Why The Flashbacks In THE LAST OF US Are So Terrifying

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Why The Flashbacks In THE LAST OF US Are So Terrifying. In this video, we break down the flashback scenes in The Last Of Us TV show so far. The Last Of Us has taken the opportunity to show us flashbacks to years before the outbreak, days prior and right after the world collapsed. Throughout this video, I'm gonna be discussing the three key scenes in the Last Of Us that take us back to the past and really make this show infinitely more terrifying. Let's get into it!
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Ok so The Last Of Us tv show takes us somewhere that we never really saw in the game. In that we woke up playing as Sarah on the night of the Outbreak and after her death we picked up as Joel twenty years later. However a TV show can take us into new and interesting places because it's not as focused on making sure the player is engaged. Typically in a game you tend to keep things centred around one character so that the player feels like they're experiencing things and they very much imprint on that one person. It's why so many games had silent protagonists and it's a technique that tends to work when you're playing a video game.
However TV shows can do things differently....not like that Halo.
Anyway TV shows can do things differently and that's where The Last Of Us has taken the opportunity to show us flashbacks to years before the outbreak, days prior and then right after the world has just collapsed. Throughout this video I'm gonna be discussing the three key scenes in the Last Of Us that take us back to the past and really make this show infinitely more terrifying.
If you enjoy the video please hit the thumbs up button and make sure you subscribe for last of us videos every week until we've milked the entire thing dry. Anyway with that out the way, thank you for clicking this, now let's get into the breakdown.
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Ok so the first two scenes very much act as book ends of each other. In the first we have a scientist theorising how cordyseps could lead to the end of the world and the second one deals with a scientist realising that that end is now upon us. This very much sets up the threat of the infected and how we will lose as a species because of it.
However the third one very much shows that there's more facets to it and instead it shows that humanity will also have a hand in this too.
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@Cookie12670 Жыл бұрын

When you see a doctor telling anyone that the only thing that can be done is to bomb and destroy the whole place,you know that it’s beyond dire. She was fantastic in that role. Very understated but you can tell from just her face how bad it is. This show is heartbreaking.

@gowanmetal Жыл бұрын

She really was amazing

@RobStevens64 Жыл бұрын

Even better, you see before she even says anything ... the downcast glance, hands shaking. She knows SHE'S going to die before she even tells the military what needs to be done. Potentially, she even knows their response will come too slow ... bombing everything will be seen as a rash act and end up debated. The show reinforces this later when Ellie asks about the blast zone and Tess says the bomb worked there, but not everywhere.

@TheNetherwalker Жыл бұрын

See that was the most unbelievable part to me. There are about a dozen things you can try before you bomb a city. They should have put in a little montage of her trying antifungal agents. Not to mention that cold areas should be immune.

@RobStevens64 Жыл бұрын

The previous episode's flashback already established that there are no cures, no treatments. An expert (which was established when they picked her to do this analysis) would know what were viable vectors to try. And she would also know if it were futile. Remember, they brought her in as a second opinion ... they had already established everything she told them, she was just validating it. And what makes you think cold areas would be immune? Again, the first episode established that heat was a problem for the fungus, not cold. Arguably, it even further established (reinforced by the second episode) that it has now mutated to handle even HIGH heat (i.e. baking). This is why in the first episode, when Ellie asks about the bombs, Tess tells her that it worked there, but it didn't work in other cities. The temperatures have to be VERY extreme to affect the fungus now. It can survive several hundred degrees now, but maybe not a thousand.

@lilsabin Жыл бұрын

@@TheNetherwalker you dont listen , don’t you ? 🙂

@crandleberrysadie Жыл бұрын

The mother/baby transition was heartbreaking.

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

yeah so messed up

@eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946 Жыл бұрын

I know people get triggered online and plus in some countries they even banned the last of us series entirely.

@devv197 Жыл бұрын

@@phatmantv why can’t she have just been a black character. Why was she a token?

@phatmantv Жыл бұрын

@Devv Rewatch the scene. Count how many black faces vs white. The hypocrisy from Hollywierd is maddening.

@ssshar2176 Жыл бұрын

For a minute there I thought they were going to show the execution. I’m glad they didn’t.

@silverstone4793 Жыл бұрын

Love that 1968 flashback. The doctor mentions fungi being the most threatening form of disease and everyone chuckles. But after he puts it in perspective and explains the plausibility of such a horrifying fungus evolving to exterminate humanity, the room grows so quiet you can hear a pin drop from the hallway. Just chilling.

@obscvritas3601 Жыл бұрын

I work in medical microbiology and although I'm not as familiar with mycology (we mostly deal with bacteria and respiratory viruses), that flashback was one of my fave science scenes in modern media!

@CortexNewsService Жыл бұрын

For some reason, this reminded me of something. During the AIDS crisis in the 80s and 90s, one of the opportunistic infections that scared people most was thrush. It's a fungal infection.

@TheLAGopher Жыл бұрын

What is also interesting is that the 1968 tv interview represented a fork in the road between our reality and the alternative reality of the show. The first scientist is talking about the potential of a global pandemic that uses air travel to spread across the planet. That represents the pandemic of 2020. The second scientist blows that off by saying that while millions would die, the human race would win that battle in the end the same way it has over other plagues across history. His true fear is a fungal outbreak because human science has no history of treatment to draw upon and the human body has no natural defenses that could even cope with a fungus that suddenly mutated to prey on us.

@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868 Жыл бұрын

@@TheLAGopher Admittedly, he's being a little silly with the claim about no treatment. TLOU seems to exist in a universe where antifungals dont exist. But in real life, antifungals are fully a thing. There is absolutely a treatment, anyone who has ever had athlete's foot can tell you that there are treatments if you have a fungal infection

@dianamckibben8441 Жыл бұрын

The audience was so still I thought it was an extended freeze frame.

@StarshineGoomba Жыл бұрын

Since they are dialing back the action to about a 7, the fact that they are dialing up the drama, terror, and other emotions up to 11 makes it perfect.

@nathanielwowchuk6880 Жыл бұрын

Wouldbeen something else seeing joel clap like 30 infected

@badhombre4683 Жыл бұрын

@@nathanielwowchuk6880 but that’s not exactly realistic though? And it would make the infected seem less dangerous than they are. I really liked how OP the clickers were and the mycelium twist.

@nathanielwowchuk6880 Жыл бұрын

@@badhombre4683 yea i agree. Id rather this method than the more action packed one.

@fersuvious Жыл бұрын

I think we’ll get there. This show is a slow burn.

@ch3cksund3ad Жыл бұрын

@R0YA1GUARD Жыл бұрын

Favourite flashback so far is Episode 2. The Professor of Mycology immediately passing the judgment of bombing the city and “everyone in it.” It’s so eery, but clearly demonstrated how pressing the situation was as the world started to collapse only 30 hours ago due to the first bites of the Infected! The fact that she suggested that, simultaneously asking the officer to ‘“DRIVE”’ her home to her family, implies that she would be in the city herself, or close to it, to get bombed… She made her judgment that she was already infected or soon to be.

@kadebrockhausen Жыл бұрын

The Indonesian air force was effectively grounded in 2003... she might have fallen victim to the zombie hordes instead

@ReichLife Жыл бұрын

@@kadebrockhausen Even USAAF wouldn't be able do city wide bombing this scene suggests. Too much concrete, not enough bombs. Only solution of city sterilization would be a nuke.

@R0YA1GUARD Жыл бұрын

@@kadebrockhausen I didn’t know that. However, whether she realised that or not… this show is fiction with a twist of reality, but the fact that she potentially made her insinuated decision to still get bombed is compelling and shocking.

@floatytrouty Жыл бұрын

Also Fun Fact: The Actress Christine Hakim was reluctant to took the deal from HBO because to do so she has to fly to Calgary (Yes they shoot the scenes in Calgary not Jakarta because Jakarta was in lockdown back then) to shoot for the show during the COVID-19 pandemic peak, she has an elderly mother and a husband with comorbid (more vulnerable to death if infected) but after some convincing from her grandchild and another Indonesian Actor she agreed. So the line "Drive me back to my family" hits harder because she is actually in a real pandemic leaving her family behind.

@sasha9465 Жыл бұрын

i didnt even notice until i rewatched but while she decided to bomb jakarta she was shaking ever so slightly. whether this was out of fear or being infected, i dont know, but itd be haunting attention to detail if it was the latter

@izzeypally Жыл бұрын

I was like, "holy shit" when I realized the scientist lady meant to bomb the city with her still in it.

@janmitchell3976 Жыл бұрын

and we didnt see her eat anything wrong but the way her hand shook i had to wonder if she even thought she was contagious

@quanage4296 Жыл бұрын

@@janmitchell3976 its the restaurant at the very beginning. Some people might have been eating breakfast with flour in it and she remembered at that moment and knew she was most likely screwed.

@kanton4108 Жыл бұрын

@@janmitchell3976 It's more powerful for me to believe that her shaking was caused by shock.

@NurmaBP Жыл бұрын

With her family, together.

@DINO_X65 Жыл бұрын

@@kanton4108 No. Do you remember the tendril kiss scene? If you rewatch the scene where Dr. Ratna fishes the fungus out of the corpse's mouth, the tendrils reach for her face, just like the zombie did to Tess. That could be a small signal that the scientist was already infected, and that the fungus reaching for her signaled that she too was infected already.

@renato.bakaadv Жыл бұрын

Joe said in this episode that all started on a Friday and by Monday society had collapsed… is crazy to think how fast everything can go down

@Megafreakx3 Жыл бұрын

Well it should've did in real with cviod is a odd way

@dresmith Жыл бұрын

What’s scary is that it’s probably how it would go down. It wasn’t too long ago that people lost their damn minds over toilet paper. If this type of pandemic were to happen……..we’d all be screwed.

@BassManStrikes Жыл бұрын

It would not even take a virus or whatever, a massive emp from a solar flare would cause havoc and we are SO dependent on the electric grid....

@ParamoreFAV3 Жыл бұрын

@@dresmithwe’d be dead.

@DavidDiaz-my3fs Жыл бұрын

@@ParamoreFAV3considering that there’s people that deny Covid and won’t say they got infected, yeah this species wouldn’t survive

@georgeg9444 Жыл бұрын

Toliet paper already made humanity turn against each other which is terrifying lol

@audie-cashstack-uk4881 Жыл бұрын

Demons are not humans do jot jncluse me in there madness no ,ask no jab no lock down I carried on with my life like a normal person

@Wonzling0815 Жыл бұрын

@@audie-cashstack-uk4881 How would you know what a normal person is?

@Wonzling0815 Жыл бұрын

When they saw that, all the mummies in the world breathed a collective "oh crap"

@MarkWelch Жыл бұрын

Covid was the practice round, and we failed (and are failing) miserably. I don't expect Cordyceps to get us, but bird flu has a 53% lethality rate among those humans who have gotten it. As soon as the bird flu mutates and starts transmitting from human to human, that's when the real test will emerge.

@rleonardgreen78 Жыл бұрын

Dr.Ratner and Sara were only on the show for a short time ,but they had some of the most emotional scenes. Great acting from both.

@Dagestanwarrior900 Жыл бұрын

Dr ratna not ratner

@-antares_ Жыл бұрын

IT'S RATNA

@yogiprayuda7315 Жыл бұрын

*Ratna* *Sarah*

@LunaRay0331 Жыл бұрын

The parallel between beauty and horror is well balanced in TLOU.

@akuhappy3246 Жыл бұрын

Dr. Ratna actress is a legend in acting history of Indonesia. She can carry her emotion well because of her vast knowledge and experience in acting that she cultivated for years.

@lothartheterrible 4 ай бұрын

I've heard her called the "Indonesian Meryl Streep". Both brilliant actors.

@captainsully7699 Жыл бұрын

I love how the flashbacks bring us back to that mindset of the apocalypse being something that is intangible

@Man_fay_the_Bru Жыл бұрын

We got a taste of what it’s like during lockdown& hospitals killing a lot of people

@EdwardYoungJr Жыл бұрын

I really like how they add on to the story with the Jakarta story and with the expanded Bill story.

@starkilla102 Жыл бұрын

Idk if bill was expanded more like fully retconned.

@thephilosopher7173 Жыл бұрын

That part with him fighting the raiders would make for an epic and tense moment for sure!

@presseagainidareyou4704 Жыл бұрын

@@starkilla102 it’s not really a retcon considering the series is it’s own continuity It can do whatever it wants but it still has to be “The Last of Us,” ya know?

@nellisnelslon8210 Жыл бұрын

I like how the episodes start and end. For example, in the last episode with Bill and Frank, there were scenes throughout the episode. But when the story is basically over THEN we see the last scene and the episode ends. when I realized what had happened I cried. this cannot be done without masterful directing from HBO.

@Henrque123 Жыл бұрын

@@starkilla102 they pretty much improved his role and kept his character, the only real change was that he didn't meet with Elie and Joel

@spikesagitta Жыл бұрын

the horrible thing is, the professor accepted that she and everyone in the city will have to die to make sure the infection doesn't spread.

@hemogoblin69 Жыл бұрын

How is that the horrible thing? Yknow, not how everyone is gonna die, no, the horrible thing is that she accepts it

@WinterFogFilms Жыл бұрын

The horrible thing is that it wouldn't have made a difference. It was already in the flour, in the stomachs of people on the other side of the globe. It was over before it ever began.

@Simpson17866 Жыл бұрын

The best part of that scene is that in ANY other apocalyptic SciFi/Fantasy, the general would be the one saying "bomb the city" and the scientist would be the one horrified that they're not trying something else first.

@the_bottomfragger Жыл бұрын

@@Simpson17866 That's the most terrifying part for me actually. She is an expert on mushrooms, not on ethical dilemmas of epic proportions. There's no reason to follow her in this situation, she can only speak with relative confidence about what the fungus will do and how quickly it will spread.

@cathpalug1221 Жыл бұрын

I think it's because historically fungus is known to spread from flour. Ergotism, for example, is widespread during the middle ages.

@MoonyCat Жыл бұрын

That transition from the bones and clothes to the NEWBORN BABY and mother was absolutely horrific

@-shingod-4818 Жыл бұрын

im indonesian, when i see the ibu ratna scene i was like "that doesnt make sense, why would she immediately tell to bomb instead of other stuff" then i realise previous conversation with the army guy, that 14 people missing and its 30 hours ago, she already doing math in her head and conclude that its way to late to do other stuff because jakarta is highly populated city

@browneyesblackdragon7999 Жыл бұрын

😔

@mrconfusion87 10 ай бұрын

That would be true in ANY major Asian city, sad to say!

@lothartheterrible 4 ай бұрын

Plus it likely had already entered the food supply through infected flour.

@zay4401 13 күн бұрын

And besides when non scientists say bomb a city the people around them start joking and what not but if it's like someone with scientific knowledge and all that kind of training then they know it's absolutely 100% dead serious

@Japieeh Жыл бұрын

The flashback to Indonesia was absolutely terrifying to me. The way the doctor knew they were completely doomed and asked very calmly for the entire city to be bombed was so horrifying

@vegaschronvegas5884 Жыл бұрын

The craziest part is in the first flashback, he basically states that climate change is what caused the mutation.

@arnowisp6244 Жыл бұрын

Time to start Popping Tires.

@audie-cashstack-uk4881 Жыл бұрын

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@ROSPoetry1 Жыл бұрын

Normally cordeceps can't survive high tempuratures but when it was allowed to mutate and survive in Jakar that was when they were screwed. A fungus mutating like this irl is possible if its introduced into an environment to MAKE it change like all nature does naturally.

@DINO_X65 Жыл бұрын

@@ROSPoetry1 Sure, but cordyceps irl can only infect insects. If it could mutate to survive human internal body temperatures, it would have to mutate a lot and a lot to infect mammals to the extent that it did in the show. The way that it infects insects is by controlling their muscles, so in essence, the insect is trapped inside it's own body. To control human muscles, which are more complex however, that would be almost impossible. But may I introduce you to Toxoplasma gondii? It can infect mammals and is a protozoan. If it infects humans, it can lead to severe or permanent brain damage. And it's spread by cat feces or undercooked meat, and over a third of the population is already infected, just that it lies dormant currently. If it does awaken though, it starts out by giving you flu like symptoms then slowly climbs up the scale in a matter of months and gives you severe brain damage. That's if you don't die from a car crash on your way to the doctor's office due to your now super slow reaction times.

@IdkIdk-si3hl Жыл бұрын

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@HeatSeeker19 Жыл бұрын

Didn't expect to cry so much over Jordan Peterson growing old with Ron Swanson

@Limpass610 Жыл бұрын

FINALLY someone saw it

@Man_fay_the_Bru Жыл бұрын

Lol

@moeyusuf Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@JamanWerSonst Жыл бұрын

The woke neo-marxists really got to him.

@Ivan_KV Жыл бұрын

LoL I though the same

@samf9756 Жыл бұрын

The doctor of mycology is probably the most underrated performance thus far in this show. Subtle and chilling.

@media_edwinS Жыл бұрын

finding love in a hopeless place was beautiful and also seeing the bittersweet ending dashes the hope a bit

@ben-asinus Жыл бұрын

Why bittersweet? Could you imagine a better ending in such a world? They lived a happy life together and died together. That’s so much more than most of us in the real world will get.

@media_edwinS Жыл бұрын

@@ben-asinus dictionary meaning -> especially : pleasant but including or marked by elements of suffering or regret. I thought their happy grow old story was beautiful, but also marked by elements of suffering (Franks illness, and how Bill viewed his life as fulfilled or done without him). Thats why its bittersweet to me. Perhaps if they met in a non-dystopian setting they could've lived longer together with help from medical care.

@josh043p6 Жыл бұрын

@ben well they both died, so it's bittersweet. Thats about as bittersweet as you can get.

@ben-asinus Жыл бұрын

@@media_edwinS it looks like MS or ALS. So it does not make such a big difference. They had pain killers and probably some other pharmaceutical drugs. This story is so sweet because the dystopian situation was the reason they could live their lifes as they want to live it. Especially Bill could not be who he really was before the outbreak because of the people around him. Listen to the podcast of this show if you want to find out more about why this was such a nice story.

@Teezythadon Жыл бұрын

@@josh043p6 I mean everybody has to die eventually 🤷

@PostprandialTorpor Жыл бұрын

The flashbacks are amazing and enrich the plot so much with the backstory vs other zombie franchises which just start off in the middle of the chaos and next bother with the details

@Chadius_Thundercock Жыл бұрын

Spoilers Except the long ass one in episode 3. Literally just there to fill time, would’ve made sense if either bill or Frank survived, but they both died, so there was no point other than to get diversity points. If they want to include useless flashbacks, it’d be good to make a show about short stories, I think they’d be interesting and make sense, instead we just got to watch nothingness for 40 minutes

@PostprandialTorpor Жыл бұрын

@@Chadius_Thundercock ffs, friend - spoilers. Good thing I just watched that episode that came out two days ago. We did learn some character points of Tess and Joel in the letter.

@_martian101 Жыл бұрын

@@Chadius_Thundercock It's not that bad, we could see through view point of people who so sufficient they literally survive the apocalypse alone, many movies, animes and shorts has telling this kind of scenario and many people love it, i think the romance part is just a salt to enriched the flavor

@Chadius_Thundercock Жыл бұрын

@@_martian101 but it grinds the plot to a halt. If they really wanted to add this, then make it that Joel and Ellie slowly put together what’s been going on, maybe while looting, they find pictures or letters, they eventually it leads to them seeing the bedroom and reading the letter bill left.

@_martian101 Жыл бұрын

@@Chadius_Thundercock then we wouldn't know about the sufficient man story, we just know they once exist and now dead, that's not the point of episode 3, however Joel and Ellie is not the center of the story

@42NORRIS Жыл бұрын

In the tv show "Fear of the Walking Dead" it's shown the military was ordered to kill "uninfected civilians"( if there were such a thing)along with destroying the zombies. No doubt to slow and control the outbreak because a dead person can't spread the infection. The governments in ' "The Last of Us" came to same conclusion.

@quanage4296 Жыл бұрын

But the military in Walking dead universe were very stupid as they kept that order knowing that you can turn no matter how you die unless the brain is destroyed. For the last of us, the fungus relies on a live host to spread its infection to others. So it kinda worked.

@princessshei9171 Жыл бұрын

That wouldn't work unless they got perfect headshots every time, but they didn't know that it was airborne as well at the time. Fuuuuck

@Megafreakx3 Жыл бұрын

At some point, I wouldn't surprised if we get a flashback about the patient zero in Jakarta and/or about the flour plant where the outbreak happened

@Wonzling0815 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure, patient zero was probably not very spectacular, just some person who ate the first bit of contaminated food. It's not like they were wounded in epic mortal combat against a loaf of bread.

@chrysllerryu4171 Жыл бұрын

I mean there is no patient zero, the cordyceps infect the wheat crops itself and the factory workers got infected too. Indonesia doesn't produce wheat, they process it. so the evolved cordyceps could come from any other countries that produce wheat.

@Wonzling0815 Жыл бұрын

@@chrysllerryu4171 Sounds like quite a twist to the Ukraine war...

@aidrawing1453 Жыл бұрын

Sounds interesting

@iVo42928f Жыл бұрын

@@chrysllerryu4171 Ophiocordyceps lives in tropical forests (A group), while wheat is grown in temperate plains (C/D groups, or B if irrigated). Based on that, I presume that the cordyceps contaminated the flour rather than the wheat grains directly. To illustrate, Jakarta has an Am classification (just shy of Af), while the wheat hotspots in China, Denmark, Northern France and are all D-group climates. Then further based upon what we see, the dry heat of an oven apparently does not stop the spores from infecting someone, together with the adaptation to make infected humans bite others (which no cordyceps does to their victim species irl) points to a long, long process of adaptation which to me is quite a plot gap, but once this mutation is established it is of course plausible for the fungus to survive anywhere as long as its host keeps its temperature. The truly weird thing is how cordyceps was able to adapt to humans so well without sparking minor epidemics far before the main outbreak, especially since we are the only species to subject our food to extreme heat (far more than we can attribute the spores through tropical heat with global warming) before eating it. But oh well, that is just one aspect in a scenario they pretty much nailed scientifically.

@richard6216 Жыл бұрын

Both, the doctor's and armyman's acting is too good. His reaction when she says 'Bomb'.

@Dom_510 Жыл бұрын

I think the flashbacks are a brilliant addition. It adds more context to how it spread and the fall of civilization.

@bobbydebruyn9384 Жыл бұрын

I love the dualism shown in the scientist, at first she was thinking as a pure researcher and had a objectiv outlook on the issue (which resulted in the suggestion of bombing) and in the next of her loved once

@AdyGunantoro Жыл бұрын

In indonesia, it is common to call older person as ibu or bapak ( mrs. Or mr.) Before their first name. So, ibu ratna is mrs. Ratna, it is her first name. In case you need to know.

@auntijen3781 Жыл бұрын

The set of the 1968 program is interesting to me- on one hand, it looks old school, like they are seated inside a rotunda, like the capital bldg, but alternatively it looks futuristic, like a line of pods used in sci Fi space travel movies where people are kept in hyper sleep....

@Ass_of_Amalek Жыл бұрын

that classic scifi look is from the 60s, it was related to a space travel film trend caused by the cold war space race.

@yohanespaskal9352 Жыл бұрын

Why 60's, because in 70's one of specific oil n gas company knew about global warming gonna arrive soon. Go check documentary black gold. So the fact the scientists said world slightly warmer not there yet at 1968.

@maplelattaes Жыл бұрын

I love the backstories and world building. It’s giving it so much realism and depth

@LewisB3217 Жыл бұрын

The one with the baby 😢 tlou got darker in many ways, love this show

@fluffywhompus Жыл бұрын

I like how the flashbacks can actually remind you how serious the infection is and not just the fact that it’s some infection story. It makes you think realistically how it started and how it went down and I’m so happy a series actually uses that to its advantage to deepen the severity of it

@__mads__ Жыл бұрын

You are SO QUICK with these, but the quality never lacks for it. Thank you! 🙌🏼

@apocryph0n Жыл бұрын

The talk show flashback with those shots of the many, many audience members silently watching is so thematically brilliant. I just look at that mass of people and immediately see how the outbreak would take root in each and every one of them, make them all part of the same parasitic network. And what’s cool is you can see on the audience members’ faces that they are realizing that too.

@janefelix3821 Жыл бұрын

@jude p Not soo elderly when the fungus attack took place, 2003. While the show takes place in the present, 2023, its setting is 20 years after the pandemic wiped out civilization. You're right about the elderly as even Joel would have been less than 5 in 1968 as he was probably in his early to mid-thirties when it hit.

@alonsogabriel9336 Жыл бұрын

Its scary to me because it reminds me of the 6 month lockdown we had in my country. And even after lifting the lockdown people were just generslly scared to go outside for the year that followed. We went full survival mode. My dad had purchased a sizable plot of land pre pandemic (lucky good timing) and there we all lived in a small room/hut, planted fruits and vegetables, raised poultry, even a goat at one point, our bathing and flushing water came were harvested from the rain, and the only things we bought from the outside are potable water, raw pork and beef, and body and clothes soap. We basically went from a family of 6 city dwellers to a self sustaining farmer family, all in a matter of days. Thank god my mom has a green thumb and my father still had some money even though his work basically shutdown for an entire year. Thats what the flashbacks reminded me of, the almost 180 of life just because of some cough inducing virus.

@mrconfusion87 10 ай бұрын

If Covid was enough to upend life for so long, imagine a post-apocalyptic disease like in Last of Us or 28 Days Later?

@mariacorrea2481 Жыл бұрын

A fungus specialist stated that currently our bodies are too warm for cordyceps{sp) but with rising temperatures and the fungii's survival will cause it to adapt to warmer temperatures and then... who knows

@lucidvibes8133 Жыл бұрын

its quite powerful how the graffiti marked x seen in 0:56 was initially a medieval way to quarantine against the plague, and so shows how much society has regressed

@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 Жыл бұрын

The opening monologue in the pilot is very chilling given everything that happened with covid. Thankfully it didn't reach end of the world levels like the show but still. The world did completely shut down and it felt like it completely shifted how everything worked for so long.

@henry7696 Жыл бұрын

dont worry , now bird flu is seemingly able to transmit between mammals and has upto 50% mortality compared to covids 1%, we will soon be able to have our own little tlou adventures in real life

@mrj4082 Жыл бұрын

"Thankfully". Please don't compare covid with the cordyceps

@DRossGaming Жыл бұрын

Agreed, all the extra/added scenes we've seen so far were great. Love the videos mate.

@goredongoredon Жыл бұрын

The transition of the ripped pieces of clothing to the civilians was very well done. I didn't notice the baby skeleton in the shot until watching a recap video so that was cool.

@clarkkent7973 Жыл бұрын

And the Wall Street Journal today (2/1/2023) has article titled "Dangerous Fungi Are Spreading Across U.S. as Temperatures Rise."

@ghstlght Жыл бұрын

That pesky Valley Fever. Mainly spreading for the southwest due to increasingly arid areas since it spreads through the upheaval of dry sand and dust.. . one of the many reasons why lots of people working in agriculture, construction, etc. wear masks. But that's not the only way fungal infections affect us today. I've know individuals who developed asthma or chronic breathing condition due to "sick" buildings, or buildings with high growth colonies of black mold. During the early days of the AIDS epidemic fungal infections were an early death sentence and it was these fungal infections normal not found in the human population (as well as rare cancers) that concerned early epidemiologists, what was happening in the body that would create an environment for these infections to gain a foothold.

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

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@TimTimmay Жыл бұрын

DISNEY/MARVEL/STAR WARS should be taking detailed notes on how to properly handle a franchise

@EE-yh8ms Жыл бұрын

Btw, from someone that is actually a research scientist, most Covid vaccines only have around a 60~65% effectiveness, not 95

@TimTimmay Жыл бұрын

@@EE-yh8ms Yea, I took and will continue to take my chances without the JIBBIDY JAB JAB

@rustervitch9614 Жыл бұрын

Episode 3 was a sad scene for me they did a great job of getting you attached to bill and his life story and had a little comedy to it at the end

@ftmmethod Жыл бұрын

I am still stuck in that episode, the worst part is in epi4 and 5, they have been mentioned a couple of times. :(

@eincutr Жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel with your previous video on TLOU, I love your analysis. What srtoke me in ep2 was that it was the scientist suggesting that the city was bombed, and the soldier that was standing in fear/disbelief. Usually in movies, the military wants to nuke everything and the scientists try tobe the voice of reason. Having the roles reversed help furthermore to hammer down the seriousness of the situation.

@pakkokiller Жыл бұрын

I think that airplanes where brought down by the army jets that we saw a couple of scenes before; not because we had infected on the planes. They were trying to contain the outbreak at any cost. Besides, the airplanes had the engines on fire, so unless the infected got there somehow, it’s way more likely that the planes were shot down.

@BuckyBarnesATL Жыл бұрын

I love how Paul here at Heavy Spoilers was thee 1st KZfaqr to mention the flour and Jakarta connection. Many have said this 2 weeks after Paul. I’m sure those “popular” KZfaqrs saw his video and didn’t give him credit. Most don’t and l never know why. It’s nice to help each other grow. In fact it makes everyone better. WWE was better when WCW was around. Sorry I just truly respect Paul. I’ve spoken to him on social media and you can just tell he’s a humble/nice guy. Rare with KZfaqrs. So thanks mate.

@Skelejake Жыл бұрын

The world building they added is by far my favorite part of the show

@George.j.k Жыл бұрын

Only thing I came away with, is never make fun of a prepper or survivalist and at the end of the day might want to be friends with one

@kevthepoet Жыл бұрын

"Humanity is the real enemy". Actually 28 Days later was all about this, but it's more like "humanity is the real monster".

@thembanitheone Жыл бұрын

3:14 the motto!🔥🔥 this is why "look at the flowers Lizzie" is one the greatest serialized television moments of all time.

@LeeEverett1 Жыл бұрын

I was really hoping they would do one of these flashbacks at the start of every episode showing how the world reacted to this epidemic, but since we haven't seen one in the last 2 episodes, makes me concerned we won't get another.

@sonyaputri9589 Жыл бұрын

I imagine it would be the same with Planet of the Apes pandemic human reaction scenes... more or less.

@MrsMeow9237 Жыл бұрын

Considering how we saw people act during the beginning of covid. A lot of people would simply put themselves at risk because of ignorance.

@nofilterbtxh5000 Жыл бұрын

The flashbacks give the same unsettling vibes HBO’s Chernobyl did.Tension,just a few comments that make you think about the worse and eerie sounds👌🏻

@Sonny_AA Жыл бұрын

The heaviness of having a scientist in the not so distant past prophesizing a SHTF scenario that science couldn't save us from and bookending it with a scientist who realizes they ARE IN the SHTF situation where nothing could be done was brilliantly executed.

@acidalex420 Жыл бұрын

Honestly the best part of this show. The second episode opening with the doctor? I have NEVER been more engaged in a programme. I think this could be even bigger than The Walking Dead, it’s just incredible. Probably the best TV I’ve ever watched. But tbf pretty much all my favourite tv shows are from HBO, they really have a winning formula.

@Social_Pugatory Жыл бұрын

That flashback from the rainbow blanket is great directing! Trusting your audience to connect dots and bringing our imaginations into the writers room and directors chairs while also hinting at Frank and Bill’s relationship was just 🤌🏾 10/10! Give them their EMMY NOW! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@victora.1329 Жыл бұрын

"Hinting"? The whole episode was about their butt adventures

@ostrichesandgin8570 Жыл бұрын

I was slightly offended to the blanket and cloth transition because I thought it was too obvious and I felt that the directors thought I was some sort of idiot, now I see why they did it.

@Milena-ek6gm Жыл бұрын

@@victora.1329just say you don't understand emotional connections and move on buddy

@victora.1329 Жыл бұрын

@@Milena-ek6gm just say you don't know what made TLOU great and move on, buddy

@JadaEbong Жыл бұрын

This show is really messing with my mind and how quick and easily the societies that we know can end, especially when thinking about how we responded to covid March & April of 2020

@seraphik 11 ай бұрын

3:35 that's a lowkey masterpiece of a moment. there's so much amazing acting in this. the subtle nuances of her reaction were just amazing. in that one instant after she sees the positive test, you can see her realization, her heartbreak, and just a bit of fear. such a bomb piece of acting. i thought she was sure to be an important side character, but like the indonesian scientist, she was literally just there for that one tiny but crucial plot moment, and she knocked it out of the park.

@NewsratC17 Жыл бұрын

Yea the flashbacks hit rlly hard and always give us more vital info love that they don’t waste any time giving us relevant info and emotions 😢

@MorrisDuBose Жыл бұрын

Love your breakdowns. Keep 'em coming

@jimmymcgill2557 Жыл бұрын

6:03 - it says 5-15 minutes for a neck bite but looking back Tess seemed to last a lot longer than that and Sam was bitten on the leg and turned just a couple of hours later that same night? 🤔 it could also be an age related thing perhaps as the old lady in episode 1 turned pretty quick after ingesting it

@fivestarguy100 Жыл бұрын

Well, Tess did seem to last a fair bit longer than what was advertised, but with Sam a whole night passed in-between him getting bit and then him turning. And the old lady in episode 1ate the Cordyceps, she wasn't bit. So perhaps that is a whole different system. But it took her a whole day to turn pretty much, yeah you see her acting sussy the whole episode but she only turns after Sarah wakes up in the middle of the night. If anything the two people the old lady bit turned ridiculously fast, but those were both neck bites, so it kind of makes sense.

@jimmymcgill2557 Жыл бұрын

@@fivestarguy100 oh yeah i totally forgot the old lady was down to ingesting the Cordyceps! my bad, all good points you mention but Sam was bit on the leg and Tess the neck/collar area and she still seemed to last longer...Sam was bitten in what i'm guessing was early evening (it was certainly the night because it was dark when the bloater and runners turned up) and then later that night is when he attacked Ellie and Henry shot him, either that or there was a whole day we didn't see that was off screen but again im pretty sure it was the same night and just a few hours after the runners/bloaters...either way i'm only nit picking, Season 1 was superb, can't wait for season 2!...me want some more bloater action, we didn't get enough of them!

@littlerecruit2735 Жыл бұрын

The 1968 flashback is probably in my opinion one of the best flashbacks so far until we see any others

@cathpalug1221 Жыл бұрын

Christine Hakim definitely the right person for that role. The stark contrast between the hard cold decision to bomb the city and then Ibu Ratna almost in tear wanted to spend the last moment with her family is *chef kiss*

@56postoffice Жыл бұрын

Haven't watched the latest episode yet but I just love the videos you put out, even if they've forewarned with spoilers!

@phatmantv Жыл бұрын

Since we can't stop wars or racism, I truly believe this is humanities end result.

@L33Reacts Жыл бұрын

Humans have been killing each other since the beginning of our species. We are animals. Animals with opposable thumbs and a sense of morality. But when all of societies graces and constructs fail, you would get this. But in reality, nothing on earth will live (except the roaches and tardigrades) past our end. Atomic death will come for all of life. 😅

@eddiediaz5518 Жыл бұрын

It’s exactly why I support Joel’s decision to save Ellie at the hospital, because even if the cure did actually work, it would NEVER actually be used to cure people

@MelloHubb Жыл бұрын

@@eddiediaz5518 it would definitely be used to cure people... Just the highest bidders though

@LewisB3217 Жыл бұрын

@@MelloHubb we don’t know that either, but if humanity follows old cycles, yes that’ll happen

@tfan2222 Жыл бұрын

You do realize that wars are increasingly rarer, and those that do happen often aren’t major ones anymore? Same goes with racism, it’s DEFINITELY still there, but it’s been on the decline for a while, as it’s not a natural mindset.

@NB-Philly Жыл бұрын

Great review! We watch your recaps after every show / episode we watch!

@staydetermined6717 Жыл бұрын

It’s terrifying and unnerving because you KNOW what’s going to happen and the reactions of the people in the flashbacks

@anthonyt219 Жыл бұрын

You could tell that professor lady could not even imagine such a thing could happen and that the worst has already happened...and that humanity has to do even worse in order to stop it. She is forced to accept it, and just wants to be with her family.

@DougieYT Жыл бұрын

When that Scientist/Doctor told the general to bomb the city, and then her immediate reaction afterwards is just, WOW😮.

@conniehankosky5750 Жыл бұрын

That second opening scene was the most on edge ive been while watching something in a while

@mattgilbert7347 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoying TLOU show, as a part time gamer it was one of the few games I really got into (I'm old!). Just finished ep 2. Damn Tess. When they said "look for the light"..damn. Great scene. Mrs. Ratna and Tess. Both staunch, badass women.

@wade8137 Жыл бұрын

I hope each episode has a small bit like these. Short looks back that can reveal so much

@quanage4296 Жыл бұрын

Its great i wish more zombie shows has short standalone scenes leading up to or during an outbreak while progressing with the current story

@Cult_of_the_Mantis Жыл бұрын

Regarding the plane I'd think either a passenger or even the pilot themselves became infected from eating wheat

@gabrielanava9996 Жыл бұрын

That's a very good guess

@Cult_of_the_Mantis Жыл бұрын

@@gabrielanava9996 thank you 🙂I know Cordyceps Militaris will very easily grow on rice or wheat flour 🙂

@schools6555 Жыл бұрын

I don't know how I feel about ⚠️ spoiler warning ⚠️ Bill dying even as poetic as it was. That being said his death gives me hope they may alter a certain fate of a certain someone in the next season or two! 🤞🤞

@Ass_of_Amalek Жыл бұрын

I was hoping that joel and ellie would interrupt the suicide scene :(

@LeonardoNicolasNiqqo258 Жыл бұрын

That was a very short "spoiler alert" lol

@cashmoneychanel1209 Жыл бұрын

At least until season 2 😅

@HenryT316 Жыл бұрын

It was a sweet episode but over all this episode did not deliver. They altered the story so much they missed out on a great opportunity to show the real threat of the infected. No chaos in trying to get a working battery and getting out of there. I was really looking forward to that

@janmitchell3976 Жыл бұрын

@@HenryT316 that an awesome episode where they flipped the script meet cue to tragic ending, rise to greatness(as mankind faces extinction) and a fall from grace. beautiful. the instant understanding and recognition love at first sight. in an instant life was better and to good to lose. but.... i dont think frank is dead. we didnt see a body and hell its not like they are scared to change the story.

@MrChronicpayne Жыл бұрын

I love these flashbacks, best part of the series imo. They need more world building and background on whats going on outside the characters.

@cookiessprite Жыл бұрын

The look on the doctor's face when she says, 'bomb' really got me.

@sidvicious4760 Жыл бұрын

It's the feeling of dread that gets us

@EthanAndrews-oy5cj 6 ай бұрын

the scene of doctor Ratna made me vomit. like the pain in her face. I usualy never get so touched by something but shes acctualy such a good actor it dwelled on my mind for weeks.

@drnightmaremendoza4892 Жыл бұрын

The first 3 flashback gave more flavor. The flashback should be a necessary to keep the show interesting and shocking.

@drnightmaremendoza4892 Жыл бұрын

Is the a scam?

@drnightmaremendoza4892 Жыл бұрын

Yup not doing that

@j.elizabeth4621 Жыл бұрын

In the first episode, they mention unrest in Jakarta on the radio as well.

@ThehulkGreen Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see this, my good friend is willing to watch it over again, he is a good mate because of trust in him to know this is worth the watch.

@StiflingSky Жыл бұрын

The infected didn’t get on the aeroplanes, it was the fact that the radio cut off so planes no longer had the ability to co ordinate with eachother and flight control (who were probably dead or evacuating) so had to try and land immediately. Causing the crashes

@isogashiin Жыл бұрын

"Ibu" means mother in Bahasa Indonesian, not "Mrs". It is used as an address of great respect for older women, especially as the female scientist seems to be one of great renown.

@joshhoehne8281 Жыл бұрын

This is the best television in years.

@cnpressley4314 Жыл бұрын

better call saul my guy

@thomasglass7223 Жыл бұрын

@@cnpressley4314 BCS isnt for everyone the pace is slow and im too adhd for that

@mweissma Жыл бұрын

I’m hooked on this show.

@kiltedcripple Жыл бұрын

So far, TLOU is making the Walking Dead look like amateur night at the Apollo for poat-disaster epics. The episode with Bill and Frank alone has outclassed the acting in 90% of the Hollywood films tensed this year, the pacing was tight, the dialog precise and purposeful, and the acting was superb, best work of both gents' careers.

@antialeks5013 Жыл бұрын

"There are those among us who would rather doom everyone else than give up what they have." Nicely done. Nicely fucking done.

@LukeDodge916 Жыл бұрын

I fully expect civilization to end before im dead. Though I don't plan on living too long if I were to survive... You can feel it in the air

@mpleandre Жыл бұрын

Missed an intro in episode 3, ngl. I want to see more from the pre-apocalypse

@blackmanwithcomputer Жыл бұрын

That was like 75% of the episode.

@MzFitz3 Жыл бұрын

Did you even watch the episode.

@mpleandre Жыл бұрын

@@MzFitz3 Intro from the whole scientific thing. Yes, teh episode was a flashback, but only in Bill's eyes.

@rwwilson21 Жыл бұрын

The first scene of the series is the "bomb under the table analogy" for the show.

@Kelticfury Жыл бұрын

TBH personally I prefer the trope of a dead kid rather then them killing a dog or something for emotional effect. John Wick is about the only case of the dead pet trope that did it right.

@nftfgenetix315 Жыл бұрын

I Am Legend Did It Right

@LewisB3217 Жыл бұрын

@@nftfgenetix315 tru, that and John Wick are about it

@TonyTylerDraws Жыл бұрын

Chernobyl too.

@TheRealOtakuJoe Жыл бұрын

Going through with what we all went through, and we only got a very small taste early on of what the end would be like, TLOU along with every apocalyptic dystopian fiction will be a very true representation of what's to come when the end comes.

@ZackHoltz Жыл бұрын

This show is absolutely fantastic just like the games:)

@ec329 8 ай бұрын

I appreciated hoe the seasoned commander was looking for a rational explanation and solution from the scientist but all he got was a grim solution he wanted to avoid.......

@joab757 Жыл бұрын

And something they havnt had to deal with is the outbreak, which is smart because in reality, while it may have had a massive outbreak in certain areas, the fact that they recognized it so quickly means that they would have shut down the factory and recalled all products. This most likely would have stopped the spread globally. Unless it took them awhile to recognize what was causing it. But assuming that it was a particular batch that had the fungus…also, once it hit colder areas it would have died I believe. They were very smart not addressing this because no way would someone eating bread in Boston be affected at the same time as someone in Jakarta.

@fatherplatypus2316 Жыл бұрын

The scientist scenes are terrifyingly incredible, bcs they're both right

@gregwise5655 Жыл бұрын

Great film work and story telling

@punintended4754 Жыл бұрын

This channel is highly addictive.

@TheMsMonie Жыл бұрын

The Flashbacks give me the story points that I need for world building.

@Xylarxcode 10 ай бұрын

One thing you didn't mention that correlates nicely is that in the 1968 flashback, the doctor says something like: 'Not only is there no cure. It's not even possible to make them.' Fast forward to the scene where the mycology professor from the year 2003 examines the cordyceps that infected a human and she confirms her colleagues' statement. When the soldier asks her if she can make a cure or vaccine, she simply shakes her head in defeat and affirms: 'There is no cure. There is no vaccine. The only solution is a bomb.' In the 1968 scene, the professor is only speculating, but in the 2003 scene it's a real scenario. But both are experts in their fields and both agree to one thing: 'We can't fight this thing with science. It just can't be done.' And it's chilling AF both times.