The Last Of Us - Reaction - S1E3 - Long, Long Time

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[@davidrojas8061]

Kind of narrowminded if you think he was going to hurt someone aren't yah lol

[@user-yg1kg9po2m]

​@@davidrojas8061agreed What's them thinking he was going to hurt him right away. There is zero indication of that in the storytelling at all

[@kurtthevillain6012]

Bill knew how to survive, Frank knew how to live

[@danielcastillo9587]

🌽🏀

[@yeanahnah2976]

@@danielcastillo9587 grow up

[@Mr_Snifflez]

Lol y’all are gonna say this everywhere huh

[@youngeeneden1594]

@@Mr_Snifflez bro it’s this same guy commenting on every channel reacting rn.. he found a few comments that sound good to blow up and just puts em everywhere

[@fooni7400]

@@yeanahnah2976 it’s cus he’s copy and pasting the comments on every rxn

[@bdquinlan]

So in the game, Frank and Bill are sort of a "negative" lesson for Joel; Bill closes himself off from emotions and the world, and Frank leaves him and ends up dead, and everything is just bad. They changed their story for this episode to deliver the same lesson in a "positive" way; Bill opens himself up to Frank and emotions, and while they do end up dead, it's on their own terms after 16 happy years together. Same lesson for Joel and the viewer, that you have to allow people into your life for it to have any point; just delivered differently.

[@ryanwaselik3831]

Very well said

[@stannisbaratheon7592]

Bill in the game survive and in the show kill himself what so positive about giving up?

[@seancurtis1199]

@@stannisbaratheon7592 You will understand one day when you love someone that much

[@OriginalWhiteTornado]

@@stannisbaratheon7592 I think it's that, in the show, he lived a full life and died on his own terms. In a zombie apocalypse, that's one of the best lives and deaths you could hope for.

[@GeraltOfArabia]

@@stannisbaratheon7592 people got different morals

[@drone124]

Sam: "I hope they actually become friends of something" They weren't ready for this one

[@nawinrueangsungnoen3243]

Homie

[@givemeaworkingname]

Bill's "I can't...I can't..." just tore me apart. One of the best episodes of TV ever. I'm glad they didn't follow the bleak and depressing story originally in the game. Here, Bill teaches Frank how to survive, and Frank teaches Bill how to live.

[@SCUMMY4205]

I know right, the game was sad too but it was just so negative. Bill just says Frank took off, only to find him hanging in house with a suicide note. This was so much more beautiful, and I prefer this way more than the game. Great writing. And totally unexpected from someone who played the game.

[@kimiskickback]

HBO really said "Let's put the zombie apocalypse on hold for a second and create a really gripping and moving love story that'll make ppl weep" and god damnit it HIT

[@TanayVaidya]

In the game, when you meet - and leave - Bill, he's still alive. Ellie and Joel actually have some hilarious interactions with him, which I do miss seeing in the show. Frank does exist in the game, but in a minor capacity. You can only infer what Bill and Frank were to each other based on what the game tells you. Joel doesn't know him there at all, either. And this is where the showrunners demonstrate a clear understanding of what it means to adapt a game to a TV show. Because not only do we get a beautiful love story, we also get the impetus for Joel's entire character arc and how his relationship evolves with Ellie. It is fucking brilliant.

[@ashtonlewis9624]

Hi Ladies. Just wanted to point out that the weird "kiss" from the last episode was used to show what would happen if one of these zombies comes across someone who isn't resisting them. There's no need for any violence or biting; they use the simplest method available to them which would be to get those (disgusting) little mouth creepers in your mouth, which is obviously near to where the brain is. I thought it was goofy too until I saw that that's why they did it. Big fan by the way 🙂

[@Deathslayer296]

Whenever Joel loses someone close to him, a timepiece seems to break. First the watch Sarah repaired for him broke when he lost her, now the grandfather clock broke after losing Tess, Bill, and Frank. Almost like those moments are frozen in time for him.

[@apolimeow]

Why would you do this to me

[@kikaGama98]

So to clarify the 1st and 2nd stage of the infection they can see. To the 3rd stage onwards they can't, because the cordyceps grows over their eyes!

[@RichardStrong86]

It seems to grow through their eyes and their skull rather than over them.

[@Alex-gn6ii]

It doesn't grow over anything. The fungus is a parasite and it gains nutrients from its host body. The cordyceps literally eats the human from the inside out in order to complete its own life cycle. If you reference back to the first episode exposition from the 1968 interview they give you the explanation. The fungus eats the host to grow up into a big strong mushroom. It controls the host in order to place the fungus in the optimal environment for reproduction (i.e. spreading the infection to other hosts). In order to extend the time available for the fungus to successfully reproduce, it grows inside of its host to replace lost functions from the organs, meat, etc that it consumes. We can confirm this through examination of the various infected we've come across. The mass hordes of infected gathering to share resources (more meat for the fungus) while in wait for more host contacts to be discovered. This 3rd episode we can see the fungus replacing the flesh and bone during Ellie's "dissection". During extensively long infections we see the fungus bloom and mutate into the clickers. These parasitic relationship developments serve to make its host more effective transmitters of the fungus. Most of the flesh has been devoured and replaced by the parasite. However, the fungus has grown in a manner that amplifies the hosts sensitivities to sound. Observing these cases of infection, it's fair to assume that the fungus has specifically evolved to sustain itself on very specific parts of the host and use hallucinogens to rewrite the hosts brain to control and preserve motor functions. When a specific infected is very successful in its life cycle we see the advanced stages of infection. When it is unsuccessful, we see it starve and die off like the entry and stairway of the museum.

[@tananario]

The Clickers can’t see because the fungus has grown so big it has split their heads open. 51:46 It looks like a neuromuscular disease, probably ALS or MS.

[@kkjhn41]

Actually, it's stage 2 of the infection when the infected persons vision begins to be changed by the cordyceps starting to cover the victims' eyes and face. This is the infected that Ellie finds trapped under rubble. You can see the cordyceps growing out and over its face and the one remaining eye which is dimmed by the infection but can still see Ellie and follow the motion of the knife she waves at it. In stage 3 after surviving a year of infection their face is covered and scarred, finally blinding them and causing them to develop a rudimentary form of echo location. Here are the 7 stages of infected. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2KpeIqHqZaeoaM Here is the BBC documentary about cordyceps that Neil Druckman saw and inspired his creation of the infected for the game. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWaamqB7m9Chg7M

[@dansmart3182]

I loved how you can track Bills changes through the years. First year, he wouldn't have saved frank, 4 years later he can find it in himself to let Frank in. 3 years later he lets Frank introduce him to strangers something he was furious about and wouldn't have done 3 years earlier. 3 years later Frank trades a gun of Bills for seeds, he would have been pissed about it 3 years earlier, Frank disarms any anger with a smile.

[@404schmoozernotfound]

One thing that made me super sad but happy is that the apocalypse happened in 2003, well before gay marriage was ever legalized anywhere and in the same year where there was a major court decision that allowed gay people to have sex in their own homes. Imagine that political climate and then getting married despite everything. Really beautiful episode, love what they did with these characters.

[@aClownBaby-]

Hmm, in my country same-sex marriage is legal since 2001. It’s so sad that the USA, compared to other developed countries, is so far behind when it comes to humanity, education on inclusion etc. It’s crazy to me that a court had to rule on that. The court of law was needed for 2 consenting adults to legally fuck in their own house 💀. That’s crazy.

[@theCommentDevil]

That's an excellent point

[@henriquelinopacheco15]

How and why was it not allowed to have sex in one's own home? Was it the parent's house?

[@theCommentDevil]

@@henriquelinopacheco15 it wasn't technically enforceable but there were and I think still are some states that have 'anti sodomy' laws. It's freaking crazy

[@thoughtfulstargazer]

It was only fitting that this episode took place in Lincoln, Mass. As Massachusetts was the first state to legalize gay marriage.

[@vetteazul5114]

the show creators said Frank has a neuromotor disease, likely ALS but they didn't want to specify ALS exactly.

[@nilexinator5901]

Could be multiples sklerosis

[@kenobents2741]

They said it's either MS or ALS

[@elbruces]

Frank and Bill would have no way of knowing either way.

[@theoriginalshew]

@@elbruces Frank maybe since he seems to have some kind of trauma medicine training with how he handled Bill's injury with keeping him talking while staying calm. And he knew what kind of meds he needed to get Tess and Joel to get him.

[@praetorxian]

I’m guessing MS. A close friend died quickly of ALS, my brother has MS and it is slower and more progressive.

[@kingwacky184]

What we heard in the first episode with the 80's music that meant trouble, in this episode we hear Joel say if he don't reset the playlist every few weeks it would run over the radio. So based on that Frank and Bill died a few weeks before Joel, Tess and Ellie go on their adventure.

[@calebtoles3819]

From someone who grew up on a farm and with a family that went fuller apocalypse prepper mode for a few years. Gardening is a lot more work than most people expect. Though the fresh veggies taste sooooo much better so in my opinion, definitely worth it haha

[@-lixiepixie-]

Which is worth it, prepping or the garden veggies? Haha :P. Yeah I love fresh veg. At my family's first house we had enough of a backyard to have a pretty small little garden and it was the best.

[@kevint4673]

"Do you remember the taste of strawberries?" What a heartbreaking episode, and a great job from the show to expand on what the game gave us. 31:53 Sam and Dani going to town on those nails lmaoo

[@fern4real733]

What a fuckin gut punch, Nick Offerman gave an absolute, career defining performance, fuckin amazing and beautiful story.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

The fungus' goal is to spread, yes. But the infected will and do eat people because that is how they sutain themselves. The fungus might help prolong the duration they can go without but these infected hosts WILL die of starvation. So they do eat stuff. As for the "orifice vs orifice" thing (lol), the terndrils are ONLY located in the mouth. We have seen 3 instances of the tendrils being located, and they are used in order to facilitate the spread of the fungus. And the infected have only one for openings on the head: ears (episode 1), mouth (episode 2). Cordyceps controls the brain. So it wants to get there as soon as possible. So, no. I don't think we will see butt-to-butt action here hahaha

[@Dkmaster69]

In the game they do eat, but I don't know if they changed it here, like they already replaced the spores with tendrils, cause in ep 2, that fresh dead body Ellie found was not eaten, just ripped apart.

[@MrIchi27]

@@Dkmaster69 the fresh body prob died from the bleeding/injuries while hiding from the clickers, so they didnt get a chance to eat it.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

@@Dkmaster69 There are ripped apart bodies in the games, too. In the tilted building Joel, Tess, and Ellie come across a body of a FEDRA soldier that was not eaten, just ripped apart by a clicker. Also, we see a bunch of runners (in part 1, first runner encounter. part 2, Serevena hotel) and stalkers (in Part 2, first stalker encounter) eating a bodies.

[@datzfatz2368]

@@SidPhoenix2211 honestly, if the infected are literally just humans with a fungus in them, would they prioritze eating humans at all? The fungus wants to keep his hosts alive, but they are still mostly human biology wise since the fungus mainly affects the brain, so wouldnt they just eat normal stuff humans also eat and need to survive? Sure, they might also eat human flesh if they are starving or if its right there, but as far as i remember cannibalism isnt exactly a healthy or very sustainable diet for humans, right?

[@Dark__Thoughts]

They literally mention them in every single episode, Joel even said that Frank is nice a few minutes earlier, and people are still like "I don't trust this guy!". lol In the game Frank got bit when he got the battery from the truck that the group was after. He was stealing resources and tried to get away from Bill. You can find a letter that you can chose to give to Bill which basically describes how much Frank hated Bill and Frank's car is basically what Joel and Ellie then take to make their way to Tommy. Frank doesn't have cancer. He has either ALS or MS. He is basically losing control over his muscles to the point that even swallowing food or breathing becomes impossible until you eventually die after a long period of agony.

[@Tensen01]

Yeah it seriously shocks me how many reactors miss this. Even ones who have played the game. It's like "JOEL SAID FRANK IS NICE!!"

[@charlessmith31]

The song that Frank started playing wrongly, before Bill took over, and the song playing at the end, were the same song…Long, Long Time, by Linda Ronstadt, which the episode was name after.

[@NHNuisance]

While this specific story of Bill and Frank was not in the game, this episode, more so than any other, demonstrates what makes the storytelling in the game work so well! In the game, you are locked into Joel and Ellie’s perspective, as we experience the world from the fixed, limited perspective of Bill and Frank here. For that reason alone, it’s definitely worth playing the game, because I think with the more global perspective they’ve taken in the show, there is a lot lost in the telling of the story of Joel and Ellie. And we know that telling this story from a fixed, limited perspective works so incredibly well, as we’re reminded of here in this episode.

[@seanwatson9549]

In the game, Bill lectures Joel upon seeing Ellie, telling him he needs to take her back, and if he can't, just cut her loose and let her fend for herself. In this world, sentimentality will get you killed. He then proceeds to tell a story about how he once had someone he cared about, a partner, but that he realized caring about someone was only good for one thing, and he realized it had to be just him. Later, they find Frank dead of suicide after he'd been bitten several times. Bill's isolationism was a cautionary tale for Joel, who clearly was following the same path in his extraordinary efforts to protect himself from losing someone else he loved. His insistence that Ellie never even mention Tess is reflective of how determined he is to keep his pain locked away. It's brilliant how the writers took the exact same character and went 180 degrees the other way, showing how Bill lived a full life, satisfied, to use his own word, even if his life was cut short through caring for another. Joel should be so lucky, but he tells Ellie in the very next episode that she is nothing more than cargo. He's determined not to care for her or anyone else if he can avoid it. He's already failed two people and been left behind. No more.

[@kristoferwisniewski6826]

You were wondering why Frank was crying after the first kiss - it's out of joy. Just earlier this day he had been leaving Baltimore which had completely fallen to the zombies. He had been going on 2 days without food, and 4 years prior living in the QZ barely getting by. That's a situation where he probably thought he could never be happy again in, and he's suddenly found his soulmate (someone who loves fine dining, wine, music, and clearly him). He's getting a level of happiness that he probably thought he would never have again--crying is a perfectly acceptable reaction.

[@broomcheese]

47:29 It's surprising how many reactors get jumpscared by this cool little shot.

[@jens2049]

it was funny

[@MrIchi27]

They were leaving the safe place for two reasons, Joel have to deliver Ellie to find a cure and it was a safe place because of Bill, he knew how to keep the place going, at the point Joel and Ellie made to it prob some, if not all, animals and plants were already dead so they would starve or have to leave to search for food.

[@muhammadwamiq7608]

if you notice. Joel says that anyone who got sick was basically eating baked or flour based food *most of which came from indonesia as shown), like cereal etc. In the first episode, tommy, Joel and Sarah all three never got the chance to eat any baked product or wheat/flour product. That is why they didn't get infected whereas the old lady in first episode, who was being fed by her husband, got sick. It was a nice detail. revisit first episode and you will see them not eating pancake because flour had run out and Joel saying he is on diet to his neighbor when offered biscuits.

[@Scott_Burton]

I could nit pick over some things, but the one item I will point out in regards to the plan to "just live here" or "relax for a couple of days" You're forgetting Joel is looking for his brother who has been out of contact for way too long. "It never takes him more than a day to respond" That's why Joel and Tess were trying to get the battery, so they would have a vehicle to go find Tommy. Then you're getting stressed over the gun being in her pocket (it's in her pack actually), and Joel should have taught her. He met her between 36 and 48 hours ago.

[@Pragabond]

One of my favorite things through this series so far is that Ellie's brain only has ONE setting and its: gun. My headcanon is the only reason she asks him so many questions is to distract her from her eternal yearning to have a gun in her hand. By the end of the episode I was fully convinced the spirit of Bill is sharing soul space with Ellie and the reason she can't stop thinking about guns is because she's being haunted by the specter of a gay, cranky old survivalist.

[@rma3421]

Goat episode

[@bloatus7611]

I think you guys scare yourself more than the show does lol

[@nickvanderlinden7165]

It's funny that Sam is wrong about every prediction 😆

[@yohanespaskal9352]

Half way through, they still doesn't know what's gonna hit them lol still laughing n joking all around

[@nawinrueangsungnoen3243]

You didn't see that coming - Quicksilver

[@Pandaemoni]

In the game, Frank tells Joel that caring about anyone is a mistake that will get you killed. He says that he had someone he cared about, a "partner" but that was over and a mistake. He is unhappy and alone and bitter. Frank's body is later found hanging. Bill is a cautionary tale to an unhappy and lonely Joel about what Joel might become if Joel can't reembrace other people. In the show, they flip that. Bill is on a course to be bitter and alone, but Frank shows up. Bill's suicide note then says that he was happy that everyone died, but he was wrong because there a few people worth saving: the ones you care for (and I guess everyone else can still die as far as Bill is concerned). He is a positive model for Joel, showing him that you can still be happy and fulfilled, even in this world, if you care about others and protect them. This is an important message for Joel who has been guarded ever since Sarah died (even Tess he doesn't call his "girlfriend" or "wife" and in Episode 2 she says she never asked that he return her feelings for him, even though they are clearly together, sleeping in the same bed, working together, going after Tommy together, etc.).

[@dookieJ7]

Crazy how this is the happy ending in the apocalypse. It was so unbelievably sad but also as good and happy a life you can get in this type of world. Episode was amazing!!!

[@muffinnman]

This was my favourite episode. Frank is initially just trying to survive but when he hears Bill sing, he realises he's gay but has struggled with it, as I guess many gay people have especially of their age, that's why he's crying. It ended well they lived a happy life considering it was an apocalypse. I have MS so wasn't unhappy with the ending, as I understand what Frank was going through.

[@jordangroff8978]

Anyone else notice that Bill didnt wake up Frank during the shootout? He didn't want him to get hurt.

[@MrSmee-vt7cy]

I haven't seen y'all cry like this since Arcane. Truly a heartwarming yet soul crushing episode. Worth every tear shed.

[@Doctorg3231]

Nobody has the guts to call sin sin

[@cullenarthur8879]

@@Doctorg3231 sin is a fictional concept. It only exists in your religion.

[@-lixiepixie-]

@@Doctorg3231 You act like the main characters dont spend this series murdering people, the pretty far gone bad "sin". Dunno how to tell you this, john wick is as "sinful" if not more so based on your little book's rules. As well as your lobster and grab. And cotton-poly mix t-shirt from walmart.

[@AvanteReacts]

I cried like a baby.

[@fluffy_walrus]

If you want an extra dose of emotion, go listen to the song that comes over the radio at the end of Episode 1. This episode was so joyful, Bill and Frank got to grow old together, having as good of a life as one could ever hope for in a fungal apocalypse. They went out on their own terms, happy and having avoided the suffering so many others had to. Yeah, in the game, Bill was a warning of sorts for Joel, to show who he could become if he refused to connect and open his heart again. But in the show, they flipped that, and let Bill and Frank showcase what Joel could hope to have if he allows himself to care and connect again. Bill went from an isolated, paranoid, fearful closeted gay man, to an openly gay man comfortable with loving Frank openly and willing to die to protect him and willing to trust Joel with Frank's wellbeing if push came to shove. And this helps the radio warnings make sense, 80's being trouble and all (with the AIDs epidemic dominating the 80s, it's likely Frank lost some loved ones back then).

[@foreverkingsteez4796]

We actually know the exact moment bill and Frank killed themselves. It was at the very end of episode 1. when the 80's song played over the radio, signifying trouble, which was Frank's idea.

[@joshgreiner2599]

I mean, it's possible, sure. But they specifically mentioned in this episode that there was a "couple weeks" timer that would start to play 80's if it wasn't reset, so it could have been anywhere in a range of a few weeks if they didn't play it manually.Personally, I'd like to think they had more important things on their mind at that time than setting a radio code :)

[@foreverkingsteez4796]

@@joshgreiner2599 yeah true. But id also like to think they wanted Joel and tess to hear the code to come get their stuff, before some raiders or something showed up. All up to speculation tho.

[@impopquiz]

Dépêche Mode’s Never Let Me Down Again. Thinking back this song kinda linked to their euthanasia as a couple.

[@clover2739]

@@foreverkingsteez4796 if they set the song off purposely then bill would’ve told Joel in the letter

[@newm0on1234]

Admit it: u came in the episode with a certain expectation (maybe thru hype or because of the game) and the show proceeded to exceed it. Simply awesome.

[@carlosriveraauthor]

Spoilers for the game: Bill was alive. Frank was dead by time Joel and Ellie arrived. He killed himself after being bitten. Frank ended up hating Bill in the game because Bill never actually opened up to the world, so he felt trapped and wanted more from life. The show is like an alternate version of what would have happened if Bill said yes when Frank asked him to fix the place and make friends. That's part of what makes this episode so powerful, it was just one decision that changed their entire life together.

[@albertaguy4817]

EP3 in my opinion is one of the best episodes of television, period. The it is to be found in The Last of Us, a video game adaption makes no difference to me. There writers of this series are great at what they do.

[@joshhignett8186]

I would also say that ep3 of arcane is the same case, as another great video game adaptation and being one of the best episodes ever. (In my opinion)

[@Mouseymoo]

11:16 i don’t think that ellie was being sadistic, i saw it as her testing how human the infected are. in episode 1 she asked joel if it bothers him to know that they were once human. so her cutting the infected and seeing mold underneath just solidified that they aren’t human anymore, so she didn’t feel bad killing it.

[@MrIchi27]

She was moved by her curiosity, plus when she cuts the infected we can see the same thing when the doctor cut the dead woman in the second episode.

[@Mouseymoo]

@@MrIchi27that’s also very true

[@Tyler-hk4wo]

I can tell that Dani has real compassion and empathy. There were some scenes that hurt her so much she was holding back sobs. Thanks for allowing yourself to be so vulnerable even when being recorded. It hurts to be so empathetic and it's nothing to be ashamed of.

[@Jason-to5cs]

Omg that episode put y’all through it lol. Poor Dani looked like she was close to full on bawling several times 😂😭

[@anonymouszebra1239]

That clicker episode really traumatised you guys. Getting jumpscared by a side mirror 💀 Great reaction!

[@Meus]

Sam sounds like a worried mother with Ellie xD

[@TopGunZero]

Didn't expect to see Dani crying, wow...

[@jens2049]

me neither. a welcome surprise

[@dansmart3182]

The point of this episode is to show what Joel has lost with Tess if only he had opened up to her, and to push him to open up to Ellie. Tess is the cautionary tale, Bill and Frank are the thing to thrive for.

[@jediburrito]

Even in the apocalypse the gays will find each other and thrive. They made excellent real estate investments, formed great business connections, procured the finest food and wine, produced beautiful art, got married, and had the best retirement plan possible. This is not a sad story, it is about how the powerful 2 bears are once they find each other. You can't stop them.

[@impopquiz]

Bill is a repressed closet gay. Frank is an out gay man and extrovert. He sensed Bill is gay when he knows the finer things in life (matching the meal with the wine) and kinda tested him after he played the piano. Frank knew there’s a sensitive and loving persona in Bill. It may looked like Frank’s manipulative but their opposite personalities matched. Bill’s a hard survivalist and Frank taught him to love, live and appreciate the little things in life. What an amazing ep!

[@CapitalExpression]

For such a bleak world. It was truly the best ending one can ask for.

[@nadeeml9276]

The infected guy in that basement crushed under everything, if im not mistaken, can totally see. It's just the ones who have that solid fungal growth on their heads - and thus no more eyes, who cannot see and can hear well, using a form of echolocation

[@yohanespaskal9352]

The point of this eps, is the letter from Bill. It gave Joel purposes, without their story and letter, Joel have no business to deliver ellie. His mission only to go to Tommy that's it. Why bring ellie, she just bring more complication for the journey.

[@tananario]

48:18 Joel is wearing Frank’s shirt from the argument about making friends. 😢

[@DB-wm7px]

Just realized that!

[@Punkanova]

This episode is Emotional Warfare. I actually cried more watchin it the second time.

[@TomTomson81]

The parallel to the infected is Frank here in this episode. The head is clear, but his multiple sclerosis or ALS (probably) has control over his body. The infected are at least partly aware of their actions, at least in the first stage. In the game, they even cry. They also cry while eating their friends. And through this episode we also know that Tess and Joel have known each other for more than 13 years and that they were still "decent" people 7 years after the outbreak. Tess told Ellie that they weren't good people and just before her death she told Joel to do all the shit they did right. This episode had more to do with Joel's character than many realize. Even if you haven't seen him. Bill and Joel are both bitter and alone. However, the development of Bill clearly showed the differences, as one of them was willing to let a person into his life. As a result, despite the almost similar mindsets at the beginning, Bill got a long full and happy life. Joel, on the other hand, is stuck. So yes, the episode was important and not just because of the farewell letter at the end. It showed that there is hope, even if Joel doesn't have one yet. This episode showed that people are important to be happy. We are usually herd animals.

[@humbletreestump8134]

One of the best episodes of TV ever

[@Venom23333]

9:50 that one can see cause it still have eyes. The clickers (the infected in the museum last episode) and bloaters can't see cause they don't have eyes

[@JaeMinJung.]

27:40 This is why Dani is needed in these reactions because she remembers things quick while Sam and Morgan completely forgot Joel mentioning they're gonna stop by at Bill's and Frank's place to Ellie 🤣🤣🤣. Sam and Morgan are unintionally hilarious and they don't even know it. This is also why I love this reaction channel.

[@adsirski]

the piano is too much noise when he’s got the whole city to himself? 😂

[@cacho100uva]

It was "fun" crying along with you. Such a beautiful and painful episode.

[@FluffyUnicornEX]

22:50 i love "isnt it [the piano] going to be too loud??" Like we didn't just see that bill had secured the town with traps and fences

[@dansmart3182]

Love in the time of Cordyceps is my favorite episode so far.

[@krewland7041]

If there's award for best episode in this series this episode will be winning.

[@iamchichogaming]

9:50 The infected stuck under the rubble is a Runner. To answer the question, runners can still see but clickers can't.

[@willmelo13]

Thank you for sharing your reactions. This episode was a surprise even to us who played the games.

[@wllulu]

The best genre, emotional damage

[@kvothe1167]

Wanted to give Dani a big ole hug on this one 😢 😭

[@marcinworek9902]

...i feel the same way. This episode was wonderful. Full of emotions.

[@Texmexrex]

I think Episode 3 is the best because gamers and non gamers can experience it the same. I love the game but I wish I could experience the show without knowing what was gonna happen. And that’s why I love this episode bc it was new to me and bc I loved their story

[@Laochri]

Joel stepped in one of Bill's traps and was hung upside-down. Ellie had to get his down by releasing the refrigerator that was the counterweight. Joel had to fend off the Runners & Super-infected. Bill came to the rescue. While going to Bill's hideout they came across Frank. Who had been attacked and got bit, before he turned, Frank hung himself. Although I would've liked to see the game Bill & Ellie interaction, this was a good episode.

[@Thundernoob98]

If frank was a raider and he tells his raider pals. “Aight boys don’t attack until you hear me playing some Linda Ronstadt coming from the piano” 😂😂😂

[@Pandatantei-xb5ds]

ojala hagan más promociones, me encanta ver a las 3 con lentes

[@Joel-cc7rp]

Them big smiles.. they now the game

[@davidnobre5660]

44:35 Reminded me of Jack Shephard on the beach, after the submarine exploded cried my eyes out the first time I saw that...

[@xaviermm5506]

Watch the episode through the screen below them ❌ Watch the episode through the reflection in the KZbin logo on the wall ☑️

[@seancurtis1199]

I have never been envious of a character in a zombie apocalypse until now

[@cullenarthur8879]

I know, right? Maybe I should dig a hole in my back yard in the hope that my Frank will fall in it.

[@peters4115]

Why was he crying?? He found the only gay man who could provide shelter, wine, and fresh food in a 500 mile radius 😂😂 If I hit the jackpot in the apocalypse I would’ve cried too!

[@anandsuresh6421]

It's trippy, seeing the reflections in the play button in the background.

[@dustinherk8124]

Rip too the game voice actress of Tess, who unfortunately lost her battle too cancer. I hope Annie Wersching finds peace.

[@user-lj6hu9cn8k]

first time seeing a reaction from you ladies really loved everyones reactions i definitely subbed can't wait to see the rest of the show with you guys :)

[@happyhedgehog6450]

There is still an audio problem. I have to turn it right up to hear the show words but then I'm deafened by the reaction words. The show volume needs to be higher.

[@theeLonelyRedPanda]

future archeologists will come upon them and say "they were roommates." x'D

[@Nevermore941012]

Lol at 3:08 when they all said NOT IN THE STRAWBERRYS at the same time 😂

[@Letssee92]

Such a great reaction I love that all 3 of you cried pretty much the whole time because so did i 😂

[@carloselchangoleon1252]

You guys need to watch the gameplay both show and game are beautiful masterpieces!

[@testfire3000]

Awesome reaction, thank you! What was that jump scare with the side view mirror on the car though? LOL. 47:29

[@L0stwitn0nam3]

I'll tell yall, I think I was more emotional seeing your reactions than watching the show on it's own. From Morgan's body language to Dani's deep tears and Sam's love longing, my instincts were like "someone hug those women and give them chocolate, stat."

[@ArchiURURU]

33:28 Sam and Morgan

[@alexoliveras2947]

One of best reactions ever to this episode ❤️

[@kkjhn41]

Ellie has spent 14 years in a FEDRA orphanage/military school. Don.t worry, she has been taught how to use a gun.

[@jens2049]

One of my favourite episodes of tv ever

[@MPaans]

I'm sorry I've never seen this channel before. But my reactions were the same as one of you.. was nice to go through that experience again ;*

[@calebtoles3819]

They don’t explain it, but from the symptoms Frank likely developed Parkinson’s disease which is why he’s wheelchair bound and is having trouble even painting

[@Savonthescott]

Yesss lets gooooo

[@Tristan_Anderwelt]

I can't say anymore than "Incredible well done"

[@dirtyyouth6628]

tess said go to “bill and franks”. knowing that you shouldn’t be fearing frank betraying bill 😭 also frank was crying due to the song

[@dirtyyouth6628]

also ellie put the gun in her bag not her pocket

[@lifeisgood1791]

thid episode deserves awards