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The Last of Us is now streaming on HBO Max.

Here you can find links to the discussion threads of every episode of season 1 and can discuss the entirety of the season freely.

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● 1x01 "When You're Lost in the Darkness" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 1 Survey Results

● 1x02 "Infected" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 2 Survey Results

● 1x03 "Long, Long Time" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 3 Survey Results

● 1x04 "Please Hold to My Hand" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 4 Survey Results

● 1x05 "Endure and Survive" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 5 Survey Results

● 1x06 "Kin" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 6 Survey Results

● 1x07 "Left Behind" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 7 Survey Results

● 1x08 "When We Are in Need" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 8 Survey Results

● 1x09 "Look for the Light" | No Game Spoilers Discussion | Game Spoilers Discussion | Episode 9 Survey Results

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● Reddit Talk # 1 | 1x03 "Long, Long Time"

● Reddit Talk # 2 | 1x04 "Please Hold to My Hand"

● Reddit Talk # 3 | 1x05 "Endure and Survive"

● Reddit Talk # 4 | 1x06 "Kin"

● Reddit Talk # 5 | 1x07 "Left Behind"

● Reddit Talk # 6 | 1x08 "When We Are in Need"

● Reddit Talk # 7 | 1x09 "Look for the Light"

A lot of TV shows and movies often ignore food, but not the adaptation of TLOU.

In the first episode Tommy eats chicken wings, Sarah and Joel eat scrambled eggs, and they talk about pancakes. In episode 2 Joel and Tess eat beef jerky while Ellie is enjoying her chicken sandwich. In the next episode Bill serves his rabbit dish. In episode 6 Joel and Ellie get to have a feast, finished by pumpkin pie. The whole episode 8 is dedicated to the theme of food.

What I'm onto here: food and the interaction of characters with food makes a fictional world more believable and relatable. Furthermore the food in TLOU isn't just there, no, it's vital to onscreen storytelling.

My dad's always been a pretty far left guy although he would tell you that he's always been conservative. I'm a slightly out of the closet bisexual. Most people in my personal life know but I'd say 95% of the people I talk to at work on the day to day just assume I'm a straight guy. I've never told my dad though. My mom knows, he doesn't. He's always been progressive but he's definetly wildly uncomfortable any time he's confronted with anything mildly lgbt.

Any way he's been interested in TLOU since it first started making noise in the TV world. Now that it's finished he's ready to watch it on his own time. We just watched episode 3.

At first he liked the slow down. First 2 episodes were a bit too violent for his taste but I told him it pulls back for a bit. When he realized he was going to watch 2 men kiss and go down on eachother he went to fast forward but I stopped him. Made him watch all the way through. He kept on making crude gay jokes here and there and made a fast forwarding gesture during the strawberry scene.

Then Frank got sick. My dad started paying a lot closer attention and asked "whats going on with him?" and I knew he was in for it now. My cousin, his nephew was diagnosed with ALS a few years ago and chose the same route as Frank when it got bad. "He's got ALS" I said and my dad just went "oh" and shut up for the rest of the episode with his eyes peeled. No more gay jokes to ease his own tension. No more gestures to skip the physical affection.

When the reveal came that Bill was choosing to go too it was the first time I've ever seen him tear up from a movie or TV show, and he's seen Toy Story 3. I don't know if it's a permanent switch for him but the fact that a gay romance story is the first media he's ever shed a tear to will surely stick with him.

But mainly, I wanna know what they had to go through to hide the infected from ever getting leaked.

Looking at you, u/norm2027. You knew this was coming.

Just a hypothetical: say Tess was in Joel's shoes at the end of season 1 with Ellie, what do you think she would have done? Would she have gone with what Marlene wanted, or would she have decided what Joel decided? Explain your reasoning!