Look for the Light | The Last of Us Ep 9 Reaction

[@YaBoyRoshi]

And thats a wrap! For those interested Sheera and I are now pretty deep into our playthrough of TLOU 2 and loving it so far!

[@daryeusford9696]

Yessir🙏

[@TheREALHugo4]

We'll see about that.

[@heck6757]

@@TheREALHugo4 I mean me and my friends really enjoyed TLOU2 all the way through why do TLOU2 haters always think everyone hates it or will hate when they play it? most people like the game, the people who hate it are just the loudest. (like, *really* loud. they won't shut up about it)

[@TheREALHugo4]

@@heck6757 Simple. Because players can't think straight.

[@maximus6508]

@@heck6757 The haters are just a loud minority. Majority of the people who actually played the game enjoyed it, then moved on. While the haters who never played it are still crying till this day.

[@dollarpw7149]

Sheera and Roshi talking about casting a newborn babies while Lupa wiping them tears 😂

[@3dsmaster537]

yo that momo pfp is wildin

[@jz-me6mi]

right lmaoo

[@RabidDogma]

Lupa was DEEP in his emotions and I'm right there with him, man. And I respect him for being able to just take that moment in. It's rough.

[@LaCheeserie]

And probably a preemie a few months old

[@asmrwonderlandd]

lmfaooo i had no idea he was crying 😂😂😂😂😢

[@golden_eye2156]

“Time heals all wounds…” “It wasn’t time that healed it.” The unspoken "it was you" was amazing. That hit hard 💯

[@33-vertebrae]

It's giving "I'm in love with you".

[@hotshabu2007]

loved that choice as well. it wouldn't have hit as hard if he explicitly said it

[@alphakytendo2505]

@@33-vertebrae do you mean in a romatic way? bc it's hella sure it ain't like that. normalize family love

[@cheesyfacechase4998]

@@alphakytendo2505 Not at all romantic. Being "in love" has always had several uses outside of romance, people have just generalized it for romantic purposes for some reason. It makes sense, I guess, but there's no chance they meant romantically or inferred it to be.

[@alphakytendo2505]

@@cheesyfacechase4998 Ofc I know there are different kinds of love. They probably just phrased it weird

[@Jordashian93]

Seeing Joel go through the hospital is like seeing The Terminator go through the police station.

[@Ongargis]

Joel was going through like he had a star from Mario.

[@LoopLife42]

Like luke coming for grogu

[@NegaiFreak]

More like the Mandalorian coming for Grogu.

[@LoopLife42]

@@NegaiFreaklike anikan coming for those younglings. Except not to save them

[@OhyeahMrKrabz]

Except that The Terminater wanted to kill Sarah Connor

[@mya1256]

Neither one of them let her choose what she wanted to do because Marlene couldn’t take that chance of her saying no, and Joel couldn’t take that chance of her saying yes. Marlene would’ve had tried to force her to do it, and Joel would’ve killed everyone STILL so she wouldn’t do it ☠️

[@WarNeverChanges9191]

Marlene did not wanted to do it deep down because you could see that it bothers her when she told Joel she understands. Spoiler alert!! Did you see Part 2 by any chance Marlene did not want the surgery to happen she tried to talk the doctor out of it, she not the only one who calls the shots at the fireflies 🙂

[@chrisacult]

bro she very clearly would of wanted to do it and would've most likely gone along wit it thats kind of the point of her making Joel swear he was telling the truth..

[@TheSaltyAdmiral]

I don't think you are right here, because Marlene had the option of letting Ellie decide, but chose to deny here that. Joel never had the option to let Ellie decide, he only had two options here; Either let them do it without asking Ellie, or stop them from doing that. If Ellie could talk to Joel and tell him this is what she wanted, I think it's most likely he would have understood that he had to let it happen no matter how painful it would ave been, but there is nothing Ellie could have said to stop Marlene.

[@TheSaltyAdmiral]

@@chrisacult Perhaps, but you don't kill children on a hunch. Joel had two options here, either let them kill Ellie without even asking, or stop them from doing that. And remember, it's not just what Ellie would have done that is uncertain here, it's even uncertain that it would have worked, so you might be killing Ellie for nothing. Don't get me wrong, I also think Ellie would have wanted to do it. However you have to realize how this situation looks from Joels perspective. It's basically like telling a parent; _Hey bro, we're going to kill your child without them even knowing it, in order to _maybe_ save the world. Chill?_ I think the number of parents in the world that would let that one slide is close to zero:)

[@mephistopheles1765]

It's not like Marlene gave Joe the time to talk it out with Ellie first. Had she done it, the three would have had a conversation about it and Ellie would decide

[@niamhgabito6835]

the way joel talked about ellie and sarah…. joel forgets that sarah would be 34. she is eternally young in his memory, frozen in time and never to grow past the kid he only ever got to know her as. i still think they’d be good friends though.

[@Vale9118]

Never thought of that, such a sweet thing ❤️

[@casie6609]

Yeah... I agree that they would've been friends though 💙

[@RoroRoseD]

Oh wow i didn't even think of that, nice take

[@DavidGonzalez-zl3dz]

It's really unhealthy that he's just finding something else to fill the hole Sarah left. First it was Tess and whatever story he lived through from her being young to her dying, and now it's Ellie

[@casie6609]

@David Gonzalez He's not using Ellie as a hole to fill the void at all. He genuinely loves her like a daughter. She loves him too. It's a healthy love. He didn't get close to Tess, because he didn't wanna open up just to lose someone again. But he couldn't help it with Ellie.

[@syedulc]

14:38 had me rolling "Marlene throwing the papers up like HE'S ONE MAN" 😭

[@LeThickBooty]

😭😭💀

[@PoopSagots]

I kept on replaying that part, that shit had me dying mate

[@wag5bag5]

@@PoopSagots what is this a reference to?

[@PoopSagots]

@@wag5bag5 I'm not sure it's a reference to something, I just found it hilarious because of the way Roshi said it with how Joel is just killing everyone like a 1 man army but if it is a reference to something then I am sorry

[@sangun123]

Literally had me crying laughing, it’s so accurate

[@JoseGuido87]

Roshi: “You good?” Lupa: “Yep” Also Lupa: **proceeds to very much not be good** 😢😅🥰

[@jeremyx-tein87]

😂😂😂😂

[@Nocturnewashere]

Morgan Freeman: He was, in fact, not good. He was as far from good as possible.

[@AL-fl4jk]

@@Nocturnewashere and then came at him with a crowbar

[@Nocturnewashere]

@@AL-fl4jk lmao I didn't realize I typed Gordon instead of Morgan 😭

[@lynxfresh5214]

So in a way Ellie is kinda like Blade, since both their moms got bit while pregnant and as a result their offspring gained "perks".

[@Nerdtactics818]

Just wrote that lol perfect

[@santiagomonteromendez1371]

Ellie being like Blade wasn’t a conclusion I was expecting

[@billionaireno1]

nice

[@OhyeahMrKrabz]

Next season she gonna be wearing all black and stuff LOL

[@TheBlackKakashi]

Except she ain’t cold like Blade

[@Cobrashocker]

Man, when you realize that the reason why Joel’s hearing on his right side is bad is because he missed when he tried to shoot himself just makes it even more heavy

[@Boltz4]

Joel🤝Jotaro

[@eunhawannabe0304]

@@Boltz4 truth

[@OfficialDKJ]

13:36 the way Roshi jumps after Joel shoots that soldier in the left nut 💀

[@jasapotato8362]

Oh God, he got a specific nut?!

[@scottisitt]

...followed immediately by the clown scene 😆

[@porkfatrules6025]

I was looking for the comment 😂

[@ethanprice5650]

14:38 "HE'S ONE MAN!'" 😂😂😂 Y'alls commentary through the hospital massacre killed me!

[@Nerdtactics818]

I’m surprised no one brought the comparison with Ellie’s mom getting bit and her kinda sorta being half clicker half human with blade. Blade became half human half vampire due to his mom being bit while she was pregnant with him.

[@goat1408]

It was the first thing I thought when I saw it

[@OhyeahMrKrabz]

Now that you say it thats an intresting comparison

[@OhyeahMrKrabz]

Actually someone else brought it up

[@dantesilvermine5160]

It's kinda silly and cliche. Game did it better, Ellie is just immune, who knows why. Just like in real life a handful of people are immune to things like hiv

[@jayplays1710]

​@@dantesilvermine5160 although I think it explains better how a cure is possible. Game theorist did a theory that she would've died in vain in the game

[@J1ntu]

They had OG Ellie as Ellie's mom and they got Laura Bailey to reprise her role as one of the nurses since she was one of them in the 1st game

[@silentjackm.d4490]

I'm surprised you guys figured it out but yeah that's Ashley Johnson she is the voice actor for Ellie as well as Pike from critical role/vox machina So she actually is the voice of a lot of your childhood playing a absurd amount of video game characters and TV shows. Also fun little Cameo even I didn't notice at first one of the nurses was Laura Bailey who plays Abby in last of Us 2 and is Vex from vox machina and critical role.

[@flwrsforlay]

I didn't even register the fact that she does the voice of Pike! That's awesome!

[@DizRupTnz]

Laura also played that nurse in the original game too.

[@RabidDogma]

@Calvelozark I was about to say that! 😄That's honestly one of the weirdest things, to me. Growing up, Growing Pains was one of those sitcoms that people just watched (it's hard to describe what pre-internet culture was like in the past, way slower moving and everything on TV had way more significance). Even though the show was kind of on its last legs when they brought Ashley as the daughter, it was still a popular show. So YEARS later, reading about how she had a whole career as a voice actor, it was "Oh that's cool, that kid from Growing Pains is a voice actor!" Then years after THAT finding out that she was part of The Last of Us, and then Critical Role, and now, it's pretty wild to think about.

[@lobsterkick]

@@flwrsforlay she IS pike, Pike is her Original Character

[@OdeOneEleven]

Ellie is still traumatized from the last episode. Thats why she's so quiet.

[@CharlieBrown20XD6]

It's tragic cuz when Ellie was talkative and excited Joel was withdrawn. Now that Joel is talkative and excited she's withdrawn. But I guess that's what having kids is like. At first they annoy you then they become sullen and withdrawn

[@g_g...]

Actually, no. She's thinking about the future

[@OdeOneEleven]

@@g_g... Actually no. She's lost a lot of her innocence from all the traumatic things she's gone through.

[@g_g...]

@@OdeOneEleven the time between those events are not as short as you think

[@OdeOneEleven]

@@g_g... At no point did anybody say it just happened. Trauma doesn't just go away like that. There's a reason that she says "After everything we've been through, after everything I'VE DONE"... because she's been through shit and she's not the naive little kid she was even a month before. Do you think almost being r*ped in a burning building and mutilating your attacker to pieces in self defense goes away in a week? A month? 3 months? 6 months? It doesn't. She's still going through stuff internally.

[@thefilmmaker9802]

Fun Fact: One of the nurses is played by Laura Bailey, who not only voiced the actual nurse assistant from the game but a character - who I won’t say, for spoiler reasons - but a character that has a very important in the overall story of The Last of Us.

[@tehCostHD]

They are currently playing the last of us 2, not a spoiler really

[@gooptaco2420]

Nigga just say Abby tf how is that a spoiler? C'mon do better

[@x0gucx]

Laura was in this too!!!! Now I gotta watch it back.😂

[@thefilmmaker9802]

@@tehCostHD True but there are people who are non-gamers so that’s why I didn’t reveal who it was.

[@tehCostHD]

@@thefilmmaker9802 that’s true

[@kikikim4589]

It was a 9/10 series , everything was great , i was expecting horror, jump scares Moment but the emotional rollercoaster was so freaking amazing can't wait to see season 2

[@tarik365]

Yeah Agreed, the last few episodes felt a bit rushed except for the cannibal one. But all in all I loved the show.

[@thefilmmaker9802]

Same here. Overall, it is the best live-adaptation of a game I’ve seen to date but not without its flaws. Very true to the game itself & dedicates a whole lot of time to develop the characters altogether. However, the pacing throughout was all over the place because certain moments that were powerful from the game didn’t nearly hit for me because of how fast everything was going. Loved the show but wished it was more extended!

[@casie6609]

10/10 for me 😭😭😭

[@ir0316]

If you’re expecting the same type of masterpiece story telling to continue in season 2… well I got some news for you 💀

[@kikikim4589]

@@ir0316 i played the game so i know , to this day the edning still breaks me

[@Taewills]

As someone who gave birth twice, once without drugs 😭, I appreciate the varying birth scenes HBO has been depicting.

[@pegusus12346]

Should have just asked the doctor for a mushroom zombie to fight, baby just slips right out lol

[@Taewills]

@@pegusus12346 😂

[@battlebugplays]

I said to my friend during the birth scene it was nice to see Hollywood for once not show water breaking as like a gallon of water shooting out onto the ground, its one of my big bet peeves with Hollywood births. I feel like HBO has depicted aspects of womanhood in an apocalypse in a realistic way which I appreciate. Ellie finding tampons, her getting the divacup, the birth scene etc.

[@Taewills]

@@battlebugplays I’ve never seen water break ( doctors always had to break mine) it feels like buckets gushing to the floor but I can’t say I was thinking much about it at the time lol. But yes, I like this type of realism & grit too. Answer those questions about how women not only eat and refrain from being eaten but our regular day 2 day stuff.

[@mauricewitter1652]

@battlebugplays834 but there was no blood which seemed a little fake to me

[@fikayoadeyemi3938]

Lupa crying always gets me😭😂😂

[@DaSchultzy12]

Fun fact. The actress that played her mom/ voiced Ellie in the game also voices Pike from The Legends of Vox Machina.

[@mookie271]

I appreciate Roshi, Sheera and Lupa's honesty in that post-credits critique - you guys keeping it real all the time is the reason I always keep coming back here for more 🙌

[@Quixotic1018]

Most babies on-screen are twins or triplets so they can shoot for a full day without violating child labor laws. "It's been three hours? Bring out the other one!" Joel's tongue click at the apocalypse pun was hysterical. Love that this episode had the voice of Ellie play Ellie's mom and the voice of Abby was one of the nurses in the surgical room. Nice meta symmetry.

[@katherinelucianorivera8351]

All the sequence when Roshi turns the TV off is too much 🤣🤣

[@turntaab5364]

Seeing Joel tear through the hospital, executing wounded and people who are surrendering, really makes sense that this catches up to him later.

[@fortheloveofcinema]

I totally agree. The intensity was not as strong as it could have and should have. I think they’re building up Part 2 really well. They definitely nailed the drama. But there should’ve been more trials and tribulations through the episodes.

[@thomaschapman9112]

The thing that Ellie was never given was a choice. If Marlene and Joel gave her that choice for the surgery, so much pain would have been prevented. 🙁

[@idontwantyourcookiesc3276]

i dont think it would have. im going to say she would have said yes, that would still hurt joel. and even if she said no thats a figurative pain on the rest of the world that is still alive. and i doubt the fireflies would let her say no since they in fact didnt even find a need to ask her if she wanted to do it.

[@thomaschapman9112]

@@idontwantyourcookiesc3276 I mean your comment only works if I said that no pain would happen. Of course Ellie’s choice would have pain, but there would be less for sure than what is to come.

[@KhepriProductions2022]

Didn't dawn on me how Ellie and Rikey's bond almost reflects Marlene and Anna's

[@loco_logic]

For sure. The similarity between those two pairs was also pointed out by Riley in the Left Behind dlc. It's one of the conversations you can have with her after winning that brick tossing mini-game.

[@dragonstorm_gaming]

You meant Riley right good sir 👏👏

[@sassanrikuo7480]

Roshi and Sherra laughing about this baby while lupa cries is killing me 😂😂😂

[@a_2502]

Joel is basically Ellie's guardian. Even now, a kid wouldn't be able to make that big of a decision. Parents would be consulted. Even though it's be hard to grasp, I still think Ellie should have been told what was going to happen. I'm pretty sure Ellie was under the impression there'd be tests and maybe a surgery she obviously wouldn't die from. Being that young, I think it would be fair to let her grow up some more and give her the choice to think about it. This cure also is not a guarantee. Marlene said they *might* be able to come up with a cure. Joel said aht aht aht Joel gave her the most choice by bringing her to the fireflies after telling her they could just turn back but he was dead wrong for lying to her after the fact. Really a difficult situation but I don't completely fault Joel. He lost so much you think he'd be in the right mindset to let Ellie go this time? Nah

[@itzsheera]

W comment lol. We actually mentioned these points as well while playing TLOU2 on stream

[@Zombies_Are_Real]

For a different perspective, a kid in our world you can say might not be old enough to make that kind of decision. But someone Ellie's age who has grown up fully in an apocalypse their whole life is on a whole other level mentally. She's probably more mature than us adults in the normal world.

[@NewVegasVigilante67]

I think they cut it out of the show, but in the game you can discover logs detailing that they HAVE tried to make a vaccine/cure from immune people like Ellie...and dozens of attempts failed. The show makes it seem a little more iffy than impossible.

[@QuantumFishFTW]

They don't have the luxury to let her grow up. The doctor could die, themselves or even Ellie could die before that. There's no guarantees in this world.

[@a_2502]

@@itzsheera oh hey Sheera!! 😍 planning on watching all your streams for TLOU!!

[@jasonmarbach]

Laura Bailey (Vex in Vox Machina, as well as Abby in the second game and a whole bunch of other stuff) reprised her role from the first game as one of the nurses in this episode. Made me super happy

[@RealityBoat]

episode 3 was important as it foreshadowed the importance of love (as cheesy as that is it is a major theme in the story) and inspired joel to open his heart once again. in the game bill was warning of what would happen to joel if he didnt open up and let people in his life. being lonely, paranoid and having no purpose

[@RealityBoat]

also bills letter to joel is super important to this version of the story

[@gobtathegoat6241]

I literally scream when I saw the giraffes... Clearly, one of the best and most iconic scene in the game and now in the show🙌

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

*CGIRAFFE* 🦒

[@hectorsumaoang2320]

@@UnCreativeDeconstructionism is actually a real giraffe 😭

[@stephensporman8206]

@@UnCreativeDeconstructionism the giraffe was actually real.

[@Darkwolfie33]

I feel Roshi on the lack of infected but I already know they are gonna go heavy in season 2. I feel like now that we've gotten through the cure arc, a lot more action coming into place given the events of game 2. Love the reaction as always.

[@riastradh]

I feel like if anything season 2 is going to be even less infected focused cause the whole war kinda runs that game. Maybe the rat king will make in tho

[@jackcassidy9963]

​@@riastradh The war really doesn't kill it though, it was just showing how other humans grow to be in the apocalypse

[@riastradh]

@@jackcassidy9963 I think you misread

[@jackcassidy9963]

@@riastradh Myb I thought you said "ruins", but yeah while I don't think there will be a lot of infected I do still think there will be more than the first season

[@codypritchard117]

I was totally expecting some one to make a "This is the way" joke when Joel was going on his rampage.

[@TheJerbol]

It was nice to see Joel genuinely happy for a bit before S2 hits

[@EdwardGutierrez90]

Yeah something is definitely going to hit season 2 😅 🏌️🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️

[@TTv__Jewon_]

@@EdwardGutierrez90 omg!!

[@casie6609]

​@@EdwardGutierrez90 😭😭😭

[@casie6609]

And Ellie 😭😭😭

[@berisiq]

S2 confirmed?

[@bethanyjayva70]

I love how if you pay close attention, you can see how the first episode's title links to the last episode's. "When you're lost in the darkness." "Look for the light" Absolutely brilliant wordplay. Also, the knife that Marlene gave Joel was the one that Ellie held, so she gave him her memorabilia just as Ellie's mom gave her. I give the show a solid 8/10. Yeah some parts felt rushed or short, but overall a huge roller-coaster of emotions. I'm so glad they served an accurate adaption to the game while taking new elements and lore that makes sense because that's so rare with directors and movies. Well done, team.

[@tylerrushford7609]

Just so you know, the voice actor for ellie was the woman who played her mother. She is also the voice actor for Pike in the Legend of Vox Machina. One of the female nurses who was crying at the end, is the voice actress for Vex from Legend of Vox Machina.

[@ABrokenController]

14:30 that was timed kinda perfectly lmao "I promise bro. Trust me bro🏳️" Joel - "💥" 💀😂😂

[@goat1408]

When you realize you remember the OG Ellie (aka Ellie's mom) as a kid.....feel so old now...

[@Samuel-zd6cj]

She never was a kid in the game tho , she was age down

[@fajaradi1223]

​@@Samuel-zd6cj Who's older IRL? Troy Baker or Ashley Johnson?

[@Samuel-zd6cj]

@@fajaradi1223 troy

[@titan4002]

Ever since I saw this. I've been waiting to see lupa's reaction to every moment in this episode. The reaction did not disappoint.

[@maximum-oversaiyan]

roshi's take is basically flawless. amazing show. a beautifully crafted vehicle for more people to learn about this story. where the hell are the infected lmao

[@blakty2]

The flaw in Roshi’s take is the assumption it’s about infected. Those mf’s ended the world and the story is about who’s left

[@TheSuperNats]

I wanted a few more infected scenes but it was probably paired down due to budget. I can live with that. I’d rather than the other way: shitty show but lots of infected

[@maximum-oversaiyan]

@@blakty2 did you play either game?

[@shydreameress264]

The show changed the infected as they aren't wandering everywhere. They're kinda like the mutants from days gone, they assemble in hordes and can feel the strands of the cordyceps from miles away. The humans in the last of us (and in most zombie stories) have always been the biggest threat, like Bill says in the game: "The infected are predictable, it's the normal people that scare me". Of course we're always happy to see the infected because they're a huge part of the game, but the stories has always been more about the relationships between the characters. I bet we'll see even less infected in the second season. But I hope not, because even though they are less important, people watching the show without knowing the game shouldn't be able to forget the infected exist.

[@dobakito]

Don’t usually watch reaction videos, but I loved your guys series on this show. 8/10 is pretty accurate scoring, the lack of action did make Joel and Ellie’s bond feel a little rushed. Producers already said season two will have more infected so hopefully season 2 has even more impact.

[@TheSvmurai]

It's good to keep in mind that EVRYONE (including Joel) took away Ellie's choice in that hospital.

[@thoroughlyrustled6186]

It's also worth keeping in mind that a cure is impossible in this scenario fot those already transformed into Clickers, and likely Runners. A vaccine is more plausible, however questionable since there are over 30,000 variants of the cordyceps, and so it can't be easily determined if one or more created the infection

[@SILK97]

Genuinely curious, what choice did Joel take? If the Fireflies already took her choice??

[@OhyeahMrKrabz]

A choice for a cure?

[@a_2502]

hmm not really Joel. I'd say after they left, yes because they could have talked about it further

[@jinkazma]

​@@SILK97 Taking away the initial choice doesn't negate the fact that Joel chose to remove the choice to die for something greater. It's what she would've wanted and Joel knew that. Then he lied about it. That's a choice HE shouldn't have made for her, and (spoiler for the second game)... her main problem with what he did there.

[@IdocarebutIdont]

Lupa crying at the most random moments lol

[@gobtathegoat6241]

I love how accurate the ending is from the game. The scene, the lines, and even the emotion, it was freaking amazing. I can't wait for the next season.

[@Kite7th]

Even knowing what happens, that was still tough to watch. I’ve always been super conflicted on Joel’s decision and seeing it again in the show made me hate his decision even more. Although it’s more understandable when I think about them not giving Ellie the choice either even though we know what she’d say.

[@everforward5561]

It's not a choice to me, because I know for a fact the infrastructure for all the stuff they wanted to do DOES NOT EXIST anymore. Hell, they didn't even have sterile conditions to do surgery in.

[@supraaznpride]

I mean even if she said no I don't want to die they would still went on with the surgery against her will. The potential for a cure is too enticing. And the cost of one life to save the many is a necessary evil to them. Right choice for human race survival but bad choice if you are just thinking about the life of one person that will probably die soon and badly anyways because of the shit world they live in.

[@donttryitanakin1yt549]

I’m 50/50 even if the fireflies did get the cure they would’ve had all the power in the world do you think they are going to give those to the people that are in fedra? Or for free to anybody that’s not them

[@theprowler18]

That's why this story works exceptionally no matter the medium, it never turns away from how morally ambiguous and conflicted we tend to be as human beings put in a world where we are pushed to our limits to survive another day. I'm not shocked they maintained the power of that story from the game to TV, and it helps that you have a passionate fan in Craig Mazin to make it work so well. With Druckmann open to changes for the next 2 seasons, it makes me excited to see how they can massively improve on Part 2's story structure and pacing in a less constricted matter.

[@supraaznpride]

@@donttryitanakin1yt549 I'm considering the human race as a whole rather than just which factions vs which other group of people. If no humans have the capability to make themselves immune to the illness and decades and more decades goes on there are more chances of every human being on earth dying out eventually if the infected never goes away. But if at least a few groups of humans can survive the illness itself it's a much better chance that humans won't die out entirely as a race.

[@melbourneman1178]

Every time I watch y’all’s reaction, I am AMAZED at the quality of your intro!! I love it!! It SLAPS

[@dairypope]

If I'm remembering right, there were a total of 2 infected after episode 5: the one that bit Riley and Ellie in ep7, and the one at the start of ep9 that bit Anna. Relevant to what Roshi said at 21:59

[@Acetag31]

To add on they were flashbacks so it honestly doesn't count and Ellie and Joel together only saw infected twice.

[@Peruvianpepper]

*Walter White screaming from the car* NOOO JOEL DONT DO IT. DONT KILL THE DOCTOR

[@pat_1308]

Trivia: Romi Park voices Marlene in the JP dub of both the game and the series which brought back most of the VAs. In other words, we lost two Romi Park-voiced characters this March. First Hange in AoT, now this.

[@TheSCIOnce]

I never expected more action from the show because the story was always the focus and the second part of the story is where the action means more to the story.

[@NicolleLaShane]

6:55 the Peaky Blinders music 🤣🤣

[@dreamlessking9]

Ellie giving birth to ellie is crazy, and love it

[@vista0254]

I like when you guys are shocked by "gunshots" haha. 😆

[@rayugaop2472]

Lupa:- You pressed "R2" so fast, I lost at that point 😂

[@Kefka.]

This episode made me realize why Reilly was assigned to the mall, Marlene did it to test Ellie. Why send a rookie to guard bombs and stuff otherwise.

[@thorneyquins8780]

The first scene is Ashley johnson, also known for the series Blindspot, and voice of Pike in vox machina... not only a voice actress but also did motion capture for ellie in the whole game together with troy baker

[@dannyheemstramusic]

That hospital scene is one of the coldest scenes I’ve ever seen. So awesome.

[@kotabear6556]

This channels running info graphics and intro animations and pre show slide shows are S tier

[@vitormartins3773]

So... Ellie's immunity come's from combining shrooms with DMT? nice to know I'm already immune

[@AceSaiyanman]

10:01 DAMN -Kevin Hart 😂

[@AdmiralZhou]

Great episode and great reaction! The giraffe was real! There’s a behind the scenes picture of it online

[@rebellyanmagic6409]

15:33 My man really saw a guy with a shotgun and picked up a scalpel in response.

[@ataldr4802]

Joel really went the genocide route 😂

[@donq4483]

he truly was filled with D E T E R M I N A T I O N

[@johnsoapmactavish9921]

you obviously don't know what genocide means

[@teeemtee5739]

T A T A K A E

[@rodrigomadera3048]

@@johnsoapmactavish9921 We do... You are probably the one who didn't get the reference, but that's alright, we can just keep moving forward.

[@marka8817]

@@rodrigomadera3048 i get it but it doesn't fitt he story lol

[@KurseDHero]

12:00 Well, even tho infected didn’t recognize Ellie as non-infected, it didn’t stop them from attacking and trying to rip her apart so that “cure” would only stop creating new infected while still decreasing what little human population there is

[@shanemiller4274]

You guys reaction to this is what I’ve been waiting for all morning 😭❤️❤️

[@jdRamza]

You know, I do agree that the journey did seem easy if you don't count the bad people they encountered. I remember thinking the change for cordyceps to be connected was a very scary change but it never went anywhere.

[@xignius5731]

the Sheera clap got me so bad LMAOO

[@eddvultures40]

Ashley jhonson is Ellie, in the games. Ashley Jhonson also is Pyke from Vox Machina.

[@osito1329]

Always nice to see Pike from Vox Machina in live action. 🤪

[@ryderls2729]

Eren when Joel was in the staircase being escorted: "What are you doing Joel? Have you forgotten why you're here??, tatakae"

[@thiacanadian]

This episode was solid. The only thing I was missing was the infected in the tunnel. But Joel doing the murders in the hospital and you can see the body count, kind of made up for the lack of infected in this episode. And when they played the music at the end felt like the end of the game. I said to a close friend of mine "Omg, we made it to the end of the game!!" This has been one of the best game to live action adaptation I've seen in a very long time. I am curious how they're gonna do game 2 in season 2 and/or season 3 if there is one.

[@christianalboroto7574]

The giraffe was indeed a 100% real.

[@mattb7479]

Sheera, I totally agree that Marlene took the decision away, but in that same breath you're okay that Joel takes here decision away too. They're opposite sides of the same coin. Can't be okay with one and not the other.

[@palazard95]

Ellie didn't have the decision anymore. The doc was seconds away from cutting her open, if Joel took any other course of action, Ellie dies. Marlene is lying to herself and to Joel that she understands how he feels, and if she really believed Ellie would have chosen to sacrifice herself, she would have asked. Having Ellie's consent is a much safer route than dealing with angry Joel, which she knows.

[@mattb7479]

@@palazard95 Absolutely not. Ellie would have said yes. That’s canon. Marlene didn’t want to take the chance she’d say no, but that doesn’t mean she would. Joel knew Ellie would say yes. She’s made it clear all throughout the series. He knows this and that’s why he took her choice away. Because he knew she’d say yes, and he couldn’t live with that.

[@Regitron3000]

Have to agree with Roshi! They spent so much time in the first 2 episodes building the infected up and we really only get 2 major encounters with them (the Boston Museum, and Kansas City). I know a 1:1 adaptation is impossible but they could have definitely fit at least 2 more important encounters with infected swarms from the game (the swarm at the Colorado university, and the one they face in the tunnel before running into the Fireflies at the very end). It's hard to make zombies scary again, and TLOU (the game) did that! It really a shame we didn't get to see more of them. This is a show that definitely needed more episodes at least 2-3 more, not only for more Zombie action but to let some of the other plots really breathe. Like the way they did the Kansas City arc in 2 eps was great, David's cannibal town could have really used an extra episode to really enhance the story, not just from Joel and Ellie's perspective but from the townsfolk (there was way more to the relationship between Troy Barker's character and David which could have really been explored). The biggest indictment that episode 3 was pure fluff/filler is that in the season recap before episode 9 there is almost no shots or scenes from that entire story line. Great individual episode, and if the series was an anthology it would be more justified, but it just ultimately didn't add anything to Joel and Ellie's story, or character development.

[@TessaxMusic95]

Abby’s voice actress was one of the nurses in the surgery scene!

[@Mipatin]

Wait, really?

[@kevthegamingdude]

Joel was a one-man army decimating every Firefly to rescue Ellie

[@AjinkyaBaram]

top-quality television show with a strong narrative and very compelling characters. the best live-action recreation of a videogame. ❤🔥 Super excited for Season 2

[@aguycalledkwest]

agreed!..word is bond..but I don’t think season 2 won’t be nothing like the second game.. HBO won’t kill Joel (Pedro) off the series (at least not just yet) …

[@AllieKitaguchi]

I'm sure y'all already know this but the voice actress from the game who plays Ellie (Ashley Johnson) plays Ellie's mom in this, but you also know her from the Legend of Vox Machina -- she's Pike Trickfoot!

[@felipeleite2626]

9/10 show for me! I would like a little bit more of horror moments but they nailed the characters and emotional bits of the story

[@corporealghoul]

Ashley Johnson was ellies mom. She voiced Ellie in the game. She is also Pike in Vox Machina. She actually made Pike for their home game and later voiced her on the show. Laura Bailey is Ashleys close friend in real life. She was one of the nurses at the end. She also voiced that nurse in the game. She is also the voice of Abby is the second game. She is also Vex in Vox Machina.

[@sproutzer]

Yes I would agree 8/10 for the show it was entertaining. Great reactions

[@the_mayorofabuja4709]

Lupa yelled out that "flashbang" like a call of duty character 😂

[@TheZombiecowmeat]

The infected almost seemed like they werent a threat anymore in the world. Only existing for plot points. The season also needed to be at 10 episodes with the Kansas City double episode being one. Probably some other minor criticisms but those fixes would have been huge. They also should have added in the gray area from the game where the doctors gave a mild impression that their attempts for a cure werent working, to give joel a better gray area for the final conflict. Also can't believe they didnt let the doctor say "but I also have a daughter" for setup season 2

[@SilasWolfe]

They ignored the gray area from the game and laid the "horror" of Joel's actions on top super thick because they have to justify the tonal writing change that happens with Part 2 that retcons shit and paints Joel as entirely unforgivable and wrong for his actions. Everyone who argues in favor of Part 2 seems to forget the implications they not only don't know what they're doing but that the Fireflies at best are only interested in a cure for the power it could give them.

[@tehCostHD]

@@SilasWolfe it doesn’t matter what mental gymnastics you do, what Joel did was horrible on many levels. Yes, it was understandable from his and our perspectives and we would probably do the same thing. But from Abby perspective, he literally murdered her father in cold blood who was attempting to save the world. A long with all those other people he killed. That’s not something you just forgive. Would you expect Abby to not do what she did? I don’t get what you wanted to happen. Of course what happened to Joel was gonna happen. Actions have consequences.

[@SilasWolfe]

​@@tehCostHD Abby's perspective is wrong, and actions don't have consequences for Abby, because we're made to understand after killing a small town's worth of people (and dogs) over the course of 20 hours that revenge is bad. Get your fingers bitten off and go play guitar alone in a farmhouse like a good cuck, you're the better person, break the cycle of violence, or something. Some gay rootless postmodernist slave's idea of morality or something. Anyway, part 2 defenders should be strung up to a post like Abby and Lev, no point arguing with them.

[@tehCostHD]

@@SilasWolfe Abby’s perspective is wrong??? Bro you cannot be serious right now. She’s just as right in her actions as Joel was. Violence leads to more violence. Of course Joel’s actions would have caught up to him in that way. You think he could murder all those people and live happily ever after with no consequences? Fucking explain that to me you simple minded retard

[@tehCostHD]

@@SilasWolfe and I’m sorry did you just say anyone who likes the last of us 2 deserves to be strung up in a tree? Bro you are actually literally fucking insane. I hoped you get banned from this fucking channel. You are a disgusting person

[@roberthall5580]

I love how they some how built that emotional attachment that between ellie and joel that you build with ellie in the game as joel

[@Kristina-rt1ty]

Episode 3 is arguably the most important as bills letter told Joel about their purpose for life which is to protect the ones we love.

[@Twilight2Dawn]

yooo..your editor be doing the most. im dyiiiinnng LOL

[@elheber]

Ellie was in no position to make that kind of decision at this time. She was obviously dealing with recent trauma and guilt. That's what Joel said what he did about being so unafraid and ready to die. This Ellie was ready to die, but what about the Ellie in a few years? Joel just bought her some time, is all.

[@jackcassidy9963]

Ellie in a few years wanted to die for something important too

[@Kdeem.224]

I understand what yall are talking about in the end there wasnt enough Infected and they sometimes didnt feel threatening. the Halo tv show suffered that as well the Covenant took a back seat in that show

[@leeshawnklb]

Y’all realize that no matter what Ellie was the type of person to do the surgery regardless of the fact that she would die and Marlene knew that so she just didn’t want her to have to be scared during the procedure when she already knew what her answer would be

[@viktorstagnetti7491]

Sure but she still deserves to make that choice herself. Death was never on the table, even in this episode she was making plans for "after". Consent matters.

[@zonkvervonk]

I think the same. But I think she'd also want to stay alive after she found out how much she meant to Joel. I mean, she was already making plans about what they were going to do after they met the Fireflies before Joel says "It wasn't time that healed" his trauma. I think when she learned that she means to Joel just as much as Joel means to her, she'd have wanted to stay alive. Or argued like hell for a compromise. Also, Marlene making the decision for her to die is much more grave than letting Ellie decide that she wants to die. You have to sign a waiver before an invasive medical procedure, but Ellie didn't even get to say yes.

[@Tookab1unt]

She could of at least let her and Joel say bye maybe if they did that he would of allowed it

[@diloncoonghe7775]

Marlene actually didn’t know that because she didn’t actually know Ellie. She dropped her off at the Fedra school and then picked her up after she was bitten. Both Joel and Marlene failed to asked Ellie what she wanted

[@riastradh]

@@diloncoonghe7775 for someone who apparently doesn’t know Ellie she sure guessed her personality real accurately

[@アキコ2003]

Crazy how such a deep emotional scene becomes a comedy with these guys

[@thecustomconcern]

I think a lot of people missed that girl with the pony tail that managed to get away when the other gun men came around the corner.

[@shadycactus7896]

When?

[@thecustomconcern]

@@shadycactus7896 You can’t really see it because they have the screen pretty blurred it out but it’s at the 14:25-14:26 mark you see someone with a ponytail escape when his attention gets redirected

[@shadycactus7896]

@@thecustomconcern i wonder who that is

[@thecustomconcern]

@@shadycactus7896 watch next season or play the games and you’ll find out

[@WarNeverChanges9191]

That was a real giraffe they used for the show

[@radezzientertainment501]

imo Joel doesn't want Ellies opinion because he knows she would sacrifice herself for the rest of humanity, but Joels decision was to save ellie instead, and live with the lie, what an amazing game/show/story

[@evyan09]

It is really fun watching your reaction video guys. It is giving me the "I am watching with my friends vibes". Specially when you guys are making jokes while watching, it really makes me happy as well to the point that I was able to forget all my problems. If I am only not poor I will surely be one of your Patreon. Thank you for uploading videos here in KZbin. Praying for more blessings to come for you guys.

[@cam77756]

THANK YOU SHEERA!! You said it immediately just like I did when I watched this ep!! Nobody asked Ellie what she wanted! It's like everyone in the apocolypse immediately decides that consent, bodily autonomy, and basic morality no longer matter. Like that doctor decided that the consent of his patient wasn't important anymore and was just gonna cut out a little girl's brain while she slept. All of the death that Joel causes this ep could have been avoided if everyone just agreed to ask Ellie what she wanted to do. Lay out all the facts for her so she can make an informed decision, and she probably would have chosen to sacrifice her own life for a greater good. But everyone assumed their own goals were righteous no matter what they had to do to attain them, so they all got clapped by Joel. Not saying Joel was right to lie to Ellie about what happened afterwards but he would not have felt that he had to lie to her about what happened if the Fireflies had given Ellie all the facts in the first place. It all comes down to the rights of organ donors. We don't let people steal organs from others just because we know they would save the lives of others. We don't mandate kidney donations even though that would save lives because it wouldn't be right to force people to give up their own organs without informed consent. The Fireflies and that doctor were basically willing to steal a little girl's organ, her brain, to save more lives without any informed consent. A simple conversation with Ellie could have solved all of this. Marlene even said Ellie probably would have picked the option to sacrifice herself for the cure but Marlene didn't take the time to actually ask! But it is a really compelling story to explore all the bad things that can happen when that simple conversation isn't had.

[@Sysyphony]

3:21 the Lupa Screech TM. Is so iconic at this point.

[@valiant_selene]

I felt as though we needed 10 eps maybe 12 to get what Sheri is saying at 26:07

[@samueldias2986]

THE PEAKY BLINDERS SOUNDTRACK ON THAT JOEL PLANING SCENE HAD ME DYING😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂