The Last of Us Epi.7 is heartbreaking

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Thanks for being here! This series is coming close to and end and it truly is killing me via slow death torture ....
R.I.P Riley!
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Ames

[@CrazeeAdam]

Don't worry. I'm sure episode 8 will be uplifting and happy ;)

[@KiraMahMan]

Yup, the happiest episode of the show :)

[@johncmoore416]

@@KiraMahMan There's a lack of zombies, so progress!

[@deeanna8448]

It was so much fun to see Ellie and Riley just being normal teenagers, and so sweet to see them kiss. I assume it was Ellie's first kiss, a d Bella did such a good job portraying that nervous "oh crap! What if she doesn't like me like that?" and then rhat giddy little smile when ahe found out Riley did. But holy crap! Imagine going from first kiss to fighting for your life to resigning yourself to desth within 5 minutes.

[@holddowna]

It was such a beautiful episode and acted so well!!!

[@skeezaworkan]

Ellie didn't need to go out to find Fireflies. They were supposed to pick up Riley next day to take her to Atlanta. She was guarding their stash in the mall.

[@Soleya9]

When Riley shows she's bitten, the sad guitar music plays...kills me every time. Also love the carousel scene. Ellie's in a new place, bright lights, and cool things to look at, and yet she just stares at Riley, cause that's where her heart is.

[@kaleyrose47]

The moment where we cut back quickly to Joel just shivering (from an infection/blood loss/the cold) alone in the frigid basement broke my heart. So glad Ellie didn’t leave him. The way those two clasped hands together! 🥺

[@holddowna]

❤️❤️❤️

[@jc296x]

Back in episode 1 a lot of that conversation Marlene had with Elie when she sat with her led me to assume that the Fireflies found her in the mall after this all happened. Elie was wearing the same clothes as in this episode and when she. called Fireflies terrorists Marlene said "...and terrorist? Was Reilly a terrorist?" So between that, and her mall story...with the pause about being alone in episode 2... I was bracing for everything to go bad from the minute they went in the mall.

[@addieeeson]

Possibly, though in the game it’s implied Ellie and Riley left the mall after they got bit. Marlene definitely still found her, just somewhere else.

[@genericwhiteguy2910]

This is my favorite episode and, not coincidently, truest to the spirit of the game. It was the only episode I didn’t have to repeatedly tell myself to have an open mind on as a massive fan of the games. Bella captures Ellie’s essence so brilliantly, but gives her own twist to the character that’s really fun for a long time fan like me. Great reaction!

[@holddowna]

Thanks for your comment! That’s for watching!

[@sayiansweet]

"I'm sorry, is that like a MUSHROOM KING?!" I'm rolling! haha

[@holddowna]

🤣🤣🤣

[@arndnaj]

I loved how they gave hints as to why Joel was so feared by others.

[@sushi_donut]

Apparently the color of lighting in the mall are to resemble the lesbian flag. I think that's such a nice touch. 😊 This show is giving representation to so many people out here.

[@holddowna]

Wow! That’s amazing!

[@dlweiss]

I think it's closer to the Bisexual Pride Flag, but still awesome! :)

[@sushi_donut]

@@dlweiss I think we're both right! 😅 The opening mall shot is the L and the arcade is the Bi 🤷‍♂ Who knows lol. Love is love is love. 🤗

[@dlweiss]

@@sushi_donut Ah, I see! I was only thinking about that arcade scene. Thanks!

[@Dark__Thoughts]

Millennials approaching their 40s: 😐 He wasn't saying go North to get help, he was saying go North, let me die here and be safe with Tommy. They're already a weeks worth away from Jackson, he would never make it that long, let alone another week for them to come back. The rest of it is only implied, but Riley likely turned after a few hours and Ellie had to put her down. Marlene likely found her grieving next to her since they were supposed to move her to Atlanta the next day, finding Ellie bitten but still kicking. Remember Marlene said she was the one who told the others not to shoot her, and also asking whether Ellie thinks that Riley was a terrorist too in regards to her opinion on the Fireflies. This event basically tells you a lot about Ellie. Joel is now her family, she now know what it means what Riley told her. It also left her with tremendous survivors guilt, which just got further amplified by the events of their journey with losing Tess, Henry and Sam. All the loss and suffering she endured were a direct consequence of how the world is due to the infected, which she is a potential cure for, which sort of became her identity, which will be important for the rest of the story of the first & the entire story of the second game. I'm not going to spoil who they play, but the next episode will feature the original game actor for Joel, and the episode after the original game actor for Ellie. Just as a heads up.

[@fosixsix225]

With the merry-go-round, I think it just ran out of time. 😂😂

[@holddowna]

🤣🤣🤣🤣😅

[@estephens13]

Im really enjoying watching you experience this trauma lol. Also your Mortal Kombat announcer voice was adorable 10/10.

[@holddowna]

LOLOL I loved mortal kombat!

[@bbwng54]

The next episode will be one of the most memorable in this great series. Just subscribed (which I rarely do)- you have good insight on what is happening; would like to hear more about your thoughts.

[@00rabbit7]

I can’t wait to see your reaction to the next episode. It’s my favorite of the series

[@holddowna]

😅coming soon!’

[@davidweed1879]

Your reactions are wonderful. It's like watching you sink sink sink into insanity as the show progresses. And the you come back. Thanks for the great content.

[@jeremyschapstick]

i was absoultly BAWLING during left behind in the game and i had to go through that all over again with the show 😭😭

[@ZbigniewZiggyCzachor]

Riley was going to be away next day, so Fireflies came to pick her up the next day, but she was dead and Ellie wasn't. That was when they've found her.

[@arndnaj]

Riley was also in The Suicide Squad. Played Irish Elba's daughter.

[@v.4470]

this show is such a rollercoaster of emotions i cant even

[@themikereda]

"Guess we'll find out" exactly what Joel said to Tommy in the previous episode. Joel and Ellie are just two peas!

[@tomfehr]

loving this reaction series!

[@inesjones5361]

Friendship is so precious. I just lost my best friend of 22 years to cancer within 3 months. I'm still trying to figure out how to process and deal.

[@holddowna]

I’m so sorry for your loss! It was so beautiful to see this friendship.

[@d3l3tes00n]

First loves, too :(

[@mikeslife2916]

We'll wait it out, we can all be poetic and shit 😢 this line hits hard both in tv series and dlc. Can't wait for your reaction for the next episode!

[@GentM2015]

22:16 yes Ellie's VERY GOOD "bestie"

[@coldbluddjp]

Yaaas. New reaction time. Lets go! 🤙 This wasn't the most exciting bit of DLC to play back in the day, but it was essential and very emotional storytelling for the overall bigger picture. (and this episode took it next level)

[@holddowna]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@aatikorujux-xicay205]

This was the closest adaptation to the video game, although it was a DLC. A lot of people didn't like that because it didn't feel new, and just felt like a live action cut scene. They did change the end where it wasn't a horde of zombies chasing them, but a singular one. I thought this was more intimate and made it seem more realistic and shows just how brutal the infected are. A couple of kids that couldn't hold off just one makes the world seem that much more dangerous.

[@jhornacek]

Yes, in the DLC it's multiple Infected that are after them, not just one. But to be fair, whenever Ellie and Riley fight one of them, it's just *one* Infected they are physically attacking. Once they kill that one they keep running because more are approaching. They are never physically fighting off multiple Infected in the DLC.

[@CrazeeAdam]

I mean both Ellie and Riley are so young and not trained well at this point. There's no way they actually survive as many as they did in the game. Same with Joel in KC or PA in the game. Makes more sense to scale things back from a director's point and how to make things tense but realistic in how people survive these things

[@jhornacek]

@@CrazeeAdam Like I said, in the DLC even though they are chased by multiple Infected, they are only ever physically attacked by one at a time, and they team up to defeat that one. So I have no problem believing that between the two of them they can kill 1 Infected at a time. As far as Joel, in the game in PA he mostly fights humans, not Infected.

[@jhornacek]

In the game/DLC Riley is not stationed at the mall. Ellie and Riley had snuck out of Fedra school and gone to this mall multiple times in the past, so they felt safe there since they had never seen any Infected there before. But this was the first time they had been there when it had power - it was the music Riley played for her dance with Ellie that attracted the Infected.

[@jd-zr3vk]

I fractured my hip and was nonweight bearing for 3 months. When I started to walk on 2 legs, down escalators scared me.

[@demopem]

Best guess is that Marlene (and/or other Fireflies) showed up in the morning since Riley was supposed to go to Atlanta the next day, either to pick her up or because she didn't show up.... and found that Ellie was bitten but hadn't turned for some reason.

[@holddowna]

👍🏽

[@ThunderTaco206]

A neat low-key easter egg for the Part 1 DLC and for Part 2, and a nod to Ellie's sexuality, is that the color palette of the mall lights when they first come up is in subtle shades of orange, white, and pink, which is the colors of the lesbian pride flag.

[@benjaminkitchen7562]

The Carousel plays The Cure. 80s music means danger

[@THEvagabond29]

This series is the same as the game, its a gut punch of reality, truth and consequences.

[@holddowna]

So true!

[@jhornacek]

As others have mentioned, this episode is from the DLC, meaning players would have finished the game/main story before seeing this. So it plays a bit different that way since the players already know how Joel being wounded was resolved, and what happened to Ellie. In the game (without giving anything away) it goes right from the end of the previous episode - Joel falling off the horse and Ellie crying over his body - to the start of the next episode.

[@w.o.l.f4329]

I recently watched RRR and I thought it was an amazing movie. It's a Telugu-language film from India, but it's definitely worth checking out even if you're not familiar with Indian cinema. The film is set in the 1920s and tells the story of two revolutionaries who team up to fight against the British Raj. The action sequences are incredible, and the performances are top-notch. I highly recommend checking it out! Here are some of the reasons why you should watch RRR: It's a visually stunning film with amazing action sequences. The performances by the cast are top-notch. The story is inspiring and thought-provoking. It's a great introduction to Indian cinema. I think you'll really enjoy RRR if you're looking for a well-made, action-packed film with a great story. It's a must-see for any fan of cinema.

[@michaelkb8783]

I don't think Riley cares if FEDRA is mad at her given she joined the Fireflies. ;)

[@nomis]

Lookin great Ames! How you feeling? Back to 100%? This episode makes me feel cold lol....

[@holddowna]

feeling better for sure... until i watched this

[@mjdaniel8710]

I still have my walkman, with plenty of 80s music, and me and my friends would totally have drunk that whiskey, we were a bit wild

[@holddowna]

HAHHAA I prob would have too I guess it’s alcohol prob sanitize the rim with it LOL love that you still have ur Walkman!

[@CrazeeAdam]

So when Ellie first described how she got infected to Tess in episode 2, Tess asked "you were all by yourself??" Or something to that extent. Ellie pauses to think and then tries to casually agree. But you can tell something is there. Then of course in episode 4 Joel talks to her about having to hurt someone and that someone her age shouldn't have to hurt or kill people. Ellie eventually confesses that it wasn't her first time hurting/killing someone... Joel asks what happened, Ellie didn't want to talk about it.. All those small conversations leads to this episode of course

[@ArchiURURU]

how she said "Don't go" Goddess of Procrastionation

[@jd-zr3vk]

I'm thinking about pizza with mushrooms while watching these reactions.

[@aerthreepwood8021]

It was a Firefly outpost and Riley was supposed to be moving out in a day or two, so they probably found her.

[@holddowna]

👍🏽

[@EternalDensity]

Wow I've watched like a dozen reactions to this episode (and the episode itself of course) and somehow didn't realise that's Rue's sister from Euphoria, as Riley. That should have been obvious!

[@holddowna]

i love her such a great actress!

[@retromaven2159]

Whatchya doin' after this series Ames? Da Boys??? (hope!..hope!)👏

[@holddowna]

I think I MUST!!!!!!!

[@retromaven2159]

@@holddowna YAY!!!!!!!!!!

[@aoife3052]

imagine if they had of taken option 1…. ellie would’ve died, she would of never realised she was immune, tess would be alive, joel would’ve never met ellie, henry and sam might be alive, i don’t know what’s better!

[@joeblankenship377]

I'd say strap yourself in for the next episode, but this whole series requires straps.

[@jamescole250]

I would love to see you do a reaction to the movie Pumping Iron starring Arnold Schwarzenegger 💪💪💪💪💪💪 who was a Bodybuilder and liked to show off his Big Rippling Muscles for people so please call him a Hunk and also say that he really needs a Bath.

[@ernieojeda]

Do you have a Instagram for this channel?

[@nomennescio1863]

It's never explicitly stated (as far as I know) but as Ellie survived without being turned, she probably had to kill Riley in self defense when Riley turned as Riley would have attacked Ellie, just like Sam did in episode 5. So when Ellie stated that it wasn't her first time after shooting Joel's attacker in episode 4, she was likely referring to the death of Riley. 😭

[@holddowna]

Thought these thoughts! Thanks for your comment!

[@jhornacek]

In the game Ellie tells Tess how she got bit but she says that she was alone at the mall. She already knows Marlene at this point so she says that after she got bit and didn't turn she went to Marlene to find out what to do. But later you find out that she was there with Riley. Although Ellie never says it, it's clear that the two of them waited for both of them to turn, assuming it would happen at the same time, and when Riley turned but Ellie didn't, Infected-Riley would have attacked Ellie, who would have been forced to kill her.

[@ThunderTaco206]

At the end of episode 9, she does explicitly tell Joel that Riley was the first person she ever killed. She'd turned, of course, and that was left up in the air in the game, and up until that episode in the show it was also not explained. But in those last couple minutes of the show, she did indeed tell Joel quite clearly that she did kill Riley after she turned.

[@jhornacek]

@@ThunderTaco206 Yes, in the game it's never explicitly stated, but it's pretty clear that's what happened. The DLC tells us that Ellie and Riley stayed together until the end - when they both expected to turn. And Ellie tells Tess that after she got bit at the mall she went to see Marlene. The show explicitly stated it, but those that played the game already knew that was what happened.

[@DavidGowers]

They tell you almost exactly how Ellie had to kill Riley, using MK II as a context clue. In MK lore, Baraka and Mileena are lovers and when Ellie and Riley play their last match in the game, Ellie (using Baraka) skewers and kills Riley (using Mileena), so that's their way of telling you that Ellie had to stab and kill Infected Riley...

[@yanksrgreat]

wait for the trauma next episode

[@holddowna]

😬

[@tenko1609]

next episode💀

[@holddowna]

😬😬😬

[@neilbrideau8520]

I want to comment as I am enjoying your reaction but the best thing I can do is to keep my trap shut.

[@holddowna]

Soon you can say all the things! 🤣🤣🤣😝

[@bdnewton100]

Can we watch Ted lasso!? It will make you so happy!!

[@holddowna]

I haven’t seen season 3 yet!

[@robmann400]

...comment.

[@heikkieronen5226]

Im wirh in love...who caares, I män..😋

[@MultiverseMoo]

Interesting how many people think Ellie should just go "back" as if Joel could survive 2 weeks (1 week there and back) without food or anything else :P Great reaction as always!

[@holddowna]

Lol HOPE is strong 😅

[@jhornacek]

Yeah, if Ellie were to leave Joel and go back to Tommy's, by the time she got back there Joel would already be dead.

[@tylerosborne9845]

Probably my least favorite episode of the season. But this being the worst one just shows you how good this show is!

[@holddowna]

Ya, I can see that

[@doommonger7784]

You're Pedro Pascal Joel love in seems to blind you to Bella Ramsey performance as Ellie, perhaps her performance in the next episode will get some love from you.

[@holddowna]

Omg she’s amazing, I do comment on how amazing she’s is as well as storm reids performance near the end of the episode…

[@kingunda5013]

You look like my ex in law school. 😊

[@patrickhardman2568]

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[@zanesam5195]

What's popping gorgeous glad to get a video from you today right on! 🤟🏼🙌🏽🙏🏽

[@holddowna]

Thanks for watching!

[@zanesam5195]

@@holddowna thanks for the content 🤙🏽