin dope, that ending was another punch to the gut, etc. Amazing as always. And happy Valentine's Day Vero 😊
I'd like to learn more about the young blond actress they got to play the child clicker. Her part was very well choreographed. No apologies are needed for crying. I cried too. I'm sure most did. I needed time to compose my feelings as well. I think this world needs more people like us rather than people that don't have those reactions. Otherwise... we lose. That split-second yelp/scream Ellie did just as Henry shot himself, that is when I lost it. Bella deserves an award just for her performance in this episode alone, There were so many times I literally wanted to give her a hug and comfort her. yet still she has her little 'Ellie' attitude.
I would much rather if the world didn't hate on people showing emotions. I really liked seeing her being serious and opening up to Sam. Letting him know why she was afraid even though she always hides that fact otherwise
How is Kathleen in charge and why do these clowns follow her comically bad decisions? Look, it's a literal volcano of infected about to erupt! Nope, gotta find this one dude first.
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the little yelp ellie made when henry took the shot. bella ramsay is killing it.
She's doing so amazing. I find this episode really showcased that
I think the last half of the season really showcased why Bella Ramsey was such a good casting choice. I always knew she was good, but damn, she might be up for awards consideration...
@@Crazy_Diamond_75 She has been amazing in every single episode, she is definitely perfectly cast for this role!
I feel like this show has made me cry more than any other series I’ve ever watched and we’re on ep 5 lol
Yes!! So far only 1 episode hasn't had tears happen. This series is so amazing
Ellie is afraid of ending up alone because to her she is the only one who is immune. To walk this earth completely alone is a scary thought.
It's so heartbreaking :(
reminds me of Mark from Rent… probably too old a reference for you lot
@@doctaflo I'm 39 years old.. I got that reference. Lol
@@gamersthumbs4673 ha! no kiddin’ - i just turned 40 (yikes!) - also occurred to me regardless of age there might not be a ton of overlap between people familiar with 90s Broadway and zombie apocalypse gamers, but here we are! i feel seen :0)
anyway, idk how well you know the show, but there’s an exchange in which Roger, one of several characters dying of AIDS, accuses his best friend, a videographer named Mark, of hiding behind his camera, pretending “to create and observe when you really detach from feeling alive,” to which he retorts, “perhaps it’s because i’m the one of us to survive”
Lol she is afraid of ending up alone because she is a teenage orphan girl. Her immunity has nothing to do with it. It ain’t that deep.
About the clickers; in the games, you usually want to approach them stealthily and stab them in the neck with a knife or a makeshift blade, because it takes a couple of headshots to kill them with a gun. So, game accurate!
Love your reactions! It's so refreshing to see someone blindly reacting to a story I grew up with, and I'm happy you're enjoying it so much.
It's good that it's game accurate!! I'm loving this story and am ready to be heartbroken all over again while playing the game later this year 😭
Pedro has been amazing throughout (as he is in everything I've seen him in), but I have to say that in this episode at least, Bella Ramsey absolutely KILLED it.
I think she's just getting better and better!
He nails it, every time. For some reason, I thought Season 3 of The Mandalorian was starting today, and I've been in a funk since discovering it won't for a couple more weeks. Also, I just saw an interview with Bella where she asks the interviewer if it's bad she's never seen The Mandalorian.
@@chrishayes4323 I'll be starting the Mandalorian some day! Obi-Wan Kenobi series is first though
@@VerowakReacts I really enjoyed Obi-Wan Kenobi. Many people who despise Episodes 1-3 agree that Ewan MacGregor's performance was the only decent thing about them. I think that's a little extreme, but he was very good. I don't suppose you've watched the Rogue One movie, which was fantastic, but the Andor spin-off series was also excellent.
Always look forward to your genuine reaction to each episode - and your anxiety over anything happening to Ellie and Joel is absolutely shared!! Those moments of understanding and understanding between them are like gems to cherish in between all the pain and conflict they come across! Glad we get the time in between episodes to regain our composure and fry our eyes!
They're not invincible and I keep expecting something to happen to one of them, but I don't want anything to happen to either!
It's so fun to watch you figure out everything since you haven't played the game, can't wait to watch this video tonight!
I love not knowing what is going to happen and seeing what I think will happen :D
I'm pretty sure that Joel was also hitting the clickers that Ellie stabbed and that was why she was physically jolting away from them... so yeah you may be right about it taking more than just Ellie's stab to kill clickers.
The second one yeah for sure, but I didn't see anything for the first one, but that would make way more sense lol
well. tbh, in the game you could kill clickers with a shiv. In the second episode they were realy resistent to the gunshots and to the axe, but i guess now they are returning to the game "ways". We'll see.
@@Blood8563 she's been pretty clear about not wanting any info that hasn't been said in the show so I was supposing based on just what we've seen in show.
Fun fact: Jeffrey Pierce (Perry) is Tommy's voice in the game. This is cool to see voice actors from the game getting to play characters in the show. We are yet to see Troy Baker (Joel) and Ashley Johnson (Ellie) though.
I love your reactions: genuine with brilliant thinking!
That's what I found out last episode! That Perry is Tommy's voice actor and I think that's just so awesome!!
It's not a revolution, Kansas City is celebrating the Super Bowl 2023 win! :)
The infected also wanted to celebrate, though they showed up fashionably late
@@VerowakReacts Those were just the Philly fans
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My daughter always wondered how i know/taught her sign. Its b/c my illegitimate deaf brother got in touch w/ me when he was a teen, and i just started college. Back then we typed conversations for hours/days/weeks/months, but when we actually met... i had to be his eyes and voice on multiple occasions. Hes a successful chef now, but it was hard learning to be a brother to my brother b/c he is deaf. Me and my daughter have this secret language in sign that no one really sees.
I think that's great! I knew a girl at school who was mostly deaf, but she was really good at reading lips. It seemed like a superpower to me. It's also neat that you and your daughter now have a secret language 😊
"Revolution" is never the panacea that everyone expects. More often than not, old leaders are replaced with ones that are at least as corrupt and brutal. Kathleen was simply the Madame Defarge of Kansas City.
What's crazy is that the original leader of the revolution, her brother Michael, was a great guy according to Henry and everyone. If Henry hadn't done what he did, and if Kathleen wasn't so bloodthirsty for revenge, things would've probably gone much better for Kansas City after they took down FEDRA
Until the infected would break through 😂
@@VerowakReacts yeah driving the infected underground like that was a ticking time bomb that I think was gonna bring down KC no matter who was in charge
@@system0fadowner251 Definitely. I guess it's more of a I don't have to deal with the consequences of my own actions at the moment, so it's a good idea :D
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Couldn't agree more :) Best part of this episode was the horde with the Balrog! That one scene must have been a fortune to film but damn worth it!
Happy Valentines Day Verowak💞
It feels like absolute chaos to film! I never cheered for the infected so much... then promptly regretted everything. Happy Valentines day to you too!!
Ellie didn't give her blood to Sam because she thought it would make him feel better so he could go to sleep, and she most definitely never had a thought to kill him in his sleep or even if he was awake, she did it (imho) because she genuinely thought it might work, she knows her blood/immune system is the key to stopping infections once bitten, if anything in that moment was going to save Sam (at least in her mind), was giving him some of her blood, no matter how minuscule that chance was, it was still a chance to save a child and a new friend. 🤔
8:15 LMAO the realization
Took me a second to remember 😨😆
Like you said, every hero is the villain in someone else's story. Henry was Sam's hero, he was Kathleen's villain. Joel is Ellie's hero, he was Bryan's villain etc..
I like how they're showing us that everyone can be the hero or villain depending on perspective
Excited for season 2? *wink*
@@control2XS actually, yes. I am one of the "weird" ones who enjoyed part II haha
In the game, clickers can take multiple shots to the body before slowing them down. It took so much to kill them in episode 2 up until the head shots. You can kill a clicker with one strike (in the game) by either getting a head shot or taking a shiv/knife to their heads. Ellie's scene was kind of supposed to be symbolic of that even though it looks like she got them closer to the neck.
As long as you get the brain stem, the neck is prolly the easiest to go for
The fact that Henry’s first proper direct kill is his own 8 year old brother… I think he did a great job or portraying absolute shock.
Also ngl this isn’t a spoiler but we spend way more time with Henry and Sam in the game so I was almost hoping that the stuff in the end wouldn’t happen until next episode and we’d get a bit more time with them… but nope they just had to stab me in the heart now
The actors were all so great in this episode! The casting is just fantastic
Didn't matter. The actors were too good and I loved them immediately. That episode actually made me ugly cry when I watched it the first time. Still makes me cry...
The proper name for the "Balrog" is in the credits, so I don't think it's meant to be a secret. But I'm obviously not going to type it out in case you want it to be revealed when first mentioned "in-tlou-world".
Thank you very much for not mentioning it. I don't look at the credits and like finding things out with the characters ☺️
This was a great episode and it gives new audiences a taste for when they adapt part 2. Different perspectives, parallel situations, and the my actions are justified by my grief.
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see the people that condemn Kathleen now react to part 2.
2:54 - Remember when Joel and Ellie were first driving down one of the streets in Kansas City and went past an alleyway with a pile of charred, smoldering bodies? That was probably these people, "the rats".
Quite possible yeah, though Kathleen talked to them like 11 days before Joel arrived. I guess they don't have to kill and burn them immediately
Ur so calm….i was soo anxious during the big fight scene.
"Yeah there goes his head."
In case someone wasn't sure if he died. I am helpful 😂
This episode was heartbreaking and tragic I as a fan who plays the video game already felt that the death of Henry and Sam was coming and I didn't want to see it because it was the part that broke me the most in the game and thanks to the series they did it again, especially that scene of Ellie with Sam quarting with his blood was super tender and sad, overall this episode was a 10/10 for me is the best of the series so far❤️
It's good that even though you've played the game, the episodes are still very emotional. The biggest difference is that you know what will happen and can be sad earlier 😭
lol... when that new, big Infected showed up on screen, I totally expected you to make a "Balrog" reference (...must have been the flames in the background and stuff...) and I was low-key disappointed you didn't... thus I was kinda happy when you called it a "Balrog" later... sometimes it's the little things that make your day... xD
I need to learn to say what I'm thinking more lol
Wow you have probably the calmest reaction to all the powerful scenes in the show I've seen. You didn't even get excited when the infected Ran out for underground.
Thank you!
The person being dragged behind the truck wasn't a collaborator, it was a FEDRA soldier or officer. He didn't get a trial. It was collaborators who were bing offerred the trial for surrendering.
Joel knows how to use a rifle, having never used this particular type, he needed a few shots to figure out how it specifically behaves, like does it pull more to the right, does it sight lower than it looks? Once he got that down, he was pretty dead on.
The actual overthrow of FEDRA was within the last 2 weeks, the rebels never really got anything set up after, Kathleen was so adamant about finding Henry and Sam.
I'm a little glad they didn't make just smearing Ellie Blood on a fresh bite a remedy. It wouldn't take long for someone to let that slip after being saved. Ellie would then be a highly prized bounty.
If you actually wanted to know, they spoil the name of the boss of this episode in the closing credits. If you consider the closing credits separate from the episode, thus spoiler.
at this point , my monday is incomplete without the last of us new episode. great reaction as always and again hbo doing its best at character development
I was a bit confused since I was expecting to have an episode to watch Monday but no, it was this past Friday lol. Thank you and the character development in this series is top notch, and the acting too!
She killed one clicker by hitting him in the neck. The second one she hit kinda in the shoulder and Joel sniped it.
It's funny because her knife in the games is pretty much overpowered, as it is an unbreakable shiv that can be used indefinitely when you play her, making her an extremely strong stealth character that can even easily take out clickers (the previous stages Joel can strangle to death but he needs to craft shivs to stealth kill clickers).
In the game you'd also already would've met and fought one of the "balrog" ones in Bill's town.
That was like the orcs bringing the cave troll to the fight (I actually wrote that before you brought it up in the video). Also, I guess Joel is, in general, not sucky at shooting, after all
Definitely either a cave troll or Balrog :D Joel is a sharpshooter, I'm very impressed
@@VerowakReacts I just watched a video of the stages of Cordyceps infection. That thing was definitely the cave troll. There are more horrifying stages coming, apparently. We'll know which one's the Balrog when it's dragging Joel into a chasm and he tells Ellie to "Fly, you fool".
That was Gothmog The Devourer, the leader of the Balrogs
Let's hope someone can channel their inner Gandalf to defeat it!
Everyone else's reaction to the child clicker in the van has been one of disgust, but yours is positively upbeat with appreciation for its athleticism 🤣😂
I can't with you 😂💜
That was just impressive and there's no denying it 😂
God, Verowak has a great smile. Simply beautiful
They are having the best luck in the situation though. Super bad things are happening all around them but they lived through them all.
Ellie really was hoping her blood would heal. I wish she had told joel and henry about sam’s bite, because then maybe henry could have had some time to say bye to sam. And also he wouldnt have to be the one to shoot his brother and possibly not resort to suicide.
So much fun! Sort of.... i wonder if we get the epic bunny scene in the next episode!?😂 i hope so!
Not saying the name of the "Balrog" infected, but it is named in the credits if you watch those :)
I don't look at the credits :D
I'm at work so I'll have to actually watch later but for now it's nice to see you having a good time!
I hope work goes well
The clickers have a tough armored covering on their head and are hard to kill with a gun. If you have a knife, you can stab them in the neck and get under the armor for a one hit kill. The game mechanic was similar.
'Voluntelling'? Nice.
Wrong answers only: What is this type of infected boss called? I say Balrog
Chad.
won't say the name but what it takes to become that is to be around since the beginning. so its been infected since 2003
Portly Bellow
MUSHROOM DADDY
Groot
The name of the large infected is mentioned in the credits, so it's not really spoiling to mention it.
I'm waiting to learn it when Ellie and Joel learn about it
@@VerowakReacts Yeah that's fair, I just thought I'd mention it. In the game, just after the first encounter with one, Ellie asks Joel "What was up with that big guy?" and he tells her what they're called and how they come about. So it feels odd that they're not revealing them so easily in the show.
I had to talk to a friend about the story of Last of Us. We share an English/Lit teacher that was really hard on us to understand meaning and how a story flows. In tragedies there are no right choices. Everything is wrong and the story in tragedies is to see the human condition in the worst possible circumstances. This is why I do not go to operas. Its about the worst of everything. Episode 3 was the "happy" episode according to Druckmann the creator of the story in the game and the show. Soooo its all going to be sad. This is about the end of humanity. The last of us. Personally I expect most everyone we come into contact with to die. Logically I don't see how humanity moves forward on a planet were a fungus is the new dominate species. Fun story to write but gut wrenching to watch and hope for a happy end. I love it.
I am loving every minute of this series. Finally a series that is endlessly dark and shows human nature. I love being able to see how everyone is doing the right thing from their own perspective. Episode 3 was definitely a happy episode for the characters in question, it was so amazing.
What is a Balrog?! It’s called something else far as I know. Lol
It's a strong monster in Lord of the Rings :D
When Henry shot at the ground to stop Joel from getting to Sam and Ellie, it freaked me out.
Same! I was instantly angry and scared
He does that in the game too
They had to get the cutest kid in the world to play Sam didn’t they 😢❤
They really wanted to make sure we got hit in the feels 😭
I mean, Balrog's kinda a better description for that guy, than the actual name. So from now on those dudes are Balrogs, in my head.🧙♂
Seems we need Gandalf to stop them
Seeing this play out live action and with more character building made it hit like nothing I've experienced before... That was a tough watch for me tbh.
I think it's great that they were able to add in additional character building. I've heard a lot of people say that which is great for those who have played the game since there are some things that are new to them
17:25 lol
You noticed him shaking! Trying to get the child clicker! Everyone else completely ignored it
I love how he was shaking! Showing his internal struggles
I've always wanted to visit Kansas after Watching "The Wizard of Oz." After this not so much 😅
Funny how 1 movie makes you want to visit it, then another story just makes nope the hell out 😂
You're in luck; this show is not a documentary. 😕 Have a nice time! 😄
What a lot of people don't know is KC has a lot of tunnels both finished, partially finished, and unfished mining caves for limestone. You can drive semi-trucks into some of them and turn around in them easily.
"I don't know if they are cursed." Whenever I hear something like this I always think of a line from "Lone Survivor" "There's no curses. It's just Afghanistan, that's all." In this case it would be 'There's no curses, its just the apocalypse.''
Do people walk around in the tunnels? That's pretty awesome that the tunnels are real, makes this show even more realistic.
@@VerowakReacts yeah there are places places for tours. I think there are some smaller ones done up to stay in. And the bigger ones trucks can drive in, they are actually used for storage and hauling goods so trucks regularly drive at least of of the bigger ones.
Search Kansas City caves there are some pictures of them, including the ones the trucks go in.
As irrational as it may have been for Henry to react how he did with that gun, you also gotta see it from his perspective, bc it all happened so fast. Henry has gone to great lengths to save his brother, almost crushing the resistance of of a whole group and in that moment if he didn’t grab that gun Joel was going to kill Sam. Idek if he realized he was infected yet, or if he just instinctually tried to protect him, and when he realized it all he shot him and all of that shock rushed in
I don’t find myself necessarily being angry AT him in that moment for his actions more so than I’m just so disheartened by the situation they’re all in. They’re wrong for sure, and Joel and Ellie could’ve gotten seriously hurt or killed, but there’s just so much going on in a moment that happens in maybe less than a minute
I completely understand why he acted the way he did. I'm still not going to be happy when one of my favorite characters is in danger lol
Henry's reaction is perfectly human and understandable.
so apparently in the game Balrogs are called Bloaters & they throw pus grenades to infect you if you aren't close enough for them to rip your head off. it is just so emotionally destabilising to have these heartwrenchingly beautiful stories of people surviving this post-apocalypse that alternate with recoiling in terror from the monsters that caused it.
SO much greatness in this episode, but man, Joel on over watch picking off anything that comes near Ellie is GREATNESS.
That scene was just so great! Felt like it was a video game for sure lol
I've heard of Jesus Christ ... Who is "Jesus Murphy!"? 😂 .. Im glad you like the series! .. I try watching with my family and they start conversations during the interesting parts or start washing dishes and I love them but it drives me nuts!! so Its nice to see someone enjoy it like I do. Thanks!
Oh no that's not good! No conversation during this series. Hopefully you can still enjoy it!
I looked up Jesus Murphy and heres what I found on Urban Dictionary "A phrase uttered by Canadians who stub their toes." ... thats oddly specific ... is that a thing?
@@flaviorayo4112 Huh... it's a Canadian thing, I guess that makes sense since most people seem confused when I say that. It's DEFINITELY said when stubbing my toe, so it's accurate :D
Absolutely wild and devastating episode. Kathleen is exactly the type of leader I expect to rise up juxtaposed with FEDRA. Two extremes both extremely dangerous. I needed a bit more backstory from her but there wasn’t really more time. That once scene showed us how ruthless she is. Everyone with her agrees rats should be shot. C U L T.
But anyway. Back to my heart being absolutely shattered. The Jellie was strong this episode. The way he pushed her out of the gunfire and then covered from above. Poor Ellie absolutely traumatized between Sam and then seeing Henry shoot himself. I thought Bella was absolutely the star this episode! Very well done. You’re right: 4 more heartbreaking episodes. 🙃
She is the type of leader to rise up from the FEDRA insanity. Like Perry said, her brother was a great man but didn't do anything. Kathleen took more extreme measures to get stuff done. More backstory would have been nice, I think a spinoff with her as the good guy would be neat. She's just so casual about killing people. Yeah just kill them. "save the kids", no chance.
Bella did amazing, 100% the MVP of the episode. I just love seeing Joel care for her more and more. Him asking her if she's alright after Henry shot Sam. And he looked so worried and scared while up in the house trying to kill the infected around Ellie. This series is just so perfect
The collaborators were people who profited off of a fascist regime that raped, tortured and murdered for 20 years. Nobody who ratted out their friends and neighbors to FEDRA were going to walk away from that unharmed. Kathleen makes it very clear that they had blood on their hands. A quick death might be more than they deserved. It's like getting upset at the Jews in the concentration camps who beat the camp guards to death after they were liberated.
Henry put his own brother over Kathleen's, and Kathleen rightfully disagreed. Everyone puts themselves in Henry's shoes but imagine if you were Kathleen. Would you have gone 'oh well he probably had his reasons'? Not likely. I think the show cheats at the end by her talking about killing Sam and Ellie to make sure the audience definitely doesn't side with her because up until that point I think Henry was the bad guy.
And the harsh truth is that she was right anyway. Sam was destined to die. All the heartache, the betrayal, the violence, all the death was for nothing.
You said spin-off with Kathleen and I nearly spit out my food LOL
The death of the martyr brother absolutely solidified the populous of KC and allowed them to overcome Fedra. Kathreen became obsessed with revenge instead of dealing with the infected, and it was the downfall of the city.
Perrys death at 14:24 is exactly how you die in the video game if you get caught by a bloater.
The large infected had been named in the credits of this episode, would it still be a spoiler to give its true name?
Yeah I'm waiting to find out what they're called at the same time as they say it in the show ☺️
Balrog 🤣👍 Any chance you would ever do a LOTR Extended Edition rewatch series (since I'm assuming you've already watched them)? Anyway, another great reaction. I like how your eyes say as much as your words.
I definitely want to do a LOTR rewatch, I haven't seen them in YEARS, and thank you!!
@@VerowakReacts AWESOME!!
Such great acting. The story is good, but the actors are making the show.
The casting is absolutely top notch! All the actors have been phenomenal
I dind't buy that Henry and Sam got out of that "boss battle" unscaved as well. After that fight they would have checked for injuries. Also showing Ellie's perspective before saving Joel in the last episode didn't really click for me. Both times it's an issue of giving the viewer too much information so that they're able to figure out the twist before it actually happens. This might just have been a thing with Jeremy Webb's direction though, but we'll see.
First time I saw Kathleen I didn't recognise the actress except gut instinct said "this b* is crazy". And then I realised she was Rose from two and a half men. Well I wasn't wrong. 😅
I've never seen two and a half men, but she looked familiar. She's in 1 episode of House :D
Lol "The Balrog's" real name is in the credits, so they aren't hiding it. But I say keep calling it that anyway.
It's a Balrog until Joel or Ellie or one of their new acquaintances let me know 😂
16:41 Funny you should mention that. The child clicker is played by a 9 year old gymnast. Look her up she's crazy good!
Makes sense for her to be a gymnast, she looked way too good to be a random person :D
Joel is too smart to be walking in the middle of the street, out in the open, as they escape the city. Im thinking he was sleep-deprived and not thinking clearly.
Ellie's involuntary cry of shock when Henry shot himself really added so much weight to the scene. Bella Ramsey is killing it as Ellie.
Yes! That was so great and real
Yeah, that ending. Whew. 😔😔😔
I know, right? It just wanted to punch us in the face for good measure
@@VerowakReacts Followed by a curb stomp to make sure that we feel it for days, . . .
I wish we got more background on Kathleen because I really struggled to buy into her as a leader in this world. I'm OK with her being an unlikely leader, maybe even a reluctant one, but in any political/social movement there are always going to be various factions vying for control and people lining up to take leadership. As such, I think I really needed to see how she was elevated to or took leadership following her brother's death and how she maintained it. It would have been good to see how she brought about change (the overthrow of FEDRA) where her brother had failed.
As for Ellie killing the Clickers, I don't think it's as simple as so many other Zombie movies and shows where a single head-shot or stab, wherever placed, is enough to kill them. My guess is that if you hit them in a part of the head that's mostly fungus as apposed to the host's brain tissue it'll keep coming at you. So yeah, I think Ellie was just lucky enough to get the first one in the right spot and I'm pretty sure the second one was still alive after she stabbed it, but Joel then shot it.
Enjoying the show and your reactions. Keep 'em coming.
It makes sense that if you sever the head from the spinal cord, that would do it.
Another fantastic episode, HBO continus to knock it out of the park. The bloater's arrival was fuckin dope, that ending was another punch to the gut, etc. Amazing as always.
And happy Valentine's Day Vero 😊
I am not here to watch reaction video. I am here to watch Verowak because she is extremely cute.
Can you react to The OA? Sometimes your mannerisms remind me of the main character in it haha (who also wrote the show)
What's the OA? Ozark? If so, I really want to watch that!
@@VerowakReacts It's just called The OA and it's on Netflix. It's a scifi show. What it stands for is a spoiler and gets told within the show haha. :)
@@anitatapio512 Ahh, I've never heard of it, but it seems pretty interesting from the synopsis and the fact that it's a msytery!
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Heartbreaking episode
Ellie is going through so much in such a short time 😭
The bit with Ellie's stabbing a clicker from behind is nod to the game. I believe they're supposed to have a weak spot at the base of the neck.
I'd like to learn more about the young blond actress they got to play the child clicker. Her part was very well choreographed.
No apologies are needed for crying. I cried too. I'm sure most did. I needed time to compose my feelings as well. I think this world needs more people like us rather than people that don't have those reactions. Otherwise... we lose.
That split-second yelp/scream Ellie did just as Henry shot himself, that is when I lost it. Bella deserves an award just for her performance in this episode alone, There were so many times I literally wanted to give her a hug and comfort her. yet still she has her little 'Ellie' attitude.
I would much rather if the world didn't hate on people showing emotions.
I really liked seeing her being serious and opening up to Sam. Letting him know why she was afraid even though she always hides that fact otherwise
Kathleen is a straight up farcry villian.
Naaah ...
She didn't print her face on the local currency, nor claim herself as the second coming of the christ.
Ellie is “the idiot” for being so loud.
Like dropped for you but STILL not watching. 😄
Definitely appreciated!! :D
How is Kathleen in charge and why do these clowns follow her comically bad decisions?
Look, it's a literal volcano of infected about to erupt! Nope, gotta find this one dude first.
Be my valentine? 💜
Sadly, Ellie and Joel are the main characters from the video game giving them Plot Armor; Everyone they encounter is fair game for a grisly death.
I'm really glad they have plot armor, I don't want to lose them
Watch the boys please
Why in the hell would you think she would kill Sam when he fell asleep? Geez 🤦🏾♂️