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The Last of Us 2x06 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Ryan

Goddammit, you can't just throw a surprise Lalo at me! Let me prepare myself a little. The games never went into Joel's childhood, so I was hooked on where this could be going from the start, and it pulls a perfect swerve from what you're expecting once they start talking about their father beating them up. All anchored by the perfect casting of Tony Dalton, who I'd never considered as having a resemblance with Pedro, but the second he came onscreen it clicked and felt like it could never be any other way. No matter how much you tried to prepare yourself for the emotion of this one, it was going to get you. Joel may not have gotten around to making Ellie a beskar shirt, but he's still unmatched in birthday planning. Druckmann has said after the noise of last week that he was fully aware this Pearl Jam song wouldn't exist with the outbreak moved back to 2003, but it's just so essential to his story that they kept it in anyway, and the more you listen to those lyrics it's impossible to not see his point. I don't even really like the band, and this one gets me every time. And even more like we saw with Bella, Pedro being kind of a crap singer just adds to the tone. The museum is one of the most beloved parts of the game, and it really says something that Druckmann took the directing job himself, clearly knowing how important it was to get right. In the aftershow he talks about how emotional he got seeing how exactly this set had been recreated, and I also really gravitated to it because this kind of thing is wrapped up in one of my own most cherished childhood bonding moments. My mother is a huge NASA nut, and for my first decade I had a hard time relating to that since I'd always just known it as a thing that was long finished. And then Apollo 13 came out, and during our whole viewing she kept adding tidbits she knew about what we were seeing, plus her own memories of when it happened, and I became a zoom into Frank Reynolds saying "I get it." And of course I was also as hugely into dinosaurs as any other kid, so a couple years before I'd given a full commentary to both my parents through Jurassic Park, so this scene is like a magical combination of those memories. I very much appreciate the show not pretending a Texas good ol' boy who hasn't thought about the issue since the early 2000s would be the most enlightened about gay people (now I kind of wonder what he thought Bill and Frank were getting up to). I just always refer to the infamous "husband" line from Spider-Man, which as someone who was in high school at the time I can confirm really is how we all talked. But then he puts in some serious thinking, which is just a fancy word for changing your mind, which gets him to the point where he'll jump to defend her from a homophobic jerk, and then give his full blessing. Plus Bella putting such real venom behind the line "It wasn't a fucking experiment," something I imagine they've had to say a few times in real life. Joe Pantoliano's casting was openly revealed when the season's production started, and I've always known he was a great actor, but it still caught me off guard just how great he is here. Turns out Joel's the real person who should have a photo labeled "Don't believe his lies." And bless Druckmann for having the confidence to just hold on his face for an extended silent shot, letting him go through all those emotions and letting us know the exact moment he does indeed see Gail. Speaking of, after Beetlejuice Beetlejuice I saw quite a few comments saying Catherine's performance felt more Moira Rose than Delia, wondering if she's now just stuck like that after playing the role for so long, but this fully puts those fears to rest. That finale is the most curious of all to game players, since it comes at the very end of the game where your response to it is informed by quite a few things that blind viewers have no idea about yet. I'll be very curious to see what this means for how all that is portrayed, though it seems I'll have to wait a couple years to get to it. But for now, it certainly adds a whole new level to Ellie's monstrous rage that her chance to grow past this was taken away and now she's just stuck with all those bad feelings forever. It wasn't long ago that I mentioned my list of the greatest TV episodes I've ever seen, and now The Last of Us is officially the first show to have two entries on it. That is some quality stuff.

Thomas Corp
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Yeah, the surprise Lalo was a hell of a jolt. When he appeared, it was very hard to contain the feelings of being on edge that Gus went through with Lalo, not to mention the pure rage for what Lalo did on that show in the last season. Figured the scene was new to the show, and it provides a great window into who Joel is. Would not have thought of Tony as Pedro’s dad either, but it worked. Alas, no beskar shirt, though Joel does have some damn good birthday planning. I did hear the statement made about the Pearl Jam, which was basically my thought when hearing that with this timeline, realistically it shouldn’t even exist. That thing of yes, it shouldn’t exist, but it’s that integral to the game and story that you can’t cut it. Pedro not being a singer does add to the scene. I’ve been hearing a lot of comments about the museum scene from the game. I’ve been avoiding the aftershow segments, but it’s nice to hear that Druckmann had the response that he had upon seeing the set. That’s also nice to hear the combination of the Jurassic Park with your mom’s NASA love. My mom’s got a similar thing. She is a retired science teacher with just under forty years of teaching experience. And yeah, she’s got her love for that, the knowledge, memories of when certain events happened. She adores the film Apollo 13, her favorite parts being with Gary Sinise and especially Ed Harris as Gene Kranz. The Frank Reynolds thing I understand. My brother had that when he finally saw the first season of this show in March, especially the Long, Long Time episode. He kept hearing about it, heard me rave about how it makes you sob. He finally got to the experience. Shared appreciation with the realism of a Texan man of Joel’s age wouldn’t have been terribly enlightened about the LGBTQ+ community. I could see him thinking either Bill and Frank were just partners in the non-romantic sense, or if he thought that there was more to it, maybe he was focused more on their survival skills to give much thought to it. My brother was in high school then too, I was in middle school, and yes, that was how most everyone talked like that line in Spider-Man, which that line’s comparatively tame compared to some things you heard way back when, though certainly that line wouldn’t fly today. Joel does man up and follow the Twelfth Doctor wisdom and has that sort of arc like how Geum-ja has in Squid Game. Bella pouring the venom into the experiment line, yeah, I believe that that’s something Bella’s had to say once or twice in real life. Bringing us to Eugene where it couldn’t be John Heard as he’s dead, nor can it be Jeffrey Jones as, well, you know. Wasn’t sure how widely circulated the casting of Joey Pants was. As I said, I happened upon it, and became excited, then scared once it became clear where we were headed. Yeah, even knowing how good Joey is, he still just hits you. Like I said, I broke. Joel has forgotten the advice to remember Sammy Jankis. The hold on Eugene’s face and how it shows Joey go through every emotion, gah, it’s both amazing and heartwrenching. Catherine felt like Delia. I never got the Moira vibe, though I’ve not seen that show. I’ll give a pass to younger viewers who that’s all they know Catherine from, but she felt like Delia in that movie. Catherine also broke me in that scene. Sort of knew the last big scene was coming as I’m fairly certain that I’ve seen the thumbnail for the game scene once or twice within the last two years. Plus, the fans yelled about what they thought was its absence. As you say, for now it provides the knowledge of Ellie had the beginnings of the hope that she could perhaps forgive Joel one day, make peace with what happened, and then Abby came along, and now the trap of the cycle of revenge was sprung. I feel that the Long, Long Time is still the best episode altogether, though yes, this one would be up there. I’d say at present, it’s about even with the Abby episode for my current pick for best of the season. This show is very, very good.

Saltire

Ok so Joel and Tommy went up in my estimation, having Tony effin Dalton(!!!) as their dad! Fantastic addition to here as we didn't get anything about this in the game; and we can see where Joel gets it from, the almost fearsome love and anger thats inside him, Tommy to an extent, his father and obviously his monstrous grandfather. And a great touch in that Joel's father has his watch! The look on Ellie's face as Joel plays her the song, is just pure love, and we can see that her radiance shines through, experiencing finally a bit of childhood she never had. The little jumper that Tommy's kid had on in episode one, with the dinosaurs I loved, as I wondered if they would do the museum section here in the show. Unfortunately it looked like they cut quite a bit of it out, and they even had the sets of the dinosaurs in the museum done too, which is a real shame; and is where that glorious easter egg of the fedora hat we see in Ellie's old room comes from, as they collected it in there in the game. Seeing the childlike wonder in Ellie's face as they enact the space sequence was overwhelming. And we see it calls back to the ending, as Ellie's space love clearly hints that she wanted to be someone of note, a pioneer, to be remembered. This would have happened had she been the Eve for humanity to rebuild it once more, but Joel took that from her. And her coming back down to Earth with a bang, as she sees the fireflies in the woods, reminding her of her doubts about what happened that day (and that simple little nod improves on the game section imo). The next chapter with the fallout between her, Cat and Joel shows her independent streak coming to the surface. Joel loves her with all his heart, but is smothering her, and though she loves him deeply too, she isn't his daughter and her acting up is the way of showing the wedge of Joel's lie cutting ever deeper into their relationship; and her doubts and anger with him are bubbling under the surface. The moth has multiple interpretations, some of which may surface later; but it being a symbol of death is very telling, considering Joel's actions, Ellie's feelings about her purpose, and the near breaking of their relationship. So the reworking of Ellie and Joel coming head to head about the hospital, is way different than in the game; and I think the inclusion of Eugene is a masterstroke to help show again that Joel is comfortable about lying - he's had to be over the years post-outbreak. Unfortunately Ellie then sees for herself that all her doubts about him are realised and she senses what must have went on at Salt Lake city. Her crying on the ride back to Jackson breaks my heart, and all these thoughts and emotions inside her rear their head (like we see with her and Nora last episode) as Joel lies - for the best of intentions - to Gail. And it breaks Ellie finally that she lashes out at him, and is then the way she is for the next nine months (two years in the game). I like how many of the shots here that we've seen before, are now taken from Joel's point of view and that pays off spectacularly in the game. I see you (writers and director) Neil and Halley, what you are doing again!! ;) Now, onto perhaps the most controversial - for some - scene at the end on the porch. The reason being, is that in the game, this is just about the last scene in it right at the very end, and here we aren't even halfway through the story yet. Why Neil moved this to now I feel is because they want to do something different for the ending of the story here in a few years, and people won't remember that it seemed Ellie and Joel neve spoke before the shit hit the fan. Personally, as a lover of the game, I'm fine with it, as I understand, I think, why they did this, and have faith in them to nail the eventual ending of the story in season 3 (or perhaps 4). So Ellie sets Joel right about being able to handle herself and not interfere so much with her life. Joel tries to bring Dina up, just to strike conversation, but Ellie is not here to talk about Dina, she wants her answers. And here I think again, this part does better than the game, as they have the talk here and Joel is far more open than game Joel who is still hurt, but resolute in his actions. Seeing all the layers of the lie break down is brilliantly acted by Pedro and Bella, and Ellie sees the true scope of his decision he took from her in that hospital. By "selfishly saving" her, so much murder was committed, when it should have been the start of humanity healing. Joel loved her too much and after Sarah however, he would have killed anything that stood in his way that day to get her out of there. And thats the tragedy of the situation, just desperate people acting desperately in what they think is right. And the cost to Joel for doing that, is almost too much for him to bear, as he thinks he has lost Ellie and brings up (brilliantly) his father's words to him relating that if Ellie becomes a parent herself, that she hopefully can do better than him. He will pay with his life also brutally the following day, which only adds to this tragedy, as Ellie never got that chance to forgive him for what he did, is guilty about it, and is why we now start to see her go off the deep end as a warped way to make it up to Joel. However for his part, her saying that she would like to try with him to mend their relationship, is enough; he would do it all over again for that, and will pay the price as Abby comes for him the following day. I didn't think I could feel the same emotions all over again, especially with some improvements to the game story; but my god this was a tour de force of an episode, as we head into the season finale. Wonderful.

Thomas Corp
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Knew you’d be excited to see Tony. Cannot not see Lalo whenever I see him, and with that the anger and inability to forgive what Lalo did in the last season. It also puts you in the shoes of Gus being on edge with him. Rather love how there’s no dialogue about the watch. Just the semi-close up of it, and it lets the audience make the connection. Wish I could have let the jubilation that Ellie had reach the old, blackened ticker of mine, alas, you knew the tears were coming, and that proved a hindrance. Hadn’t heard about there being more dinosaurs in the game. Wonder if the fedora’s meant to be so Ellie can act like she’s Sam Neill. At least Jess got to have a Betty appearance. Good comparison of Ellie’s love of space to that which Joel robbed her of. Love how once it pans over and shows the fireflies, you go, “Oh.”, and you get Ellie’s mood dropping the way it did. Ellie does have the rebellious phase in earnest. Like how Jess expressed worry about dragging the mattress outside whilst it was raining. The moth is indeed known as a symbol of death, alternatively, “The significance of the moth is change. Caterpillar into chrysalis or pupa, and, from thence, into beauty.”, as Hannibal Lecter said. (I swear that I’m not trying to keep referencing Hannibal Lecter, but this show keeps bringing it instantly to mind.) So, as mentioned in my own comment, I knew of Joe Pantoliano was going to appear as Eugene, then the heartbreak set in early when Gail mentioned about his death. Small favor done that there was no Bill and Frank style episode with Eugene and Gail, much though the acting from Joey and Catherine would have been great. I’ve been playing the waiting game for this show to rip my heart out for when we got to see Joey as Eugene, and the man’s still got it. The sorrows swam pretty good last night despite the best efforts to drown them. Anger was VERY strong toward Joel on this one. As you say, he’s very used to lying. It does demonstrate to Ellie that her suspicions are dead on the money. And Joel sticks with the lie because “It’s the right thing to do” as he “didn’t have a choice”. That great line in Sleepy Hollow, “Villainy wears many masks. None so dangerous as the mask of virtue.” As I said, Ellie spilling the beans is the most I’m just cheering her on since she hacked up David’s face. I also gave Gail the round of applause when she slapped Joel, followed by further sobbing as Catherine destroyed the emotions. Because fans were impatient bastards who were very vocal about being angry that the porch scene “didn’t happen” in the first episode, combined with at some point my seeing the thumbnail of the game scene, I knew the idea of this last scene was coming somewhere down the line. Curious how this will affect the ending. Joel is both open yet still closed when he finally shoots reasonably straight with Ellie. Yeah, you see how it hits Ellie the full weight of Joel’s selfishness, and what it more likely than not, robbed humanity of. And Joel insists that he did it because he loved Ellie, and I don’t doubt that he believes that as he’s probably been lying to himself about it. It’s Walter White saying, “What I do, I do for my FAMILY!”, on some level, that probably is not inaccurate, but it’s not the central reason why he did what he did. And it resulted in the clash of Joel and the fireflies, both lost in their respective ways, trapped in their misguided, well-intentioned though they may be, decisions that they committed to. And now the fallout of Joel’s intentions has now arrived to haunt him. He echoes his father’s words, where I argue against the part of hoping that Ellie can do a little better. No, do not do “a little better”, just do better. Failing that, the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest line, “But I tried, didn’t I? Goddamn it, at least I did that.” And less than twenty-four hours following the conversation, Abby has her revenge, denying Ellie the chance to forgive. Then again, Ellie still has the chance to forgive Joel. She still has that time. The only thing is that if she does, Joel is no longer alive to hear it. Until then, yes, she is diving deep into the dark abyss that gazes long into her. Joel hearing that Ellie would try was enough for Joel for then, and you can tell he tried to earn the right, which is why, along with the presumed subconscious guilt of failure to save Sarah, leads to him having his guard down with Abby. That and the situation there was dire enough that he didn’t have much time to think about certain things, and Abby did look and sound genuine enough. Been hearing that opinion, tour de force of an episode, the description is apt.