S1E4

Please Hold to My Hand

The Last of Us · 2023-02-05 · 47 min

FLICKFEEL

from 58 comments

COMMUNITY

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nobody yet

YOURS

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what happens

After a harrowing trek across a desolate United States, Joel and Ellie find themselves navigating a dangerous Kansas City on foot. Later, rebel leader Kathleen instigates a manhunt – one that pits her violent civilian militia against the world's best hope.

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

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 58 comments — 15 said when.

The number holds — it is read from every comment. The shape is not settled: only 15 said when something happened, and below 20 the same evidence split in half draws two different pictures. Drawn faint for that reason.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

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.
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

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

“those last screams for his mom right before Joel killed him sounded so real”
get_outta_mah_swamp▲ 1,862about 90–100% inread it ↗
“The opening scene with the pun book and Bills adult magazine in the truck! The stupid grin I had on my face seeing that play out.”
SerDire▲ 1,713about 0–10% inread it ↗
“Joel laughing at Ellie's joke was so fucking cute. Them both laughing at it actually”
cheese_bread_boye▲ 1,431about 50–50% inread it ↗
“the first 15 minutes is ripped straight from the game including the store fight scene”

who made it

directed: Jeremy Webb
written: Craig Mazin

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Jeffrey Pierce as Perry
Keivonn Woodard as Sam Burrell
John Getz as Dr. Edelstein
Juan Magana as Skinny Guy / Bryan
Eric Breker as Bryan's Father
Melanie Lynskey as Kathleen Coghlan
Lamar Johnson as Henry Burrell

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