This, honestly was a masterpiece reaction by you two, to a masterpiece episode. Long, Long, Time is perhaps my favorite episode of anything anywhere. I think my favorite moment of yours was the shift in both of your expressions when Bill started singing. Music is emotion made manifest into the air, and you guys connected to it immediately. The actors and writers were the apotheosis of S tier for sure. Making us have feel like we experience a whole season with these two new characters and seeing their life together, all while in a single episode. --Joel, against his own will, is showing some father instincts towards Ellie. He doesn't want to though, he doesn't want to open that bottle of repressed trauma feelings. --Note that Ellie, who almost never actually follows Joel's instructions, stayed in the chair when Joel told her to while he went outside to process Bill and Franks deaths. --There are theories suggesting Frank was an EMT or some other responder before the fall. Evidence being how he didn't panic, kept Bill talking, and knew to disinfect his hand and the wound after Bill was shot. --Bill getting shot seems out of place because he is such a tactical well planned thinker. Why even be that far out in the open while shooting and making yourself a target? Because that is what his goal was. To keep attention on him and far away from where Frank was. --Bill taught Frank how to survive, Frank taught Bill how to live. --This is the biggest deviation from the game in the series. In the game we actually meet up with Bill, except he is cold and bitter. It is suggested he was never able to fully open up to Frank (their relationship wasn't explicitly stated but it was hinted) and Frank eventually had had enough and left. Only for us to find him later, dead by hanging himself, due to having got bit. he left a note saying "Screw you Bill". Both versions utilize the same narrative purpose of chipping away at Joel's emotional walls, they just take different routes to get there. ----Game version shows Joel what he will become if he keeps himself closed off. ----Show version shows Joel what can have if he lets himself open up again.
Oh very good points!! As I stated in a comment out on the regular thread I believe that Bill was quite possibly in the closet before the outbreak!! I imagine that the prepper community and the community that would have the kind of arsenal that bill has are also people that do not look fondly upon the gay lifestyle!! I imagine that Bill has perhaps never had an actual physical gay relationship before Frank showed up!!
@@bernardsalvatore1929 Oh definitely, I believe he even told Frank while in the bed that he'd only done stuff once before, with a girl a long time ago. Plus with the world ending in 2003, gay marriage wasn't even legalized yet, so neither of them got to see that victory in their world. As tragic as their deaths were for us, they perhaps got the best ending anyone could likely ask for in this world. They grew old together and lived in relative peace with art, food, hot water, and autonomy. And went out in a way of their choosing. Without therapists in that world, I can easily understand Bill not wanting to go back to being alone again.
Everyone needs to read this comment! It's such a perfect episode for me, everything was so thought out. Even the radio at the ending of ep1 ties into ep3- the creators cared so much about all the details in this show.
The original director's cut of this episode was 2 hours, and Craig Mazin said "I cried so hard; it hurt.", and he ended up cutting it down to this length. Hoping they release the 2 hour version someday.
That’s weird because this episode ruined the entire show. With or without this episode changed nothing as far as the show’s concerned. Simple liberal ploy to push the gay agenda. The ending was great tho. In the end, AIDS did it’s job…🖕🏻🇺🇸👍🏻
@@vinceledezma8520 Ha, ha, thanks for saying so. I'm not a Boomer, Gen X here, but still, I am definitely a member of an older generation at this point. 🙂
Last Of Us co-creator Craig Mazin stated during the podcast for the show "We didn’t necessarily want to specify what frank had for the audience, it was either MS or early ALS but it was a degenerative neuromuscular disorder," said Mazin.
The shot of him looking down through the mesh wire before was him prepping the cover for the hole. He doubtlessly put sod over it to hide its location.
Also, one of the more beautiful parallels of this episode is how when we first meet Bill. He's this "survive at all costs" person who has a panic basement under his house. He then goes on to take his own life with his soulmate, because he was satisfied with his life.
“I used to hate the world, and I was happy when everyone died. But I was wrong-there was one person worth saving. So that’s what I did: I saved him, then I protected him.” I love how through Bill, Joel learns that it’s okay to open yourself up to love and being loved by someone else again. For Bill, his person is Frank, for Joel, his person is Ellie. I also love how in small little ways, we can already see that conscious or not, Joel’s fatherly instincts have already kicked in: he is angry with Ellie but still gives her his jacket to keep her warm in the woods, he makes sure she’s eating, he doesn’t want her to see the skeletons, and he helps her buckle her seatbelt. Once you’re a parent, you never STOP being a parent. It’s just so wholesome and pure! 🥹🥰 Keep up the great reactions-you’re both amazing! You guys brighten my days with your content!
In the game, Bill's story was a cautionary tale for Joel, and the path he was on if continued. In the show, Bill's story became a beacon for Joel. That he could still find something to care about, if he let himself do so.
You guys are enthusiastic, giving thoughts but still paying attention and not missing things (so many people talk over key moments and get lost), and you feel the emotions the show wants you to feel really strongly! Really great reactions. You’re gonna blow up!
This episode is a masterclass in television production. Everything from the dialogue, to the music, to the camera angles, evokes a strong emotional reaction every time I see someone react to it. It is truly a work of art and one of my favorite adaptations of anything across all mediums of entertainment.
"It almost got me" *episode* "and I took that personally" lol seriously this episode is some of the finest writing, acting, everything... this is why the art exists. They did a masterful job diverting from the game for this. In the game, Bill is alive and bitter and resentful. Frank got infected and didn't tell Bill. He ended his own life and it broke Bill, leaving him angry. That becomes a kind of dark "what if" shadow of what could have happened. This becomes the story arc that Frank and Bill could have, should have had. A hope that love can be found, lived, celebrated, and honored, even in death. They won. They beat the apocalypse. Their humanity survived through it all.
Keep watching! Don't give up! Yes, there is more sadness ahead. But it's worth it. It's an incredible series from start to finish. I'm obsessed. I'm still watching this stuff 4 months later!
Haylo is really good- she has good insight and is thoughtful. She is one of the few reactors who picked up that Joel stacking stones (at the beginning of the episode) was a memorial for Tess. I get emotional every time I view this episode- great writing and acting. Hope that Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett get nominated for awards.
With the infected in the beginning. I thought they were trying to illustrate the fact that Ellie has no more fear of infection. The number one way everyone dies is never going to happen to her for any reason. I also think she was reaffirming to herself that there’s nothing human left in them anymore. It didn’t look like it felt pain when she cut it and it’s eyes were just following the knife because the light was bouncing off of it.
I didn't give this show permission to ruin me. I signed up for a zombie horror and instead got the most beautiful hour long love story in TV history. Then we had to work the next day!
Lmao I can't imagine being so nonchalant about freaking earthquake injuries, suddenly I'm thankful about living on the middle of a tectonic plate lol. Wish a speedy recovery for Kiss, that must've been scary. Btw, you two are genuinely the most entertaining reactors I've ever seen, you're gonna shoot up in subscribers in no time!
That was a cool reaction, I love the way you bounce off of each other. This episode is so well done, as a gamer it felt like a perfect adaption from game to screen. It gave me insights I didn't know I wanted and I really hope everyone gets proper recognition for it. We get so much mid content pumped into our eyeballs on the daily. I want more thoughtful and thought provoking shows like this .
Seeing you two get emotional at Frank playing the piano made me worry for you, knowing what was to come. This episode is up there with some of my all time favourite episodes of TV. Game of Thrones, Mandolorian and Midnight Mass have my other favourites but I wont tell you what episodes, just in case you haven't seen them. Great reaction guys. I look forward to seeing more from you. I hope ur chin is healing well, Kiss. ;)
I know you guys are young, but in my 49 yrs of consuming media this is a top 3 all time episode for TV (alongside the pilot of Lost and Game of Thrones' Red Wedding). LOVE your reaction ! Bill's giggle when he eats a strawberry kills me every time. It would be lovely if you took a few mins just to talk about how you felt about the episode afterwards !
One of my favorite things about Joel is he shows some of the truest signs about being a real man. Being able to recognize his mistakes and admitting to them, and realizing he has done wrong. It took him a long, awful road to get there but he eventually did.
A beautiful episode written and acted magnificently. to get two characters to be loved and emotionally connected to the audience is a testament to the show. Obviously we all love Joe and Elie and action and adventure but this illustrates good story telling is always the winner in the end!!!
I can't wait for your reaction to episode 5 and the finale! I love how both of you respected the emotional scenes: never belittled them, or made inappropriate jokes for the sake of levity--unlike other very popular reactors on TH-cam. Good job, girls. Please post the next episode tomorrow hehehehehe
Big hole is covered by grass or leaves so it's camouflaged. Can't distinguish the booby trap at all. It's not just an open hole. Saw somebody else ask how Frank ended up in a hole, so I figured I'd clarify that he isn't just an idiot for ending up trapped.
I've been in earthquakes in the Bay Area and Mexico City but I missed the big one in Mexico City in 1985 by 2 months and the big one in the Bay Area in 1989 a year before attending college. It's amazing to feel everything around you that should be solid turn into jiggling Jell-O. Glad you got out lightly with so much glass around.
Some of the best storytelling I’ve ever seen. This show is a writing masterclass. We all felt everything you guys did! All in like only 40 mins of television. Amazing
As a Gay man who has been in a committed marriage for 10 years this episode was hard to watch for 2 reasons…. 1. because of all the hate this episode received but secondly because it hit close to home and got me scared of what I would do if I lost my partner, my best friend. I loved your reaction and your reaction had me crying my eyes out. Thank you Ladies for understanding what Love is despite what others try to portray about Gay men.
I am sorry for your experience. I think you might find that the episode got as much love, if not way more love, than hate. Its just that the hate is louder, and our modern filters (media) focuses on the negative in a big way. I'm not even slightly gay, I absolutely HATE woke culture. But this episode was sublime. There was (in my eyes) no political message. Gay relationships was not touted as being better than "normal" relationships....it was just....A....relationship. And it was beautiful. That is the way forward I think. You dont need the political drama. Just show it like it is. Love will prevail because it looks the same for everyone.
This received hate? Well, for sure because of its topics, but i wouldnt say it was universally hated. Im straight like an arrow and not in any way affiliated with any woke groups or whatever, but this episode just broke my heart and i love it for what it is. Im a fan of the game. This deviates FAR from the game, and i still ship the episode. This is just exceptional film making and a beautiful lovestory. I dont care whom loves who. If its real, its real.
@@RoxxSerm Yes there were the typical culture war homophobes who came out and trashed the episode. If you look at the episode ratings it is the lowest rated episode when in actuality it was probably the best or one of the best episodes of the season. I didn't say it was universally hated but it was definitely trolled hard.
I'm genuinely ignorant here, this episode received hate?? HOW??? Granted, I am not from the US so maybe there's more polarization over there but I gotta say, this is one of the best episodes ever made. Any show or genre. Just read the other comments about the hate and I see now. Culture war homophobes are the absolute worst tbh. Like, get over it already lol.
*BUMMER ALERT* I'm so glad found this channel. My sister in law used to say. "When I was a little girl I would cry all the time because I always wanted a sister, but now I know I just had to wait!" She was my best friend. She's been gone for two years now, and it's been hard. I'm starting to get older. I'm getting fine lines from laughter over jokes that she never got to hear. I'm becoming a person she never got to meet. Grief hits me when I hear celebrity gossip about people she loved that I had never heard of. I used to remember those things so I could tell her about them, hoping to be able to see her blind reaction, because they were always the best. Grief hits when I watch shows I know she would have loved. She would have LOVED this episode. I wish I could have watched it with her. I might not have gotten the chance to see her reaction, but I know she would have reacted exactly like the sister on the left, and I would have reacted exactly like the sister on the right. She would have teared up at the exact same moments. Her hand would have covered her mouth at the time time. She would have burst into laughter over the same moments. She would have asked me to hold her hand when Frank tells Bill that it's his last day. I might not have gotten to watch this with you, Jess, but for 36 minutes, I got to have a sister's night with you again.
Such a great episode, I'm enjoying you ladies reacting. I've finished the game multiple times, and I loved the show. It's funny, there were a ton of people posting their crying reactions to this episode and the shows' creators were like, this was supposed to be the happy episode haha. I mean, I absolutely cried, and it is heartbreaking, but, it's really a beautiful story. and considering how most people live and lose their lives in this world, it is pretty happy :D
To the "why is she doing that" with the zombie in the wall, you're partly right. Also though, she's unimaginablly sheltered, grew up raised in a military school, having never left roughly the downtown Boston area. She had never seen an infected at all before, let alone up close. So ya, she's weird by any standard, but who wouldn't be, lol. "Do they bleed like me" maybe one might ask, or do they feel pain? Mark my words, in spite of the fantastic job the actor does showing her kinda weird, curious, macabre side, Ellie will grow on you!
"Hope there's nothing bad down there." Just Ellie.😂 Frank climbs up out of the hole like "Bugs Bunny" to Bill's "Elmer Fudd". I wouldn't have been surprised if Frank said, "What's up doc?" "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" I'm a 70 yr old married gay man, Ron & I have been a couple for 34 yrs and I just love the representation this beautiful & poignant episode brings forth of middle-aged to senior gay couples. 🥰👨❤👨🌈 Thanks for your sweet and positive reactions.
as apocalypse lives and deaths go, bill and frank got pretty good ones, survived the shit, found love, had a good like 16 years together, went out together on their own terms and satisfied with their lot. certainly beats being killed by raiders or fedra, or being ripped apart by infected, or bitten and becomming one
Love how you just let yourselves feel what the episode gives you! Emotion is what makes these reactions so good and truthful. Also just how naturally funny and charismatic you both are! Love your content :)
I watch a few reactors channels. The best by far are the ones who really feel what they're watching. You guys are great, and have gone to my joint favourites with Cassie and Carly from PiB. Keep up the good work.
Man, my reaction to several key scenes and the entire episode itself was very similar to yours. I thought it was cute, it moved me; the direction, the soundtrack, the script, really.. this series is a very faithful adaptation!
Another great reaction, I'm already addicted to your channel! This is easily one of the best episodes of a show I've ever watched in my life. You guys are great, I'm gonna try to get my wife hooked on your channel too, lol.
Yes, it was totally a memorial. Celtic & Norse cultures used/use rock stacks for memorial and spiritual purposes. I've heard that some First Nation tribes did/do as well, but I don't know any specifics on that.
"Older means we're still here." These two guys came of age in the AIDS pandemic, then lived through a Class 2 apocalypse with the cordyceps pandemic. Every day they survive is an achievement to be proud of.
LOVE y'all's reactions and bravery putting yourself through this series. The answer is yes, pretty much every episode will do this to you. Brace yourselves.
Important to note, marriage equality wasn't legalized in Massachusetts until 2004. So, at no point in either of their lives could their relationship have been recognized as a fully legal union. Thus, making their decision to get married that much more important.
This is the good ending. In the game, they have a fight and Frank storms off and gets bit and hangs himself. Bill thinks that he just ran out on him until Joel and Bill find his still hanging corpse.
Bro, the part: “Its a boy!” and the way you were noticing it and the facial expressions made me laugh a lot. Your reactions to the episodes of the series are very good!
That hole Frank fell into was a pitfall trap. A giant hole, but it had a net over the top with dirt and grass to hide the hole. You step on it, and down you go. He's lucky he didnt break something. Another thing to note. Gay marriage wasnt legal in any US state until 2004. Meaning in the world Bill and Frank came from, they couldn't have been married. In a way, while time and the world stopped for many people, Bill and Frank were the true survivors of the outbreak. They found peace and happiness in each other in this world.
You two are epic. You have a new sub. So crazy how no reactors I have seen so far really mention the door the house closing by itself when Joel is at the bedroom door. To me that seems as if Bill and Frank's spirits left their home, knowing that Joel and Ellie were safely there. ❤
This was a masterpiece of an episode I was not expecting this to be what Bill and Frank's story was going to be in the TV show in the game it's way different way way different I prefer this over the game storyline about Bill and Frank I prefer the TV show more❤ Congratulating survived this episode❤ this episode reminds me of Romeo and Juliet type of storyline
I've always appreciated TLOU because it felt like the infected were second to the actual story. It's a story about family, friends and loved ones, and the infected just happen to be an additional obstacle.
Great reaction to a great episode. You guys have great emotional intelligence and you pick up on a lot of good details. Glad to take this journey again with you two!
hi guys nice reactions for this episode.. the most heartwarming & sad in the same way for Bill & Frank..fun fact: in the game bill is the only person show on that game.. we didnt see frank at all.. the writers give us a backstory of bill and frank.. actually they deviate it from the game.. but it soo.good so nice i see the other side of bill here in the game hes a GRUMPY OLD MAN 😂.. hope youll continue to raact on TLOU many surprises are up ahead.. see yah..
Well, I don't know about EVERY episode, but keeping tissues nearby is probably a good plan. Great reaction to a great episode. And, where did that earthquake happen in California? I'm guessing up north but I don't remember one happening down here in LA anytime recently.
I know this was well over a year ago nearly two, but the fact that you had the bar's cameras catch the earthquake was nuts! Glad you're okay and by now you're fully healed lol
While this definitely brings tears to your eyes, for me this is a happy episode. Bill and Frank lived a beautiful life in the middle of an apocalypse. They made the most of their life together and it's all anyone can ask for. Lived to the fullest. It's no tragedy, just a beautiful love story.
Another thing to consider, is that Massachusetts didn't legalize same-sex marriage until 2004 in the real world. GIven the outbreak happened in 2003 in this world, it's possible that it was never legalized. Making Bill and Frank's story all the more tragic.
13:02 out of all the reactions ive seen i dont recall anyone else noticed him doing that. nice catch! 😃 its a subtle look that i really felt was a breaking the forth wall moment.
Game of Thrones made you invest in so many characters - then they died... . The Last of Us makes you really care about characters so quickly its's stunning - then they died. It's a great show, might yet be one of the greatest... :)
You girls have great chemistry, are funny, smart, and impressively wise (loved the fact you pointed out how much we take simple things for granted nowadays), stay like you are, for a starting channel, you definitely will go far, if that's what you're aiming for.
nothing gets me more about this episode than thinking about how marriage equality wasn't legalized in the first state in the US until AFTER the outbreak in this timeline (late 2003). Meaning it was never legal for these two to get married so it was even more important to have that before they died.
This, honestly was a masterpiece reaction by you two, to a masterpiece episode. Long, Long, Time is perhaps my favorite episode of anything anywhere. I think my favorite moment of yours was the shift in both of your expressions when Bill started singing. Music is emotion made manifest into the air, and you guys connected to it immediately. The actors and writers were the apotheosis of S tier for sure. Making us have feel like we experience a whole season with these two new characters and seeing their life together, all while in a single episode.
--Joel, against his own will, is showing some father instincts towards Ellie. He doesn't want to though, he doesn't want to open that bottle of repressed trauma feelings.
--Note that Ellie, who almost never actually follows Joel's instructions, stayed in the chair when Joel told her to while he went outside to process Bill and Franks deaths.
--There are theories suggesting Frank was an EMT or some other responder before the fall. Evidence being how he didn't panic, kept Bill talking, and knew to disinfect his hand and the wound after Bill was shot.
--Bill getting shot seems out of place because he is such a tactical well planned thinker. Why even be that far out in the open while shooting and making yourself a target? Because that is what his goal was. To keep attention on him and far away from where Frank was.
--Bill taught Frank how to survive, Frank taught Bill how to live.
--This is the biggest deviation from the game in the series. In the game we actually meet up with Bill, except he is cold and bitter. It is suggested he was never able to fully open up to Frank (their relationship wasn't explicitly stated but it was hinted) and Frank eventually had had enough and left. Only for us to find him later, dead by hanging himself, due to having got bit. he left a note saying "Screw you Bill". Both versions utilize the same narrative purpose of chipping away at Joel's emotional walls, they just take different routes to get there.
----Game version shows Joel what he will become if he keeps himself closed off.
----Show version shows Joel what can have if he lets himself open up again.
Pinning this because every body needs to read it 😭💔 Beautifully said, thank you so much.
Oh very good points!! As I stated in a comment out on the regular thread I believe that Bill was quite possibly in the closet before the outbreak!! I imagine that the prepper community and the community that would have the kind of arsenal that bill has are also people that do not look fondly upon the gay lifestyle!! I imagine that Bill has perhaps never had an actual physical gay relationship before Frank showed up!!
@@bernardsalvatore1929 Oh definitely, I believe he even told Frank while in the bed that he'd only done stuff once before, with a girl a long time ago. Plus with the world ending in 2003, gay marriage wasn't even legalized yet, so neither of them got to see that victory in their world. As tragic as their deaths were for us, they perhaps got the best ending anyone could likely ask for in this world. They grew old together and lived in relative peace with art, food, hot water, and autonomy. And went out in a way of their choosing. Without therapists in that world, I can easily understand Bill not wanting to go back to being alone again.
That's spot on
Everyone needs to read this comment! It's such a perfect episode for me, everything was so thought out. Even the radio at the ending of ep1 ties into ep3- the creators cared so much about all the details in this show.
The original director's cut of this episode was 2 hours, and Craig Mazin said "I cried so hard; it hurt.", and he ended up cutting it down to this length. Hoping they release the 2 hour version someday.
They have to omg 😭💔
hopefully if they release it on DVD
When Nick wins the Emmy for Guest Actor and the episode wins for writing and directing, they will HAVE to! (I'm manifesting all of this now...)
@@cuchelo1 Yes, brother. I shall join thee in manifesting this.
Hope they release it soon
I'm almost 58 years old, I've watched a LOT of television in my life, and this is IMHO the greatest episode of television ever.
That’s weird because this episode ruined the entire show. With or without this episode changed nothing as far as the show’s concerned. Simple liberal ploy to push the gay agenda. The ending was great tho. In the end, AIDS did it’s job…🖕🏻🇺🇸👍🏻
Agreed
It's nice to see older generations agree with us newbies it's refreshing
I totally agree. No piece of media has ever moved me like this episode did
@@vinceledezma8520 Ha, ha, thanks for saying so. I'm not a Boomer, Gen X here, but still, I am definitely a member of an older generation at this point. 🙂
When you said "I feel like crying" like 1/3 into the episode I knew you were in for a rollercoaster
Last Of Us co-creator Craig Mazin stated during the podcast for the show
"We didn’t necessarily want to specify what frank had for the audience, it was either MS or early ALS but it was a degenerative neuromuscular disorder," said Mazin.
The shot of him looking down through the mesh wire before was him prepping the cover for the hole. He doubtlessly put sod over it to hide its location.
Also, one of the more beautiful parallels of this episode is how when we first meet Bill. He's this "survive at all costs" person who has a panic basement under his house. He then goes on to take his own life with his soulmate, because he was satisfied with his life.
“I used to hate the world, and I was happy when everyone died. But I was wrong-there was one person worth saving. So that’s what I did: I saved him, then I protected him.” I love how through Bill, Joel learns that it’s okay to open yourself up to love and being loved by someone else again. For Bill, his person is Frank, for Joel, his person is Ellie.
I also love how in small little ways, we can already see that conscious or not, Joel’s fatherly instincts have already kicked in: he is angry with Ellie but still gives her his jacket to keep her warm in the woods, he makes sure she’s eating, he doesn’t want her to see the skeletons, and he helps her buckle her seatbelt. Once you’re a parent, you never STOP being a parent. It’s just so wholesome and pure! 🥹🥰 Keep up the great reactions-you’re both amazing! You guys brighten my days with your content!
In the game, Bill's story was a cautionary tale for Joel, and the path he was on if continued. In the show, Bill's story became a beacon for Joel. That he could still find something to care about, if he let himself do so.
Your reaction when Bill told Frank his name was so sweet. It sure made me smile.
You guys are enthusiastic, giving thoughts but still paying attention and not missing things (so many people talk over key moments and get lost), and you feel the emotions the show wants you to feel really strongly! Really great reactions. You’re gonna blow up!
Those lean back and big eyes reaction you two made when you heard the sound of the infected in the store basement where Elie went is so funny 🤣
Your faces, the moment when Bill starts to play the piano at 16:24 describe quite well what I felt at this moment
This episode is a masterclass in television production. Everything from the dialogue, to the music, to the camera angles, evokes a strong emotional reaction every time I see someone react to it. It is truly a work of art and one of my favorite adaptations of anything across all mediums of entertainment.
this is my fav tv drama of all time after true detective s1
As good as the show itself was, this episode is the one that stays with me the most.
"It almost got me"
*episode* "and I took that personally" lol
seriously this episode is some of the finest writing, acting, everything... this is why the art exists.
They did a masterful job diverting from the game for this. In the game, Bill is alive and bitter and resentful. Frank got infected and
didn't tell Bill. He ended his own life and it broke Bill, leaving him angry. That becomes a kind of dark "what if" shadow of what
could have happened. This becomes the story arc that Frank and Bill could have, should have had. A hope that love can be found,
lived, celebrated, and honored, even in death. They won. They beat the apocalypse. Their humanity survived through it all.
Keep watching! Don't give up! Yes, there is more sadness ahead. But it's worth it. It's an incredible series from start to finish. I'm obsessed. I'm still watching this stuff 4 months later!
Haylo is really good- she has good insight and is thoughtful. She is one of the few reactors who picked up that Joel stacking stones (at the beginning of the episode) was a memorial for Tess. I get emotional every time I view this episode- great writing and acting. Hope that Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett get nominated for awards.
With the infected in the beginning. I thought they were trying to illustrate the fact that Ellie has no more fear of infection. The number one way everyone dies is never going to happen to her for any reason. I also think she was reaffirming to herself that there’s nothing human left in them anymore. It didn’t look like it felt pain when she cut it and it’s eyes were just following the knife because the light was bouncing off of it.
Oh great thoughts!! Can totally see that being the case!
You had 202 subscribers when I joined a few videos ago and you are now approaching 4,000. Amazing growth! Your reactions are so fun to watch 😊
Never mind they are a cute pair of girls. Cute female reactors usually do get lots of subscribers.
@@sammylane21 way to undermine their entire video bro not cool
@@sammylane21 loser mindset
@@sammylane21stupid negative comment mate and not helpful at all … the channel is doing great so well done guys
@@sammylane21 yikes my dude
I didn't give this show permission to ruin me. I signed up for a zombie horror and instead got the most beautiful hour long love story in TV history. Then we had to work the next day!
Lmao I can't imagine being so nonchalant about freaking earthquake injuries, suddenly I'm thankful about living on the middle of a tectonic plate lol. Wish a speedy recovery for Kiss, that must've been scary. Btw, you two are genuinely the most entertaining reactors I've ever seen, you're gonna shoot up in subscribers in no time!
lol believe it or not my dude you get used to it. I know my profile says Miami, but I've spent a lot of time in Earthquake heavy areas
That was a cool reaction, I love the way you bounce off of each other.
This episode is so well done, as a gamer it felt like a perfect adaption from game to screen. It gave me insights I didn't know I wanted and I really hope everyone gets proper recognition for it. We get so much mid content pumped into our eyeballs on the daily. I want more thoughtful and thought provoking shows like this .
Seeing you two get emotional at Frank playing the piano made me worry for you, knowing what was to come. This episode is up there with some of my all time favourite episodes of TV. Game of Thrones, Mandolorian and Midnight Mass have my other favourites but I wont tell you what episodes, just in case you haven't seen them. Great reaction guys. I look forward to seeing more from you. I hope ur chin is healing well, Kiss. ;)
I know you guys are young, but in my 49 yrs of consuming media this is a top 3 all time episode for TV (alongside the pilot of Lost and Game of Thrones' Red Wedding).
LOVE your reaction ! Bill's giggle when he eats a strawberry kills me every time.
It would be lovely if you took a few mins just to talk about how you felt about the episode afterwards !
One of my favorite things about Joel is he shows some of the truest signs about being a real man. Being able to recognize his mistakes and admitting to them, and realizing he has done wrong. It took him a long, awful road to get there but he eventually did.
A beautiful episode written and acted magnificently. to get two characters to be loved and emotionally connected to the audience is a testament to the show. Obviously we all love Joe and Elie and action and adventure but this illustrates good story telling is always the winner in the end!!!
I can't wait for your reaction to episode 5 and the finale! I love how both of you respected the emotional scenes: never belittled them, or made inappropriate jokes for the sake of levity--unlike other very popular reactors on TH-cam. Good job, girls. Please post the next episode tomorrow hehehehehe
Craig and Neil did poetry. The impeccable cast. keep going girls
Big hole is covered by grass or leaves so it's camouflaged. Can't distinguish the booby trap at all. It's not just an open hole. Saw somebody else ask how Frank ended up in a hole, so I figured I'd clarify that he isn't just an idiot for ending up trapped.
I wouldve fallen in regardless lolll
You know this is great writing and acting when they can make you so emotional episode after episode. So you can't stop watching now.
Even though you may cry every episode, you'll still be addicted to it.
I had the exact same reaction when Frank first showed up. Immediate distrust right up until they kissed , and then I still didn't trust him haha.
I've been in earthquakes in the Bay Area and Mexico City but I missed the big one in Mexico City in 1985 by 2 months and the big one in the Bay Area in 1989 a year before attending college. It's amazing to feel everything around you that should be solid turn into jiggling Jell-O. Glad you got out lightly with so much glass around.
The final scene with the window and the drapes moving in the breeze is the menu screen in the game
You know this episode will probably be up for an Emmy nomination, Plus the series.
I've seen a lot of reactions to this show, and this episode in particular, and yours is definitely one of my favorite reactions!
Some of the best storytelling I’ve ever seen. This show is a writing masterclass. We all felt everything you guys did! All in like only 40 mins of television. Amazing
As a Gay man who has been in a committed marriage for 10 years this episode was hard to watch for 2 reasons…. 1. because of all the hate this episode received but secondly because it hit close to home and got me scared of what I would do if I lost my partner, my best friend. I loved your reaction and your reaction had me crying my eyes out. Thank you Ladies for understanding what Love is despite what others try to portray about Gay men.
I am sorry for your experience. I think you might find that the episode got as much love, if not way more love, than hate. Its just that the hate is louder, and our modern filters (media) focuses on the negative in a big way.
I'm not even slightly gay, I absolutely HATE woke culture. But this episode was sublime. There was (in my eyes) no political message. Gay relationships was not touted as being better than "normal" relationships....it was just....A....relationship. And it was beautiful. That is the way forward I think. You dont need the political drama. Just show it like it is. Love will prevail because it looks the same for everyone.
This received hate? Well, for sure because of its topics, but i wouldnt say it was universally hated. Im straight like an arrow and not in any way affiliated with any woke groups or whatever, but this episode just broke my heart and i love it for what it is.
Im a fan of the game. This deviates FAR from the game, and i still ship the episode. This is just exceptional film making and a beautiful lovestory. I dont care whom loves who. If its real, its real.
@@RoxxSerm Yes there were the typical culture war homophobes who came out and trashed the episode. If you look at the episode ratings it is the lowest rated episode when in actuality it was probably the best or one of the best episodes of the season. I didn't say it was universally hated but it was definitely trolled hard.
I'm genuinely ignorant here, this episode received hate?? HOW??? Granted, I am not from the US so maybe there's more polarization over there but I gotta say, this is one of the best episodes ever made. Any show or genre.
Just read the other comments about the hate and I see now. Culture war homophobes are the absolute worst tbh. Like, get over it already lol.
@@Kaspisify yeah here in Germany it was overall super praised by the audience and critics. Dunno what that says about us but that's the case.
*BUMMER ALERT*
I'm so glad found this channel. My sister in law used to say. "When I was a little girl I would cry all the time because I always wanted a sister, but now I know I just had to wait!" She was my best friend. She's been gone for two years now, and it's been hard.
I'm starting to get older. I'm getting fine lines from laughter over jokes that she never got to hear. I'm becoming a person she never got to meet. Grief hits me when I hear celebrity gossip about people she loved that I had never heard of. I used to remember those things so I could tell her about them, hoping to be able to see her blind reaction, because they were always the best.
Grief hits when I watch shows I know she would have loved.
She would have LOVED this episode. I wish I could have watched it with her. I might not have gotten the chance to see her reaction, but I know she would have reacted exactly like the sister on the left, and I would have reacted exactly like the sister on the right. She would have teared up at the exact same moments. Her hand would have covered her mouth at the time time. She would have burst into laughter over the same moments. She would have asked me to hold her hand when Frank tells Bill that it's his last day.
I might not have gotten to watch this with you, Jess, but for 36 minutes, I got to have a sister's night with you again.
Great music in this episode! Fleetwood Mac followed by Cream, can't beat it!
Such a great episode, I'm enjoying you ladies reacting. I've finished the game multiple times, and I loved the show. It's funny, there were a ton of people posting their crying reactions to this episode and the shows' creators were like, this was supposed to be the happy episode haha. I mean, I absolutely cried, and it is heartbreaking, but, it's really a beautiful story. and considering how most people live and lose their lives in this world, it is pretty happy :D
To the "why is she doing that" with the zombie in the wall, you're partly right. Also though, she's unimaginablly sheltered, grew up raised in a military school, having never left roughly the downtown Boston area. She had never seen an infected at all before, let alone up close. So ya, she's weird by any standard, but who wouldn't be, lol. "Do they bleed like me" maybe one might ask, or do they feel pain? Mark my words, in spite of the fantastic job the actor does showing her kinda weird, curious, macabre side, Ellie will grow on you!
and this was the short version, there's a 2 hour version that's supposedly even more heartbreaking
"Hope there's nothing bad down there." Just Ellie.😂 Frank climbs up out of the hole like "Bugs Bunny" to Bill's "Elmer Fudd". I wouldn't have been surprised if Frank said, "What's up doc?" "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" I'm a 70 yr old married gay man, Ron & I have been a couple for 34 yrs and I just love the representation this beautiful & poignant episode brings forth of middle-aged to senior gay couples. 🥰👨❤👨🌈 Thanks for your sweet and positive reactions.
Now this... This is some genuine heartfelt reaction.
Awesome video, girls!
as apocalypse lives and deaths go, bill and frank got pretty good ones, survived the shit, found love, had a good like 16 years together, went out together on their own terms and satisfied with their lot. certainly beats being killed by raiders or fedra, or being ripped apart by infected, or bitten and becomming one
The funny thing is the first time I saw this episode I cried at the end. Now I cry when Bill starts singing.
This was a wow episode and will go down as one of theee best tv episodes ever in any show...
I love bill and frank.. so glad they did this episode this makes sense ❤ frank deserved this......
The hole was covered. You can see him covering it with camo netting with grass and leaves on top in the little montage.
That little “I can’t handle this” dance killed me😂
44 years old swm. And this is probably the most beautiful episode of television I remember ever seeing.
Great reaction you two.
Love how you just let yourselves feel what the episode gives you! Emotion is what makes these reactions so good and truthful. Also just how naturally funny and charismatic you both are! Love your content :)
also... "I don't know if I can keep watching this if its just going to be crying every episode" was exactly my thoughts after watching this one!
I watch a few reactors channels. The best by far are the ones who really feel what they're watching.
You guys are great, and have gone to my joint favourites with Cassie and Carly from PiB.
Keep up the good work.
Man, my reaction to several key scenes and the entire episode itself was very similar to yours. I thought it was cute, it moved me; the direction, the soundtrack, the script, really.. this series is a very faithful adaptation!
Another great reaction, I'm already addicted to your channel! This is easily one of the best episodes of a show I've ever watched in my life. You guys are great, I'm gonna try to get my wife hooked on your channel too, lol.
Yes, it was totally a memorial. Celtic & Norse cultures used/use rock stacks for memorial and spiritual purposes. I've heard that some First Nation tribes did/do as well, but I don't know any specifics on that.
"Older means we're still here." These two guys came of age in the AIDS pandemic, then lived through a Class 2 apocalypse with the cordyceps pandemic. Every day they survive is an achievement to be proud of.
LOVE y'all's reactions and bravery putting yourself through this series. The answer is yes, pretty much every episode will do this to you. Brace yourselves.
Haylo's smile lights up her entire face, so beautiful to witness.
That intro with the bandaid was too good and it made me realize i need to watch your reaction to the full series. Not just ep3.
Important to note, marriage equality wasn't legalized in Massachusetts until 2004. So, at no point in either of their lives could their relationship have been recognized as a fully legal union. Thus, making their decision to get married that much more important.
4:50 "A little bit of revenge or something?"
"Yeah, some sort of resentment built up..."
Nice catch on this detail, both of you!
The "Nudist Gun Thief" comment had me rolling on the floor!
Watching you two fall in love with Bill & Frank, like so many of us did, only made the end hurt worse.
This is the good ending. In the game, they have a fight and Frank storms off and gets bit and hangs himself. Bill thinks that he just ran out on him until Joel and Bill find his still hanging corpse.
Bro, the part: “Its a boy!” and the way you were noticing it and the facial expressions made me laugh a lot. Your reactions to the episodes of the series are very good!
Sorry you got hurt, Kiss. Feel better!
... and it's a very nice Band-Aid!
You just watched a masterpiece of an episode. Its gonna win awards for sure! nick offerman was brilliant!
So glad to have found your channel with this series. Your reactions are so endearing.
That hole Frank fell into was a pitfall trap. A giant hole, but it had a net over the top with dirt and grass to hide the hole. You step on it, and down you go. He's lucky he didnt break something.
Another thing to note. Gay marriage wasnt legal in any US state until 2004. Meaning in the world Bill and Frank came from, they couldn't have been married. In a way, while time and the world stopped for many people, Bill and Frank were the true survivors of the outbreak. They found peace and happiness in each other in this world.
Another great reaction. I've watched a lot of reactions to TLOU and you two are very good. Looking forward to the next one.
You two are epic. You have a new sub. So crazy how no reactors I have seen so far really mention the door the house closing by itself when Joel is at the bedroom door. To me that seems as if Bill and Frank's spirits left their home, knowing that Joel and Ellie were safely there. ❤
I never thought about that idea, but I love it!
I onsider it as basically closing the door on joel's relationship with bill and frank, literally.
@@ISavant that too
This was a masterpiece of an episode I was not expecting this to be what Bill and Frank's story was going to be in the TV show in the game it's way different way way different I prefer this over the game storyline about Bill and Frank I prefer the TV show more❤
Congratulating survived this episode❤ this episode reminds me of Romeo and Juliet type of storyline
The whole season is definitely heavy but totally worth seeing through! It’s so good
I've always appreciated TLOU because it felt like the infected were second to the actual story. It's a story about family, friends and loved ones, and the infected just happen to be an additional obstacle.
This episode was amazing, and your reactions were wonderful.
Please continue!
That moment you realize Frank decided he was ready to die when he could no longer paint Bill.
I mean this is 10/10 television, no one can deny it
Definitely start doing some movie reactions. You girls are great 👍🏼
Love your reaction, all the "awww" moments xd
Great reaction to a great episode. You guys have great emotional intelligence and you pick up on a lot of good details. Glad to take this journey again with you two!
This episode, and Ron Swanson absolutely deserve an Emmy!
This episode is a masterpiece ❤ I like your reactions, much love from Ukraine 😊
hi guys nice reactions for this episode.. the most heartwarming & sad in the same way for Bill & Frank..fun fact: in the game bill is the only person show on that game.. we didnt see frank at all.. the writers give us a backstory of bill and frank.. actually they deviate it from the game.. but it soo.good so nice i see the other side of bill here in the game hes a GRUMPY OLD MAN 😂.. hope youll continue to raact on TLOU many surprises are up ahead.. see yah..
Well, I don't know about EVERY episode, but keeping tissues nearby is probably a good plan. Great reaction to a great episode. And, where did that earthquake happen in California? I'm guessing up north but I don't remember one happening down here in LA anytime recently.
I'm only in 3 minutes and 42 seconds and I'm amazed at your reaction of the tampon find she actually said " that's like gold" No pos Wow
I know this was well over a year ago nearly two, but the fact that you had the bar's cameras catch the earthquake was nuts! Glad you're okay and by now you're fully healed lol
The most beautiful love story I've ever seen on screen.
While this definitely brings tears to your eyes, for me this is a happy episode. Bill and Frank lived a beautiful life in the middle of an apocalypse. They made the most of their life together and it's all anyone can ask for. Lived to the fullest. It's no tragedy, just a beautiful love story.
Another thing to consider, is that Massachusetts didn't legalize same-sex marriage until 2004 in the real world. GIven the outbreak happened in 2003 in this world, it's possible that it was never legalized. Making Bill and Frank's story all the more tragic.
Bill and franks scenes may be the greatest tv episodes to ever be on tv... 😢 This is tlou. ... This has always been tlou
13:02 out of all the reactions ive seen i dont recall anyone else noticed him doing that. nice catch! 😃 its a subtle look that i really felt was a breaking the forth wall moment.
Game of Thrones made you invest in so many characters - then they died... . The Last of Us makes you really care about characters so quickly its's stunning - then they died. It's a great show, might yet be one of the greatest... :)
what an absolute masterpiece of television. easily in my top 5 television episodes of all time, hands down.
You girls have great chemistry, are funny, smart, and impressively wise (loved the fact you pointed out how much we take simple things for granted nowadays), stay like you are, for a starting channel, you definitely will go far, if that's what you're aiming for.
“He's so handsome” Man I laughed a lot because I wasn't the only one who thought it LOL
6:11 The judgement for revealing that you had pizza for breakfast!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
nothing gets me more about this episode than thinking about how marriage equality wasn't legalized in the first state in the US until AFTER the outbreak in this timeline (late 2003). Meaning it was never legal for these two to get married so it was even more important to have that before they died.
That was the most dramatic reason for having a bandaid I have heard yet.
We don't get earthquakes here in London though.