Hardest I've Ever Cried... ✧ The Last of Us Episode 3 Reaction

[@eralia]

Early upload! I stayed up late making sure I got this done, and it might not be perfect but I tried to fit everything that I thought was crucial to the story. Live, laugh, cry. ❤

[@vanylla_yu]

💜thanks for the amazing video! 🥰

[@rickymoranjr9609]

@eralia I know how you feel, I cried like a baby when Frank asked Bill to put pills in his wine and when they both died together in the comfort of their home. 🥺😢😭

[@jessetorres8738]

In the show, the outbreak began in 2003 when George W. Bush was President (as we saw in Episode 1), which means gay marriage wasn't legal nationwide yet. So, theoretically 1 additional reason why Bill & Frank chose to live on their own instead of in the Boston QZ was because they were a gay couple & they might have been discriminated against for that.

[@rickymoranjr9609]

@@jessetorres8738 good point

[@JigInsane]

It's just fine. And I knew this one would get some ugly cries in. Especially cause you don't see it coming with it being such a difference from the game.

[@leak3690]

Bill and Frank are the only 2 people that go out on their on terms. They lived, they loved, they grew old and they died. For living during an apocalypse it's the perfect life.

[@eralia]

👏😭

[@david2012slayer]

thats perfect even in a normal world. I am no fan of this episode, but I agreed with what you said.

[@mer6686]

For them die on their own terms at peace and with each other that was Bill's final gift to frank

[@mccpcorn2000]

Agree. In this show, this was the happy ending.

[@Greg_604]

Gotta say this is probably the hardest I've seen anyone cry watching this episode 😭. Loved your reaction! ❤

[@Dark__Thoughts]

Her entire face looked like a waterfall. haha Lots of crying for this episode from others too though. Probably the most out of any other episode, even though this was basically the happy episode of this show.

[@martinmillar7137]

She's fresh off the game.. probably read a lot of the letters and bills actual in game demeanour... Which does make this ep special.. cause its all pretty much right there in the game just told in a gamey way.

[@isaithe1]

Ff you like hey you should watch Natalie Gold she was also destroyed in this reaction

[@lafatte24]

@@isaithe1 I was gna say lol, Natalie Gold is probably on the same level.

[@glenndavis5381]

I've probably watched at least a couple dozen reactions to this episode, and this is the hardest I've seen anyone cry.

[@SirSpitsAlotable]

In the game Bill serves the purpose of showing Joel what he will become if he keeps on the path of shutting people out. In the show he does the opposite. He shows Joel what he can be if you lets someone in.

[@eralia]

❤️

[@schwerner343]

Ultimately Bill served the same purpose as he did in the game but this time we were also given a beautiful story inside a beautiful story

[@dragonrabbit7410]

totally agreed! i'm glad they went in this direction.

[@scottrabie]

Agreed. He was an example to Joel and showed him what he needs to see to make it in this world. Just in a different way. Fantastic storytelling.

[@margisama]

Ironically this gave Bill and Frank the happiest ending someone in this story probably could get.

[@dillabean4183]

Agreed, game Bill showed Joel what he would become if he kept shutting people out. TV show Bill showed him what he could become if he let people in.

[@tigerishrumble7976]

yeah! though I would've loved to see the banter between Offerman and Bella, this was an amazing episode that made me bawl my eyes out. the cool thing is that ep 5 gave us the action we lacked in ep 3.

[@silkshines00]

One of my fave things to say about this episode is to remember that the first state to legalize marriage equality was at the END of 2003, meaning in the last of us world it never happened. So them getting married before they die hits so much harder.

[@squirrrrrrelplease474]

This is exactly how hard I cried watching this episode

[@eralia]

😭😭

[@blackforest995boisjolie5]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobross1829]

You need to get out more

[@Kiraiko44]

@@bobross1829 I've experienced plenty of wonderful and horrible things in life, I've 'gotten out' plenty and this episode still made me bawl. Change your name, Bob Ross would never.

[@bobross1829]

@@Kiraiko44 LOL shut up baby

[@Turvok]

Apparently the director turned in a two hour version of this episode before it got cut down to this. It's an amazing piece of work. I hope they release the 2 hr version at some point. Appreciate your take. I cry each time i see it.

[@PlaidBoyPDX]

I desperately want to see this. Wow.

[@naynay3710]

I love how really soft-hearted you are. You see all the nuances in a story and the characters and make the connections and you FEEL them. Not everyone is able to do that so completely. This story was so unexpected and so beautiful. I feel like I've watched something extremely special and important. Thank you for sharing with us. ❤

[@eralia]

thank you for your kind comment and for watching!!

[@Ladco77]

Bill and Frank won the apocalypse. They had a more beautiful life after the world ended than many people get to have today. As heart wrenching as their story is, what really gets me is Frank painting when Bill was watering the plants. His motor function has deteriorated and he was frustrated trying to paint. Then I realized the moment Frank decided he was ready to die was when he could no longer paint Bill.

[@Kiraiko44]

Truly. I'm not a fan of 'kill your gays' (look it up, I wouldn't explain well but it's a trope with a messed up history) but Bill and Frank LIVED, and they died in a way I think many of us envy no matter who we are

[@Blazingstoke]

Frank's line about "Older means we're still here" hits harder when you realize that, since the show sets the story 10 years earlier then the game does, Bill & Frank here were two gay men who came of age at the start of the AIDS pandemic. (No wonder '80s music meant "trouble" in their radio code.) Yet they survived, and met, and grew old together.

[@BK_ZERO]

Oh shit, that's a fantastic theory/interpretation!

[@joyanna9433]

Oh, how i ugly cried my way through this episode. Two days later my roommate walked inTO the kitchen and i was crying and he freaked out, like o my god what happened? And i just scream cried I'M THINKING ABOUT BILL AND FRANK AGAIN😭

[@eralia]

😭😭

[@alfreddaniel1994]

I wasn't thinking about you wearing makeup until you said that you weren't. Natural beauty is timeless, and that's exactly what you have.

[@sample.text.]

I still maintain that this is one of the greatest episodes of television I have ever seen.

[@eralia]

absolutely 👏

[@Gunnhfran2]

Her opening monologue I can’t wait to explore the town and have fun Me: oh honey 😢

[@viper2785]

I loved how the camera cranes up into the window, just as a cinematic thing, then I realized it's also reminiscent of the game's main menu.

[@CoreyNori]

This is exactly how I felt and cried too. Thank you for sharing your genuine, human and loving reaction to one of our favorite episodes of the series. The details were everything.

[@dcinsc]

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than pure empathy. Our world would do good remembering that. Thank you for sharing that empathy with all of us.

[@eralia]

❤️

[@RyansFiles]

I loved what they did with the relationship with Bill and Frank. Especially how they explored the longevity (used the change in timeline from the original game to the TV show to their advantage) and the reason for the closeness between Bill + Frank & Tess + Joel to tell a story that we couldn’t have anticipated

[@RyansFiles]

Also to add. This was beautifully created from all aspects. Shot composition, music, acting standpoint, writing. Everything about this episode is perfect. From a film standpoint, this could have been a short movie that would have won Oscars and awards in every category.

[@RyansFiles]

If you notice how they first show the table when Frank sits down for his first meal, it shows half the table because Bill is still closed off and the music is tense. They recreate that scene, but the music is peaceful and calm and they have both of them in the scene through the door to show that they’re now one unit. Beautifully done.

[@schnubbel76]

Just starting, but my prediction is, it will destroy you. It destroys me. Every time. I have seen this episode at least 10 times and i cry my eyes out every single time. My Girlfriend has Multiple sclerosis and even if it is not too worse yet, you never know how it is gonna be some day. And she has dark thoughts sometimes about it. This episode always hits hard with that in mind.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Sorry. I honestly believe that others who force the individual who is suffering to stay alive (at any cost) are wrong to impose their beliefs on others. We are at a point scientifically we can help people live longer but at what cost and what quality of life? Breaking 92 year old grandmas ribs and puncturing a lung to do CPR then hooking her up to life support is not happening for her and is torture. People with catastrophic injuries or illness should be given an option to go out on their own terms. Right now we have hospices allowed to “encourage” death through dehydration and starvation. But not allowed to peacefully take an OD. How cruel is that? It’s absurd refusing a dying person food and drink is legal.

[@twite5462]

Best wishes fr

[@stanbwonderful]

They won! They lived their best life together and went out on their own terms.

[@AvonaStar]

This is literally the most beautiful crying that I've ever seen. I love this episode and your reaction.

[@blackforest995boisjolie5]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@grantgardiner]

"[Episode director] Peter Hoar did his director's cut with our editor, Tim Good, which was quite long," Mazin explained. "When they sent it to me, I think it was almost two hours or something like that. So, I was like, oh, that's probably not good. "And I sat down, but I'm like, 'OK, I'll watch the two-hour version of this episode.' And I cried so hard that at one point, I actually said out loud, 'Ow.' "I mean, it hurt. I cried so hard it hurt. And I thought, 'Well, if these guys can do this to me and I wrote this fucking thing, then I think it might work pretty well on other people'." Neil would always say, 'We can change anything, but we need to talk about why. And if there's not a good reason - if we can't do better - let's deliver what we have.'" I'm pretty sure they did better here in this episode with all the changes.

[@alaina281]

once the strawberry scene started i was a sobbing mess from then on 😅 such a beautifully done episode

[@ChadMichaelSimon]

Thank you for sharing your experience with this episode. Between watching, rewatching, and reaction videos I don't know how many times I've seen it. Most of us know it beat by beat now, yet like a great song or master painting it never loses its power. We simply marvel at how perfect it is. It's a beautiful poem. It's a testament. It's a master class in writing, performance, direction, music, editing, and adaptation. THIS is how you adapt content between media. The Bill and Ellie dynamic between Earl and Ashley will always exist in the game. But Bill's town is largely an extension of the tutorial, still getting the player into the mechanics. The neighborhood, high school, and truck scene made for amazing gameplay. Story-wise, though, the most compelling part of Bill's Town was finding Frank and the implied backstory. The intent of the section is that Joel and Ellie need a car and provisions. The outcome in the episode is the same. Taking this detour into Bill and Frank's lives was a brilliant stroke of storytelling to get us there.

[@eralia]

it was brilliant, down to every tiny detail. thanks for watching! ❤️

[@Dark__Thoughts]

I mean, considering he was a closeted gay prepper in a tiny US town, I would assume he didn't talk much to anyone even before shit went down, except for maybe his mother until she died. In the game he stayed this way, despite Frank, which eventually drove Frank away and to his death, but Bill was still alive. In the show he learned to change and open up ever so slightly, which got him supplies to fix the fence, advice to reinforce the fence, which protected them against the raiders, he got meds to treat his wound and Frank's disease and a few luxuries, as well as the love of his life and so much joy until his old age that he didn't even want to go back to his old ways, because Frank basically taught him how to live and not just survive. It's also interesting how long Tess & Joel knew each other, as this was not really covered within the game either. And Joel also could not call her a girlfriend, even though he almost did. I'm also glad to just see her again, as I love Anna Torv, knowing her from Fringe, and Tess generally comes a bit short in the story. She originally was planned to have a little backstory too, where she kills her infected husband but can't do the same for her kid, which she ends up locking in a room, but it was cut for time & budget reasons. In the game Bill was kinda there to show Joel how he would possibly end up if he kept closing himself off, like a warning. In the show Bill showed Joel what he could be if he opened himself up again. It's a beautiful display of how opening up and love can be scary, but also how much we can benefit from it if we find someone who truly loves us back.

[@kenhavens9559]

That was one of the most emotional hours of television I've ever seen. Simply a beautiful love story. Love your reaction to it. ❤

[@eralia]

❤️

[@abbimcneil6448]

I sobbed like a BABY the first time I watched this... and every time after that lol Just hits you right in the feels :(

[@BigBoyBigSad]

A comment a saw really summed up the change in this episode from the game, in the game Bill shows Joel what he'll become if he continues being the same person he was for the last 20 years and in the show Bill shows Joel what he could be and there being people that can make life worth living again.

[@MontroseChloe]

Scratch off Ugly Crying on Camera from your KZbinr bingo card! - Thanks for allowing us to cry with you. And I think you got it exactly right about the versions. What I ultimately concluded, is that they are both the BEST versions of the story for the MEDIUM they are told in. Truly is one of the greatest episodes of TV ever made.

[@VoIcanoman]

Yup. If both Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett aren't nominated for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), and if Offerman doesn't win it, there's something _seriously_ wrong with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences voters. It's almost like this episode was produced in a way to guarantee that Nick FINALLY won an Emmy (long overdue, the man's a creative genius) - in a series that is marked by an insane attention to detail, this episode in particular really shines (I heard that Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin figured that if they grabbed people's attention by episode 3, they knew they had them for the rest of the show). And apparently it wasn't even Offerman, but his wife (actress Megan Mullally) who read the script and told him that he NEEDS to do "Long, Long Time." A lesson for us all - listen to your partner, they sometimes can see what we can't.

[@PatBaloney]

I just cried again. This episope is a masterpiece of television.

[@heymike_49]

Y'all had me crying on public transportation this morning.😭♥️

[@MrIAgreeToDisagree]

Without a doubt one of the most impactful pieces of TV I've watched. Such a beautiful episode in an otherwise haunting story.

[@zipzeolocke2]

I like that they got to live a very long happy life together, and so much sweeter that the outcome in the game

[@Сайтамен]

Kinda too sweet for post-apocalyptic world with limited resourses...

[@zipzeolocke2]

@@Сайтамен I found it to be believable considering Frank got them to trade with Joel and Tess for years. Bill being a survivalist, he was closely stocked up from the start. and with all the traps he set up, Raiders likely figured it wasn't worth losing so many numbers to attack the place if they discovered it at all like that one group did

[@ericaboasso2914]

@@Сайтамен not really, bill is portrayed as the ultimate survivalist. both in game and in show

[@Сайтамен]

@@ericaboasso2914 Then why did he walk out in the middle of the alley, to get shot?

[@jhornacek]

@@Сайтамен Because he was confident in his traps. The fence was electrifying the raiders, the flamethrowers were burning them, and Bill was shooting them. Bill only gets shot because he stops shooting at the raiders and turns to look at Frank.

[@DrakengardGirl]

This was me, I cried so hard, went to bed crying. Watched reactions for the next couple days and cried more lol Was such a beautiful love story, really hurt me in its beauty.

[@aanaperdigao]

This was me Too 😢😢😢😂😂😂

[@seth5474]

I loved the dual meanings of “Love will abide” for Frank and Bill, then Joel and Ellie at the end. Different types of unconditional love, just as rare as the other to find

[@spidahnw]

I hadn't teared up for a long time before I first watched this but it unlocked something in me and from that moment where I initially balled my eyes out to now, I've broken every time I've rewatched it. Beautiful piece of Television!

[@dlweiss]

I like that you appreciate how each version of Bill’s story fits into the game vs the show. ❤

[@adivinesurvivor2506]

I don't know if you noticed.. but the shirt that Joel is wearing at the end is the same one Frank wore during the "government is all nazis" argument he had with Bill. Small detail that I really loved. But holy hell this was such beautiful episode. I absolutely loved it and I loved how pure and genuine your reaction was.

[@Shannon-K619]

I wish I had a video of myself watching this for the first time. I have never cried so hard in my life watching something as I did this. Loved your reaction ❤

[@jacobhaukeb2567]

Cant stop reacting to this series almost a year later and love your reaction. Happy to report both Nick Offerman and storm reid got off with an Emmy eatch for outstanding guest actor/actress in a drama and 6 other Emmys for the last at the creative arts Emmys. Can’t wait until the real Emmy’s next week.

[@davidedwards1705]

Bill & Frank an Epic Love Story we didn't know we needed. Thank You Naughty Dog & HBO. Looks like Frank had ALS.

[@Victor75]

I'm glad that i was not the only one crying so hard watching this episode. And was lucky enough to watch it with my boyfriend, so i could hold hands with him when the several lines came up. And your reaction shows what a wonderful open and empathetic person you are

[@LucVasAbb]

Yesss, I was waiting for this moment! This is the episode. Thank you Eralia! =)

[@LucVasAbb]

This stand alone episode is a masterpiece. I'm happy that you got to see it! Take your time, but keep watching the show, it really delivers it. ^^

[@phj223]

It's amazing how this show portrayed a believable and moving and so heart-breaking love story in like 30 minutes, which many, MANY movies and tv-shows fail to do in several hours ...

[@ThatRandomAuthorOliver]

Yup, I ugly cried on this one

[@Kronx1970]

This episode is really special for so many reasons. The writing is so superb and yet there's zero fat on it. Every word exists for a reason to inform the viewer on some level. The reason Bill mentions leaving the window open explains why the front door closed just before Joel opened the bedroom door. Bill's letter saying (paraphrase) "God help anyone who stands in our way from protecting the ones we love" -- we know what that will eventually mean for Joel. Bills line of "I'm old. I'm satisfied. And you were my purpose." As an "empty nest" father of two, who are now adults writing the new chapters in their lives - one serving in the USAF, and the other graduating college. I felt that deeply.

[@ladyofcrows]

Glad to know I'm not the only one that bawled like that when the end came.

[@eralia]

😭

[@blackforest995boisjolie5]

Lol I guess it’s a requirement to cry at this if you have colored hair.

[@evelynrosas665]

I watched this episode at night, absolutely sobbing into a blanket so I didn’t wake up everyone in my house 😂😭 I completely understand haha such an amazing episode! Loved your reaction❤

[@chattycatty3336]

this episode had us all ugly crying

[@biggie25x]

What they did with this episode was one of the best things I’ve ever seen or read. It was shot well, had good pacing, told a complete story and let you use your imagination to fill it out.

[@Wesleech]

pretty sure the ep is gonna win like every Emmy possible.

[@eralia]

right??

[@ysyear]

dam you Eralia for making me cryall over again with this masterpiece of an episode

[@jonathanross149]

When you teared up for the song, I knew this was going to hit you hard

[@seandavis8213]

Just finished the episode and the ending was so, very beautiful. That last shot of the window with the camera pushing out got me along with the song.

[@timadkins7326]

Perfect time to not wear make up! But dude...only a monster wouldn't have cried. The ONLY regret is that we didn't get to see the explosive dynamic of Bill and Ellie. But Bill was mostly a plot convenient character in the game...and I didn't really feel one way or the other about him. This. THIS. He and Frank got the story we all deserve. Can't believe how much they played our emotions in such a short time! This was great. Thank you.

[@GamingNewsSummary]

This episode broke my heart. It's a very harsh reminder of how short, painful and fragile life is. I hope we all find love during the time we are here.

[@leleprtk]

The laughs in desperation before full on crying LMAAAAAO I love this

[@GwenisImmune]

omg i cried for like the first entire month after this aired and now you've got me crying AGAIN. PLEAAAAAAAAAASE 😭

[@mojoshivers]

Probably the best episode of the season. It definitely got the best reactions/reviews. If this doesn’t get nominated for an Emmy I’ll be shocked. It’s such a well-written and acted episode that is a significant departure but still feels like it fits into the overall storyline.

[@michaelschwartz8730]

Maybe the best episode of television I've ever seen. Two tear-streaked thumbs up

[@TrybzVibez]

Me seeing a new reactor that sobs during their reactions: *SLAMS FIST ON MOUSE WHEN SUBSCRIBING*

[@DavidGowers]

This is the episode I've been HANGING for you to get to. As good as the whole series is, this is by far my favourite episode of the season. Easily one of the most beautiful, most powerful episodes of TV I've seen in a long time, and I sob every time.

[@ige-individualgroupeffort-kenl]

I have watched A LOT of reactions to this episode. Yours is, by far, my favorite reaction in it's rawness and reverence to a masterpiece of television. You are still pretty even when you ugly cry BTW. I have loved your journey through this although I am not going to watch the playthrough of Part Two because I don't want anything spoiled when I watch season two. Thank you and I look forward to the next one.

[@ilikeutube8728]

u mean several videos or a compilation video of it? Link video if so.

[@Crimsontiger133]

Yeah I don't cry in general... and this episode hurt my manly soul to the core. I was so damn happy they at least had the greatest life one could ask for in the apocalypse.

[@DavidB-2268]

It's interesting that in both the game and the show, Frank faces the same decision: live and end up trapped in his own body, or take his own life. The big difference is that the show lets him die with the love of his life.

[@jessetorres8738]

In the show, the outbreak began in 2003 when George W. Bush was President (as we saw in Episode 1), which means gay marriage wasn't legal nationwide yet. So, theoretically 1 additional reason why Bill & Frank chose to live on their own instead of in the Boston QZ was because they were a gay couple & they might have been discriminated against for that.

[@crumblebee6728]

Every time I rewatch someone watching this, I cry all over again..lol I see you’ve just done away with eye makeup when it comes to the last of us 😂

[@dancarter8389]

This may be my favourite reaction to this episode I've seen. You're right about Covid though, it was very much like someone turned a switch that March and overnight everything was different.

[@irrelevant_noob]

Well it was much less noticeable due to events being restricted to a remote part of the world, but BBC and the Guardian already had stories on the topic in January... March was merely when it boomed up, first in Europe and then in the US.

[@ToMPaSHKoV]

The beauty of this episode is that it subverts our expectations. We've been conditioned through modern storytelling to fear everything, especially the benign, the innocuous. Dolls, children, children with dolls, dolls that look like children, all manner of seemingly harmless and familiar things, all trying to kill you. We expect that any kindness will be answered with violence, that any trust met with betrayal. We as an audience have been primed to fear the most faithful of friends, the most reliable family members - especially in this particular genre of horror - and when we encounter a story about caring and commitment amongst the ruins of a dying world, we don't know how to process it and it hits hard. "I was not expecting this" seems to be the most common refrain, with good reason. This is ostensibly a series about a 'zombie apocalypse' where anyone and everyone can go from being a kindred soul to a mortal threat in an instant and no one is to be trusted, especially other humans. Yet this particular tale is about trust, and love, both matrimonial and romantic. It's about allowing oneself to be vulnerable and in that vulnerability, finding those moments of existence that are both ephemeral and priceless. We expect a calamity, a personal buskin beyond the destruction of our civilization. We anticipate a type of misfortune that doesn't occur. During the worst catastrophe in the history of human kind, we bear witness the best thing to ever happen to these two humans, and it's profound; jarring. We await a devastation that never comes to pass; that expectation of tragedy is subverted by a story of love. We expect blood and destruction; what we get is a masterpiece about small, beautiful lives lived less ordinary. This is one of the best stories ever told on film, in my opinion, and it's based on a video game; we've come a long way from Pong.

[@hungryclone]

One of the best episodes of television I’ve ever watched. I wept like a baby for most of the end.

[@janb92]

I also sob like an absolute baby watching this episode. I LOVE your reaction 😂❤️❤️❤️

[@dragonrabbit7410]

while i'm glad that the show stayed mostly faithful to the story of the game i am really glad they made this one change. it's both deeper and more beautiful than what we got in the game. and i love how bill was somehow living his best life after everything with the rest of the world went to shit.

[@anngiegarzon3243]

I cried and sobbed so hard watching you watch this masterpiece just like I did the first time I saw it, this is the best episode I have ever watched in a tv series, it's crazy

[@eralia]

❤️

[@firegod001]

I already had seen some of it from you, but it was really nice to see the big sweetheart come out to this extent. I had to look for tissues because of you. Great vid!

[@dolcegal100]

This episode WRECKED me, in the best way. I watched this with my partner, and I was dreading it turning out like the game does with Frank.... ended up ugly crying happy/sad tears for the majority of the episode 😅 What a tragically beautiful twist ❤

[@ThunderTaco206]

Single best love story I've ever seen on screen. It could have been called, "How Bill and Frank Won the Apocalypse." You know what comes next. Brace yourself. It's about to get fucking rough.

[@nathanf6799]

This episode is some of the most beautiful TV I've ever seen

[@joe_dns4625]

I’d be lying if I said I don’t still ugly cry at this episode every time.

[@watsonsd1]

Been looking forward to your reaction as you are one of the few reactors I've seen who has actually played the game. I was stunned by this episode and the way they not only rewrote Bill's story, but turned it completely on its head as a warning to Joel. The Bill from the game was where Joel was heading: isolated, angry, and completely without human contact until he died alone. Instead, Bill lived a full, contented life and was able to pass on to Joel his wisdom: that being the protector was still well worth it, despite the loss. This was simply the best television I think I've ever seen. I was floored by its depth, poetry, and perfection. I'm curious what kind of awards it will win down the road.

[@herpetolgyprodigy]

The best television you have ever seen? Really? This episode was filled with plot contrivances. Bill and Franks relationship was incredibly forced. I mean you mean to tell me that after the outbreak Bill has been totally alone for years. He hasn't come across a single person, and the first person he meets after years of being alone just so happens to be another gay man? Like come on, that is silly. If Frank was a part of a large group that Bill encountered that would be a different story. Also Bill, the paranoid survivalist turns his back to this random guy he just met to play the piano? Not even considering the possibility that this guy could try to kill him and take over his town?

[@watsonsd1]

@@herpetolgyprodigy We didn't get to see the other refugees who blundered into Bill's traps over the years only to be sent packing without a meal before Frank who interested him enough to be allowed inside. He still held him at gunpoint, jumped when he came upon him suddenly when delivering his meal, and remained armed at all times. No, the piano scene didn't bother me. What bothered me was Bill getting shot while standing in the middle of the street for no reason, something he's way too smart to do without any visible sign of an imminent fence breakthrough, which might have justified it. Still, it's a minor error that was more than justified by the subsequent scene that further cemented the roles of the two men as Bill lay, supposedly dying - Frank who needs protecting and Bill, the protector, who always overplans everything. If you're determined not to like it, don't like it, man. If it makes you feel more manly, go review bomb it and throw away all your Bud Light. That's fine. You can literally find scores of reactors across KZbin who visibly sobbed at the beauty of this relationship and its conclusion including the soldier above. They were all emotionally unstunted enough to recognize beautiful television when they came across it. I'm genuinely sorry for anyone so blinded they can't see it.

[@herpetolgyprodigy]

@@watsonsd1Right, so what you're saying is you think Bill encountered other people before Frank and yet he sent them packing to die on the road because they weren't gay and wouldn't sleep with him? If that's the case that kind of makes Bill seem like a piece of shit right? Sending potentially innocent people to their deaths because they weren't gay or attractive enough for him. If that's the case that kind of makes this episode a lot less beautiful knowing that's what Bill was doing.

[@watsonsd1]

@@herpetolgyprodigy You know he watched his whole town evacuated by Fedra to their deaths without lifting a finger, right?

[@herpetolgyprodigy]

@@watsonsd1 Yeah that's why I'm so confused as to why you people find the episode to be so heartwarming and touching. Bill is a piece of shit in the show. Why the fuck are you so heartbroken about him dying? He is an asshole in the game but at least they don't try to pull off any forced melodramatic bullshit. In the game the most you get is one scene of him finding Frank's body, you can tell he is choked up but then the survivalist in him takes over and he withholds his emotion and says "fuck him", it felt so much more real in terms of how a guy like Bill in that world would actually act.

[@MaguizMorochiita]

Oh yeah, definitly a great idea of me to watch this when I am in the waiting room for the doctor. I have to keep my tears to myself This was an amazing episode and an excellent reaction💖

[@blackforest995boisjolie5]

🤡🤡🤡

[@FreeIreland32CountyRepublic]

A masterpiece of an episode. TV drama at its absolute finest 👌

[@kathleenwallis8469]

Having to take your glasses off to have a big sob is so relatable

[@aaakx47184]

Let the waterworks flow!! Amazing episode

[@_l3m35_]

I didn't cry like that but that part of them old in their last day, the autuum city and the sad song is emotional destroyer, tears where rolling heavy :D Episode was great.

[@thomasmoreauleduc3252]

When I tell you there wasn't a single tear left in me by the end of that episode

[@Ghoulstille]

And to think Craig and Neil called this their Happy! Episode. 🤣

[@bugbinary]

I WAS THE EXACT SAME WAY WATCHING THIS EPISODE 😭😭 It was such a beautiful episode and It was just super sweet to see them grow old together in apocalyptic times :,)- I was bawling the whole episode though oh my GODD- and as soon as I thought I was done, they play the song Bill and Frank sang at the end and I was a mess all over again LMAOOO great reaction as always! :)

[@TorchySmurf]

This episode broke me....and I loved it!

[@TheCaveCast]

Immediately subscribed. Your visual quality is top-notch! Your cinematic look makes your reactions easy to watch. Keep it up!

[@eltravos99]

I cried myself out during the death scene. This is one of the greatest episodes.

[@RMBittner]

For me, this is one of the best episodes of TV I’ve ever seen.

[@1A4atheist]

This episode deserves several emmys.

[@d.t.nelson8805]

Great reaction. Both stories of Bill/Frank-the game and show versions-are great for different reasons. It's like the game's storyline takes the start of Bill and Frank's story from the show, but looks at what would happen if their fighting and differences grew progressively worse until they split. As for COVID- The signs of it being bad were already evident at the end of 2019 (around Thanksgiving), though mostly focused in China. But with international air travel being what it is, people in the US were already getting sick by Christmas. I was hit pretty hard by COVID at the end of January 2020... five to six weeks before everything started shutting down with the "shelter at home" notices. Even being a huge Last of Us game fan, and having COVID, I never once thought of the game in those terms. COVID is a virus related to the flu. An eventual vaccine was pretty much a forgone conclusion (No real vaccines for fungal infections-treatments, but no vaccines). Even though the virus was severe and the fatality level was higher than anything most of us have seen in our lifetimes, it wasn't transmitted THAT fast. Perhaps it was that, or maybe just the fact that I had already dealt with being infected, it never really reached the level of "Oh my God, it's the apocalypse!" in my mind. I even played the Last of Us a couple of times since the outbreak.

[@nikitabyrne3677]

I love your last of us reactions and gameplay so much it always makes my day to watch these☺️

[@SomeRandomDude895]

Finally someone who had my reaction to the boutique and wedding scene. My god it was so beautiful

[@Valp85]

My worst march memory: Military exercise. We went out on a Wednesday, did a bunch of fieldcraft-stuff, shooting, rappelling off cliffs, checkpoint security and whatnot, marched everywhere, everyday. Late on saturday evening we get the orders to make it back to base by dawn, marched through the night, got to the rendezvous point, got to nap on our assembly yard for like an hour before we were made to stand at attention and watch the flag get raised at dawn. Then we got the new orders to march back out for another three days in the field.

[@timmy227]

Intelligent and emotional. Makes for a great reactor. Prolly my favorite on YT.

[@amandawesterfield7447]

This was the hardest episode for me to get through, but it was also my favorite. Bill's character was also one of my favorites in the game. I was hoping he would've also been in TLOU 2 and now we know why he wasn't. RIP Bill & Frank.

[@eschiedler]

This episode is not only a test of whether viewers recall the comments about Bill & Frank in episode 1 & 2 but it proves there are two kinds of people in this world. Those with gaydar, and those without.