The funny thing is after last week’s teaser for this episode, I thought the story would be that Joel and Ellie visit Bill & Frank, on their way out Joel warns Bill about bandit attacks (in the teaser I assumed Tess was actually Ellie) and then they get attacked and Bill tells Frank to get Joel to come back and help…

I’m guessing he means this version of their story, in that Bill and Frank’s love ended happily, whereas in the game, it very much did not. I’m very, very glad they didn’t have it end in the same way as the game, because sometimes you need a “happy” ending in stories like this.

I absolutely love the games and am adoring the show so far, but man, this episode just destroyed me. Complete and frankly welcome departure from the game, where the only takeaway from Bill and Frank’s relationship is anger and bitterness, whereas this was... beautiful. Melancholy, sad, wonderful. Cried some ugly tears.

While I, a 51 y.o. guy, was wiping tears at the end of the episode, it came to me: it’s just the end of the first month of the year, but I guarantee you all that every single other show on air right now or yet to come ‘til the end of the year will pass 2023 trying to top this. And it’s very likely none of them will…

If they were going to deviate from the source material, this was a hell of a beautiful way to do it. Also, they snuck in the giraffe music from the game after the final meal 😭.

I legit cried for almost the whole 10 minute sequence on the last day. Murray Bartlett was great, but Nick Offerman’s acting just wrecked me. And totally didn’t expect Bill to die too, since he was still alive in the game. It was such a beautiful story. Could have easily worked as a standalone short film.

As a queer person, I didn’t read it as a Bury Your Gays at all – they didn’t die because of homophobic brutality or tragedy, they died because they were old and content, it’s really the most beautiful, sweet, and sad episode of TV I’ve seen in a long time.

A very good episode. The only misstep was playing Max Richter’s On the Nature of Daylight, which has become an overused cliche to signal the waterworks in shows and movies. But very lovely and tender scenes with two fantastic actors. I was blown away by Offerman, showing Bill’s longing, trepidation, and vulnerability.…

“Arby’s didn’t have free lunch; it was a restaurant.” First legit LOL line of the season.

So you speak for all animators, yeah? Weird!

Nice insult there: “the educated ones”. Get off your high horse.

“Hey new guy, glad to have you on the team - today you’re gonna be installing plumbing.”

Again, why should they have to for a bullshit language made up by the company commissioning these

I love how "I like to do my own research" has become such a convenient shorthand for me to instantly dismiss the person saying it as a complete fúcking moron.

man it's like the problem is it shouldn't be a reason to screw you in the first place

Well, yes. You’re kind of a douche if you are knowingly giving money to somebody who is actively using that money to dehumanize and oppress trans people just so that you can have some fun.

“Harry Potter game has no concept of morality” is the least surprising thing I’ve read all day.

Also: wouldn’t “the ultimate embodiment of role playing” mean including consequences for one’s actions, particularly ones established in the lore of the world?

The legal team for the cockroaches, lice and bedbugs is currently putting together a defamation suit.

The deep dish pizza is a fucking casserole rant is about as tired as the no ketchup on hot dogs rant.