Bro you hit every nail on the head every time. Especially at the end when David didn’t even care when the restaurant was on fire he showed he was the devil himself. He was comfortable surrounded by fire as the devil would be. And how malnourished David’s men looked because they were eating human and not getting proper nutrients…Amazing! Y’all channel is blowing up too glad for you guys 🙏
Another cool use of fire when personifying David - if you look back at the "everything happens for a reason" speech, at the start the lighting on David's face is pretty standard. But then, when he reveals that he knows who Ellie is, the camera goes back to him and his face is starting to be lit by the flames from the fire, hinting at his true nature behind his friendly facade.
And during the meal, looking at how much larger David's portion was than everyone else's. That part alone, if nothing else before, already tells us this guy is just putting up an act with that whole "good leader and person" stuff.
Man, you guys caught on to stuff that totally flew over my head. David selective feeding his people so that he can control them, and the fire reflecting off David being akin to the devil and how comfortable he was around it and building higher like his rage, that's a really good attention to detail haha!
HBO is killing it. We didn't play the game and glad we didn't. Going in blind adds such a suspenseful aspect to the whole experience. Thanks for watching!
I watch 10+ reactions per week to this show and by far you two are the best! The raw emotion, the attention to detail, the intelligence you both provide. Keep doing what you are doing. The grind will pay off. No where to go but up! 🔥🔥🔥
Joel's "It's okay, I believe him" hits so hard in both the game and show lol. I think that whole scene actually hits harder in the show because so far this series has been a lot less violent than the game up until this episode. Loved your reaction!
I often think about the fact that I would NEVER survive in these post-apocalyptic scenarios… Joel, however murderous he may be, certainly showed in this episode especially how he has stayed alive for 20+ years
Like another commenter has mentioned, your enthusiasms are SO contagious. Even though i've already seen the episode I get super hyped by yall's reactions 😂 No joke, one of the best, if not the best reactors to this series!!
This is awesome! Appreciate you Ashen! When we're in the heat of the moment, we forget what was said during filming...we also get hype watching ourselves over🤭😂
I haven't watched your reactions before. Love the enthusiasm - especially at 21:39 - you almost brought the house down. Literally. :D Also - great take on Ellie's take down of David. There was more than David behind those blows. Everything poured out of her in that moment. Absolute, unrestrained rage.
The 'baby girl's at the end always hit me in the game and in this show I cried when I heard it. I also keep tearing up watching reactions to this episode. Love watching you guys
@@BeautyandtheBeard1 - Most definitely! Also, his was FULL and he was the only one who ate the meal with a measured manner. He wasn't just satisfying hunger-- he was savoring it, taking pleasure in eating human meat. 🤮 "This is a CULT!!!"
I'm so happy your video was suggested in my feed. I had a blast watching you guys. Felt like we were chilling together. Sad that I stumbled upon this towards the end. Hope you keep watching stuff
One thing I noticed, everyone in that group may "follow" David, but no one "loves" David. The fact that he enters the dining hall with stolen Elk and no one cheers or claps or even thanks him for providing food shows how he just irradiates discomfort. I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them wishes for David to be taken apart by a hibernating clicker.
That baby girl he says always makes me cry in the game and had me tearing up with the show and every time I react to this episode now ♡ also James, David's right hand man is played by Joel's voice actor in the game :). Love watching you guys
Great reaction from the both of you! How did you guys know the horse was named Callus? lol. I could've sworn they never mentioned it. Keep up the great work!
I can’t believe the journey ends next week. Would love for you guys to react to the “Inside the Episode” featurettes after the finale! They provide a lot of behind the scenes material and insight from the actors and creators.
"The full psychosis of this man" yeah! You was spot on with every single aspect of this episode from surface to the crevices. Both of you bouncing off each other as a team sharing one brain having a conversation with us. Fun to watch. Congrats on this great video 😎👍🏾 lol "then we'll SHARE you with the rest of the group!" 🤣😅😂😂😂😂 NICE!!!
Appreciate you tuning in!! We're just glad to be able to share our thoughts with this unbelievably supportive community 🙏🏾 Next week is going to be WILD!!
Love this reaction!!! Seeing Ellie so over one with rage and anger at the end was really hard to watch, she didn’t deserve that but the entire episode was incredible.
The moment Joel forces her to focus on him, even without knowing exactly what she did to get away, he knows that something inside of her is broken and changed. He sees it. The simple act of calling her baby girl, which is huge for him, is the point of no return for both of them. There’s no altering course, he will fight through hell itself for her, just to have an opportunity to save her. I see so much guilt in both of them for what they’ve been through (and had no control over most of the time), but especially him right now, because he couldn’t protect her, so I think now he’s become this shield wall for her.
Definitely noticed Joel take in Ellie's trauma in just one glance. Such a painful interaction. Nailed it on the 'babygirl' part btw... Ellie's now his daughter and like any parent, he'll did anything and everything to keep her safe.
@@BeautyandtheBeard1 the character of Joel, and Pedro, consistently amaze me with how, just by a look, you see all the pain and fear and trauma. He never has to say a word. But you also see that he will become EXACTLY what Bill said in that letter. Love the reactions y'all!!
Love you guys reactions everytime brother. Y’all are amazing. Keep it up. P.s David and mini crew wasn’t eating the people they kept the deer and stuff to themselves but they was feeding everybody else humans.
Yep, they imply this early, by saying “if we keep everyone else on “rations”, we have about a week, maybe 2 at most of venison/rabbit (implying just for them). Great catch!
😂😂, that is exactly what I said. “I was like how is it possible that you’re in a burning building surrounded by smoke and fire and your first instinct is to sexually assault a child??? Like what kind of sick mind is that?”
There was hints that it was her father the girl wax eating like they are not going to bury him till spring and they served the bowls before the deer came through the door
@Beauty and the Beard, Do you remember asking the audience how good the game was way back in the first couple of episodes? Well, it is as good as what you're watching. This whole sequence is played as Ellie in the game, and we knew that this was going to happen since Ellie was eased on to us during the gameplay with Henry and Sam and even before that when we had to flee from raiders. But once Joel got hurt, we gamers had to play as Ellie scavenging and hunting for food, trying to help Joel anyway we could. The rabbit at the beginning was a nice call back--it had a very different outcome in the game, but this show doesn't have time for the adventure we had in the game, lol. They got right to the deer and David! Getting rid of David was so satisfying, and the actor playing him did an excellent job showing you why. I hope people watching this show realize that this is just a show and that he is not David. Some folks online are a bit much, and some of those people said some horrible things about Bella being cast as Ellie right up to the release of the first episode! I hope they see now why HBO cast her. She's an amazing actress! She's killing this role. Everyone is so well cast and this show is so well acted. It's pretty clear now that season one is going to be the entirety of the first game. Neil Druckmann (the game writer and show co-producer) and Craig Mazin (show co-producer) are going to stick the landing, you just know they are! There is no way they drop the ball. They brought the game to life in the best way possible. I know some wanted to see more Infected, but if you think about the game, Infected are there for leveling up purposes. The heart of the game was always the story, and that story was a story of humanity lost, how people became monsters themselves. Joel was a monster too, until Ellie came into his life, helping him find the humanity he lost the night Sarah died. If series bombarded us with Infected episode after episode like the Walking Dead and other shows with zombies that would've lessened the punch of them on screen. We were one pins and needles last week for a story that took place in the past, despite the fact that we pretty much knew the outcome. A bottomless bit full of infected is a nightmare for sure, and yet they managed to make a single infected, a Stalker, terrifying, because they made the smart choice to use the infected sparingly. But in a world full of actual monsters, people, and all the different factions of people, you don't really need Infected to show how scary the world has become. Joel warned Ellie of the world outside the QZ, but he didn't tell her everything. We knew of the raiders and slavers, but he didn't tell Ellie about the cults and canabals. Silver Lake just showed how freaking scary some people have become. By the way, James, the guy helping David, is the video game actor for Joel, Troy Baker. He sounds like Joel at times, lol. Troy Baker is an excellent impressionist as well, and he often lends his voice in video games bringing back voices of people long since passed and those unable to sound as they once did. In the Transformers game Fall of Cybertron Troy played Jazz and brought back the iconic voice of Scatman Crothers. He gave us a younger sounding Joker in the Arkham Knight games when he took over for Mark Hamill. Anyway, this was a great episode, and I cannot wait to see how they wrap this up. See you two next week. Let's go!
So happy none of the gamers spoiled this fact about Ellie having to go solo for us. She did an amazing job. On that note, so did David 😈 Thanks for always dropping gems in the comments!!
Most religions have some sort of warning about "false prophets" and this is exactly why. When people are scared and vulnerable and overwhelmed, they are desperate for a leader to come along and say "it's gonna be okay", and the more desperate you are, the less discerning they are about who steps up and says, "I'll lead" - are they volunteering because they want to help people, or to gain something themselves? That's true for religion, politics, dysfunctional families, toxic friendships, cults, - any group has that risk. You totally hit the nail on the head - in any disaster, post-apocalypse, or other terrible event, the BIGGEST threat is always OTHER PEOPLE. Up until now in the show, we've seen folks kill each other plenty of times, but it's been out of fear or trying to survive, but it's at this moment where we're reminded of the laundry list of all of the OTHER horrible things that people can and likely would do if given the chance: grooming, trafficking, forced-naughties, playing "donner party the home game", etc., and that also separates out "true evil" from the fungus, the fungus is just doing what biology does trying to survive, but David? David is actually evil, and actual evil is WAY MORE terrifying. Serial killers, r@p!ists, folks that ENJOY watching people suffer for entertainment - THAT is "satanic" if you will. The fungus has no malice, just like a shark or a bear. If a bear eats you, it's not "evil", it's not trying to hurt you for fun, it's just hungry - but people? People can ENJOY hurting others, which ties into the "knowledge of good and evil" that came from eating of the tree of knowledge in the garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian traditions, for evil is a twisted side effect of empathy, because if I know what hurts ME, then I know what hurts YOU, and people have turned that into an art form. Joel's interrogation scene is brutal but it screams, "I'm in a lot of pain and I don't have time for this, so we're skipping the pleasantries and going straight to the end of the line". One of the things Craig Mazin (showrunner) and Neil Druckman (show producer, game creator) said is that one of the themes of the story is that while love can be beautiful, love, especially protective love of a spouse or a child, can drive you to dark places within yourself that you'd otherwise never find, which is so true. Most parents would kill someone attacking their kids without a second thought, it's one of the few "biological hacks" that bypass morality. We've seen glimpses of Joel being a badass before, and it's been hinted at through Bill and Tommy and Tess that "Joel's done some stuff", but this is the first time where we see that unleashed on screen. "It's okay baby girl" is another KEY moment in Joel and Ellie's story - Joel hasn't said "baby girl" since Sarah died and in saying that to Ellie, I totally agree with you - that's his way of saying "you're my daughter now for all intents and purposes". And Bella's face in that scene is perfect, you can see the accumulating PTSD building up on her face in real time. There are many different types of PTSD from a variety of sources - obviously when horrible things happen TO YOU, especially if they are done by sick malicious people, that's an express lane to PTSD, but another one that's not talked about as much is when YOU are forced into a situation where YOU do something that you never thought you'd be able to do, like hack an attacker to death, and then you have a hard time reconciling who you thought you were before that with who you are now. This is the kind of PTSD that effects a lot of war veterans, and the Ellie that walks out of the burning building is NOT the same Ellie that was carried in. Joel and Ellie have mirrored a lot of interesting things for each other. Both Joel and Ellie are tough and are survivors that have been through a lot, but in episode 6 we finally saw through Joel's tough exterior and a glimpse into his inner anxieties and fear when he talked to Tommy, And here when Ellie walks out of the burning building and collapses into Joel's arms, it's a stark reminder that despite how tough she is, she's still a kid, and this was her breakdown moment like Joel's in ep 6, where for the first time we don't see tough badass Ellie, we see a scared little girl who wants her daddy, and that is both endearing but also heartbreaking at the same time. One more episode this season, and as if waiting for a week isn't stressful enough, here's your spoiler free homework: Think back on all of the motives and goals of everyone involved up until now. What did Marlene want? What did Tess want? What did Ellie want at the beginning? What does she want now? What did Joel want at the beginning? What does Joel want now? And what motives may conflict with each other? Ponder on all that, because losing sleep over your favorite shows is fun :) Next week is gonna be nuts Cheers
The Colonel is back! Being non-gamers, we didn't know what to expect and you better believe we enjoyed every moment of Ellies' survivor episode. You forget she's just a kid at times. The last episode is going to be 🔥🔥🔥Thanks for the homework btw!
5:33 Glad Ellie is stepping up into protector mode. But the way she is holding that rifle let’s David and James know she is inexperienced. The stock is not brace against her shoulder. With her small size if she pulls the trigger it will go flying out of her hands. That and other things is why David doesn’t seem worried.
Another banger video! James is the voice actor for Joel in the game if yah didn't already know. It's C R A Z Y seeing show Ellie axe *og Joel right in the friggin neck with a cleaver. Knowing who he is...crazy!
Love the reaction. Told you, it's gonna get real. Wait for the next episode! You NEED to play this game. You'll be a natural cause you love the story so much
Im so happy this episode is getting so overwelmingly positive reactions because the whole show/game hinges on this section, If this didn't work and the audience weren't ecstatic when Joel and Ellie reunited its all been a waste of time.
I just love you guys so much man wow Its crazy how youtube platforms algos these boring @ss channels and not this one perhaps its better to have smaller numbers but more invested viewers I guess love from Canada, montreal AL
TW BELOW FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT (and sorry for the long post-I have a lot of feelings lol). Loved how we finally saw a glimpse of how dangerous and vicious Joel once was. It all comes out when he knows his little girl is missing…he violently killed Mrs. Alder’s mom in Ep 1 to save Sarah too. Moral of the story: Joel’s love language is protection, whatever that costs, and love can bring out the best and worst of us. James and his crew probably wanted to kill Ellie to spare her from what David wanted to do with her-I am sure they knew. The fact that David was a teacher beforehand, and when he said “the fighting is the part I like the most” just solidified it wasn’t the first time he’d done that. He probably has done that to Hannah as well (the girl who’s dad was killed). My heart broke when Ellie killed David-you can tell she’s taking out all of her pent-up trauma, grief, anger and pain onto him. He preyed on her worst fear, which is ending up alone. So when she leaves the building, she probably thinks she’s alone until Joel shows up to remind her she’s not. I think this is the first time we’re reminded, as an audience, that at the end of the day, Ellie may be wise beyond her years, sassy and strong, but she’s still a little kid (14 but still), who’s gone through an unimaginable trauma of being violated and needs comfort in this moment. Bella’s portrayal of Ellie’s trauma response (the screaming, blank stare, panic, mumbling incoherently) was so raw and real. I think we could all use a big bear hug from Pedro Pascal when we’re sad/scared. 🐻❤️🩹-the way he delivered the line “Hey, look, it’s me.” was so gentle and soothing. Joel doesn’t save Ellie physically, but he saves her emotionally in that moment. I could be a little dark and twisty for saying this, but this is one of my comfort episodes. In rewatching it, I noticed that Joel grabs Ellie’s bag when he’s out in the blizzard: 1) such a dad move, 2) he didn’t lose hope he’d find her 3) holding on to physical representations of people he’s lost brings him comfort…Frank’s flannel, Bill’s coffee, he makes a rock memorial for Tess, and the watch/butterfly stickers on the wall in his room in Austin, TX/Boston, MA for Sarah. Had he been too late and Ellie was dead (he saw her bag, bodies and dead horse), he would have wanted it as it’d be the last thing he’d have of HER and 4) that bag has everything Ellie owns-it’s her whole life. Being a child who’s institutionalized as she was (in FEDRA school), and then abused can be so destabilizing, and her body probably didn’t feel like her own. Having her bag back was a way to bring her back to a sense of comfort/normalcy, having something that was still HERS. Shows you how considerate and caring Joel is. BRB crying again. 😢 I’ve watched a lot of reactions from therapists and people who’ve experienced SA who say that the way Joel comforted her was such a great example of the way you should be with someone who’s been traumatized: he doesn’t ask her what happened (talking about it can be re-traumatizing), he just holds and rocks her, tells her she’s safe, and then bundles her up in his coat to help get her warm. Juxtaposed to one of the first things David (who views himself as a father to his group) does to Ellie when he takes her is strip her of her hat and coat-shows you what a true dad would do. I hope Pedro, Bella, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckman know how cathartic and healing that final scene was for many people, and I applaud them for handling such heavy, disturbing topics with such care. It’s something that exists in the world, and sadly, many people can resonate with. It’s important to talk about. For anyone else reading this, if this episode hit home for you as well, know you’re not alone and it is NOT. YOUR. FAULT. ❤
I don't think they were ever going to bury Hannah's father in spring..... and these people really sucked at hunting, Ellie found a deer and rabbit in one morning
They are definitely not the best hunters. We figured they probably fed Hannah's father to their townspeople or he's one of the bodies dangling in the bait shack.
Quality reactions from both of you , you totally realise why so many of us gamers call this game the best ever . Total masterpiece is an overused but undervalued statement nowadays , but not in this case
Appreciate you Andy!! This show is unbelievable and truly is a masterpiece. Haven't seen this kind of hype for a TV series in a long time!! Thanks for tuning in!
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Bro you hit every nail on the head every time. Especially at the end when David didn’t even care when the restaurant was on fire he showed he was the devil himself. He was comfortable surrounded by fire as the devil would be. And how malnourished David’s men looked because they were eating human and not getting proper nutrients…Amazing! Y’all channel is blowing up too glad for you guys 🙏
This shows attention to detail is unheard of. Appreciate you bro!!
Another cool use of fire when personifying David - if you look back at the "everything happens for a reason" speech, at the start the lighting on David's face is pretty standard. But then, when he reveals that he knows who Ellie is, the camera goes back to him and his face is starting to be lit by the flames from the fire, hinting at his true nature behind his friendly facade.
And during the meal, looking at how much larger David's portion was than everyone else's. That part alone, if nothing else before, already tells us this guy is just putting up an act with that whole "good leader and person" stuff.
Thanks for pointing that out @@lordyeetus6317!
@@gogadantes8699 it was in that very moment Dre yelled "THIS IS A CULT!"
Man, you guys caught on to stuff that totally flew over my head. David selective feeding his people so that he can control them, and the fire reflecting off David being akin to the devil and how comfortable he was around it and building higher like his rage, that's a really good attention to detail haha!
HBO is killing it. We didn't play the game and glad we didn't. Going in blind adds such a suspenseful aspect to the whole experience. Thanks for watching!
@Beauty and the Beard even if you don't do a playthrough on TH-cam, definitely consider playing Part 1 after the HBO series is over!
That's a great idea! Thank you@@thejoshinator5302!!
Joel has finally accepted Ellie as his own daughter and will do anything to protect her, so prepare for incredible violence
This is it!! Man next week is going to be crazy!!
Marlene said it episode 1. “I know what you’re capable of.” Mess with who he loves and find out!
I cry every time I see that scene again
@@igloo2158 True!! Nothing can break this bond now.
The terror in Ellie eyes thinking Joel was someone else grabbing her🥺Thanks for tuning in@@crystalkeeler1069
Dude I lost it when you said “brunch” 😂
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I watch 10+ reactions per week to this show and by far you two are the best! The raw emotion, the attention to detail, the intelligence you both provide. Keep doing what you are doing. The grind will pay off. No where to go but up! 🔥🔥🔥
Wow, thank you Dan!! Appreciate the love and encouraging words 🙏🏾
Joel's "It's okay, I believe him" hits so hard in both the game and show lol. I think that whole scene actually hits harder in the show because so far this series has been a lot less violent than the game up until this episode. Loved your reaction!
Oh wow! So "Joellie" is about to go HAM from here on out basically....
You’re such a vibrant duo! Loved the reaction and your insight. You’ve got yourselves a new subscriber. ‘She’s gonna be a charcuterie plate?’ DUDE. 😭
Welcome to the gang 🙌🏾 Thanks for the great feedback! Appreciate you Manda!!
I often think about the fact that I would NEVER survive in these post-apocalyptic scenarios… Joel, however murderous he may be, certainly showed in this episode especially how he has stayed alive for 20+ years
Exactly! This show is less about the infected and more about human behavior. You gotta do what you gotta do...
Thanks for watching Hannah!
“From the looks of it she’s better out there than with you guys , starvin Marvins over here “ she’s so funny 😂
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Thanks for tuning in Sanaah!
Like another commenter has mentioned, your enthusiasms are SO contagious. Even though i've already seen the episode I get super hyped by yall's reactions 😂 No joke, one of the best, if not the best reactors to this series!!
This is awesome! Appreciate you Ashen!
When we're in the heat of the moment, we forget what was said during filming...we also get hype watching ourselves over🤭😂
I haven't watched your reactions before. Love the enthusiasm - especially at 21:39 - you almost brought the house down. Literally. :D
Also - great take on Ellie's take down of David. There was more than David behind those blows. Everything poured out of her in that moment. Absolute, unrestrained rage.
Appreciate the feedback Callan🙌🏾That scene was absolutely EPIC 😂
Thanks for tuning in!!
You guys' commentary is too good. Yall are always one step ahead of the plot and so funny too lmao! I'm subscribing for sure I love yall already
Thanks Janita!! Appreciate you!! Welcome to the gang 🙌🏾
I clicked on this reaction faster than the townspeople ate their “venison”
Same😂
🤣🤣🤣 Love the energy!!
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@@el_huffstergames7842 😂😂
@BL Alley LOL
The brunch line had me rolling
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Thanks for watching!
bruh yall have the best commentary for this show
Appreciate the feedback Nathan! Thanks for watching 🙏🏾
The 'baby girl's at the end always hit me in the game and in this show I cried when I heard it. I also keep tearing up watching reactions to this episode. Love watching you guys
Aw man...it hit HARD!!! That embrace was everything!!
So pumped to see this drop! I love your reactions. Haven’t watched but just wanted to express how awesome I think you two are!
Aw man thanks Shane!! Enjoy the reaction!!!
10:48 It's a cult vibe. [...] And this guy's plate overflows. He's the only one without a bowl. This is a CULT!!!!" 😂😂
It's the damn plate that gave it away 🤣🤣
@@BeautyandtheBeard1 - Most definitely! Also, his was FULL and he was the only one who ate the meal with a measured manner. He wasn't just satisfying hunger-- he was savoring it, taking pleasure in eating human meat. 🤮
"This is a CULT!!!"
THANK YOU!!!! You are the first reaction I've watched that stated the people are worse than the cordyceps.
I'm so happy your video was suggested in my feed. I had a blast watching you guys. Felt like we were chilling together. Sad that I stumbled upon this towards the end. Hope you keep watching stuff
Glad to have you Josh! You're not late, we're just getting started!! Thanks for tuning in!!
@18:11 "BRUNCH" HAD ME DEAD LMAOOOOOOOO
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So many reactions to this episode but yours was the one I've been waiting for. Great reaction!
Wow! Thank you!! We're glad to be on your radar!
@@BeautyandtheBeard1 I'm glad I found you guys! :)
absouletly loving the content and how attentive to detail you guys are keep it up
Thank you so much! Appreciate you tuning in!!
Y'all always catch *EVERYTHING* on the first watch! Y'all are too good!
We're very observant lol. Thanks Jubilee!
One thing I noticed, everyone in that group may "follow" David, but no one "loves" David. The fact that he enters the dining hall with stolen Elk and no one cheers or claps or even thanks him for providing food shows how he just irradiates discomfort. I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them wishes for David to be taken apart by a hibernating clicker.
Great observation Joseph!! He definitely got what he deserved...
This reaction, man. Whoa! I gotta turn on the Notification Bell of this channel. Gimme more!
Appreciate the support King!
Great reactions and great comments to this show, watching you from France and you got a new subscriber my friends !
Welcome aboard Jay! Appreciate you tuning! Greetings from Montreal, Quebec 👋🏾
James who got meat clevered on the neck is the voice actor of joel in the game
That's wild!
still the best reactions to this show I’ve seen, you guys are so good ❤
That means so much to us! Thanks for watching!
That baby girl he says always makes me cry in the game and had me tearing up with the show and every time I react to this episode now ♡ also James, David's right hand man is played by Joel's voice actor in the game :). Love watching you guys
Love the attention to detail in this show! Thanks for sharing and for watching!
You are some of the funnest reactors here. Subbed
Appreciate you Gene!! Thanks for the sub!
Awesome channel~ Looking forward to the final episode!
Thank you!! It's going to be WILD!!
Love the energy of your reactions! I wish I could give all of your videos 100s of likes.
Thank you so much!! Appreciate having you here!
Great reaction from the both of you! How did you guys know the horse was named Callus? lol. I could've sworn they never mentioned it. Keep up the great work!
y'all are one of my fav reactors this year.. i pray and hope y'all have growth in your YT channel before the year ends. 👏🏾👏🏾
That's so freaking awesome!! Thank you for your positive energy Amankwe!! Appreciate you 🙏🏾
Your enjoyment is infectious! ❤
Aww thank you! Appreciate you!
A very nice reaction! LOL. "Brunch?" got me laughing. This episode was great! Just one more episode to go and I really can't wait..
Thanks Benji!! We agree...this episode was epic! Next episode is going to be WILD!! Can't wait!
I can’t believe the journey ends next week. Would love for you guys to react to the “Inside the Episode” featurettes after the finale! They provide a lot of behind the scenes material and insight from the actors and creators.
I know!! It all happened so quick 😭
Thanks for the heads up! Sounds really interesting!
OMG, y'all were SO hyped during this episode, it was so much fun to watch! 😂
Man....Ellie KILLED it!!
When Joel called Ellie 'baby girl' man....... absolute mess i was . :(
Same. I was a mess!
You and everyone else 😭
Loved this one! Haven't seen you guys before this ep. Now I have to go back to the first ep and follow through the story again with you guys :)
Thank you Viggo! Glad you found us...enjoy the trip down memory lane!!
"The full psychosis of this man" yeah! You was spot on with every single aspect of this episode from surface to the crevices. Both of you bouncing off each other as a team sharing one brain having a conversation with us. Fun to watch. Congrats on this great video 😎👍🏾 lol "then we'll SHARE you with the rest of the group!" 🤣😅😂😂😂😂 NICE!!!
Appreciate you tuning in!! We're just glad to be able to share our thoughts with this unbelievably supportive community 🙏🏾 Next week is going to be WILD!!
Y’all pick up on the craziest details👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks Sarah!!
awesome reaction.. LOVE LOVE LOVE your enthusiasm and so enjoy sharing your hype
You earned a sub ! Love your commentary
Welcome aboard Nikolaus!! Appreciate you 🙏🏾
Fantastic reaction love watching with you guys such a tense episode but I love it so much
Appreciate you tagging along! Great episode!
Great reaction. Love your enthusiasm and you caught everything perfectly. Had to laugh at the charcuterie plate comment😂😂😂😂. Sub’d.
Thank you so much 😁Glad you enjoyed our reaction! Welcome to the gang 🙌🏾
@@BeautyandtheBeard1 np. Gonna go back and watch your other episodes.
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Y’all are funny 😂😂😂 you gained a new subscriber
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Love this reaction!!! Seeing Ellie so over one with rage and anger at the end was really hard to watch, she didn’t deserve that but the entire episode was incredible.
Thanks you!! Was really tough cause she played the part too damn well. We were so overjoyed to see Joel find, hug and call her babygirl 😍
The moment Joel forces her to focus on him, even without knowing exactly what she did to get away, he knows that something inside of her is broken and changed. He sees it. The simple act of calling her baby girl, which is huge for him, is the point of no return for both of them. There’s no altering course, he will fight through hell itself for her, just to have an opportunity to save her. I see so much guilt in both of them for what they’ve been through (and had no control over most of the time), but especially him right now, because he couldn’t protect her, so I think now he’s become this shield wall for her.
Definitely noticed Joel take in Ellie's trauma in just one glance. Such a painful interaction. Nailed it on the 'babygirl' part btw... Ellie's now his daughter and like any parent, he'll did anything and everything to keep her safe.
@@BeautyandtheBeard1 the character of Joel, and Pedro, consistently amaze me with how, just by a look, you see all the pain and fear and trauma. He never has to say a word. But you also see that he will become EXACTLY what Bill said in that letter. Love the reactions y'all!!
Thank you @@jenniferredmond3592!! Pedro is the best!!
Love you guys reactions everytime brother. Y’all are amazing. Keep it up.
P.s David and mini crew wasn’t eating the people they kept the deer and stuff to themselves but they was feeding everybody else humans.
Wow!! That's even worse!!!...
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Yep, they imply this early, by saying “if we keep everyone else on “rations”, we have about a week, maybe 2 at most of venison/rabbit (implying just for them). Great catch!
Thanks for confirming that @@alecruden6912!! At least the townspeople get treated to some BBQ'd David instead of Poppa stew 😜
😂😂, that is exactly what I said. “I was like how is it possible that you’re in a burning building surrounded by smoke and fire and your first instinct is to sexually assault a child??? Like what kind of sick mind is that?”
Wild right?!? Glad he went out the way he did...
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The skinny guy, 'James' is Troy Baker, the 'Joel' from the game!🤘
Oh cool! Thanks for enlightening us Chandra!
Great reaction guys
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I so much enjoy your reviews! They're just as entertaining as the show!
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Lmaooo y'all had me getting hype all over again like I was last night watching it
It's THAT F***ING GOOD though 🤩
There was hints that it was her father the girl wax eating like they are not going to bury him till spring and they served the bowls before the deer came through the door
Exactly!! The horse was in the shed and the deer was brought out for show...so pops for dinner🤢🤮
any time dre stand up i laugh for some reason 💀💀
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@Beauty and the Beard,
Do you remember asking the audience how good the game was way back in the first couple of episodes? Well, it is as good as what you're watching. This whole sequence is played as Ellie in the game, and we knew that this was going to happen since Ellie was eased on to us during the gameplay with Henry and Sam and even before that when we had to flee from raiders. But once Joel got hurt, we gamers had to play as Ellie scavenging and hunting for food, trying to help Joel anyway we could. The rabbit at the beginning was a nice call back--it had a very different outcome in the game, but this show doesn't have time for the adventure we had in the game, lol. They got right to the deer and David! Getting rid of David was so satisfying, and the actor playing him did an excellent job showing you why. I hope people watching this show realize that this is just a show and that he is not David. Some folks online are a bit much, and some of those people said some horrible things about Bella being cast as Ellie right up to the release of the first episode! I hope they see now why HBO cast her. She's an amazing actress! She's killing this role. Everyone is so well cast and this show is so well acted.
It's pretty clear now that season one is going to be the entirety of the first game. Neil Druckmann (the game writer and show co-producer) and Craig Mazin (show co-producer) are going to stick the landing, you just know they are! There is no way they drop the ball. They brought the game to life in the best way possible. I know some wanted to see more Infected, but if you think about the game, Infected are there for leveling up purposes. The heart of the game was always the story, and that story was a story of humanity lost, how people became monsters themselves. Joel was a monster too, until Ellie came into his life, helping him find the humanity he lost the night Sarah died.
If series bombarded us with Infected episode after episode like the Walking Dead and other shows with zombies that would've lessened the punch of them on screen. We were one pins and needles last week for a story that took place in the past, despite the fact that we pretty much knew the outcome. A bottomless bit full of infected is a nightmare for sure, and yet they managed to make a single infected, a Stalker, terrifying, because they made the smart choice to use the infected sparingly. But in a world full of actual monsters, people, and all the different factions of people, you don't really need Infected to show how scary the world has become. Joel warned Ellie of the world outside the QZ, but he didn't tell her everything. We knew of the raiders and slavers, but he didn't tell Ellie about the cults and canabals. Silver Lake just showed how freaking scary some people have become.
By the way, James, the guy helping David, is the video game actor for Joel, Troy Baker. He sounds like Joel at times, lol. Troy Baker is an excellent impressionist as well, and he often lends his voice in video games bringing back voices of people long since passed and those unable to sound as they once did. In the Transformers game Fall of Cybertron Troy played Jazz and brought back the iconic voice of Scatman Crothers. He gave us a younger sounding Joker in the Arkham Knight games when he took over for Mark Hamill.
Anyway, this was a great episode, and I cannot wait to see how they wrap this up. See you two next week. Let's go!
So happy none of the gamers spoiled this fact about Ellie having to go solo for us. She did an amazing job. On that note, so did David 😈
Thanks for always dropping gems in the comments!!
Remember a few episodes before? "You're not family, you're cargo"... Well, NOT ANYMORE.
How far have we come!?! Thanks for tuning in JF!
Most religions have some sort of warning about "false prophets" and this is exactly why. When people are scared and vulnerable and overwhelmed, they are desperate for a leader to come along and say "it's gonna be okay", and the more desperate you are, the less discerning they are about who steps up and says, "I'll lead" - are they volunteering because they want to help people, or to gain something themselves? That's true for religion, politics, dysfunctional families, toxic friendships, cults, - any group has that risk.
You totally hit the nail on the head - in any disaster, post-apocalypse, or other terrible event, the BIGGEST threat is always OTHER PEOPLE. Up until now in the show, we've seen folks kill each other plenty of times, but it's been out of fear or trying to survive, but it's at this moment where we're reminded of the laundry list of all of the OTHER horrible things that people can and likely would do if given the chance: grooming, trafficking, forced-naughties, playing "donner party the home game", etc., and that also separates out "true evil" from the fungus, the fungus is just doing what biology does trying to survive, but David? David is actually evil, and actual evil is WAY MORE terrifying. Serial killers, r@p!ists, folks that ENJOY watching people suffer for entertainment - THAT is "satanic" if you will. The fungus has no malice, just like a shark or a bear. If a bear eats you, it's not "evil", it's not trying to hurt you for fun, it's just hungry - but people? People can ENJOY hurting others, which ties into the "knowledge of good and evil" that came from eating of the tree of knowledge in the garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian traditions, for evil is a twisted side effect of empathy, because if I know what hurts ME, then I know what hurts YOU, and people have turned that into an art form.
Joel's interrogation scene is brutal but it screams, "I'm in a lot of pain and I don't have time for this, so we're skipping the pleasantries and going straight to the end of the line". One of the things Craig Mazin (showrunner) and Neil Druckman (show producer, game creator) said is that one of the themes of the story is that while love can be beautiful, love, especially protective love of a spouse or a child, can drive you to dark places within yourself that you'd otherwise never find, which is so true. Most parents would kill someone attacking their kids without a second thought, it's one of the few "biological hacks" that bypass morality. We've seen glimpses of Joel being a badass before, and it's been hinted at through Bill and Tommy and Tess that "Joel's done some stuff", but this is the first time where we see that unleashed on screen.
"It's okay baby girl" is another KEY moment in Joel and Ellie's story - Joel hasn't said "baby girl" since Sarah died and in saying that to Ellie, I totally agree with you - that's his way of saying "you're my daughter now for all intents and purposes". And Bella's face in that scene is perfect, you can see the accumulating PTSD building up on her face in real time. There are many different types of PTSD from a variety of sources - obviously when horrible things happen TO YOU, especially if they are done by sick malicious people, that's an express lane to PTSD, but another one that's not talked about as much is when YOU are forced into a situation where YOU do something that you never thought you'd be able to do, like hack an attacker to death, and then you have a hard time reconciling who you thought you were before that with who you are now. This is the kind of PTSD that effects a lot of war veterans, and the Ellie that walks out of the burning building is NOT the same Ellie that was carried in.
Joel and Ellie have mirrored a lot of interesting things for each other. Both Joel and Ellie are tough and are survivors that have been through a lot, but in episode 6 we finally saw through Joel's tough exterior and a glimpse into his inner anxieties and fear when he talked to Tommy, And here when Ellie walks out of the burning building and collapses into Joel's arms, it's a stark reminder that despite how tough she is, she's still a kid, and this was her breakdown moment like Joel's in ep 6, where for the first time we don't see tough badass Ellie, we see a scared little girl who wants her daddy, and that is both endearing but also heartbreaking at the same time.
One more episode this season, and as if waiting for a week isn't stressful enough, here's your spoiler free homework:
Think back on all of the motives and goals of everyone involved up until now. What did Marlene want? What did Tess want? What did Ellie want at the beginning? What does she want now? What did Joel want at the beginning? What does Joel want now? And what motives may conflict with each other?
Ponder on all that, because losing sleep over your favorite shows is fun :)
Next week is gonna be nuts
Cheers
The Colonel is back! Being non-gamers, we didn't know what to expect and you better believe we enjoyed every moment of Ellies' survivor episode. You forget she's just a kid at times. The last episode is going to be 🔥🔥🔥Thanks for the homework btw!
Your reactions are my favourite!
Glad you like them! Thanks for tuning in 🙏🏾
When Joel tells you to pipe down, you pipe down.
Facts!! Thanks for tuning in 🙏🏾
Amazing reaction!
Thank you Emma!! 😁
This episode 8 is my second favorite episode behind ep 5.
Both were freaking intense!! The whole series was epic!
5:33 Glad Ellie is stepping up into protector mode. But the way she is holding that rifle let’s David and James know she is inexperienced. The stock is not brace against her shoulder. With her small size if she pulls the trigger it will go flying out of her hands.
That and other things is why David doesn’t seem worried.
Oh wow!! Thanks for pointing that out!! Appreciate you!
It's funny the guy she stabbed when she was being held down on the table. Was the same guy that played Joel in the game.
That's wlid!! Thanks for sharing Emerson!
"Don't let Joel go to a second location" LMAOOOO
At 25% at that!!!
The cannibal commentary and jokes killed me haha! charcuterie plate bahahahahah
😂😂😂Glad you enjoyed our reaction!!
"He's gonna regurgitate it for him"
Not the mamabird joke LMAO
Say 'cheep cheep' for us Joel
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Feed that baby bird🐣
Oh, he knows what happened. He could see it in her face.
Sadly that is true 😥
Another banger video! James is the voice actor for Joel in the game if yah didn't already know. It's C R A Z Y seeing show Ellie axe *og Joel right in the friggin neck with a cleaver. Knowing who he is...crazy!
Thanks man!! Our viewers let us know the correlation. Pretty insane twist!!
that's for Joel, that's for Ellie, that's for Riley, that's for every little child that David ever touched in his disgusting life.
Exactly!!!! Thanks for tuning in!
Great reaction as always
“Brunch” 🤣🤣🤣
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A determined will cannot be stopped.
Facts!!
great reaction
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Appreciate you Ryan!
Love the reaction. Told you, it's gonna get real. Wait for the next episode! You NEED to play this game. You'll be a natural cause you love the story so much
Appreciate you! We'll definitely try the game...but we're not gamers so don't know how far we'd get in the story🤣
@@BeautyandtheBeard1 understood. Well, you could always watch gameplay on youtube. Get those tissues ready for this finale homie
@@xxghost_powersxx5680 True! Thanks for the recommendation! Sunday needs to hurry back around already!
#EmmyforBella!!!
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Can't wait for your reaction on next episode
It's going to be WILD! Appreciate you tuning in!!
The Babygirl line… 😢 the way he said the same thing to her as he did to his daughter Sarah in episode one 🥹😭
😭😭 Hearts melted all over the world with that line!!
HAVE to see you guys playing the game now!!! !!!!
We might not make it past chapter 1 😂😂 We're not seasoned gamers lol
@@BeautyandtheBeard1 It's surprisingly easy!! And you can turn the difficulty all the way down! :P
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Worst case scenario, we'll watch someone else's gameplay lol 😂
you guys have the best reactions!
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Great reaction 👏👏👏👍👍
Thank you!! 😁
My fav part of the game. One episode left.
No holds bar from here on out 😳
Im so happy this episode is getting so overwelmingly positive reactions because the whole show/game hinges on this section, If this didn't work and the audience weren't ecstatic when Joel and Ellie reunited its all been a waste of time.
Don't see how they could of failed us honestly. Every episode has been a masterpiece thus far. Thanks for tuning in!!
I just love you guys so much man wow
Its crazy how youtube platforms algos these boring @ss channels and not this one
perhaps its better to have smaller numbers but more invested viewers I guess
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Best Reaction!!!!
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I fully believe those men wanted to kill Ellie as a mercy killing, to keep her out of David’s hands
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Welcome to the gang!! Season 16 airs December 2023!! Let's go!!
TW BELOW FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT (and sorry for the long post-I have a lot of feelings lol).
Loved how we finally saw a glimpse of how dangerous and vicious Joel once was. It all comes out when he knows his little girl is missing…he violently killed Mrs. Alder’s mom in Ep 1 to save Sarah too. Moral of the story: Joel’s love language is protection, whatever that costs, and love can bring out the best and worst of us.
James and his crew probably wanted to kill Ellie to spare her from what David wanted to do with her-I am sure they knew. The fact that David was a teacher beforehand, and when he said “the fighting is the part I like the most” just solidified it wasn’t the first time he’d done that. He probably has done that to Hannah as well (the girl who’s dad was killed). My heart broke when Ellie killed David-you can tell she’s taking out all of her pent-up trauma, grief, anger and pain onto him. He preyed on her worst fear, which is ending up alone. So when she leaves the building, she probably thinks she’s alone until Joel shows up to remind her she’s not. I think this is the first time we’re reminded, as an audience, that at the end of the day, Ellie may be wise beyond her years, sassy and strong, but she’s still a little kid (14 but still), who’s gone through an unimaginable trauma of being violated and needs comfort in this moment.
Bella’s portrayal of Ellie’s trauma response (the screaming, blank stare, panic, mumbling incoherently) was so raw and real. I think we could all use a big bear hug from Pedro Pascal when we’re sad/scared. 🐻❤️🩹-the way he delivered the line “Hey, look, it’s me.” was so gentle and soothing. Joel doesn’t save Ellie physically, but he saves her emotionally in that moment.
I could be a little dark and twisty for saying this, but this is one of my comfort episodes. In rewatching it, I noticed that Joel grabs Ellie’s bag when he’s out in the blizzard: 1) such a dad move, 2) he didn’t lose hope he’d find her 3) holding on to physical representations of people he’s lost brings him comfort…Frank’s flannel, Bill’s coffee, he makes a rock memorial for Tess, and the watch/butterfly stickers on the wall in his room in Austin, TX/Boston, MA for Sarah. Had he been too late and Ellie was dead (he saw her bag, bodies and dead horse), he would have wanted it as it’d be the last thing he’d have of HER and 4) that bag has everything Ellie owns-it’s her whole life. Being a child who’s institutionalized as she was (in FEDRA school), and then abused can be so destabilizing, and her body probably didn’t feel like her own. Having her bag back was a way to bring her back to a sense of comfort/normalcy, having something that was still HERS. Shows you how considerate and caring Joel is. BRB crying again. 😢
I’ve watched a lot of reactions from therapists and people who’ve experienced SA who say that the way Joel comforted her was such a great example of the way you should be with someone who’s been traumatized: he doesn’t ask her what happened (talking about it can be re-traumatizing), he just holds and rocks her, tells her she’s safe, and then bundles her up in his coat to help get her warm. Juxtaposed to one of the first things David (who views himself as a father to his group) does to Ellie when he takes her is strip her of her hat and coat-shows you what a true dad would do.
I hope Pedro, Bella, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckman know how cathartic and healing that final scene was for many people, and I applaud them for handling such heavy, disturbing topics with such care. It’s something that exists in the world, and sadly, many people can resonate with. It’s important to talk about. For anyone else reading this, if this episode hit home for you as well, know you’re not alone and it is NOT. YOUR. FAULT. ❤
I don't think they were ever going to bury Hannah's father in spring..... and these people really sucked at hunting, Ellie found a deer and rabbit in one morning
They are definitely not the best hunters. We figured they probably fed Hannah's father to their townspeople or he's one of the bodies dangling in the bait shack.
The guy that Ellie used the cleaver on is the actor who voiced Joel in the video game, so Ellie killed the original Joel.
What a twist!! Thanks for chiming in Akashi!
Quality reactions from both of you , you totally realise why so many of us gamers call this game the best ever . Total masterpiece is an overused but undervalued statement nowadays , but not in this case
Appreciate you Andy!! This show is unbelievable and truly is a masterpiece. Haven't seen this kind of hype for a TV series in a long time!! Thanks for tuning in!
18:08 😅😂😂😂
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9:59 No joy because they have been saying we are eating venison and it’s really …long pig 😉
Long pig💀💀Nailed it!
idk why but this bit got me cracking up 13:14
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