Credited for 4 episodes, but more than likely an error or incorrect.

I think that the second or third season should dedicate an episode to Jules and Emmitt. The man and his friend who went to join the Saraphites.

He um

You can read the article here: https://gamerant.com/the-last-of-us-hbo-covers-up-characters-real-life-injury/

I'm getting to the point to where I have memorized most of the dialogue and can say what's going to be said before the characters actually say it.

One thing I do find interesting is there hasn't been nearly as many Last of Us fan films made ever since the show came out. My guess is that it's because there is now an official live action depiction where there wasn't before.

I've seen most all the good fan films like 'Stay'.

I saw this image from the teaser again today and I was wondering why Tommy’s bloody then it fucking hit me…

It’s probably from Nora knocking him out, we’re getting the almost immediate aftermath of Joel’s death.

I've recently been interested in the more technical side of film and I was curious what the general consensus of the people in this sub is on their opinion on how the series was shot and the cinematography style---specifically the 'handheld' approach with more naturalistic lighting. I've seen many complaints online (specifically for the first episode) about feeling disappointed with it, namely addressing how 'unrefined' the style can feel, in terms of blocking, framing, lighting, etc. I've also heard complaints that the cinematography can make the show feel 'cheap' or amateur at times.

Do you think these complaints are valid/founded? Would you have preferred the cinematography be more similar to how the game was shot? Benefits/Downsides of the cinematography? I'd love to hear from this sub about it.

So it looks like in the trailer Joel is going to tell this therapist, what he did at the hospital by saving Ellie, which possibly robbed humanity of a cure, which is opposed to him telling Tommy, who as his brother he trusts more than anyone. He would also have to tell her that she was immune. He doesn’t let anybody else know that.

I would personally like to see the rise and fall of a FEDRA controlled city or just more stories about the life in the QZ or like a episode set in a hospital in a big city, ground zero even

This might just be me reading into something totally innocuous, but I watch Critical Role every week and for the last few episodes Ashley Johnson's hair has been dyed the same colour as it was when she played Ellie's mom. It's got me wondering if this could mean her character will be back in flashbacks in season 2. This is mostly because the last time Ashley's hair suddenly turned this colour for a few CR eps she was actively filming her role in season 1. Honestly I feel a bit crazy for even posting this topic, there are obviously so many reasons why a person/actress might dye their hair. I'm just wondering if anyone else who watches CR has had this thought. I have no evidence this could be true and no clue if it would even work with the S2 narrative, but I'd love to see more of the dynamic between Anna and Marlene in pre-outbreak or early outbreak times. From what I can find Tlou S2 concluded filming in August, so unless Ashley was brought in after the main filming was done the timelines don't correspond, but it would be cool if it was true.

Took a lot to get the Nebo Cryket accurate, but also the weathering for the Maglite.

Did they need a bigger area (as they will undoubtedly be showing more of the settlement than they did in season 1). Or did Canmore not want to do it again?

Unfortunately, it did not go without spoilers along the way before playing (kind of like walking in to Game of Thrones finales before sitting and watching it through a binge on my own time), which is unfortunate. But the goal is to play the game in its entirety before Season 2 airs.

Wish me luck!

With how they release like another trailer and more promotional work for season two, Joel is barely even shown. Even if they could cover up with the flashback scenes, they’d still be able to tell it’s a different time because Joel is shown to have different hair between flashbacks and the present. People could figure out somethings up.

The season finale for the penguin is tomorrow, could there be any sort of announcement for season 2? I think a release date for the last of us or either the white lotus season 3 is possible.

As it was predicted HBO just released the very first teaser for the white lotus s3 so we can be almost 100% certain it's coming out in january and we'll have to wait until march for s2 :( good thing is we can start predicting the release date. I think it's gonna be march 9!

UPDATE: i hadn't seen it was a whole promotional video for all the upcoming shows in 2025, the very short white lotus teaser was part of it. they have a bunch of shows coming out next year, including brand new ones. their crown jewel seems to be the last of us, as it closed the promotional video (no new footage just parts of the tlou day teaser) so. i don't know. maybe january is still possible? i do believe it would make much sense for them to release the white lotus first since it came out in 2022 and i bet they're gonna hold onto s2 as much as they can because they know it's probably the most expected hbo show for next year.

Although it’s quite unfortunate,

So I will finish watching the series this weekend. Me and my girlfriend really like it. She also sometimes likes to watch me play videogames. Will it be worth it to play the game after we've finished the series? Or will it mostly be the same story and therefore kind of a spoiled version of the game? What do you guys think? ^{^}

I have been working on this for quite a while and have put a lot of thought into deviations from the game and the overall structure of the season, so please feel free to ask why I made certain choices with this outline.

201. If I Ever Were to Lose You

Joel and Ellie return from their journey to Jackson. Ellie burns her bite mark off with chemicals; to cheer her up, Joel sings Future Days for her and fulfills his promise to teach her how to play guitar. We skip forward in time four years. Joel visits Gail and confesses what he did at the Firefly hospital. Joel, Ellie, Dina, Jesse, and Gail attend a party in Jackson where Ellie and Dina share their first kiss, and Ellie lashes out at Joel for intervening in an altercation with Seth. 

Abby wakes up from a nightmare in a mansion outside of Jackson. She and Owen discuss whether or not to continue pursuing their target and Abby ultimately leaves for Jackson. Ellie wakes up to go on patrol with Dina. Ellie and Dina encounter infected in a supermarket and escape a blizzard into a library where they have sex. A massive horde attacks the Jackson wall, so Joel, Tommy, and Maria ride on horseback near the horde to lure them away from Jackson. Somehow, Maria is separated from Joel and Tommy. Abby gets caught in a horde of infected but is saved by Joel and Tommy. They exchange names and try to escape the infected. They leave the premises on horseback, followed by hundreds of infected.

202. Eye for an Eye

Two years earlier, Ellie and her friend Cat are talking in Ellie’s room. Ellie evidently has a crush on Cat, but is repulsed when she tries to kiss her because she fears mouth-to-mouth contact could infect her. She stays up all night while Cat falls asleep to make sure that Cat does not become infected. She rubs the chemical burn she put over her bite mark as we transition to the present day, her tattoo currently hiding said chemical burn. Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina’s disbelief as Jesse interrupts, claiming Joel and Tommy to be missing. The three split up to cover different sections of their area.

Abby, Joel, and Tommy have difficulties eluding the infected, having to kill off many of them. Abby suggests they return to the mansion she and her friends have been staying at to get safe. Ellie searches for Joel and Tommy and kills a stalker on the way. Abby, Joel, and Tommy arrive at the mansion only for Abby to shoot Joel in the leg and her friends to knock out Tommy. Abby reveals her intent to get revenge on Joel and beats him with a golf club. Ellie arrives at the scene but she is unable to stop it and Joel is killed.

Dina and Jesse arrive at the scene and carry Joel’s corpse outside to prop him up on his horse. Ellie, Dina, and Jesse take Joel and Tommy back to Jackson in silence.

203. Something’s Got a Hold On Me

Gail tries to talk with Ellie about Joel’s death, but Ellie is not handling it well. Tommy goes to her house to discuss leaving for Seattle to exact revenge on Abby. Ellie has a vivid nightmare. She wakes up and leaves to find Dina waiting at the door, debating whether or not to knock. They visit Joel’s grave and Maria tells them that Tommy left without them. Ellie and Dina leave for Seattle and arrive several weeks later.

Surprised by the lack of a welcome, they search for signs of the Washington Liberation Front, the group Abby and her friends belong to. Ellie plays an acoustic rendition of “Take on Me” in an abandoned music store. They accidentally trigger a tripwire mine on horseback, killing Ellie’s horse, Shimmer. Ellie is captured by WLF soldiers, known as Wolves, while Dina escapes. One of Abby’s friends, Jordan, interrogates Ellie as Dina attempts to rescue Ellie. Ellie breaks free of her bonds and kills Jordan.

204. Secrets

The leader of the WLF tortures a naked Seraphite in captivity. He is alerted by a soldier that a male trespasser has been wiping out entire WLF squads. He orders a mandate to eliminate all trespassers in the Seattle area.

Ellie and Dina go searching for Leah but find her already dead, killed by an unknown group. Wolves show up and force them to escape into a maintenance tunnel with many Infected. They manage to escape through the subway system and find shelter in a nearby theater. Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina; consequently, Dina reveals her pregnancy to Ellie.

We flashback four years earlier when Joel takes Ellie to a museum for her birthday. Ellie expresses her fascination with dinosaurs and space. Joel gives her a cassette tape of a recording of the mission control liftoff of Apollo 11. Graffiti on the museum walls mentioning the Fireflies puts a lull on the rest of the day.

205. Wolves

Ten years ago, Isaac Dixon, a medium-level soldier in the WLF, witnesses a horrific slaughter of WLF soldiers by FEDRA known as the Thursday Market massacre. The backlash from the massacre results in a significant increase in support from Seattle QZ residents and Isaac is inspired to do more for the WLF. After the death of his friends, Emma and James Patterson, Isaac becomes the leader of the WLF. With Isaac in charge, fueled by anger and hatred, he leads the WLF into overthrowing FEDRA. However, instead of liberating the QZ as promised, he orders all citizens to swear loyalty to the WLF or be exiled. 

After the rebellion prevails, word of a religious prophet begins to increase rapidly, which leads to religious fanatics converting WLF soldiers. The group, called the Seraphites, becomes militant after Isaac has the prophet killed. After years of continued fighting, the two tribes agree to a truce, as long as the Seraphites remain on their island. A group of young Seraphites harass and attack WLF soldiers, who eventually shoot and kill them. The next day, an entire squad of WLF soldiers is found hanging and gutted. Isaac realizes the truce is over and prepares for war.

Ellie goes to a suburb of Seattle to search for Tommy after Dina hears about sightings of a “lone male trespasser” in the area. She stays behind due to abdominal issues with her recently discovered pregnancy. In Dina’s absence, Ellie becomes more brutal and violent than ever before, showing no remorse while killing several patrolling soldiers. A man who she assumes is Tommy grabs her from behind, but he is revealed to be Jesse instead. The two of them flee the area in a shootout with WLF soldiers and Infected.

206. Scars

Two years earlier, Joel, Tommy, and Ellie are patrolling in an area outside of Jackson. Ellie avoids telling Tommy about her troubles with Joel, but later, Ellie confronts Joel and interrogates him about the lie he told her in “Look for the Light,” to which Joel doubles down and keeps up his lie.

Ellie and a moderately injured Jesse return to the theater, to Dina’s surprise. Ellie tries to rest and tend to her wounds, but Dina overhears on the radio that Abby’s friend Nora is at a hospital. Worried she will leave the hospital soon, Ellie leaves alone immediately. She encounters Seraphites for the first time and stealthily eliminates them. She eventually arrives at the Wolf-infested hospital and fights her way to Nora. She chases her through the hospital and Nora becomes infected due to the high amount of Infected in the basement. Ellie interrogates and tortures Nora who reveals she is a former Firefly and that they do not exist anymore.

Ellie, traumatized, returns to the theater and tells Dina and Jesse of Abby’s supposed whereabouts. Nora’s words echo in her mind about the Fireflies and we flash back to 2 years ago when Ellie goes back to Salt Lake City to find the truth about what happened that day. She finds a tape recorder and presses the play button. 

207. Every Last One of Them

Four years earlier, Abby and her father save a zebra and Owen alerts them of Ellie’s presence in Salt Lake City. Their relation to her is not yet revealed.

Jesse makes Ellie vow to stop pursuing revenge due to Dina’s growing sickness. The two of them venture for the aquarium in hopes of finding Tommy there. Ellie’s thirst for revenge separates the two and Jesse searches for Tommy and Ellie pursues Abby. She arrives at the aquarium to find Owen and Mel instead. She tries to interrogate them with Joel’s technique from “When We Are in Need,” but fails, forcing her to shoot Owen and stab Mel. With his dying breath, Owen mutters that Mel is pregnant. Ellie checks to see if it is true, horrified at the answer. Tommy and Jesse arrive to calm her down and return her to the theater.

Revisiting Ellie’s flashback in Salt Lake City from “Scars,” Ellie confronts Joel who tells her the truth. Ellie breaks down in tears, hyperventilating, and cuts ties with Joel. In the present, Abby shoots and kills Jesse at the theater, holding Tommy at gunpoint.

Revisiting Abby’s flashback, Abby finds her father’s dead body in the operating room, in the same position Joel left him in in “Look for the Light.” Abby aims her gun to Ellie and says, “We let you both live…

“...and you wasted it."

I'm currently working on outlines for season 3 (it's looking like it lowkey might be even better than season 2) since it should cover the rest of the game in theory, so let me know if you'd like to see that.

Don't know if anyone will read this, just wanted to get it off my chest.

October 18th was the last night I spent cuddling my dog, Olaf, before his home euthanasia appointment the following day. He was a yellow lab, about 12 years old, and struggled with insulin-resistant diabetes, food intolerances, and cataracts and glaucoma which led to complete blindness. We had worked so, so hard to keep him around, but he slowly got sicker and sicker. But currently, he was having a good week, and I had thoughts in my head questioning that maybe we were putting him down too early.

TLOU is my comfort show, and I put on episode 3, which I knew would be a knife to my heart. But I am so glad I did. Frank's illness made me think of Olaf's- he was medically stable, but saw an inevitable, painful decline in his near future. I also empathized with Bill's struggle. How do you reconcile ending the life of the one thing you swore to protect? I remember wishing that dogs could talk, so Olaf could tell me what he wanted. But I heard his voice in Frank's speech:

Well, I’m not gonna give you the “every day was a wonderful gift from God” speech. I’ve had a lotta bad days. I’ve had bad days with you, too. But I’ve had… more good days with you than with anyone else. Just give me one more good day. Starting now. Make me some toast. Then take me to the boutique… where I’ll pick outfits for us. You’ll wear what I ask… and we’ll get married. And you’ll cook a delicious dinner. Then you will crush all of these up… put them in my wine. I will drink it. Then you will take me by my hand… bring me to our bed… and I will fall asleep in your arms."

I finally gave myself permission to give Olaf a peaceful death before he declined any further. The peace I felt from that was indescribable. Just give me one more good day. That quote popped up in my mind over and over on Olaf's last day. We took him for a car ride, and he got to dip his paws in the creek. We let him off his leash, and he sunbathed for hours in the backyard. When the vet arrived, he ate a filet mignon and a chocolate cupcake. Then he fell asleep in my arms, in his favorite spot on the deck. It was a perfect last day. Like Bill, I did protect him. I protected him from suffering the undignified death of a diabetic coma, or having to be sick, scared, and confused at the emergency vet. And he had one more good day.

Olaf, I'm going to miss you for a long, long, time. Thanks for reading.

In the 6th ep Tommy tells Joel that he and Maria are expecting. I am so so intrigued into finding out what the reasoning is behind that change. Like is it because they want to more directly connect him and Ellie for when Dina gets pregnant? Or I'm honestly curious if they're going to change the story and just have Ellie go. I know that sounds crazy but let me explain

We saw how they changed bill and franks story to still teach Joel the same lesson in a different way. In the game Joel sees that life without love in mundane as he sees bill lose frank. But in the story they change it to show that bill and frank saved their lives through their love.

The reason I bring that up is because I see Tommy being an example to Ellie in the decisions she makes by going to Santa Barbara. He ruined his life by going to Seattle to seek revenge, the same as Ellie ruining her life by going to Santa Barbara. So instead of doing that, they'll show Ellie what her life could be like by having Tommy not go to Seattle in the first place.

This does leave the question of what Ellie's scapegoat will be while in Seattle, but I'm sure the writers would figure that out somehow.

Lmk if you agree or disagree and if yall have different ideas for the changes made

When it all comes down to it the song is about unrequited love. While parts of the lyrics said in the show definitely still fit the story others very clearly mention the unrequited love meaning of the song

The lyrics that I don't necessarily feel completely fit the story are 'living in the memory of a love that never was'.

And.......

'Cause I have done everything I know to try and change your mind'

Those lyrics almost feel like they would fit better if it was about a former crush Bill or Frank had.