Fans React to The Last of Us Episode 1x2: "Infected"

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They killed it with the opening scene, when her arms and hand started to tremble as she was trying to set her tea down gave me chills.

I really like the beginning expansion with Jakarta and that female professor. You can tell she knows the world is fucked. I have mad respect for her because she suggested to bomb the city. 1. She’s not a politician or military member that has to make ‘life-and-death’ decisions on a daily basis; she’s a freaking scientist. So she knows the gravity of what she’s suggesting; and 2. She does not try to buy her or her family a way out because she’s an expert. She is willing to stay and die, mostly because she doesn’t know if she’s sick or her family is sick and she’d rather stay with them and die. Love this show; can’t wait to see more.

I hope we get a opening scene showing how Tommy and Joel survived in the beginning of the apocalypse

The opening scene was phenomenal on showing the origin of the cordyceps infection and those clickers were HORRIFIC. RIP Tess

That lady in beginning deserves an Emmy for her performance. Was really good

The thing that killed me about Tess' death was her begging Joel to take Ellie, saying she's never asked him for anything, not ''to feel the way I feel.'' Like yes they're a couple but Joel is so obviously broken over losing Sarah that he doesn't want to risk opening his heart to anyone again (except Tommy), and Tess had to be content with whatever affection Joel could give her.

One of my favorite parts of the editing is 9:13 Joe to Ellie: From this point on we have to be silent PWHustle: we going to the quiet place Joe to Ellie: .. not quiet… SILENT

Tess' death in this show is a lot different than how it was in the game. Also, they did an incredible job with recreating the Clickers from the games for their debut in this episode.

Cordyceps being able to sense someone miles away is a shout out to another real-life fungus, Armillaria ostoyae, which covers nearly 2,400 acres of land in Oregon 🤯

The set pieces in this episode were breathtaking, I can't believe we're actually getting to see these characters explore an abandoned city like this, they could have easily set the show in one of the safe zones and centered it around a different story but instead they're going all out and it's awesome to see.

The added prequel scenes to the story somehow don’t slow things down

Shoutout to J2O for getting these out so quick, and so clean. This is like a nice appetizer before Ep3 comes out

I’m glad that they’re fleshing out the lore and really emphasizing how horrible the infected can be. I can’t wait for the next episode.

“I could’ve done without the kiss” this episode in a nutshell 💀

As Sean Tank Top called them "Blooming Onion heads" It also seems some people dont understand the fungus was taking over her inhibiting her from moving away. All she could do was try to light the lighter.

I posted this on New Rockstars account about that whole zombie kiss (I shuddered at it too, don’t worry) and on why that scene was so tragic. It’s a perversion of the hero’s sacrifice. I thought it made sense looking back. Think about it, Tess is doing the hero’s sacrifice, laying her life down for the one she loves. Usually before that, heroes get a whole dramatic kiss before they break away to make their sarcifice but Tess, doesn’t. Because of the infection, or because Joel doesn’t feel the same (which I disagree too? I just think he was scared of feeling the same because he knew he’d lose her) she doesn’t. She doesn’t even get the last confession that rested on her heart. She has to die now, with a monster infecting her with a poisoned kiss as her last memory, not her in the arms of her beloved. That’s why it works. Such sad irony, I feel for her. In a sense, Tess dies terrified and violated. In the Last of Us world, there are no heroes, and there are no happy endings. It’s just, sad.

That opening scene is exceptional. The scientist basically choosing the extreme option and the soldier hopeful for a peaceful solution, genuine chills up and down watching that. I think we’ve finally found a winner in this game adaption guys, girls and everyone in between.

12:56 “they’re harder to kill than in the game.” He’s got a point because you use a shotgun or a regular pistol

Those Clickers are AMAZING! I’m sure more veteran TLUO gamers have more to say. But as a simple watcher they truly bring me fear. The fungus through their shattered skulls, the haunting sounds they make and their movements. It scares me