Emotionally DRAINED...again 😭 | The LAST OF US Episode 3 REACTION | "Long, Long, Time"

Hello and welcome! Today, we will be watching The Last of Us tv show episode 3, "Long, Long Time". The Last of Us (HBO) stars Pedro Pescal (Joel) and Bella Ramsey (Ellie). In this episode, Joel and Ellie march on to see Bill and Frank, who are friends of Joel. We eventually learn more about Bill and Frank through a series of flashbacks.
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[@AirShark95]

Bill and Frank won the apocalypse. They had the best life you could have when the world ended.

[@bobkatfan2013]

“How did he fall in there?” The montage shows Bill setting hole traps, digging pits, then putting chicken wire down with mud on top.

[@jaysundae]

This was such a phenomenal episode. I absolutely don't care that they deviated from the source material 'cause it strengthened the characters and elevated the narrative to whole new emotional heights

[@EricSarahLevelUp]

Well said :)

[@LiKEdesignz]

This episode does Bill more justice than the game did, he fulfilled his purpose and had a happy ending. As a MASSIVE fan of the games I’m very happy they deviated.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

And that in itself is quite something to pull off. Usually deviations of that magnitude are an absolute red flag. But this was the one a million where it was hands down the better version.

[@jlinkous05]

Strawberry, giggling and crying. OMG

[@BudhagRizzo]

I think Joel was piling those rocks at the river as some sort of tribute to Tess.

[@jaysundae]

What's even more special about the juxtaposition of the two versions of Bill is that they serve the same narrative purpose even though the trajectory of their counterparts result in the two portrayals being polar opposites of each other. Game Bill serves to show Joel what being emotionally guarded will lead to; a life of solitude with little to no meaning, whereas Bill in this episode serves to show us that being emotionally vulnerable and letting yourself love again will give you purpose and allow you to live a meaningful life. Both stories ultimately lead to the same path, but this tells us a beautiful bittersweet love story along the way; a testament to how incredibly well-written this episode was

[@EricSarahLevelUp]

GREAT point. This version of Bill's story was told so well and it makes us even more excited for what's to come!

[@98tofuyi]

I also feel that Bill story in the show will contrast Henry and Sam's story, one being hopeful and the other being like in the game.

[@jaysundae]

@@98tofuyi Agreed. I'm not ready for Henry and Sam in the show, it'll be even more tragic 'cause Sam is deaf and also younger in the show, so it'll likely hit hard

[@clarkmichaels822]

I also like how, as much as Bill insists he doesn't like Joel, gives him all his stuff after he dies, gave him the code to his electified fence (likely not even Tess, considering the note), and told Frank to call Joel when he thought he was dying because Joel would take care of him. Bill entrusted Joel with everything he held dear.

[@98tofuyi]

@@clarkmichaels822 He ended up seeing himself in Joel, they are build from the same cloth. But as he said in the note, he eventually ended up opening his feelings because of Frank, while Joel kept himself closed (in the second episode Tess says to Joel that she never asked him to feel like she feels. She wanted something more but still respected Joel feelings of not being ready to open up again after Sarah). But Bill knew that Joel would do anything in his power to keep Frank safe because they are the same

[@ccramit]

The last thing Bill says to Joel in the game is something like, "Good. Now get the hell out of my town." And then we never hear about him ever again. Bill is just part of the plot to get Joel and Ellie a vehicle, so I don't mind that they made changes. In fact, I like the changes, and like you, next time I play the game, I will have this backstory on my mind as opposed to the 6 or 7 lines of dialog given about Bill's history in the game. They elude to some stuff and hint at others, but this episode literally spells it out and explores a lot deeper, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Very well written and very well acted by both men. Nick Offerman really pulled this off, and I thank his wife for pushing him into the role of Bill.

[@impopquiz]

Nick’s and Murray’s performances were phenomenal!! What a beautiful ep!

[@DoomsdayDave3D]

Im here to cry again. 😩

[@EricSarahLevelUp]

Letsss gooo 🍷

[@mbfaust]

“I don’t think I’ll cry”- famous last words

[@EricSarahLevelUp]

😭😭😭

[@jaysundae]

35:44 Nah, you two are super wholesome! I've enjoyed seeing couples' reactions to this 'cause of moments like this, but it's extra special seeing you both be wholesome haha

[@nth_to_see_here]

Sarah: "I don't think I'm gonna cry" - haha, good luck!

[@ldkinbote]

Frank fell in the hole 'cause that was one of Bill's traps. You see him covering a hole with chicken wire and then mud and grass on top of it, so yeah, Frank didn't see it.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

14:52 one of the joys watching gamers react to TLOU is they are already so emotionally invested and they beam as the character development unfolds.

[@Saphthings]

Fun fact: Nick Offerman didn’t have time to read the script and almost missed it. His wife read it and told him he had to go give it a chance! His real world wife is Megan Mullally, aka Karen from Will & Grace :) An ally queen to the end!

[@midianmtd]

I'm a 51 year old Gay man living with MS. With the subtleness of the straw in Frank's drink, being unable to stand and do simple tasks like water his flowers, and the shaking of the hands to paint all brought me back to my own experiences. So beside the beautiful script and amazing story just the quiet hints of Frank's gradual decline was perfect. So I think he had MS. All the signs were there. And overall, a great job reviewing this episode. You've gained a new subscriber.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

1:29 some wounds never heal...

[@rfhurt1]

TLOU is delivering the best TV drama with every episode. If it doesn't win multiple Emmys it's a crime. Truly the best love story I've seen on tv ever. True art from start to finish.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

I was doing okay, just a bit teary-eyed. But then they started playing, "It Can't Last" (Ellie & Dina's relationship's theme) during the strawberry scene and the floodgates were open T_____T I then proceeded to also cry during the Joel & Ellie stuff at the end of the episode because they've started to bond in earnest and the road trip has begun and it's cute as hell T____T And then a window shot (like the title screen of the game and other moments) to cap it all off. What an episode!! VERY excited for the next ep as Joel & Ellie take the show on the road (literally lol)

[@YoureMrLebowski]

17:37 "He's just standing out there!" - sarah

[@SeeMore-ki7mq]

Thank you! of all the reactions i watched on this episode not one has known that that was a cairn. it was really maddening. great reaction BTW

[@DoomsdayDave3D]

Such a beautiful story.. Some small details = 1. Joel is wearing Franks clothes 28:00 from 13:33 2. Ellie finds Franks personal gun 27:45 9:35 You can see bill cover up the hole in a pervious scene. He notices 9:03 the hole is no longer covered up and assumes he caught some infected. 1:34 Joel is mourning Tess in his own way. This is later confirmed in the after credits "Inside the episode."

[@MikeCriticalOps]

Every episode just gets better and better

[@laurentuck7835]

this episode completely broke me 😭

[@rx7dude2006]

My favorite episode of them all!As a huge fan of the game this backstory was so good!With Joel and Ellie it was 27 mins with them in this episode.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

A few neat lil deets: As you noticed, Ellie takes Frank's gun. It is a Beretta Model 70. The exact gun that Joel gives to Ellie in the games. Joel & Ellie are now both wearing their iconic Summer outfits (although the flannel pattern isn't quite right for Joel, but close enough lol). The shirt Joel is wearing is the same one that Frank was wearing A safe combo note can be seen on a wall at the Cumberland Farms store The very first official snippet we saw from the show was a behind the scenes still from the scene where Joel & Ellie looking at a plane crash in the distance was actually. With their backs to the camera. Ellie finds a Mortal Kombat II machine. Druckmann really likes that game. In the Remake's version of the left behind dlc, we can even see a poster for it in Ellie's dorm room. In the games, the game Ellie fawns over was a fictional one (featuring a character called Angel Knives), called The Turning. This is also what Neil Druckmann called this comic book that he pitched to Image comics MANY years ago (he planned on writing and making the art by himself. He even made some mock pages). He was rejected by the publisher cuz they liked the idea but didn't love it. So he kept working on it. The story & characters of this comic book were a very early version of the story of The Last of Us, and the characters of Joel & Ellie.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

20:42 Sarah 😢❤

[@bigbyallsmay8992]

Sarah psychologically tricking herself while running is just like me fr

[@kristianberg4264]

Huh? Sarah died in ep.1 and never ran? What are you referring to? Lol

[@bigbyallsmay8992]

@@kristianberg4264 haha i can't tell if you're joking but for the people unaware my original comment was referring to a comment made by Sarah, the lady in this video reacting to the last of us in stead of Sarah the character bahahaha

[@Tensen01]

@@kristianberg4264 You might want to double check what channel you're on...

[@wrustria]

I watched this live on sunday and wasnt ok till Tuesday😭😭😭this episode was so so incredible.

[@markharris8809]

The front door slamming shut as Joel knocked on the bedroom door, was Bill & Frank telling him to back away from the door, and go find the note Bill left.

[@obenohnebohne]

The best one yet, but I am still excited for more Joel and Ellie. Their dynamic is great.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

0:18 who will cry first? sponsored by DraftKings

[@cozycramorant9017]

It was a wild divergence from the game, but it was still a beautiful episode. As far as the symbolism of Frank's gun goes, I have a prediction for one of the coming episodes. We know that in the hotel in the next game-chapter, Ellie saves Joel from being drowned by an enemy by taking his gun and shooting the guy. This time around, Ellie will save Joel with the same gun that Frank tried to protect Bill with. It's too perfect for the TV series to not take that route. Who knows though, this series definitely likes to do the unexpected.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

Another installment of our weekly cry session lol

[@ldkinbote]

I assumed it's been about a month that Bill & Frank were dead since the radio came on with the 80's playlist right after Joel, Tess & Ellie left the Boston QZ. Joel said it was every few weeks that you had to reset it or it would play the playlist. That's how I got about a month, but it may have been slightly longer.

[@sparksdrinker5650]

9:41 it wasn't a wide open hole, it had been covered up as a trap with hay and grass on top

[@YoureMrLebowski]

16:54 odds are now 3/1 sarah cries first. 😢 sponsored by FanDuel

[@senpaierinreacts]

I'm feeling that title. LMAO

[@joits]

Its not obvious but there is a scene where Bill is making a trap over the hole that Frank falls in to.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

5:40 joel the buzzkill

[@Qitunes]

Wanting to have a series of “just Bill & Frank” is the reason I rabidly read fanfic!!!

[@M._R.]

This was such a wonderful and beautiful episode and I'm really glad we got to see so much of Bill and Frank's relationship. On the other hand, I feel a bit robbed because I would have loved to see Ellie and Bill interacting with each other. That was just too damn funny in the game, how the sassy and rebellious Ellie annoys the grumpy, angry Bill. I still absolutely love this episode.

[@BiLLz66614]

I was sad about Bill and Ellie not meeting. But this was such a great episode. Watched it again even.

[@Saphthings]

The difference between the game and the movie happens during that argument in the street. In the game Bill says absolutely not, Frank starts resenting him because he’s an extrovert. Eventually Frank leaves, gets bitten, hangs himself to not turn. And leaves an angry letter to Bill, to which Bill swallows his tears and feelings and goes, “Well then fuck you too”. Bill will die bitter and angry having never lived at all. In the show Bill compromised a bit, and let Frank love him how he wanted to love him. Let him make a friend, Tess and Joel. Spruce up the neighborhood. Frank in turn compromised and settled for just that. It’s still an apocalypse, he can’t invite too many people or do too much. So they both died satisfied, in each other’s arms, after a full life. In either case their plot purpose is to teach Joel that surviving isn’t enough. In the game Bill shows Joel how bad and purposeless his life can be if he doesn’t open up. In the show Bill shows Joel how good it can be if he opens up. Joel reads the letter and realizes that Frank died happy. And Tess died never having that chance. So he starts opening up a bit. Both Bill and Franks are sides of the same coin. The bad ending. And the good ending.

[@thunderwolf207summit5]

*Spoilers to those who haven't played the game* It amazes me how Frank separated himself from Bill because of the way he was and that Frank would rather die alone than to spend time with him any longer, whereas in the show they had their conflict but they remained together. It's still nostalgic to me remembering the game events. But I gotta say I enjoyed this take on the show. It was emotionally strong.

[@raph4852]

best reaction I've seen !

[@elliemiller]

Love you guys!

[@bijoucassell4587]

I only counted one tear. Psychopaths.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

8:26 insight

[@bestistmate]

oooohh looking forward to this

[@rockerojerez349]

well that was emotional and sadder and more feelings 😭💔😭 breaking my heart Goodbye Bill and Frank they are good people and too much love 🌈🌈💚💚 Can you imagine the difference and comparison of the video game and the series the last of us HBO first the video game the last of us part 1: Bill is alive but he feels very cold, distant and angry with the world and Frank is dead because he was bitten by the infected and committed suicide by hanging then ellie knows how to drive the car , Joel asks Bill that he needs a car and a battery , new weapons in the shotgun and the booby trap , then they travel to the school and then he found Frank's car and battery , then the Frank he leaves a note to bill but very angry hehe and in the end bill fires Joel and ellie but angry hehehe and also the game is not the looters because only the infected second the last of us HBO series: bill and frank both die to commit suicide and then leave a note for Joel that they need weapons and if he can take the car with batteries. Imagine Bill and Frank ask Joel that Tess is still alive but they don't know why she's already dead, that means they're already in heaven. Bill and Frank are surprised that Tess is dead and they're still mad at Joel 😱 well Joel and Ellie arrived late because the Bill and Frank couples are dead, there are no infected and no looters then everything has changed !! then make a video about the opinion and the argument of the comparison between the video game and the series in all the episodes when you finish the series talk no more so it was shocking 🤯🤯

[@YoureMrLebowski]

16:06 but it feels like it's in my side

[@Lemarcus03]

In rhe piano scene, Bill goes from self-sufficient macho man to vulnerable, scared boy in uncharted territory

[@rayhutchinson640]

Good thing the cordyceps don't spread via tears or we'd all be getting re-infected repeatedly throughout this series!

[@Chomp_Suey]

Sarah: "I'm not going to cry" 🤔

[@JULIASMITH-eg9kp]

WOW the hole was covered. Frank has Parkensons

[@shadowsummoner5074]

The show did great with this episode even tho this never happened in the game they did a great job adding extra content for a episode

[@PrimarchEldarAutarch]

the cairn was probably in remembrance of Tess - of his way of telling her goodbye, imo even though it was true it wasn't Ellie's fault for Tess, she seemed to stab Joel with it instead of using 'the game Ellie' way of handling it with some empathy Why would Bill let the guy into his house and give him food? He hated people. Which part in the gathering supplies section did it show 'any' desire to interact with people? did they cut a scene or two? How did they do strawberries from seed and get fruit the same year? Do you feel a connection between Joel and Ellie? They seem to still 'hate' each other, with Ellie being spiteful or resentful, and Joel becoming more neutral about her. Bill and Frank is a good side story

[@jefflaclair62]

What an fn amazing tv episode I think it the best I've watched

[@dylanholman3]

Love y’all but can’t stick around for the after episode talks for the game spoilers. I’ll be playing it in March when it comes out on pc. See ya next video ✌️

[@YoureMrLebowski]

20:01 10/1 sarah 😢 sponsored by BetMGM

[@reabbear]

Sadly this episode got review-bombed by haters 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@frankwolftown]

We'll they're all wrong!

[@mathewfinch]

As much as people focus on review scores, I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. Great art should be divisive. But also, fuck all the homophobes.

[@allthegoodnamesaretaken02]

I’m going to get so much hate for this, but was this episode ACTUALLY necessary yall? Don’t get me wrong it was a really good story and I genuinely appreciate the changes it made but it’s a filler episode. If you skip it nothing’s different except now they got a truck. Again I enjoyed the episode I just wish it had more importance to the rest of the story. Traveling with bill had a far more direct impact on both Joel & Ellie than that letter did. Watching three people who passively hate each other but still have to work together to survive was so much fun I really wish we could’ve gotten that interaction from this show. Considering how emotional everyone seems to be with this version imagine how devastated everyone would be if they gave us this backstory but stuck with original ending of bill and Frank. And we still could’ve gotten that iconic Bill vs Ellie rival dynamic. Maybe I’m just biased because Bill was one of my favorite characters and I wanted him to be more involved than he was in this show. It’s frustrating because I genuinely liked the episode but I didn’t get nearly as much enjoyment nor emotional connection as everyone else seemed to because it just felt so inconsequential to the rest of the plot. If anyone can explain what I’m not understanding please let me know because I enjoy enjoying things but I just don’t get the hype for this episode.

[@michiganjfrog366]

When you're gay.. you know. This episode was perfection ❣️🥕🐰🍷🍓 although I wish the gay alpha male put a bullet between Joel's eyes when he said "get that gun out of my face".... Straight people light up when Joel says that to him. People suck!!

[@danielx9801]

Against popular opinion I'm sure but tbh I was not interested in a romance episode I wouldn't mind if it was short but the whole episode? and the sexual went a bit too far

[@reabbear]

Then you should go to the haters channel to find your like-minded fellows 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@taco_stranglerllc8435]

They literally lay on top of each other with the covers on and kiss/caress each other for like maybe 2 minutes. If that's your idea of things being too sexual you have never had sex.

[@carlosschanz7135]

Homophobe detected.

[@danielx9801]

@@reabbear everyone is free to their opinion you sound like the hater

[@danielx9801]

@@taco_stranglerllc8435 Yeah two minutes too long and yes I am still entitled to my very respectful opinion unlike you who feels the need to try and disrespect me you don’t know me