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(Daily Express)   Leaving the remnants of the State House behind, Joel and Ellie head out in search of Bill and Frank, who have been alluded to in the past. More backstory will grow on you, but avoid that mycelium kiss. The Last of Us, 9PM ET on HBO (possible nsfw content on page)   (express.co.uk) divider line
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AeAe
2023-01-29 9:11:40 PM  
I love this show. My new favorite
 
Severaux
2023-01-29 9:58:14 PM  
That's the most accurate Home Depot I've ever seen on TV.
 
Severaux
2023-01-29 10:07:25 PM  
I do appreciate they used Bill to just let Ron Swanson live out his fantasy.

If he digs up some gold I'm gonna lose it.
 
BorgiaGinz [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:18:11 PM  
Love in the Time of Cordyceps
 
I dont want to be on this planet anymore
2023-01-29 10:19:12 PM  
They're killing off some fine actors for my enjoyment, hope it lasts.
 
Subtonic
2023-01-29 10:23:21 PM  
How gay can we make this?
Pretty damn gay.
Make it gayer.
But sir--
GAYER!
 
Cythraul
2023-01-29 10:30:02 PM  

Subtonic: How gay can we make this?
Pretty damn gay.
Make it gayer.
But sir--
GAYER!


I thought it was just the right amount of gay, thank you very much.  Although my gay crush over Offerman is in pain.  I thought his character lasted through the game.  One episode....

I suppose you'd prefer your gays to be a little less... gay.
 
Subtonic
2023-01-29 10:32:19 PM  

Cythraul: Subtonic: How gay can we make this?
Pretty damn gay.
Make it gayer.
But sir--
GAYER!

I thought it was just the right amount of gay, thank you very much.  Although my gay crush over Offerman is in pain.  I thought his character lasted through the game.  One episode....

I suppose you'd prefer your gays to be a little less... gay.


*slaps you across the mouth*

I SAID GAYER!
 
Cythraul
2023-01-29 10:34:54 PM  

Subtonic: Cythraul: Subtonic: How gay can we make this?
Pretty damn gay.
Make it gayer.
But sir--
GAYER!

I thought it was just the right amount of gay, thank you very much.  Although my gay crush over Offerman is in pain.  I thought his character lasted through the game.  One episode....

I suppose you'd prefer your gays to be a little less... gay.

*slaps you across the mouth*

I SAID GAYER!


*gasp!*

/clutches pearls

That's it, biatch!

/takes off earrings
 
OblivionToad [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:42:42 PM  
Spoilers? No. But Ellie DOESN"T steal a comic book from Bill in the show. There. Was that ok?
 
LucasLuminaro
2023-01-29 10:43:58 PM  
Well I expected last of us and got broke back mountain. I guess it was an episode of a show.
 
BorgiaGinz [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:44:52 PM  
Speaking as a middle-aged gay man, it's refreshing to see romance between two regular guys who aren't shaved muscle boys or drag queens lip syncing for their lives. A shame they couldn't last but that's the nature of the show. Craig Mazin tore my heart out with Chernobyl and he did it again tonight.
 
Cythraul
2023-01-29 10:47:14 PM  

LucasLuminaro: Well I expected last of us and got broke back mountain. I guess it was an episode of a show.


If you can't watch this episode and get past the gayness and realize that it's a message about hope and humanity, then you're just a homophobic piece of shiat.
 
EvilElecBlanket
2023-01-29 10:50:29 PM  
Meh

/hopefully things get moving next week
 
BorgiaGinz [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:55:37 PM  

Cythraul: LucasLuminaro: Well I expected last of us and got broke back mountain. I guess it was an episode of a show.

If you can't watch this episode and get past the gayness and realize that it's a message about hope and humanity, then you're just a homophobic piece of shiat.


THIS. Love is love is love in all its shapes.
 
LucasLuminaro
2023-01-29 10:58:52 PM  

Cythraul: LucasLuminaro: Well I expected last of us and got broke back mountain. I guess it was an episode of a show.

If you can't watch this episode and get past the gayness and realize that it's a message about hope and humanity, then you're just a homophobic piece of shiat.


In absolutely no way am I homophone.  I celebrate gay pride.  Don't let the idea of someone not loving something you love make you so defensive that you're just to lash out at them.  I just wanted an action show.  It could have been a love story between a man and a woman and I still would have found it boring.
 
Cythraul
2023-01-29 11:05:40 PM  

LucasLuminaro: Cythraul: LucasLuminaro: Well I expected last of us and got broke back mountain. I guess it was an episode of a show.

If you can't watch this episode and get past the gayness and realize that it's a message about hope and humanity, then you're just a homophobic piece of shiat.

In absolutely no way am I homophone.  I celebrate gay pride.  Don't let the idea of someone not loving something you love make you so defensive that you're just to lash out at them.  I just wanted an action show.  It could have been a love story between a man and a woman and I still would have found it boring.


You're watching the wrong show.  If you expect The Last of Us to be an endless stream of fungal-zombie suspense, you may be disappointed.   Although I never played the games, those who have told me there's a much deeper message to the narrative.

And your 'brokeback mountain' comment makes me suspicious of your 'support.'  Every straight person in the universe who's uncomfortable with displays of male to male homosexuality almost *always* brings up that movie in a mocking comparison.
 
BorgiaGinz [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 11:11:56 PM  
This show has the same issue that annoyed me about The Walking Dead-adults who won't teach a teenager about firearms in the post-apocalyptic world.  It's stupid to want to keep them defenseless when danger lurks in every turn of the road.
 
LucasLuminaro
2023-01-29 11:12:24 PM  
I don't care if you're suspicious of me.  You don't know me and I don't know you.  If I were a homophobe I most certainly would never say I celebrate gay pride.

I didn't want a love story, especially considering it was the entire episode.  There's other shows I can watch if I'm in the mood for that genre. I was bored.
 
WhackingDay [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 11:12:41 PM  
Whole episode filled with dust. Definitely wasn't expecting that.
 
Cythraul
2023-01-29 11:15:31 PM  

BorgiaGinz: This show has the same issue that annoyed me about The Walking Dead-adults who won't teach a teenager about firearms in the post-apocalyptic world.  It's stupid to want to keep them defenseless when danger lurks in every turn of the road.


I was wondering about that too, but I thought Joel doesn't want her to have a weapon because he doesn't trust her.  Why the lack of trust?  Maybe he thinks she's too childish to weild a firearm?  She doesn't seem to take the range outside of the QZ very seriously at times.
 
Cythraul
2023-01-29 11:17:19 PM  

LucasLuminaro: I don't care if you're suspicious of me.  You don't know me and I don't know you.  If I were a homophobe I most certainly would never say I celebrate gay pride.

I didn't want a love story, especially considering it was the entire episode.  There's other shows I can watch if I'm in the mood for that genre. I was bored.


Sorry you were bored.  I thought the episode was a beautiful break from the near hopelessness of a post apocalyptic world.

Maybe the rest of the series will be more to your liking.
 
EvilElecBlanket
2023-01-29 11:17:25 PM  

BorgiaGinz: This show has the same issue that annoyed me about The Walking Dead-adults who won't teach a teenager about firearms in the post-apocalyptic world.  It's stupid to want to keep them defenseless when danger lurks in every turn of the road.


And getting rid of the rifle because it was almost out of bullets was brilliant, too...
 
LucasLuminaro
2023-01-29 11:19:44 PM  
It is possible I'm expecting something that isn't the reality of the series.  I've never played the game.  The first two episodes sent me down a road and this one felt almost like a different show to me.
 
WhackingDay [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 11:26:52 PM  

EvilElecBlanket: BorgiaGinz: This show has the same issue that annoyed me about The Walking Dead-adults who won't teach a teenager about firearms in the post-apocalyptic world.  It's stupid to want to keep them defenseless when danger lurks in every turn of the road.

And getting rid of the rifle because it was almost out of bullets was brilliant, too...


Why lug around something you can't use and may never be able to use? In the story it's 20 years after the end, there's no more ammo to be found. You could only maybe get some from FEDRA guys.

Joel isn't a prepper, he's living as best as he can. If the tool is useless, he's leaving it behind.
 
Severaux
2023-01-29 11:30:27 PM  
My only disappointment about the episode is we were robbed of Bill and Ellie interactions.

Which are some of the funnest in the game, if only for the fact she is entirely indifferent to Bill's worldview.
 
Eddie Barzoom
2023-01-29 11:49:57 PM  
Nice to see Tess again, if only for a short while.
 
winedrinkingman
2023-01-29 11:59:57 PM  

Cythraul: BorgiaGinz: This show has the same issue that annoyed me about The Walking Dead-adults who won't teach a teenager about firearms in the post-apocalyptic world.  It's stupid to want to keep them defenseless when danger lurks in every turn of the road.

I was wondering about that too, but I thought Joel doesn't want her to have a weapon because he doesn't trust her.  Why the lack of trust?  Maybe he thinks she's too childish to weild a firearm?  She doesn't seem to take the range outside of the QZ very seriously at times.


Keep in mind these fungus zombies hunt by noise, so if she panics and fires her gun at the wrong time, when a quieter option was on hand, they get swarmed.
 
Shakes999
2023-01-30 12:05:19 AM  

Cythraul: LucasLuminaro: I don't care if you're suspicious of me.  You don't know me and I don't know you.  If I were a homophobe I most certainly would never say I celebrate gay pride.

I didn't want a love story, especially considering it was the entire episode.  There's other shows I can watch if I'm in the mood for that genre. I was bored.

Sorry you were bored.  I thought the episode was a beautiful break from the near hopelessness of a post apocalyptic world.

Maybe the rest of the series will be more to your liking.


Nah it was incredible. Never played the game but it was awesome beginning to end. Absolutely wasn't what I expected and was beautifully done.

I know enough about the game to know it's about relationships first. Infected second. Like The Walking Dead. Except good.
 
BorgiaGinz [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 12:12:48 AM  

winedrinkingman: Cythraul: BorgiaGinz: This show has the same issue that annoyed me about The Walking Dead-adults who won't teach a teenager about firearms in the post-apocalyptic world.  It's stupid to want to keep them defenseless when danger lurks in every turn of the road.

I was wondering about that too, but I thought Joel doesn't want her to have a weapon because he doesn't trust her.  Why the lack of trust?  Maybe he thinks she's too childish to weild a firearm?  She doesn't seem to take the range outside of the QZ very seriously at times.

Keep in mind these fungus zombies hunt by noise, so if she panics and fires her gun at the wrong time, when a quieter option was on hand, they get swarmed.


A fair point, and the scarcity of ammunition is another, but you really don't want to do hand to hand with the infected. At least teach Ellie to use a machete or some other weapon.
 
zobear
2023-01-30 12:20:46 AM  
10 miles west of Boston, Canada?

:)
 
Befuddled
2023-01-30 12:21:47 AM  
I get why Joel doesn't want to let Ellie be armed but why does Joel not want to arm himself more than he does? A rifle would be almost a requirement in the apocalypse.
 
thisisyourbrainonFark
2023-01-30 12:30:26 AM  
Damn, that was a gut punch of an episode. Phenomenal performances by Bartlett and Offerman. That booby trap involving band saws (?) was bad ass as well.
 
thisisyourbrainonFark
2023-01-30 12:39:29 AM  

Befuddled: I get why Joel doesn't want to let Ellie be armed but why does Joel not want to arm himself more than he does? A rifle would be almost a requirement in the apocalypse.


I think he said something about there being little ammo left in the outside world, which I took to mean a rifle is more cumbersome than useful. Shrug.
 
I Like Bread
2023-01-30 12:54:40 AM  
Ten bucks says Bill wakes up next week from an insufficient dose, assesses what happened from all his stuff missing and tracks Joel down.
 
I Like Bread
2023-01-30 12:55:55 AM  
Also: I really liked this episode. Bill got a much better character treatment than in the game, which amounted to "LOL HE READS TEH GAY PORN".
 
Daedalus27
2023-01-30 1:44:12 AM  
A hell of an episode giving the game players a big old piece of backstory and showing us more how things ended and transitioned to the present time.  Maybe it wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but I think it hit all the buttons and things got dusty at least for me.  I like how the show is pacing things and I appreciate the decision on how to structure the show with a little Joel/Ellie at the beginning and end.

If we want to get all realistic, it was a heck of a chance to give Ellie a lesson with firearms and some live fire practice as certainly Bill had more ammunition than they could carry.  While Joel may not trust her with a gun, teaching her how to use one when it may become necessary is probably a missed opportunity.  Setting aside the preserved battery, the likelihood of useable fuel at this stage in the apocalypse is minimal and it would be really impractical to drive anywhere due to the blocked roads and destroyed infrastructure even staying on backroads. We will see how the story handles that next week as it looks like the action will be picking up requiring some stealth skills in a eastern/midwestern city.
 
Cythraul
2023-01-30 2:07:48 AM  

I Like Bread: Ten bucks says Bill wakes up next week from an insufficient dose, assesses what happened from all his stuff missing and tracks Joel down.


I was hoping for the same.  But no, I think he's dead.  It diminishes the message behind that episode if Bill accidentally survives.  And I also think the writers wanted to differentiate this series from the game, but not unnecessarily.

Mixed feelings about that.  As I said above, I like me some Offerman.
 
Ghost Roach [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 2:59:17 AM  

Cythraul: I Like Bread: Ten bucks says Bill wakes up next week from an insufficient dose, assesses what happened from all his stuff missing and tracks Joel down.

I was hoping for the same.  But no, I think he's dead.  It diminishes the message behind that episode if Bill accidentally survives.  And I also think the writers wanted to differentiate this series from the game, but not unnecessarily.

Mixed feelings about that.  As I said above, I like me some Offerman.


I mean, the dried flowers and moldy last supper did a great job of showing that their plan worked as intended.

/ugly-cried, and not ashamed to admit it
 
hervatski [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 3:05:56 AM  

LucasLuminaro: I don't care if you're suspicious of me.  You don't know me and I don't know you.  If I were a homophobe I most certainly would never say I celebrate gay pride.

I didn't want a love story, especially considering it was the entire episode.  There's other shows I can watch if I'm in the mood for that genre. I was bored.


Wtf
 
replacementcool
2023-01-30 3:23:36 AM  
I think the thing i like the most about the episode was how upset snowflakes will get about it.
 
Dr. DJ Duckhunt [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 4:29:41 AM  
My only regret is the missed opportunity of Ellie and Bill being assholes to each other. But this was an awesome episode. It feels like each episode will explore love in all it's forms (both good and bad) and the fallout of such. Knowing the plot of the game, it will be fascinating in this world they have created.
 
replacementcool
2023-01-30 4:34:40 AM  
"You can't keep driving people away, telling people the 9/11 was an inside job and the government are all nazis"
"THE GOVERNMENT ARE ALL NAZIS"
"YEAH NOW, THEY WEREN'T THEN"
 
Bungles
2023-01-30 4:36:51 AM  

LucasLuminaro: I don't care if you're suspicious of me.  You don't know me and I don't know you.  If I were a homophobe I most certainly would never say I celebrate gay pride.

I didn't want a love story, especially considering it was the entire episode.  There's other shows I can watch if I'm in the mood for that genre. I was bored.



Not to alarm you, but the entire core of the game is the love between a surrogate father and daughter. Not BOOM! zombies.
 
chascarrillo
2023-01-30 7:56:32 AM  

replacementcool: "You can't keep driving people away, telling people the 9/11 was an inside job and the government are all nazis"
"THE GOVERNMENT ARE ALL NAZIS"
"YEAH NOW, THEY WEREN'T THEN"


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Flincher
2023-01-30 9:04:12 AM  

Bungles: LucasLuminaro: I don't care if you're suspicious of me.  You don't know me and I don't know you.  If I were a homophobe I most certainly would never say I celebrate gay pride.

I didn't want a love story, especially considering it was the entire episode.  There's other shows I can watch if I'm in the mood for that genre. I was bored.


Not to alarm you, but the entire core of the game is the love between a surrogate father and daughter. Not BOOM! zombies.


I found nothing in that episode that was boring. It was a perfect slice of life between two characters that depended on each other in a post-apocalyptic world.

I hear rumor that Troy Baker will portray a certain character that meets Ellie near the end of this season. That's going to be a farked up episode.
 
STRYPERSWINE
2023-01-30 9:13:08 AM  
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I wasn't expecting to be emotionally devastated by the best love story ever portrayed on television in an episode of Last of Us (with Nick Offerman, no less), but here we are.
 
Subtonic
2023-01-30 9:17:38 AM  

chascarrillo: replacementcool: "You can't keep driving people away, telling people the 9/11 was an inside job and the government are all nazis"
"THE GOVERNMENT ARE ALL NAZIS"
"YEAH NOW, THEY WEREN'T THEN"

[Fark user image 600x400]


Hey, they might have been greedy authoritarian monsters, but they weren't out and out nazis!
 
some_beer_drinker
2023-01-30 9:39:16 AM  
moving
 
LucasLuminaro
2023-01-30 10:05:18 AM  

Bungles: LucasLuminaro: I don't care if you're suspicious of me.  You don't know me and I don't know you.  If I were a homophobe I most certainly would never say I celebrate gay pride.

I didn't want a love story, especially considering it was the entire episode.  There's other shows I can watch if I'm in the mood for that genre. I was bored.


Not to alarm you, but the entire core of the game is the love between a surrogate father and daughter. Not BOOM! zombies.


I never played the game so I was just going by what the first two episodes gave me.
 
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