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S1E2
Infected
The Last of Us · 2023-01-22 · 53 min
FLICKFEEL
76
from 34 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
In 2003, an Indonesian scientist makes a devastating discovery. In 2023, now outside of the quarantine zone, Joel and Tess clash over Ellie's fate as they navigate a long-abandoned Boston overrun with Infected.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
36
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
64
how much it moved you
Read from 34 comments — 22 said when.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Early on it was tender and painful at the same time, which is the state people mean by being moved. Very little of it ever resolves.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
openingending
➖ steady — holds one level all the way
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
Reddit24 read
“what an amazing sequence in the museum”
SerDire▲ 2,520about 33–66% inread it ↗
“I got goosebumps from the way that line was delivered”
get_outta_mah_swamp▲ 2,040about 0–100% inread it ↗
“That cold open was absolutely brutal”
Sklain▲ 1,907about 0–15% inread it ↗
“building to the clicker encounter and it was masterfully done.”
rp_361▲ 1,665about 50–75% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Neil Druckmann
- written
- Craig Mazin
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Anna Torv as Tess
Christine Hakim as Dr. Ratna Pertiwi
Yayu Unru as Lt. Gen. Agus Hidayat
Sharon Crandall as Lab Worker
Philip Prajoux as Infected Kissing Man
Olivier Ross-Parent as Museum Clicker
Samuel Hoeksema as Museum Clicker