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S1E3
Long, Long Time
The Last of Us · 2023-01-29 · 77 min
FLICKFEEL
78
from 57 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
Doomsday prepper Bill prepares to ride out the apocalypse alone...until a mysterious stranger upends his plans. Years later, Joel and Ellie seek Bill's guidance – and find themselves at a crossroads.
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
58
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
83
how much it moved you
Read from 57 comments — 26 said when.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Around the middle 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
“Bill and Frank's last day got me choked up”
jsun31▲ 3,445about 80–100% inread it ↗
“When Frank said “and then we’re gonna get married” Jesus I just broke”
Dancing_Clean▲ 2,535about 50–60% inread it ↗
“The cut from the mass grave with the mother and baby to them in 2003 was heartbreaking.”
Cantomic66▲ 2,399about 0–10% inread it ↗
“The final shot was masterful.”
gmw2222▲ 2,304about 95–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Peter Hoar
- written
- Craig Mazin
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Anna Torv as Tess
Nick Offerman as Bill
Murray Bartlett as Frank
Kevin Sateri as Infected in Cellar
Marcus Aurelio as Infected at Fence
Rumbie Muzofa as Mother