The Last of Us - Episode 7 Reaction "Left Behind"

[@KevinReactsTV]

Thanks for watching! ❤

[@MayhapsYes]

I like how in almost every episode, there's a shot of Ellie with soft sunlight shining on her. "When you're lost in the darkness ..."

[@KevinReactsTV]

"Look for the light!" That is a good observation!

[@Tulku]

Carousel music is Just like Heaven by the Cure... and remember "80's means trouble".

[@KevinReactsTV]

Oh right...80's is not good. I kind of forgot about that after Bill and Frank. Thanks for watching and letting me know about the carousel music!

[@prestonjacobs8749]

Bella is so great at acting. Her reactions feel so real

[@KevinReactsTV]

She's incredible. The shock/anger/panic that was all on her face when she realized she was bitten was intense. Felt it in my core.

[@eliteteamkiller319]

@@KevinReactsTV Her stolen glances at Riley were just as impressive. And we all knew exactly what she was feeling just before she took off the mask, despit her face being completely covered. I was skeptical of them casting her, but she's won me over entirely.

[@TerryYelmene]

"Hope... then crushing your heart," but... "She's not leaving you Joel."

[@ssotkow]

Great post-show analysis of the deeper emotional nuances the characters like Ellie may go through.

[@KevinReactsTV]

Thank you so much, Ellie has been through so much in such a short amount of time!

[@Wickedleme]

Also fun fact. The lighting as the mall lights up is the Lesbian flag color foreshadowing Elle's preference also makes since with Tess asking her if she had a BF waiting for her and she said no. Also the ardade room had bi flag color signalling to Riley. This is shown also when Elle on the roof top tried to ask did she join fire flies for a boy. Elle didn't know her preference. There was also a bit of jealousy when Elle ask "a girl our age" trying to figure out if Riley left for another girl. This whole ep showed how Elles child hood was rushed and then crushed.

[@KevinReactsTV]

Oh I didn't pick up on the colors, thank you for letting me know! Riley and Ellie were so sweet, they're ending was so tragic but it was nice that they had a little moment at the end when they both kind of expressed how they felt. So at least Ellie didn't have that feeling of regret for not sharing. Even if it is the tiniest silver lining. Absolutely loved learning more about Ellie this episode!

[@TomTomson81]

Joel to Ellie: "You have no idea what loss is!" Another fantastic episode with a lot of character development for Ellie. Some obviously, some hidden. In any case, many questions are answered here directly and indirectly. Riley chose Mileena in Mortal Kombat II and Ellie played Baraka (last game). Both were Lovers in the game. Baraka skewered Mileena with his blades as finisher. That was the metaphorical endgame. That's how Ellie killed Runner-Riley. I think it's clear she stabbed her. That's why Ellie asked Joel in episode 2 what it was like for him to kill an infected, knowing that they once were human. I think she needed a comparison to her own feelings because she couldn't classify them. That's why she tortured and stabbed the stalker in episode 3. She first wanted to see if he felt something and then the anger broke through in her because an infected bit her friend and killed him. Ellie kills Riley and because Riley didn't get in touch with Marlene the next day, she showed up at the mall and took Ellie with her. At least that's what I think. There are hardly any other options. Mortal Kombat was supposed to be the game in the game, but Naughty Dog didn't get permission. So they invented a game. Now HBO has rights to both games and that's how it became possible. The escalator can also be seen metaphorically. No matter how much Ellie runs against it (sometimes everything stays the same, sometimes there are highs), it still goes further and further downhill for her. Here it is shown no matter Fedra or Fireflys, for both you are just a number. They tell you what you want to hear and what benefits them, to achieve the respective goals. And there are always only 2 options to choose from. And both are manipulated into thinking there are not more. There is only one clearly good or one clearly bad choice. The officer at the beginning is not nice, he is manipulative. This can be seen in Riley who is allowed to supervise the sewage work. The Fireflys are no different. Everyone comes in quickly, they made you feel you belong to a family and you are important to them. In fact, Riley is parked alone in the mall with bombs. Lives that are stuck. Eat or die. The series in general is all about the number 2. Bill and Frank, Ellie and Joel, Ellie and Riley, Sam and Henry, Joel and Tommy, Kathleen and Daniel, two choices, Mortal Kombat 2, joke book volume 2, red or green. I actually thought Ashley Johnson (OG Ellie) would have her cameo here. Obviously, this was not the case, but it comes later in another memory. Most likely in the season finale. Next episode Troy Baker (OG Joel) will get his cameo.

[@Wickedleme]

They stay together while they turn, problem is Elle doesn't turn. So yeah Elle has to shoot sRiley once she realized she never turned. The mall was a Firefly base (they thought there were no infected there). So once they came to check on Riley they found her dead with Elle. Remember Marline said that she is the reason Elle was put in the fedra school cause she promised her mother to watch over that. This is why when Riley asked Marlene is Elle can come she said no. This is also why the Fire flies didn't shoot Elle on site after realizing she was bitten. The reason we don't see Rily's end is because this is a memory for Elle. She doesn't want to relive it even in a memory so the audience never sees it. She even tell s joel she doesn't want to talk about it when she explains that she has shot someone before. The boy wasn't the first. This is also why she tried to help Sam with her blood.

[@TomTomson81]

@@Wickedleme It's hard for me to follow you. Actually, I think you're just repeating what I said in other words. I am convinced that she did not shoot Runner-Riley. To do this, she must first disarm Runner-Riley in a fight, because she is in possession of the gun. Ellie has the knife on her. Furthermore, there are many indications of stabbing, as I have written. The Fireflys used the mall as a base because Fedra's propaganda machinery works well and everyone thought there were infected in there. In principle what I said. Don't see the point you want to convey to me. Everything I have written makes perfect sense and is logically thought out. Marlene shows up because Riley didn't show up for her trip and not because of Ellie. She suspects her in the orphanage. Whether this was a memory of Ellie is probably debatable. I don't believe that. She doesn't stand at the door for an hour and remembers. I think this is an ordinary flashback (like Bill and Frank) that is simply supposed to show the behavior pattern from Ellie and the consequences she draws from the situation from then to now. She was willing to leave Joel, as with Riley, because she was rejected or felt that way, and returned to Joel like she returned to Riley. Here with Joel, however, she can actually do something. She doesn't want to lose another friend. Furthermore, Marlene never told Ellie that she had promised her mother anything. There was no mention of Ellie's mother at all. At least not in the series and certainly not to Ellie. That's what she said to Joel in the game. This is the series. Furthermore, this does not mean that Marlene constantly has Ellie under observation. She thinks she's safe there and that's it.

[@Wickedleme]

@@TomTomson81 Marlene mentions elle’s mother the episode where she is chained to the radiator. Eli says that they put her into that stupid federal school. And Marlene replies with I’m the one who put you there. She said something along the lines of either. I promised her mother I take care of you or I told your mother and make sure you’re OK something like that. You can go ahead and look back and watch it.

[@Wickedleme]

@@TomTomson81 also, it is a flashback but it’s to showcase that she’s thinking of the time that she had to deal with Riley. In TV they do this no she would not be sitting there thinking for an hour. The whole episode for us would have been a millisecond for her. It’s like when you’re remembering some thing in your life it doesn’t take hours for you to remember it takes just a few seconds. This is not a theory This is a literal filmmaking which is something I actually know a lot about.

[@Wickedleme]

@@TomTomson81 also may I just state that the way you reply to me seem very aggressive I don’t know you you don’t know me I probably have over 25 years more experience in filmmaking than you do I was just adding some information and the way you reply to me seem really rude for somebody who you don’t know on the Internet. Have a great time watching the show take it easy.

[@Ladco77]

Ellie's gay panic around Riley is adorable. One thing that really stood out to me was Ellie was doing ok, sort of, fighting the clicker on her own, but when she saw it attacking Riley, she went positively beast mode on it. Ellie is absolutely ferocious in defending those she cares about. I think a lot of her resolve to never give up also came from Riley - fighting for every moment no matter what. I think most people in that situation would have taken the "easy" way out with the gun. I probably would have.

[@陳浩瀚-w1u]

One thing I could say is the the rest of the show are as heartbreaking as all the previous episodes, just in different ways

[@KevinReactsTV]

I have no doubt about that 💔

[@noHOPEof]

(boosting a smidgeon of awareness for their CH ~ and the first one on which this was heard) *The Sith List* *"* Even in an apocalyptic scenario( it seems as if )no one has decided to looot 'The Gap' *"* great discussion. cheers

[@KevinReactsTV]

Everyone was like "Nah, we're good on that" lol. Thanks for watching, cheers!

[@YodaMan-420]

i think 4:59 is a slowed down version of dream on by aerosmith? then take on me i think the carousel music is a slowed down version of the cures just like heaven?

[@KevinReactsTV]

Yup, now that I know that, I don't know how I didn't recognize the Cure. I'll have to rewatch to see if that is Dream On, which is another fantastic song!

[@YodaMan-420]

@@KevinReactsTV yeah it may just be the background noise, but oddly coincidental notes if its not dream on.

[@brnobr]

your reactions are so sweet

[@KevinReactsTV]

Thank you so much!

[@lunary.boggart]

Out of all the reactions, yours is the best, I like your tone of voice and the way you think And you look very cute😸

[@KevinReactsTV]

Thank you so much 😁 I'm really glad you enjoy the reactions!

[@toukie]

My brother hated playing MK with me, cause I would smash at random and still win haha

[@KevinReactsTV]

I was a menace was I was younger lol constant leg sweeps into an uppercut. Rinse, repeat lol

[@toukie]

@@KevinReactsTV I'd get him mad because he would take Johnny Cage so I'd take Mileena or Kitana just so he couldn't do the punch in the nut trick haha

[@KevinReactsTV]

That’s brilliant!

[@Astro_oBot]

😛 Hi..! ❤️

[@KevinReactsTV]

Hello there! ❤️

[@kumaroshi9549]

Fedra gave me poop duty so I joined Fireflies to kill Fedra lol. If you keep fighting and beating up ppl, yeah you're gonna get grunt work. Ellie was gonna join the sewer duty too if she didn't change.

[@KevinReactsTV]

It sounded like Riley was realizing what Fedra was doing and getting sewer duty was the last straw for her. You're probably right that she got it for fighting but it seemed like she only fought to protect Ellie.

[@kumaroshi9549]

@@KevinReactsTV aww that's a sweet idea. She said ok to staying and will do the sewer duty for Ellie.

[@whybother9396]

La La La, we are going to make you feel good for 40 mins then bam! Last 15 we are gonna make you cry and never see the new characters again. Muahahaha!

[@KevinReactsTV]

They're really good at doing that lol