WE CAN'T STOP CRYING! - The Last of Us Episode 3 Reaction

[@brash_and_sassy]

FYI: as a bearded man who kisses other bearded men, it’s nothing like velcro. The beards kinda cancel each other out. You don’t even notice em. 😂

[@MrIncendiarydevice]

It's like when a girl does not shave...

[@brash_and_sassy]

@@MrIncendiarydevice very that.

[@val4803]

@@MrIncendiarydevice Exactly, girls have the right not to shave and to have a beard

[@modifidious7171]

​@@val4803 no one said they didn't?

[@luxusken05]

OMG 🤣. Thank you. I've never kissed a bearded man before.

[@wilwaycoholland4337]

It was Bill was taking care of the flowers that killed me. Their first big blowout fight was over Bill not caring what the place looked like, and he still probably didn't. But it was important to Frank. That's love. I also appreciate Ellie's fascination with the infected, because she's supposed to be infected right now, she's supposed to be one of them, so it makes sense that she has this morbid curiosity.

[@joeokabayashi8669]

I thought, too, that she wanted to explore the infecteds' humanity, so that she might reconcile having to kill them.

[@PsychologicalApparition]

Yes. Notice the shot of the dead flowers as E & J arrive.

[@crazycatlady6226]

For me it was practically the whole ep(I first of all am so grateful that they got a good, probably somewhat frustrating knowing them, but beautiful deserving life together) But it really started for me with the strawberries, then the decline of Frank, but omg the wink from Bill to Frank when he was watering the plants….he somehow started watering my eyes..don’t ask me how okay…I also don’t know how he did that🤷🏼‍♀️🪴 And when Frank said we’ll get married……., if there would be a visual representation of ugly crying, it was definitely me 🤣 I’m waiting for the right person that looks at me like bill looks at Frank🥺

[@limolnar]

Gawd the Southern US accent is sexy as hell....

[@girlcalledamelia]

The door closed when Joel cracked the bedroom door because of the draft created by the window that Bill and Frank left open to keep the house from smelling. There are so many thoughtful little details like this in this series so far which is wonderful. Yes, Bill and Frank's is a beautiful story.

[@Dan-gi6tf]

The science is good but I'd like to think that it was Bill and Frank's souls still living in their home. I know I'm wrong, but I still can't get over them.

[@RR-lv3tp]

​@@Dan-gi6tf That's exactly what i thought too

[@harryr5785]

i didn’t think of the scientific explanation, i was thinking it as bill and franks souls leaving the house.

[@limolnar]

Gawd the Southern US accent is sexy as hell....

[@jackhsu3458]

Bill & Frank's story was so beautiful, I don't think I can get their image of being together out of my head for a long time. The last scene on the window with two wind blowing curtain, its like Bill & Frank was standing by the window and seeing them leaving, and blessing Joel has also found a new purpose in his life.

[@SuzySteejo]

OK, your comment is making me cry again. Such beautiful imagery. - Suzy

[@reidmalachi-fanau4799]

That's actually the games menu screen as well, absolutely beautiful

[@jackhsu3458]

@@SuzySteejo Thank you, I am flattered. Being you and Steejo's fan for a long time(pun intended).

[@sarahe1491]

When a window and a blowing curtain make you cry, you know its great filmmaking. So beautiful.

[@travfromthelou]

@@sarahe1491 or you need to reevaluate your life....

[@cjmars822]

The marriage scene is extra beautiful when you consider the world ended in 2003, one year before same sex marriage was legal in ANY of the US states. Bill and Frank followed their hearts instead of abiding by what the law would have been.

[@daremo50na76]

I’m a tough guy. I am retired US Army infantryman. I was on 5 combat deployments in 18.5 years. The climate I was in was very homophobic and ultra masculine. I am a straight man in love with a German woman. This show was amazing. One of my all time favorites. This episode had me in tears. The tears came back just watching this. Excellent content and commentary.

[@buckyhurdle4776]

If someone doesn't feel something during this episode, I seriously question their ability to empathize. This is great television right here. Succinct, intricately detailed, incredible acting, every scene serves a purpose. I wouldn't call The Last of Us one of the best shows of all time, but this is definitely one of the best individual episodes of TV of all time, imo

[@bekkibabineau9394]

Bill knew how to survive, Frank knew how to live. What a heartbreakingly beautiful episode. Can't say enough about the writing, cinematography, and acting. ❤️💔

[@marcandreyko4251]

"Bill knew how to survive, Frank knew how to live." PERFECTLY said.

[@caleidoo]

@@marcandreyko4251 Lol, you can find that comment under every video about this episode on every social media, a least fifty 50 times. I doubt he was "the first one".

[@CroMagnum-g9y]

@@caleidooNobody implied or said that he was.

[@limolnar]

Gawd the Southern US accent is sexy as hell....

[@shugaroony]

I also disagree with it. Game Bill sure I get that, but this Bill, no he was cultured who just needed the right person to bring out the best in him. Yes he could clearly handle himself, but to reduce him to just being the soldier of the relationship, does him a disservice.

[@1bwash]

The grumpy old man dying stuck in his ways is so overdone, this was really a breath of fresh air. A lot of games and movies kind of glamorize the badass survivalist who is ready for anything, so it's kind of cool to have this version of Frank swoop in and essentially be a badass because he cared enough to plant strawberries and flowers.

[@wilwaycoholland4337]

It was a huge divergence from the game, but in the game Bill literally just walks you to a truck. This was so much more impactful.

[@TortoisesBL]

Yes, we only get snippets of this in the game through notes and other findable things, but this really fleshed it out in such a nice way

[@leisastalnaker3790]

The beauty of the Strawberry scene is something else.

[@Divine_Chareka]

The Bill & Frank plot was very emotional, I've never seen such tragic story ever before on television.

[@NeugeCZ]

From the objective point of view, they're extremely lucky with how things went for them. This is one of the least tragic stories I've ever seen in the "zombie" post-apo. Of course, it is mildly bittersweet but mostly lovely and heartwarming. :-)

[@Divine_Chareka]

@@NeugeCZ hmm what could be more tragic than this, maybe this is when you recommend it to me so I may watch too 🤷

[@mango7033]

@@Divine_Chareka haunting of bly manor, DARK ... two shows that immediately came to mind that I think are way more tragic, I highly recommend both

[@sentientmustache8360]

It’s not tragic, they lived the best possible life they could, and went out on their own terms, it was beautiful, sad, bittersweet, but not tragic

[@LackOfSympathy]

Watch the notebook lol 😢

[@mcbeardy9643]

I'm just now noticing when bill and Frank were arguing about taking care of the neighborhood, how even he was angry, it was no longer "I" it was "we" when he said "we don't have friends". Even that early in their relationship it was no longer just him in his mind. Probably for the first time in even longer than the apocalypse, probably nearly his whole life. He was finally living for someone else.

[@konorm7262]

Seeing the school scene and the interaction with Bill and Ellie would have been crazy but something about seeing Bill actually be happy and love someone more than himself was something special

[@margyla3577]

I think the door closing was the cross-breeze when he opened up the door slightly to the bedroom (since they had opened the window in there)

[@theConquerersMama]

Same

[@Rock-n-Rolla369]

Craig Mazin’s (this show’s co-creator) also created the “Chernobyl” TV miniseries, which is absolutely amazing. Really worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.

[@Dark__Thoughts]

100% why the show is so good at tension building. Chernobyl was wild in that regard.

[@seanwatson9549]

Chernobyl might be the best miniseries I've ever seen, but you have to be strong to watch it.

[@buckyhurdle4776]

@@seanwatson9549 Some shows are dark. Chernobyl is... *HEAVY* One of the best shows that I'll probably never watch again. I've seen it and I don't need to put myself through it again lmao

[@fjaviermoreno7882]

...it is difficult to improve a story that was already good....this chapter surprised me in a capital way!!

[@theunisjansenvanrensburg5835]

I see what you did there.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Just a great romamce. But also probably one of the best LGBTQ romances I've seen in media period. Especially given its only one episode, the amount of depth they're able to achieve speaks volumes to the actors and writing

[@Upndouin]

Totally agree! Especially when the game came out so many years ago. They were a couple, but the storyline was not this deep and Frank goes before 😭 - this is definitely a better take on their romance.

[@sweeety969]

I've seen shows that go over five seasons and don't give their queer characters half as much time together as these two fellas got in one episode. The only comparable relationship I've seen was Paige and Emily in Pretty Little Liars who -across SEVEN seasons got exactly one sex scene. And it was only in a dream. And it wasn't even one of their dreams, it was Emily's best friend's drug and sleep deprivation induced vision. They were fleshed out more than any other queer relationship I've seen on a mainstream series. Especially a teen mainstream series.

[@dynamodan8216]

Best episode in TV history. You get 2 new characters and in 20 minutes they are your everything.

[@WindShinobi590]

I always find it kinda interesting how some people don't trust Frank, more or less forgetting that 16 years later Joel knows and is on his way to see both of them lol.

[@bensxbd]

This was the most I’ve cried for any episode of tv ever

[@travfromthelou]

Weak.

[@travfromthelou]

@@scardin3520 ppl are being way over dramatic about this shit. Cuz they just wanna be "look at me I fucking care about gay dudes, I'm so woke"

[@patriciajin6206]

I'm not woke nor homophobic but I still cried, I had a few hard days and this this episode made me led out my emotions which I very needed. Can't wait for Tommy and Joel reunion, oh boi.

[@elpanesito3645]

@@patriciajin6206 that’s what happens when writers focus on making a natural love story rather than sending some political message

[@gustavomacias4233]

@@travfromthelou "I mad because people have feelings and I do not get it" 🤡

[@nightcrawler5696]

Bill and Frank WON the apocolypse. They grew old, found happiness together, and died satisfied. They fucking win.

[@CezaryAkakios]

They said Frank's illness was incurable before the pandemic, so I took it as something like ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's, etc. The last shot of the open window really hit me. It was like Bill and Frank's spirit was watching them drive away, from their POV. And Pedro's reaction, as he looked at her as she read the letter, was just perfect. Waterfalls of tears. Also liked the parallel of how Bill and Frank fell in love to Linda Ronstadt, and then Ellie and Joel are driving away listening to it as well, their relationship softening bit by bit. Nick Offerman was brilliant casting, couldn't imagine anyone better. And he killed it.

[@shawneebushatz1963]

It was confirmed by the behind the scenes that it was parkinson's so you're right on the money

[@vuxluongw]

@@shawneebushatz1963 i thought it was dementia or sth like that, because Frank was kinda struggling with remembering which amount of pills to take

[@shawneebushatz1963]

@@vuxluongw I stand corrected by the disease though the writers confirmed it's something like MS which is a disease that basically similar to parkinson's causes people to to get worse and worse over time

[@alisong826]

I’m thinking Frank had MS or ALS. Such a freaking lovely story!! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[@christophergongora7885]

@@vuxluongw naw he was just done with the day to day routine as you can see his character is more about living it up as Bill is about survival.

[@Arreic89]

The fungus adapted to hotter temperatures which is why it was able to survive in the oven. That's why the topic of the earth getting warmer was brought up in episode one and 2003 just so happened to have a record-breaking heatwave around the world

[@markbrix9385]

That's the theory but yeah... in no world a fungus could survive +200 degrees in an oven😂

[@shugaroony]

@@markbrix9385 Indeed, and cordyceps couldn't exist in something as complex as us. Its cool to throw a bit of interesting science in just to make this semi-realistic, but at the end of the day, this is still just fiction and will remain so.

[@dani.5087]

12:30 The flour thing could be a nod to ergotism, since that persists even after baking

[@NaeOnYT]

I also wonder about periods during the apocalypse, too! The bit with the Tampax killed me. I think Ellie killing the clicker can seem morbid, but she does also ask Joel if it's hard to kill them when you remember they're people. I felt like this was mostly her trying to adjust to the world she lives in, but you could also see it as a mercy killing. There are so many subtle things about the Bill/Frank story that mess me up. The crying at the piano, the hands hesitantly on the back, "love it the way I want to," the strawberries, baaaaaaaah. I can't.

[@nickvanderlinden7165]

I 100 percent agree. This is the second character that's better then in the game just because 9f the extra character building. Tess and Bill ... not saying that the videogame tess and bill are bad because they are not. They just wouldn't be as impactfull as they are now in the show. Different mediums requires different storytelling and even improvements because of the freedom a different medium can offer. Plus now it lines up with joel going to tommy. Wich also happens after bills town in game. So the timelime is pretty accurate

[@ruggedascent]

About the flour; when we're first introduced to Joel's next-door neighbours, it appears that the man is feeding the woman underbaked biscuits. So it might not have been everyone who ate flour, but enough. Or if someone was cooking with flour, they might inhale or accidentally ingest a dusting of it.

[@JBWinter]

There have also been cases IRL of fungal contamination surviving baking and poisoning people, particularly ergot. The fungus itself may be killed, but the spores it reproduces from survive

[@liamdamon]

Ellie is dealing with trauma. She was attacked by the infected and she also lost at least 2 friends. So she has survivor's guilt and residual anger. She took out some of those emotions on the guy in the basement. As far as cooking killing the cordyceps fungus, in France in 1951 there was an outbreak of ergot poisoning in rye. More than 250 people were involved, including 50 people interned in asylums and 7 deaths. Ergot is a grain fungus that causes hallucinations in humans.

[@ohara.]

bill didn't wanted him to fix up the place and mown the lawn because if people passed by they would see people are thriving here and they get attacked frequently

[@L1VE3V1L]

I enjoy growing old. Many of my good friends were denied the opportunity. Embrace it.

[@analuciamedeiros4828]

I believe Mazin said they're still roaming around the house, they're souls are still there in their city and the door closing by itself represents it.

[@theConquerersMama]

That's a interesting and beautiful thought. I thought it was the physics of the open window.

[@delboyt4882]

My wife & I watched this in silence, initially worried that Bill would be hurt when playing the piono, how wrong we were, just amazingly episode & it was like Linda Ronstadt 'long long time' was written for them.

[@tyjoseph7343]

Beautiful episode! As for why the flour might not have been affected by baking/heating; many species of fungi are “fire-loving” and require wild fires/heat to complete their life cycle and release spores. The fungi itself dies and can’t survive the heat, but it’s spores survive and help repopulate a devastated forest after a wildfire! Kinda neat! (And a little scary!)

[@petersonchan9250]

Yeast itself is a form of fungus, and together with the flour will continue the high-temp "baking process" even after taking out of the oven. That's why it's reccommended to wait for bread to cool before eating. Since the codryceps mutated, it may also be much more resistant to high temps? 🤔

[@runninginharran]

13:05 Fungi is not a bacterium..."Fungi are considerably more complex than bacteria, as they are eukaryotes, which means they have cells. Out of the three pathogens, fungi are the most similar to animals in their structure."

[@doedeon6046]

I am really glad someone else said this. It doesnt take much thought to think "well you dont use moldy flour" so I dont know why they where like that makes no sense.

[@Saphthings]

Bill taught Frank how to survive, and Frank taught Bill how to live. In the game Frank ends up leaving to see the world because he's too extroverted, gets infected, and hangs himself before turning. So Bill is a lot more bitter about the one person he trusted leaving him. Either way Bill serves to show Joel the difference between surviving, and living. Bill is a survival expert, but what does he know about living until he opens up? In the game he shows Joel how bad he can become if he doesn't trust people or open up, in the show he shows Joel how good it can become and what he could've had with Tess. So either way Joel starts to open up. That's the major theme in the Last of Us. Surviving vs Living.

[@jholmes553]

That's why the strawberry scene is so brilliant. The strawberry Bill was enjoying at that moment is the physical manifestation of the reward he got because he opened up to the right person. When someone puts up walls to defend themself from pain, they're also protecting themself from happiness. Only when they open up will they ever have the chance of being happy. Only then have they lived. And that is what Frank showed Bill. At this point, Joel can see it but is still apprehensive to the idea. But being exposed to such a positive outcome told him he could open up and things might work out.

[@woundedmonk1884]

My guess is you inhale the flour when preparing things like cookies or pancakes and that's how it started, not necessarily from the food you make with the flour itself.

[@wllulu]

I cried a lot with this episode, but this is the best ending for someone in the last of us probably, the ending was so sad but they live their life and grew together and they had everything.

[@tonygold1239]

This episode of The Last Of Us for me was one of the best episodes of TV I have ever seen beautifully told much much better than the way it was told in the game

[@NivaOranir]

Funny enough, while you'd think you'd kill the fungus by baking it actually grows when you bake flour products like cookies or bread. It's why you can find mold is freshly baked goods sometimes.

[@davidadams2395]

You can always see who's the most sentimental of mates. Here, you are both as susceptible to tears, but she seems less comfortable with emotional pain. So, she talks through it to lessen its sting. He seems to surrender to it and lets the tears wash over him.

[@steffi122]

Really loved this story. I kind of missed the Ellie and Bill banter, but this was so beautifully done. I prefer this for the TV show. You said next episode is gonna be about Tommy, I hope not. I want Sam. Those who played the game know.

[@Miroslava_Ivanova]

I think this was the 11th reaction video I watched for the episode and I've cried every single time, so yeah, this episode hit me like a ton of bricks, I was hoping the whole time they wouldn't go with the game story and I absolutely loved what they did, it was just heartbreakingly beautiful! 😭💖

[@TTAmber]

Lol me too! Why am I just going and watching everybody crying and crying with them all over again

[@TheGuwrovsky]

as a fan of the games... I didn't mind the deviation in the story... because, instead, the show delivered us pure, liquid gold

[@analuciamedeiros4828]

also, can I say how much I loved the way we had the same outcome of the game? we needed a car and that's how we got it. love it so much :(

[@pumpkin-head-and-me]

Such a great review/reaction! This retelling of their story is so much better. Also, they really strike home Joel's "survivor guilt" and inability to protect the people he cares about.... setting the stage for the final act. You got my subscribe!

[@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.

[@Kronx1970]

The actor who plays Bill, Nick Offerman, said it best about Bill and Frank. "Bill is the soil, Frank is the flowers." Frank mentions what he has had no cure before the outbreak, and the show creators hinted that it was either MS or ALS.

[@Number0neSon]

I think the game version of Bill was perfect for the game. I'll deflinitely miss not seeing Bill and Ellie trade barbs in the show, or the _"Now get the hell outta my town"_ line, or the hilarious nudie mag scene. But I'm happy the tv version of Bill found someone who truly loved him and was able to live a full and happy life.

[@redcardinalist]

I loved this episode. The relationship between Bill and Frank was wonderfully done and very acted. I cried at the end. 😢 Huge kudos to the two male actors. Also, huzzah to Ellie for finding the Tampax. - Last episode, when Elllie needs to go pee, I thought "that's the least of your worries love" and here they are addressing that in this episode; albeit obliquely 😃

[@Lecter78]

This is Offermans best role evah...i was scared, happy and so into the love bill and frank have...best movie scene ever

[@jacksonconley5117]

I consider this to be the best episode of the series. It’s not just the best episode of The Last of Us, it is one of the greatest television episodes of all time.

[@subaru246]

I was even crying the day after the episode every time I thought about it, so touching, this is the first time in years I cry like that because of a tv show, so amazing, thank you for sharing this reaction with us.

[@baronvonswag]

Just remember that you got to watch, live, possibly the greatest episode of TV ever. Appreciate it. You were there! Beautiful story.

[@RJ_____________]

in my opinion that was a phenomenal episode. maybe my favorite episode so far. ( or maybe the first part of the first episode with Sarah alive was my favorite so far.) talking about episode 3 in comparison with the game most of the differences i liked. i loved how they developed the relationship between Bill and Frank. and i also liked to see the lunch between Bill, Frank, Tess and Joel. Bill and Frank actors were super well chose on my opinion. great video, Suzy and steejo. i think that was pretty nice to hear your thoughts and to see your reactions to this third episode of The Last of us Series.

[@hawaiianpizza9386]

The episodes with the least actions are usually the one that capture your heart emotionally and tears it later. Great screen writing in this one. My fav as well.

[@jonathanburger7777]

Was the bloater in the school in the show?

[@АртемийЛаптев-и8к]

@@jonathanburger7777 no, they completely changed the episode

[@sentientmustache8360]

@@jonathanburger7777 it will appear later on, maybe several of them

[@Wolfhunter5607]

yea i think they’re saving bloaters for later on

[@tracydale154]

Really nice reaction. This episode is so good- and I have watched so, so many reviews and reactions to it. Genuinely one of the best hours of television I have seen in years.

[@Enterprisek143]

4 months late to this, but I needed to add how all though this is very different than the game. It serves the same narrative purpose, the game version showed Joel what he would become if he kept his heart closed off. The show version showed Joel the happiness he could achieve if he let people in again.

[@ambroseasylum9777]

I swear I totally feel you too, this has been such a wonderful Episode and the back-story of Frank and Bill made me cry so much 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😊

[@Iacon40k]

Don't feel bad Steeljo,,,lots of people cried during this episode:) cheers from Seattle, Washington

[@watsonsd1]

Rewatching this reaction with you a year later to celebrate Nick's Emmy win. Still as excellent as ever.

[@memonson5586]

Usually some shows and movies fail when they try to implement gay relationships. But this series did it right and correct.

[@jimmyj5703]

@@daLukasMain A gay relationship that derails the main story by taking focus off of it completely JUST to show said gay relationship. Man and woman? Doesn't matter. It would've been pointless filler regardless. This show is suppose to be about a father-daughter relationship in the apocalypse. Not a romance story. Also, you are NOT right wing so just stop lol.

[@ishok1534]

One of the best episodes of TV that I've seen. Penny Dreadful S2 E3 "The Nightcomers" is up there as well. It's a stand alone episode so you can just watch that and not invest in the whole season.

[@TheToasterPirate]

Ellie has a lot of anger and trauma already from her being bit and Tess's death. And you forget she is a military orphan/child soldier student. She is trained to fight though hasn't yet had real fights. She's only sadistic if you judge her by OUR world. You have to judge her by HER world.

[@darth856]

I also picked up more anger than sadism from Ellie. Perhaps some morbid curiosity. But like you say, this is a different world.

[@shugaroony]

@@darth856 And of course she is angry as one of them killed Riley and Tess (kind of) in front of her; and an angry Ellie is not someone to be trifled with, even at her tender years here.

[@Lay_rue442]

13:01 fungus isn’t like bacteria. Some types of fungus spores, like ophiocordyceps (the one in TLOU) can withstand the temperatures of baking, frying etc then start growing when they find the right conditions

[@TukikoTroy]

About the effects of heat on Cordyceps. Tests show no discernible decrease in activity after heating to 100deg C for 60 mins. That is for pre-mutated Cordyceps. When Joel put the seatbelt on Ellie... such a typical father/daughter moment.

[@joshualore]

I've gotta agree. As a long-time fan of the game, this was such a better story for a tv adaptation. Of course the witty back-and-forth between Ellie and Bill in the game was fantastic, but his presence was mostly to aid the gameplay. This was absolutely beautiful though

[@hannahb5968]

Finding freedom to love without restraint in an inhabitable world (it was so beautiful, I am still ugly crying )

[@israelrobles681]

I love your reactions so natural. And don't worry Suzy, hopefully you will be an adorable old lady with Steejo by your side. My best wishes to you two.

[@YouTube_creators1000s]

I’ve never cried in a movie or tv show but this almost made me tear up

[@memoryisamonster]

Almost? I've sobbed at every reaction 😭😭

[@DuBstep115]

@@memoryisamonster Last time I cried was watching pokemon ep 11 in 1999

[@_engo]

This episode was just so touching. Many shows try for this, but this one knocked it out of the park.

[@lorvaton]

As a farmer I can guarantee that growing something eatable is cool.

[@miguelgalvez4546]

For those curious fans about the full letter of Bill including the last part, here it goes: August 29, 2023 If you find this, please do not come into the bedroom. We left a window open so that the house wouldn't smell, but it will be probably a sight. I'm guessing you found this, Joel, because anyone else would have been electrocuted or blown up by one of my traps hehhehheh. Take anything you need. The bunker code is the same as the gate code but in reverse, do not make a mistake or you will also get blown to shit. I am not joking. Don't fuck that up hehhehheh. Anyway, I never liked you, but still, its like we're friends. Almost. And I respect you. So i'm gonna tell you something because you're probably the only person who'll understand. I used to hate the world, and I was happy when everyone died. But I was wrong because was one person worth saving. And that's what I did, I saved him, and then I protected him. That's why men like you and me are here. We have a job to do, and God help any motherfuckers who stand in our way. I leave you all of my weapons and equipment. Use them to keep Tess safe, until such time as you and she decide you've had enough. At that point, I recommend pairing 40 Vicodins with a nice Brunello. Bill

[@rocketsquirrel7450]

I'm a huge fan of the game. This is the best hour of TV I've ever seen.

[@TheVibes101]

I think the spores were mixed into the flour and the people weren't infected from eating the food necessarily but rather when they were baking and handling the flour.

[@DarthMarDash]

One of the best episodes of TV ever in my opinion. Yes, it was different than the story where are used to, but I didn’t mind I’d rather a little surprises than knowing everything that’s going to happen. This episode was great storytelling and great acting. Great episode.

[@scoobysnacks]

You still have to handle the four before baking whatever it is you're making. I think just by handling the flour and coming into contact with the quadriceps was probably enough. I'm sure that we inhale microscopic particles of flour whenever we make something with it. Also, the front door closed when Joel tried to open the bedroom door. Leaving the front door open created like a vacuum in the hallway so when Joel tried opening the bedroom door it pulled the front door shut. That's why he initially couldn't open the bedroom door. If he tried to open it after the front door closed, it would have opened right up.

[@mrcool7358]

Well I for one never skips intro and outro that's part of reaction to discuss if we agree to disagree on our perspectives. Loved the reaction it was such a emotional ride crying with you guys 😭

[@sarahe1491]

This episode destroyed me. Was not expecting 😭

[@OhyeahMrKrabz]

This episode was so powerful what a performance by the way i love y'all reactions keep it up

[@montydanable]

I'm 63 and I cried like everyone else.

[@alcieeee]

i was literally SOBBING so loud i kid you not. there were tears everywhere and i was just aughhh

[@general-cromwell6639]

Perhaps one of the best story writing in the last 20 years for a single episode of any series, without a doubt...GREAT. All the best. Cheers.

[@ScoundrullonYouTube]

LOL the part where they were watching Ellie messing with the infected person and then she stabbed him in the head all I kept telling myself was " don't bother wondering why Americans do what we do, you just won't get it" 🤣🤣

[@s.l.thecoffeeaddict1657]

As a gay man, I can confirm that me and my hookup's beards get caught like Velcro

[@iitzfizz]

Also the fact that when they were having dinner with joel, joel said they had medicine that's probs where he got the pills to treat franks illness for all those years.

[@runninginharran]

The fungus in the flour can easily spread just by handling it and not cooking with it. How many times has flour gotten everywhere and even in a small flour cloud burst while trying roll out flour to make a dough? Also, it only takes one person to get the ball rolling with the infection.

[@budlightpimp19]

I was a little skeptical over this episode at first because of the game but realized we can't look at it like that. We have to combine the game and show together to show the world this beautiful story.

[@dr.zippymcscoots8725]

Bill did what he was supposed to do. Loved and supported Frank until the very end.

[@boltsnapbolt]

Frank likely had Cancer. This is deduced from him needing an MRI, as well as saying the line "It didn't have a cure even before the pandemic." This makes this episode hit even harder, and hit close to to home for so many people.

[@James_MacX]

For some reason I thought it was a motor neuron disease

[@chrisclouser9061]

Well, it could have just as likely been MS or any other muscular disease, do to his having a hard time using his hands and arms.

[@boltsnapbolt]

@Chris Clouser Yes, these are also likely causes.

[@hybrid3214]

In the podcast Neil and Craig said they purposely kept in vague but most likely a neurodegenerative disorder of some type.

[@Nick_315_Palumbo]

Parkinson’s I imagine

[@jinthao00]

37:17 would you rather get old and sick from aging or stay alive possibly forever (but definitely longer) from the cordyceps? Was it better to be Frank or the infected that Ellie killed?

[@jaysonphillips6899]

Snickerdoodle cookies and Sugar cookies. Seeing Nick Offerman cry did me in! and the music

[@619Gotenks]

I think Ellie has a grudge, and this was the first time she was able to take out her anger.

[@analuciamedeiros4828]

in love with this episode, and i'm a fan of the game. i really don't mind the changes that made this episode so beautiful omg cried through it all

[@RexCapulet]

I just realized…so if the shroom mutated, then it could withstand the ovens. The old lady in the beginning was eating bread, I think? And also the older lady make cookies. It was everywhere.

[@nesser52]

Yup and Joel was lucky to forget his bday cake 👀

[@terriermonisgod]

fungi spores are already extremely heat resistant, they can even survive in space

[@Lemarcus03]

Ahhh, the Fungus Frenchie from the infected with the antennae on his head💋 The front door closed when Joel opened the bedroom door because the window in the bedroom was open causing the air pressure to affect the front door. But it caused Joel to stop & check on Ellie (thankfully)

[@zergyzerg5581]

giving a thumbs up because the guy is right.. this is an incredible piece of storytelling

[@jassypr]

It was included in the game about bill and frank but in the game frank was hanged up in the ceiling fan and bill said to joel it was his beloved partner but this scene was more emotional and they gave a story for bull and frank 😭🫶🏼

[@ReadingOne]

I've never been a Nick Offerman fan before, but this episode broke me and changed my mind about him.

[@real22410]

Remember the fungus mutated to withstand high heat…..that’s why it survived even after being in baked goods.

[@chatnoir-i8x]

I know so many people are still moronically h0m0ph0bic nowadays and can’t understand why they’d introduced two gay characters into a backstory that has ‘nothing to do with the game” but those same people also fail to understand how even if there was an apocalypse GAY PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE PART OF IT REGARDLESS and not to mention just as much as people complain about homosexual scenes I can do just as much and MORE complaining about boring heterosexual scenes so idk why this episode got so much hate. However, THANK YOU GUYS for being so open as USUAL and to share some more light and personal opinion, I really loved how this episode focused on an emotional love story between two OLDER GAY men which we don not see much depiction of as much as younger generations of LGBTQ+ rep when it comes to television. So, this was a TYPE of divine love story we do not get to see much as. I loved this episode and I’m gonna keep defending it by every thread on my sweater. I even read that Bill was already gay in the game anyways so idk why people are so mad when Ellie even found a GAY P0RN magazine in Bill’s house and took it with her …. Bill was obviously a CLOSETED GAY MAN and even referred to Frank as his “PARTNER” which is also used at times for gay people to refer to their lovers …the show didn’t change anything but ADDED A MORE VIVID storyline to Bill and Frank’s own backstory. Thanks for reacting to it and not being so biased or hateful because truly it’s astonishing how people think we’re supposed to care if they "dropped this show' after ONE episode displaying affection and compassion between two people in an apocalypse for crying out loud. It was a MOVING story of showing how not everything in an apocalypse show has to be so intense ALL THE TIME because there are some people who WILL and HAVE lived their last days only loving each other away from everyone else bc no one else matters at that moment.