Long, Long Time

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.

Just wow. Each episode goes one step further in intensity, drama, and expanding on the game universe. I truly enjoy they give more backstory to characters and events without straying too far from teb source material.

This show consistently pulls no punches, and shows a deeply intimate view of an apocalypse. In ways shows like walking dead couldn't quite touch. They gave bill so many more dimensions than just survivalist curmudgeon. The absolute heartbreak.

I can't wait to see where this show continues to go. Though I don't think they'll get to the end of the game by the end of this season. And I am a-ok with stretching it out.

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?

Allow me to begin by prefacing my review: I'm a straight male, married with children and religious. That has no bearing on my perception of this episode. I've seen everything from 60's television onwards.

From The Andy Griffith Show, MASH, I Love Lucy, Cheers, Sanford and Son, All in the Family, up to The Sopranos, Prison Break, Breaking Bad, House of Cards, Narcos, and everything in between. This single episode affected me more than all of those shows ever could.

It did so by appealing to my heart and showing me who we truly are - we're vulnerable, afraid, lonely, brave, loving, protective, strong and weak all at the same time - we're human! And we're fortunate enough to have witnessed, in my humble opinion, the greatest television episode ever made.

The writing was coherent, nuanced and brilliant, the pace was perfectly maintained from scene to scene, the acting was tender and reciprocated so seamlessly from one actor to the next. And the attention to the most minute details from the choice of song to the symbolism of the strawberries. Every second was shot with purpose and maintained the singular underlying philosophy that regardless of what the world may throw at us we are always striving to find our purpose in the eyes of our loved ones.

I hope people can set aside their differences and marvel at the brilliance that is this artful, heartfelt depiction of the human condition set against a backdrop of despair and danger.

My sincerest gratitude to everyone involved in the making of this 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.