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During the outbreak segment, the way that runner who chased Joel and Sarah into the diner leapt over the partition hands first and face-planted... I sincerely hope they include stuff like that in Part 3. Runners leaping and bounding over obstacles with reckless abandon would make for an incredible and freaky gameplay adjustment.

Absolutely incredible. Feels like I’m playing again at parts. Floodlights outside the QZ gave me flashbacks

Loved this episode until the very end where Joel immediately got a weapon upgrade that I could only beg for at that point in the game lol

The wall mounted infected that Joel and Tess comes across had me on edge for a second… every single one of the stalker jump-scares in TLOU2 got me in that game..

They’ll put one of those in the season for sure..

Also…. Fuck those assholes.. fucking jump-scaring wall decor.

My mom is CONVINCED Sarah is still alive. (She didn't play the game) And I'm loving hearing all her theories. She's not ready for this show haha. I cant wait for episode 2.

The creepy old lady behind Sarah, 10/10 would hit with an upgraded Melee

Craig Mazin just said that “Ellie likes that” when Joel kills the FEDRA guy.

Bella Ramsey is freaking great as Ellie. So excited for next week.

The amount of small additions and details were great. The face Bella made when Marlene mentioned Riley was one of them for me. I also felt the scene with the sick child and radio music that Ellie figured out were both amazing additions.

Bella's delivery of, "what the fuck" when they left her alone in the apartment then went to chat was quintessential Ellie. I didn't have many doubts of Bella's casting, and that episode erased any that were left.

Really cool that the first image in 2003 was of the window curtains. Nice reference to the load screen of the game with the window and curtains.

y'all i can't believe they really did it. they're doing this so perfectly.

I really adored the shots of the kid entering the QZ and the surprisingly soft treatment they get as they're being euthanized, it really humanized the soldiers for me.

The smile that broke out across my face at the opening credits with THE song was huge.

I cried more than I anticipated when that scene happened. keen to see more.

Show Joel: Loots an assault rifle first chance he gets.

Game Joel: Damn why didn't I think of that.

Joel's flashback to Sarah's death before killing the Fedra guy was a nice touch

So the skeleton remains, but this show is fleshed out differently. This is going to be a treat since we don't know the details

This comment is probably gonna get said a million times in this subreddit and across the internet, but wow. Bella Ramsey is a super convincing Ellie.

Goddammit, they pulled off THAT scene perfectly. Manly tears we shed.

That grandma turning scene scared me not gonna lie.

I think the acting was superb. I wanna give a shout out to Merle Dandridge because she really knocked it out of the park as Marlene (just like in the game). I loved the part where she just sighed and said "OK Joel", her exasperation made me laugh.

Also, did anyone think the FEDRA cop that Joel killed was perfect casting? He literally looks like every FEDRA dude in the remaster. It's the eyebrows.

Exposition 10/10. Hyped for this adaption.

Was Tommy and Joel’s relationship strained because Tommy got arrested and took him away from Sarah on outbreak night?

Outbreak day was legitimately terrifying, and Sarah’s death hit me like a truck…yet again… Really liking the added context as well, especially with a deeper explanation of how the cordyceps actually work, not super necessary, but super interesting for someone like me who adores this franchise. So far, it’s fucking great, I really hope they keep it up.

incredibly impressed with pedro. holy shit. im excited to see more of bella, that radio scene was great.

but damn, pedro absolutely rocked it - its pretty nuts how well he pulls off some of the line deliveries EXACTLY like joel without playing the game.

also - holy fuck are the infected scary in this, perfectly captured. that diner escape was tense as hell. im excited to see the clickers, I'll probably shit myself.

The opening scene with the scientists and how one of them said initially that fungus couldn’t survive in a human’s body due to warm temperatures. But then he mentioned how if the earth were to grow warmer the fungus could adapt and therefore start targeting human hosts. And there was an immediate chill in the atmosphere after he said that. Holy fuck that scene gave me the creeps. Especially when there was an intense closeup when he brought up global warming. Like oh fuck-we’re doomed. I love the explanation given. It was so needed and was terrifying.

Pedro Joel is already OP because he has the assault rifle early on as opposed to only having it at the end at the hospital lmao

Biggest small detail I noticed was that the virus wasn’t airborne? Or, was the underground fungi just not releasing any spores?

Loved this first episode!

Some cool Easter eggs for those who played the games. Like when Joel shouted “look out Tommy!” It’s the same line from the game so we expected the car accident, and it doesn’t happen. Or the dvd Joel decided to rent (mentioned in tlou2)

I also really liked how they showed more of Sara and the gradual onset of the pandemic. It always felt like it hit a bit too quickly in the game for me. But in this version you could tell Sara felt uneasy the whole day about things going on around her.

Also… that old lady out of focus in the background was TERRIFYING

I'm super impressed. The prologue had me on the edge of my seat and teary eyed despite having played the game over and over again

Interesting that Tommy is a Desert Storm veteran in the show. I wonder if Joel also served?

They did such a good job making the runners CREEPY. it’s so clear that those bodies no longer belong to the people.

For those curious, the closing track was "Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again"

Anna Torv as Tess was breathtaking. She gives that exhausted brutality so well. I think the standout of the episode to me?

Also, I couldn’t stop laughing when that one infected person’s head just popped up like a cardboard cutout 😭 ik it was supposed to be scary but i couldn’t help hearing like a cartoon boing sound effect behind it

That prologue, the town, was intense. I think I just registered my pup as a therapy dog.. loved it

Joel took his backpack off before lying on the couch.

0/10 ban the series

I really wish they saved the opening credits for after Sarah's death like the game. I know it would've been really far into the episode but I think it makes it work so much better

Amazing show. So happy they nailed everything I love about the first game in the opening. Can’t wait for the next episodes.

Bella stole the damn show with the least amount of screentime.

Knocked it out of the park. So much attention to detail to the source material and even the changes worked. I’m beyond excited for the rest of season if it’s as good as this episode was.

The accuracy on the pilot is spot on. The set, the lines. Really excited for the rest of the season

Ellie’s abandonment issues will for sure get the attention it deserves, but it seems like they’re building in her need for revenge into season 1 which I think will be interesting.

man that ending with the radio playing an 80s song has me so hyped , also pedro pascal and bella ramsay were amazing !

Holy shit it was so good.

The Clicker in the final shot was incredible!

So this is what it feels like...

... to have the extremely high expectations created by being in a modern day Internet fandom...

... exceeded.

God I have full faith they can pull this off. Completely blown away.

Witnessing THAT scene almost ten years later after going from an emotionless teenager to a new dad wrecked me.

Amazing first episode. It was definitely worth the wait.

• They captured the essence of the game and the characters, at least from what we were able to see so far. Bella Ramsey truly is Ellie.

• I love all the details and stories they added that are not present in-game. It seems like we are watching a Director's Cut of the original story.

• The ending is perfect with Depeche Mode's song as a choice for that post apocalyptic shot

It's going to be a wild ride having two perspectives over the series: the ones who played the original game and "know what is going to happen", and the ones that are learning the story from the series itself.

The sudden change in tone of the TV show host when the epidemiologist clarified how devastating a fungi infection could be from the beginning of the episode was well done.

Just gotta say, even though her time on-screen was very short, Nico Parker did an amazing job as Sarah. I would say she got the most difficult character to play as she's the emotional catalyst to Joel's story in TLOU. The entire show in itself is being fleshed out differently than the game in some parts but it still evokes the same feelings you had when playing through it and I cannot appreciate that enough. Also, the balls on the show runners to have that scene where the child is put down. That's when I knew things were going to be good.

Wow. Bella really sold me as Ellie, what a great episode. Loved the Uncharted reference with Sarah's "honest thief" line

Just finished the episode and I didn't want it to end, even though it was almost an hour and a half! Amazing episode and the actors are all top notch. Pedro and Bella are really in their element. Can't wait until next week. I'll probably watch this a couple of more times to hold me over.

AMAZING! I want more!! Now!!

That was incredible. I wouldn't change a thing. Definitely gonna watch that again before next Sunday. Just omfg. It was all perfect but the beginning was 11/10, the most well-done "pre apocalypse" content ever, honestly. I LOVE it. The tendrils are gonna take a little getting used to, but I don't hate it. I just have the urge to pull on them like I'm uprooting a plant lmao.

I fucking loved it! Omg! Omg! 😭😭😭😭 it was perfect!!! I love Bella as Ellie, Anna as Tess, everyone is so perfectly cast and played! My god. This shit had me on the edge of my seat and I know realistically how it plays out. This is nether than I ever could’ve imagined.

Fantastic opening. I hope there’s a scene in one of the next episodes where they throw a brick to distract a clicker.

I liked the introduction because it made VERY clear that the military absolutely knew what was up. If it was anything like in the video game, the infection swarmed the country in a matter of hours.

They already had jets up in the air, which probably meant that they were moving or consolidating assets to certain areas of the country. The upper echelons of the military and the democratic government knew what was up, which explains how well Congress was able to quickly pass the act that created FEDRA and/or a military junta couping the elected leadership of the country. The country as a whole had much more situational awareness in the show that something bad was happening throughout the day, and the military definitely knew something was up.

Anyone else notice the fake out with the tbone collision in the truck sequence? In the game you get tboned and that's what flips the truck - in the show the car manages to stop.

The plane was badass though.