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S2E4
Day One
The Last of Us · 2025-05-04 · 53 min
FLICKFEEL
59
from 32 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
In 2018, Seattle FEDRA confronts an unexpected foe. Ten years later, Ellie and Dina find themselves in the middle of a bloody battle between the zealous Seraphites and a ruthless militia.
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
20
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
42
how much it moved you
Read from 32 comments — 16 said when.
The number holds — it is read from every comment. The shape is not settled: only 16 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.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- 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
“The transition from Ellie getting bit, to Dina saying she’s pregnant, to them having sex felt off to me.”
Phillip1219▲ 510about 60–80% inread it ↗
“That Issac torture scene was so well done”
Phillip1219▲ 343about 60–70% inread it ↗
“I'm finding it difficult to enjoy this season. Part 2 set an extremely high bar but they are making such confusing changes.”
aaronmcmillen▲ 270about 0–100% inread it ↗
“Ellie still feels like a naive child instead of a blood thirsty grieving adult.”
aaronmcmillen▲ 270
who made it
- directed
- Kate Herron
- written
- Craig Mazin
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Samuel Hoeksema as Clicker
Alanna Ubach as Hanrahan
Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon
Ryan Masson as Malcolm
Ben Ahlers as Burton
Josh Peck as Janowitz- CCarlos Rodriguez as Martinez
