Long, Long Time

Heterosexual man here not interested in pushing any agenda. I mention the foregoing fact only to highlight some of the oddly angry reviews about this episode. It was simply a beautiful heart wrenching love story. It made me think of my wife and what kind of world it would be without her in it. That's about it. I wasn't expecting this episode and honestly I usually hanker after more escapist fun, but this was so undeniably beautiful and so profoundly moving, I was lost in it. I'm not saying I want very episode to be like this. I loved the action, sets and world building of the last episode and I would say on balance I want more of this, but this episode really affected me. How can I not applaud it?

How the the producers of this show make such an episode?

The storyline is beautiful but tense, the characters interesting without being overbearing, and the general mood ( lighting, SFX, music, setting ) is brilliantly chosen.

Bit the main clincher for this being a perfect episode is that in the tiny amount alotted for each episode, it tells a self-contained story. This is so rare. Often, am episode tells a great story for the first 90% of its run time and then finally realised it must finish up and crams all necessary conclusions int the last 10% , thus leaving behind a bad taste in the viewer's mouth.

Not so here. Here, a well rounded, well chosen and certainly perfectly acted-upon story is told in an episode I didn't even know I had missed until I had watched it.

Highly recommended re-watchable material.

Well done.

I tried to understand and level with a lot of other people who disliked or even hated this episode because it didn't feel like story straight out of the game. Although i feel when you make a TV series whether it's from a game or a book, creating back story is a key element otherwise certain characters may seem a little flat especially major characters. Bill was only in the game for a short while and we only met Frank's body after he'd already ended his life, so when you convert this to a TV series it seems a little shallow for development if said characters are an appear and dismiss without knowing about them first.

I don't look at this as a filler, more of an expansion on character.

An emotional love story in a world so torn apart. I loved every minute of it and i nearly cried.

Yes it was different from the game, maybe they could have stuck to the roots a bit more. Although i can't see it as a terrible episode.

When my eyes weren't completely fogged over by me crying lika a baby, what I saw was one of the most heartfelt, honest and raw displays of humanity's need for companionship and purpose in ages.

Completely brilliant acting, and a very welcome build of characters so often overlooked in these dystopian shows.

Lovely, true to what life in a world like this would be in my opinion. Fear, loneliness, aggression and more fear - and then some brief moments of joy in small things- like a meal, a song, a painting- or indeed in the bigger things - such as a person.

Sure, I want more human vs fungi action for sure, but these sidesteps make the show stand out and much more memorable than others.

Well done.

Just give Offerman the Emmy. Yes, slightly different from the game sure. But, it's expected it would differ from the game. What a great performance. Moving, performance. There's a reason the game is one of the most awarded of all-time, and it's not because of fancy graphics. The story is phenomenal, and they're carrying it tremendously to the TV adaptation.

My one slight gripe is the game had Joel was a bit more angry then in the series. He was much more angry over the events that happened in the past, and took it out on Elle a lot more. But, that's just a minor thing to note. The episode otherwise is brilliant, and I can't wait for the rest of the series.