HBO's The Last of Us 1x7 Reaction!! "Left Behind"

[@deblinabhattacharya7]

Bella Ramsey's performance in this episode was amazing, her minute expressions and little looks were spot on. I also wanted to say that Blake looks a little bit like Ian Somerhalder. Awesome reaction guys ❤️

[@msnogueres]

Omg yes he does

[@TARS20]

I think Blake is cuter than Ian, though...but that's just my opinion 😁

[@AL-fl4jk]

An alligator in a vest is an in-vest-igator

[@gailseatonhumbert]

I thought this was interesting. "For their adventures, the production design team gave an empty mall in Calgary, Canada, a makeover. The mall “was completely stripped and didn’t have a second floor,” production designer John Paino told Variety. “We built the rooftops and the stores, but [when] they look from the balcony, it’s all CGI because our mall didn’t have a second floor.”

[@yannhollister9091]

This is a perfect episode for a gay geek like me, i loved it. Also i got emotional with the carousel scene with The Cure - 'Just like heaven' song in the background, it feels like for a few minutes they were allowed to be kids again 🥺

[@cybrpunk]

The mall is within the QZ. In episode 2 when Tess asks Ellie about where she got bit, she goes "you know the old mall in the QZ?" Tess says, "you mean the one that's sealed off and boarded up that no one is supposed to go in?" I would think they don't want people loitering in some big vacant building doing who knows what. They probably cleared it but perhaps that one infected was some guy who got out, got bit and came back to live out his days in the mall. Judging by the growth, he was dormant in there for quite a while.

[@frederickeusebio5153]

Gamestop was already a thing. They bought EB later on. I remember a gamestop up the block from my High School in 2001.

[@chimaxx]

According to wikipedia, the first GameStops opened in 1999

[@mrdavman13]

Smaller GameStop stores existed by me during the early 2000s (at least early 02 when I went for my birthday) but there was only two in my town. While there were larger and more EB games stores around town, as well as a large flagship type store in our only mall in town. But eventually some of the smaller EB games closed and the rest turned to GameStop.

[@jonathanpowell7256]

Ellie mentions Maleena and her finishing move back in 1x03 when she finds the Mortal Kombat II cabinet when she & Joel go into Cumberland Farms for supplies.

[@michiganjfrog366]

The song The Merry-Go-Round was playing sounded like "Just Like Heaven" by The cure...also an alligator in a vest is an investigator..

[@TARS20]

Mileena (Riley's character) and Baraka (Ellie's character) when they're playing Mortal Kombat are lovers...and at the end of one of their matches, Baraka (Ellie) killed Mileena (Riley)... This episode takes place 3 weeks prior to Ellie met Joel.

[@soemmasays]

In episode 2 where Joel, Ellie, and Tess are walking through the city, Ellie says the mall is in the QZ while she tells Tess how she got bit the first time.

[@maddielkaye]

The “no, no, no, NO!” from Ellie was so full of unexpected, raw emotion that I instantly started sobbing the first time I heard it.

[@tldrSF]

I was just like Blake during the arcade scene. With all that noise, I thought the infected was going to jump them mid-Mortal Kombat!

[@carlosriveraauthor]

The mall is within the confines of the QZ. FEDRA probably lied because they're only expanding habitation to that area now (as per what Riley said) so most likely they just didn't want anyone squating there or looting. The DLC does include the kiss, so yeah it was also explicit about Ellie's feelings for Riley.

[@screamr2d2]

Always happy to see Prax.

[@Vitor-er2ye]

pedro pascal i love him so muchhhhhhh

[@TomTomson81]

Well, that dogs can smell infections is nothing new. That's what Merci the neighbor dog did in episode 1. The rest is training. And dogs are obviously better than scanners, because Ellie is infected, she carries the fungus in her, that's why the dog was so irritated. However, he has determined that it does not pose a danger. Imagine how many Immune have already been killed by scanners. The purpose of a quarantine zone is that there are no infected there. That's why it's called quarantine. But Fedra's propaganda machinery is going well and so the people believe what has been said. That in the end there was an infected person in the mall is unfortunate. Maybe this was a smuggler who got infected outside at some point and went back to the QZ. Mileena's finisher was already a topic in episode 3 when Ellie and Joel found the non-working MK machine. Then she told Joel that she once had a friend who knew everything about it and she described to him how Mileena sucks up and spits out her opponent. If you pay attention, the episode shows you how the story with Ellie and Riley ends. They don't have to show that explicitly. Riley played Mileena in MK2 and Ellie played Baraka (last game). Baraka skewered Mileena with his blades as finisher. That was the metaphorical endgame. That's how Ellie killed Runner-Riley. That's why Ellie asked Joel in episode 2 what it was like for him to kill an infected, knowing that they once were human. I think she needed a comparison to her own feelings because she couldn't classify them. That's why she tortured and stabbed the stalker with her knife in episode 3. She first wanted to see if he felt something and then the anger broke through and she killed him because an infected bit Riley. Ellie kills Riley and because Riley didn't get in touch with Marlene the next day, she showed up at the mall and took Ellie with her. At least that's what I think. There are hardly any other options. The escalator can also be seen metaphorically. No matter how much Ellie runs against it (sometimes everything stays the same, sometimes there are highs), it still goes further and further downhill for her. Last episode Ellie wanted a sip of whiskey from Joel and said "STILL gross". Here we see Ellie's first time. Also, we've learned that Ellie's first impulse is to leave when she feels pushed away or is pushed away or is disappointed in any way, but she keeps coming back. This is one parallel between Joel and Riley. Another parallel is, both are Ellie's protectors. And don't forget Ellie's greatest fear of ending up alone. In the end, she will try everything possible to save Joel, which she was not able to do with Riley. Ellie has lost Riley and Sam to the fungus. She is the cure. She wants her survival to have value. Here it is shown no matter Fedra or Fireflys, for both you are just a number. They tell you what you want to hear and what benefits them, to achieve the respective goals. The officer at the beginning may be really nice, but he's definitely manipulative. There are always only 2 options to choose from and both are manipulated into thinking there are not more. There is only one clearly good or one clearly bad choice. Leaving Fedra obviously does not exist as an option. But orphans are easy to manipulate, as you can see from Ellie, who simply repeats what the officer told her in the conversation with Riley. The Fireflys are no different. Everyone comes in quickly, they made you feel you belong to a family and you are important to them. In fact, Riley is parked alone in the mall with bombs. These also kill civilians, as we saw in Episode 1 on Tess when one of these bombs exploded, killing two teenagers. Lives that are stuck. Eat or die. The series in general is all about the number 2. Bill and Frank, Ellie and Joel, Ellie and Riley, Sam and Henry, Joel and Tommy, Kathleen and Daniel, two choices, Mortal Kombat 2, joke book volume 2, red or green. T(w)ogethernes I actually thought Ashley Johnson (OG Ellie) would have her cameo here. Obviously, this was not the case, but it comes later in another memory. Most likely in the season finale. Next episode Troy Baker (OG Joel) will get his cameo.

[@ouchpotato69]

I am always looking forward to your reaction cause each one of you shows different emotions but you all seem to enjoy the show! Keep up with the good work guys! ( Blake is adorable when he is scared😂)

[@LEE-kq9tq]

I don't know the 2nd guy's name, but he could TOTALLY cosplay as Pedro in any of his roles and I will be upset if he doesn't in the future. DO EET!! Or Jon Snow too.......... DO BOTH OF EEEET

[@Spectator79]

Blake is too frickin cute always hiding his eyes. 😍😍😍😍😍

[@jefferymiller30]

Love the green background.

[@noHOPEof]

( ever last apology to those who remained "fashion conscious" over several decades *-* personally only ask this ' what is on sale? ' *&* ' does it fit rather baggily ¿ ' ) Quip Care Of *The Sith List* . . . *"* Look! Even in an Apocalypse 'No One' has loooted *The Gap* *"* great discussion . cheers

[@marcialopez7228]

The guy with the man bun is cute!!!💋💋💋🥰🥰🥰

[@LEE-kq9tq]

Good lord yall young. Gamestop was definitely around back then. I was a teen in the 90's and someone I had a crush on worked there just after HS.

[@EltalLajara809]

gamestop was around in 2003

[@aaronssportscards7222]

This episode took place in almost present day, so Gamestop was definitely around.

[@adamboutros]

Yea, but the mall would have been abbondoned and closed up when the outbreak happened in 2003

[@spectre-8]

People lost their minds when a second gay episode went up

[@sweetblossom146]

OMG!!!! Ellie and Riley are so CUTE COUPLE.... 😚😚😚 But you guys doesn't like it??? Based on your facial expressions... especially the guy in dirty white hoody!!! He feel so disgusted here in lesbian kiss.... but compared to the episode 3. He loves watching Gay kissing scenes!!!! He is Gay obviously.... 😆😆😆