The Last of Us - Season 1 Eps 1 Reaction

Adam and Jay react, review, riff, and rate the video game adaptation series that's taking the internet by storm, HBO's The Last of Us.
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[@newsiesmario2242]

“Jay, they are sharpening the knife right in front of you right now!!!” I cracked up at that so much. 😂 Such a good premier!

[@pwncakes420]

“But their playing a nice song.” That killed me lololol

[@spywi]

Quite possibly my newest favorite exchange between the two of them. 😂😊

[@Josh_Cade]

I died. Jay was so irrationally hopeful he caused Adam to win the internet. 😂💀

[@ScorpionStrike7]

Love them

[@jinzo637]

Omg u have no idea how right u are haha. Best way to put it too I will use this definitely next time I have to explain a fan fav death in a show. Haha

[@thatscouttrooper]

Adam's "Get. In. The fucking TRUCK!" as he's having a panic attack over the Infected is so raw, I love it.

[@meganjones1535]

28:34 I am dying that Adam didn’t realize Bella Ramsay played Lyanna Mormont in GOT. “Apparently the North does NOT remember!” 😂😂

[@SidPhoenix2211]

David & Dan: the North kinda forgot...

[@sentientmustache8360]

@@SidPhoenix2211 “Ellie kinda… forgot about the cordyceps, and the cordyceps… certainly hasn’t forgotten about her”

[@chance757]

adam my love. the “i feel a little nauseous” and face crumple at 18:20 broke me down just as hard as the show did yesterday. don’t do me like that again please. 🥺💕

[@meganjones1535]

The comforting hug and pep talk from Jay was actually so sweet though 🥹

[@chance757]

@@meganjones1535definitely 🥹

[@thesithchef8760]

Completely agree. On a side note miss Chance is absolutely gorgeous 😊

[@chance757]

@@thesithchef8760 aww, thank you!! 🫶🏾

[@swordmonkey6635]

The "zombie fungus" the scientist is talking about at the beginning is actually more nefarious than he said. It takes control of the ant and forces it to climb to the highest branch to make itself a target for a passing bird. A bird eats the infected ant and passes the fungi along through its droppings to be picked up by another ant moving by.

[@serial92989]

😮😮😮

[@Rani-bv7hw]

One of them does that. It's terrifying. Another one forces the ant to climb up and then clamp down super hard on a plant and then the fungus sprouts out of its head and releases spores. And then there's just a bunch that will outright kill you if you eat them. Fungi be scary

[@swordmonkey6635]

@@Rani-bv7hw Right. I think fungi gets a bad rap in this "talk" given the fact that fungus is the binding agent between life and death in that it's responsible for decomposition of organic material and distribution of minerals and components required for organic life. Fungi is a mesh that ties life together either through mycelia or through relationship dependence.

[@Rani-bv7hw]

@@swordmonkey6635 oh, agreed. They are among the first complex lifeform on the planet. They are fascinating and beautiful and responsible for life on this planet. Even the terrifying ones. Doesn't make the videos of fungus controlled insects any less creepy though. :)

[@meganjones1535]

33:30 Adam, I’m with you - I expected Jay to be sweet and heartfelt and emotional and I never would have guessed he’d be all joking and removed and not taking it seriously. 😂

[@meganjones1535]

Like, I’m a big softie, and I can usually count on Jay to be with me on this! Now I wanna give Adam a hug, lol. This show is incredible and it’s going to wreck me. ❤

[@jeremyjesson8383]

Our family was in Fort Macloed when they were filming. We thought they were doing Ghost Buster re-shoots but it was Last of us.

[@NinerDK]

The actor (name forgotten) who plays Tess, also played Olivia Dunham in Fringe.. :)

[@Kloudrunner]

The best reaction channel on the tube of you. Hands down. Keep naking that you tube that you two do so well. I've said it before. I'll say it again no doubt.

[@nerdseyeview5017]

I didn't think you guys would react to this show because I remember one of you saying that you didn't want to experience all of the sad stuff in this show again.

[@Penpaper]

Red alert at Preview’d HQ - Mando trailer dropped

[@Arrynek01]

The premise is a great setup for a TV show, but one must remember. The faster a sickness spreads and the faster it exhibits, the easier it is for us to stop. Something as fast spreading as cordyceps would probably kill a few million people. But we'd stop it. The reason the Vid was such a problem was that it wasn't dangerous enough, and it took a week to develop symptoms. It hit the exact frequency of our shields.

[@brewdaly1873]

27:58 I for one greatly appreciate the Rocket Man reference

[@aaronsmith1993]

7:05 I really thought he was going to say I dream of cheese

[@hollykm]

19:24 Honestly I think people kind of take solace in the apocalyptic end times, because their priorities are pretty spelled out. Nowadays people have a lot of responsibilities that R extremely unappealing, like paying rent and filing taxes and shit. But you don’t have to pay taxes when it’s the end of the world

[@allymofo2332]

ready for tears!

[@AnonymousGrogu]

I joined your Patreon after Adam’s reaction to this episode. I love this content so much.

[@castlebyers6134]

This is one of my most anticipated shows of the year; also I wonder if there’s oatmeal cinnamon cookies🤔

[@abrielle13]

I like that they didn't cast Ellie as some teenage beauty queen, not that Bella isn't pretty, but she's not your typical mainstream Hollywood beauty, which makes her feel more realistic, especially in this apocalyptic world. She just looks like your average kid you'd see at your local Walmart.

[@jamescandalino3458]

Hey guys, just an FYI, the new season of vox mochina is out now. The first 3 episodes were released early.

[@bmnbl]

Please PLEASE do not forget that many of us didnt play the game and are following the series along side with you guys and i keep getting spoiler bombs from every reactor :\ maybe its best to just watch the all thing first and then watch the reactions...

[@Zero11s]

5:48 the earth is stationary

[@TheMaskedChef7]

1st step spread mushrooms 2nd step become a mushroom

[@tylerdean6093]

She’s the lady in mindhunter!

[@neonoires]

We love a happy family show.

[@DrWatson4]

Eagerly looking forward to S2 let’s snap them in half 😂😂😂

[@MrRorosuri]

You might know tess from fringe , which was on fox in the mid 2000s

[@mrskimtaehyung9095]

I love you guys....You are my favorite reactors :D

[@tree6787]

You guys should watch the Yellow Jacket series it's really good and I think you would like it

[@210rebelboy]

Don't forget a lot of people haven't played the game. Mentioning tidbits of what's to come like the Tess situation may affect the experience.

[@ScorpionStrike7]

Looks great so far

[@ViperVixen420_69]

Me, yesterday: Teenagers scare the living shit outta me. Everyone seeing Ellie's attitude: Teenagers scare the living shit outta me.

[@natacha2050]

I have never played the game (would be to nerve wracking for me) and just watching you react to the show, I know it's not for me. This is brutal, too too much and I can't watch kids dying even in a show, movie or whatever... Sending a huge hug guys 💙

[@miss.g-shun-w]

I'm willing to meet you half way with oatmeal chocolate chip cookies but that's as far as I'm willing to go good sir.

[@Iden_Elihio_1999]

20:22 THE GOOD TIMES !? 😭😭😭

[@sushi1328]

Oatmeal chocolate chip is the superior cookie

[@bridgethaines7127]

Even knowing what was coming, still ugly cried. That is such a testament to the acting and how they "sharpened the knives" so to speak by showing us the whole day, not just that last evening. Tess' actress is Anna Torv, from Fringe and Mindhunter!

[@jeffquinz2118]

I love Anna in Fringe, I was so thrilled she's playing Tess. :D

[@RangerMcFriendly]

Yeah I knew his daughter’s fate from the game and as the dominoes were lining up in the show I was still begging them not to do it.

[@709mash]

The looks Sarah had in her eyes was haunting. Her and Pedro did such a good job.

[@EternalDensity]

as a Fringe fan I enjoyed the dawning recognition as I recognised her.

[@ScharfeZungel]

I hope they do a good job for tess as well...

[@KnicksCarnageTV]

Fun fact: on the TV we hear something happening in Jakarta. Jakarta is home to the biggest mill factory which makes flour… Sarah and Joel are out of flour for the pancakes, then they decline to eat the neighbors biscuits, later Sarah doesn’t eat the cookies cause she finds out they have raisins and not chocolate chips… and finally JOEL FORGOT THE CAKE! The fungus was in the Flour! And they coulda been infected if they ate any one of those things during the day… thought that was a pretty cool detail

[@jupitersmoon3033]

What's funny is that as this show is airing, my dad (who has a hobby of growing mushrooms in our basement) is growing cordyceps in a little jar. You know, the type of fungus that starts this entire mess in the first place 😂

[@meganjones1535]

Oh, that… that would be upsetting. 😂 Like I know this is fiction but I’d have a hard time watching this and then turning to see a jar of the literal fungus responsible (in the fictional world).

[@Cornberry]

AYOOO LET’S GOOO cordyceps party 🎉🎉🎉

[@baylaust]

So if you wanna go ahead and burn that jar, just saying, no one would blame you.

[@meganjones1535]

@@baylaust 😂😂

[@jupitersmoon3033]

@@meganjones1535 I mean personally, I have no issue with it. I find it kinda cool ngl. 😂 They apparently have medicinal uses, and help boost up the immune system and such. He’s growing them out from rice, and he showed me the jar, and they look like bits of Cheetos currently lol

[@Number0neSon]

This is the third reaction I've seen of this episode today and yet I'm STILL crying at that scene. Does it to me every time, man.

[@meganjones1535]

EVERY TIME! Right?? Sheesh. ❤

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

Especially since they did it beat for beat. Right down to the panicked breathing and flailing in pain.

[@danzansandeev6033]

@@Michelle-DiPaloi have only one nitpick which may be stupid but still. In the game that scene was uncut, camera moved from Joel and Sarah to Tommy, and when it moved back Sarah was gone. In the show it was made with two cuts. Imo uncut camera movement really sell how fast it is to lose someone, how fast someone can die, mere seconds of camera moving away

[@Corvid76]

And most of them are misgendering the boy that Joel throws into the fire as a female. It's gross to see

[@DirtyJerseyProductions]

@@Corvid76I honestly thought it was a girl when I first watched

[@donovanmartin7946]

Turly showcased what a child nightmare is finding your parent gone, then waking up to a emergy alert

[@meganjones1535]

It’s such a… vivid memory of being a kid and getting concerned at warning signs around you and the adults are just shooing you along. Idk that this is a universal experience, but it definitely struck something in me.

[@jamie_d0g978]

I remember when I was a little kid and the Prestige debacle (that oil ship crashing in the coast in Galicia) happened near my town my dad was working and I was home alone and all those helicopters and police cars were passing through my street. I was fuckin terrified.

[@darkurge69]

For me it’s the part @ 20:04 when Joel (Pascal) throws the child into the fire with no emotion. This is what the world of the Last of Us does to people and I’m glad they are nailing the atmosphere. It’s dark, brutal, and will not hold your hand. You have to fight to survive.

[@GorilaZinDaMizT]

That shot with the plane crash was incredible

[@meganjones1535]

RIGHT?! I got chills all over. Really incredible.

[@darkurge69]

It honestly made my jaw drop literally. Like they captured everything about the rush, the terror, the need to find a way through this town & the plane crash shot was just icing on the cale

[@duysin4]

The whole car sequence was incredible and super intense. And I love the T-bone fakeout leading to the plane crash. :D

[@Peeplii]

@Bukkake Sensei the fake out was so good 🤧 when it didn't hit I was like "wait hold up" but jk, a plane came in to do the job.

[@ExemplarKyle]

It really was. As soon as I saw the plane stalling, I was like "Uhhhhhhhhhh DRIVE THE OTHER WAY, NOW."

[@patrickfeltner7512]

This was a hard one for me. At the beginning of this year my daughter passed away a week before she was supposed to be born. Watching that scene destroys me. I also want to thank you guys for all the content. I’ve been a mess. Watching your reactions and listening to the podcast helps me escape this reality I’ve found myself in. Love you guys.

[@burkelash]

Sending you hugs.

[@SarahRichardsGraba]

I'm so sorry. No parent should have to go through losing their child. I wasn't as far along, but I've lost two in pregnancy. Sending a lot of love to you and your daughter's mother. Stuff like this is hard for me to watch too... But there's also a sense of witness in it. Like the fact that it gets to me means that the little ones still mean something to me. ❤️

[@michelleblkft3831]

They’ve helped me escape too. I’m so very sorry for your loss. You’ve got an orchard of others who are with you while we escape. But even when reality hits- I hope you’ll remember there are still people out here cheering you on, who won’t let you carry that pain alone. We’ve got this ❤ And I’m sending love to your beautiful little one. She was loved so very much and already had more than most- you did that. Keep going ❤

[@Blinkptx]

I've been saying for years we won't get good video game adaptations until the people making it genuinely care about the source material. This is what the best case scenario looks like. So god damn good.

[@youtpfpm6097]

Certainly because the other trials were based on games that were more difficult to adapt. There, a post-apocalytic world where characters must survive a pandemic making infected people dangerous, this has already been treated in films and series unrelated to a video game. It's easier when zombies, aliens and other viruses have already tested the public for this genre.

[@LatetotheParty]

Step 1: Spread Mushrooms🍄 Step 2: Step 3: Profit 📈 25:53 Beware the Mushroom Gnomes. And also throwing in a RocketMan reference to boot! 🌎 👐 27:58 We see you, Jay and Adam! 😂

[@meganjones1535]

I KNEW I RECOGNIZED THAT LINE - wow, thank you for pointing that out! 😂

[@Bajansilva]

This is the Most uneasy I’ve ever seen adam watching a show…I love it

[@pwalmsley9]

I've never seen Adam so stressed. Mirrored a lot of my feelings.

[@khaleesimandy74]

This premier was outstanding

[@josephlesquivel]

The fungal infection was in the flour. They mentioned it starting in Jakarta, which has. A huge flour plant, and Joel and Sarah kept not eating things with flour from the neighbors.

[@Rani-bv7hw]

I totally didn't catch that. Thank you!

[@Nimo-the-Red]

Yeah I watch heavy spoilers too.

[@thegirlwholovesmusic]

I’ve never watched the game and I figured that out.

[@elbruces]

Also Joel kept forgetting to buy things with flour (pancake mix, birthday cake).

[@jamesdoucette55]

"...i keep forgetting sad things and bad things are gonna happen!" Jay 2023

[@thedarkknight2221]

The opening for this series was completely different from the original game yet it was so freaking perfect! It described how dangerous fungi and Cordyceps specifically EVEN BETTER a than the game! And even the entire Outbreak Day flashback was somehow even done better. My heart was pounding the moment Sarah woke up. I’ve played the game 7 times already and thought I could prepare myself for Sarah’s death, but nope, I was almost as broken as Joel. As for Ellie, Bella Ramsay was as perfectly cast as Ellie as The rest of the cast was. And in the behind the scenes feature for this episode the creator Neil Druckman said that Ellie was almost happy watching Joel protect her because she has never had a parental figure in her life. God this show is going to be AMAZING!

[@nomisunrider6472]

I think the fascination with the apocalypse is just taking all our fears to the logical endpoint of "what if literally everything broke all at once? What then?" and seeing what's left after that endpoint, with the deep human hope that we will survive somehow. There's a lot of Native American apocalyptic fiction because they already faced an apocalypse with Old World diseases and colonization and the anthology Defying Doomsday about disabled people in the apocalypse centers the fact that disabled people already have to survive and thrive in a world not made for them.

[@mediumvillain]

Welp, there's a not insignificant chance many things will break down all at once in our own society bc of how poorly its been governed for so long (or the priorities of those in charge of governance). There's a demonstrable decline in many things and it has not been managed very well and/or outright ignored, made substantially worse by the pandemic which has also not been managed well and/or outright ignored. Life expectancy has dropped sharply as just one statistical indicator. If we aren't facing collapse we are at least facing a stark decline, and even if many people dont accept that at face value they feel it and internalize it.

[@nomisunrider6472]

@@mediumvillain I'd argue that that isn't quite true, there are some things that have gotten significantly better when you look at it from a historical view (infant mortality down, slavery outlawed, growing gender equality, rising literacy, less war), but on the other hand yes, there's the mismanagement of the pandemic, the slow march of climate change, nuclear weapons, and radicalization. I'd argue that it won't be all at once but a slow march and that slow march makes it possible to reverse or adapt, but the idea of it happening in a sudden, apocalyptic way makes for a better story. And then of course there's those assholes that HOPE for an apocalypse so they can get rid of all that nasty "societal progress" and just start shooting people they don't like again.

[@fxbear]

I can’t explain why I enjoyed watching Adam struggle with this movie.

[@daurydavis3983]

Not a movie

[@personman1148]

The pilot episode is an hour and twenty minutes I'd say that's at least short film length.

[@maxinemars6076]

She is Lyanna Mormont of Bear Island and the head of House Mormont! this show is going to be AMAZING!

[@Ugnutz]

that's why my alarm clock is on the other side of my room i have to physically get out of bed to turn the fucker off

[@Cramdeon1969]

I'm so proud of u 2. Making it thru the 1st episode (given how you both feel about heavy shows like this) was a major accomplishment. Well done fellas👏

[@VBane]

You might know Tess's actress as Olivia, the lead character from Fringe.

[@meganjones1535]

Also Mindhunter! ❤

[@Timegambitgg]

for some reason the Nokia taking out a puma sent me into a giggle fit...BLAP!

[@primevil110872]

No one noticed that this show killed two kids in back to back scenes. Gnarly as fuck. Especially the euthanasia shot., but it gives a powerfully realistic backstory on how they're dealing with the infection. This show is a great representation of the game.

[@pooty195]

Huh? It was pretty hard to miss..

[@pigskinpoetry]

Everyone noticed.

[@matthewskifton3339]

ive never seen Adam so angry at a show like when he screamed "get in the fuking truck!" It was terrifying and hilarious 😂

[@jmo38498]

I swear to God I can FEEL that you guys have kids you went from your usual laughing and joking to dead silent for that whole build up it was visceral to watch you guys react, I had a stronger reaction watching you than I did watching the show and that's saying something

[@Lost_Northerner]

Adam doesn't have kids, and Jay is about to become a father this summer!

[@TinaLaGreca]

Is poor Adam drinking straight gin while watching??😂 I wouldn’t blame him for a second.

[@The4thSandersonSister]

You guys are the only way I'm watching this show. Zombies freak me out so much. I need your beautiful faces and humor to make it better.

[@PerfectiLy]

“apparently the north does NOT remember” 😂😂😂

[@FanBoyBooks]

It was really nice seeing John Hannah (dude really has been typecasted as a doctor lol), Big Head, and Stargate/Sci-fi Legend Christopher Heyerdahl in that scene!

[@svanjasa]

The best Wraith.

[@FanBoyBooks]

@@svanjasa I really hope the dude is okay after Atlantis finale! Probably gotta be put into cryo

[@lawman977]

The scene with all the planes doing emergency take offs is what really pulled me in. Like imagine seeing like 6-7 planes taking off at once and being so low to the ground that it probably shakes the car a bit.

[@DugTheDog]

Watching Adam being so uncomfortable with everything fungus related was great!

[@Austral13]

Part of me wants to watch to support the show, but majority is like NOPE. I can't handle zombies. But this seems like a good middle ground. Also this was giving me flashes to Hannibal's episode about mushrooms...and yeaaaaaaahhhh lol

[@carolyncollins5367]

I will not be joining you for this one ... this is not my genre of show to watch ... it messes with my anxiety too much

[@meganjones1535]

I do not blame you one bit. ❤

[@charmedoriginal5923]

Fun Fact: Sarah ( Joe's daughter ) played by Nico Parker is the daughter of actress Thandiwe Newton, who played Maeve Millay in "Westworld".

[@UrsleBush]

I wanted to watch this to see Jay lose his crap. Turns out it was Adam this time. Good show! I see now why it got a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.

[@meemee48larue22]

You guys are so funny, loving and damn I feel like you are family. A GIANT (( hug)) to Adam.... The reaction was........heart felt 💕💔

[@jasonmarbach]

The stress I feel from Adam is incredible. Watching this with y’all is almost as good as watching the actual show. ❤️

[@tjfkc]

JUSTICE FOR OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES! THEY'RE GOOD! ok sorry back to watching the video

[@tadcooper9733]

As someone who gets stuck on perceived flaws (ironically thats my flaw), this show was pretty damn flawless in execution. The only nitpicks I had were lines from the game getting cut and Joel and Tess not being the ones to kill Robert. All in all, nothing I'd lose sleep over especially since its obvious why they waited to show Joel kill a (non-infected) person.

[@bbanner2356]

One thing I do love about it is that it’s not frame by frame or line by line. Sure, it’s taking different roads but they end up at the same destination. Love it so far.

[@TooLegit2]

Not everyone has played this game so maybe don't spoil? Now I know something will likely happen to Tess.

[@jjjj7197]

It seemed like it took Jay about 4 hours to recover from that explosion scare on 21:17.😂😂

[@AceCruzat]

Adam finding out it was the Lady Mormont was the lightheartedness I needed after those two scenes back to back.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Jay! Thanks, Adam! 🧟‍♀ #pReviewd #TheLastOfUs #TLOU #TheLastOfUsHBO

[@purplehax1091]

i like how tess immediately understood the importance of ellie after she told her about the bite

[@khaleesimandy74]

I've been waiting all day to see my favorite guys

[@unxprienced9548]

I love that they have quotes and even frames shot for shot from the game but also make a couple twists. Great show.-

[@Cornberry]

Bella sounds a lot like game Ellie it’s kind of crazy to me I’m just sitting like 😵‍💫 Really perfect match for the way she talks

[@RedBloodPivot]

I thought Jay was becoming a shroom zombie at 33:10 with that Yawn

[@henninggirl261]

The actress is Anna Torv. She played Olivia Dunham on “Fringe”.

[@pReviewd]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

[@Deidre0000]

Woa! I did not recognize her.

[@jeffquinz2118]

She's also in Mindhunter, another great show as well. :D

[@gator7082]

@@jeffquinz2118 That's it! I knew I knew her!

[@serial92989]

❤d her in Mindhunter

[@SandUtil]

I almost threw up at the infected Grandma eating scene too. I was so disgusted.

[@frederickeusebio5153]

You're absolutely right about them having the perfect framework for a good show. If they can just add little bits of info to the already great story, they'll be golden. Just bring that story to life in a way that works for TV.

[@sneakyguy4444]

Even though I knew what would eventually happen, I like how they fleshed out the prologue. Spooky as hell. Rip Sarah

[@galacticriminalx]

I CANNOT get enough of these LOS reactions. Also...some solid bros here 😊

[@marajade8035]

Idk of Adam is gonna make it through this one peaches..

[@DrWatson4]

I’m looking forward to watching how many reactors this show can break knowing what was going to happen and how it all ends

[@TheMaskedChef7]

Btw that info about the fungus in the start of the episode is true this a real fungus that infects zombified ants

[@breawilldraw]

I just got to the rating and Jay I have just like one question for you and it's "how dare you"

[@TheMaskedChef7]

Apparently the north does not remember omg jay 😂😂❤

[@NatashaSalgado]

I'm amaze that for the first time I see Adam more uncomfortable than Jay.

[@highonhorror3296]

Ok this is basically how I remember how the game went. They are nailing it

[@paulitik7]

They really blew it not calling this “The Fungus Among Us”

[@michaeljeacock]

although a few of the game voice cast have roles in this series, Merle Dandridge is the only one playing the same character as her game role of Marlene.