The Last of Us EP3 (No spoilers)

[vercetti2021]

That episode had no reason to make me cry that much. My momma looking at me like I'm odd because I'm sobbing. I ruined my make up but lol it was beautiful. I'm glad those who played the game are getting a totally new story out of some characters.

Thoughts?

[oregonjen]

1. It was really moving

Not knowing the game, but watching with my daughter who does, after watching this episode, she explained what she knew of the game and the differences.
Not wanting to spoil anything, I can’t write more than it was really really good and very beautiful.

[TDale313]

2. I loved it.

And yes, I teared up. A lot. But it was also beautiful and life affirming. And I actually really liked how they handled this as opposed to how they handled these two characters in the game. I am really impressed with this adaptation.

[LonePirate]

3. A phenomenal hour of television without a doubt.

I had read reviews of the series that critics had written before I watched the first episode; and many of the reviews singled out this third episode as being truly special. They were right. A new angle to surviving an apocalypse was shown to us tonight and it was amazing.

[Duncan Grant]

4. One of the most believable depictions of a relationships of this type.

No spoilers - so I won’t say anything more. The world where this all takes place is unbelievable but — I believe a relationship like that could exist. There was some truth there.

[Ananda62]

5. I thought it was beautiful too

I’m not a gamer and only know about TLOU game through my son. However, I am a 61 yr old female who experienced the loss of many people I loved, including my late fiancé. This episode hurt.

[Eko]

6. Wow, that was way good.

I may not be able to understand the attraction but I can understand the love, devotion and sheer awesomeness those two felt for each other. That episode surprised and pleased the hell out of me. Bravo.
Eko.

[albacore]

7. The haters will be screaming like wounded elk. Good. Fuck 'em! nt

[LessAspin]

8. ***Spoilers***

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

"The Last of Us" may have had its "Stranger Things" moment early, in the third episode of its initial season. The bump that the Netflix show gave to a song, Kate Bush's classic "Running Up That Hill (Deal with God)," which played for quite a long time during a pivotal moment for the characters, was echoed by HBO's new zombie series. The song in "The Last of Us" was Linda Ronstadt's 1970 hit "Long, Long Time" and it was less of a moment and more a whole episode keyed around the ballad. Titled after the song, the bottle episode introduces the characters of Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett), their love story, its beginning and its end.

It remains to be seen whether the emotional episode will do for Ronstadt what "Stranger Things" did for Bush (and to a lesser extent, Metallica, whose banger "Master of Puppets" also played during a climactic moment), but searches for Ronstadt skyrocketed after the episode aired. Her name trended on Twitter, and U.S. streams of the song increased by a stunning 4,900% in one hour alone, according to Spotify.

What's the song, why was this one chosen for the show and what happened to Ronstadt, often called the "First Lady of Rock"?

From "Stranger Things" to TikTok: Kate Bush speaks to lonely kids. Here's why
Born into an Arizona ranching family, Ronstadt became the lead singer of a folk-rock group, the Stone Poneys, in the 1960s. Her first album as a solo artist, 1969's "Hand Sewn . . . Hand Grown" is commonly referred to as the first alt-country release by a woman artist. She released her second album only a year later. That album, "Silk Purse" contains the track used by "The Last of Us."

"Long, Long Time" was a song Ronstadt allegedly had to persuade her record company to include...

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Aristus]

9. The most astonishingly beautiful and moving episode of television since "Two Cathedrals",

the Season 2 closer of The West Wing.

Mrs. Aristus cried at the end. I didn't. But later, when I was reading a review of the episode out loud to her, I did. A powerful yet reassuring dream of domestic bliss in a world gone mad.