The Last of Us Season 1 Episode 5 REACTION
Added 2025-04-07 15:01:50 +0000 UTCComments
I'm new around here and catching up to the present on these! I very much appreciate your honesty throughout these 'reactions'. I process my emotions best by talking them out loud (I probably intellectualize them a bit too much), and I really appreciate you freely discussing the feelings/thoughts/responses the show evokes from you, while it's happening. I get a chance to the reflect on how I feel about the perspective you offer and I then get to reflect on how my perspective shapes future me and where I have room for growth. I feel like I get to know myself better, and it's because you lead with genuine reflection and a willingness to discuss uncomfortable things. 😊these topics are heavy, I sometimes feel masochistic for watching people suffer when I don't enjoy watching people suffer, but its always the humanity behind the choices that keep me hoping they'll prevail despite the odds.
Amanda M.
2025-05-16 23:05:03 +0000 UTC"I'm scared of being alone" and "I'm sorry" when her remedy didn't work are the most heartbreaking moments, possibly in all of Ellie's story when you know where it goes in the first game and beyond 😭
Ericsson
2025-04-24 07:48:22 +0000 UTCI feel like ellie trying to give Sam her blood was a way to also show how childish ellie still is. Not in a bad way, but realistic. She can kill and shoot infected as well as people now but is still the mental age of 13-14 possibly even younger. She genuinely believes the blood will cure him and when she finds the cruel reality the next morning, it does change her. I'm sure a part of her also believed he would die regardless but wanted to hang onto the hope of saving his life. Every loss she experiences ages her and takes away her innocence slowly.
lala
2025-04-14 23:20:38 +0000 UTCI'm curious your perspective on watching media like this. I can only deal with Last of Us at most once a year because I find it so upsetting, and it's good so I want to watch it, but is it a good catharsis? I don't know
Oracle Machine
2025-04-13 21:05:23 +0000 UTCIts a morbid silver lining but in the game on the hardest difficulty that sniper in the house basically has fucking telescopic x-ray vision so the catharsis from killing that guy will always feel good because of the hours I've spent getting trickshotted by that dick. It makes this episode slightly less absolutely devastating on rewatch.
Versek
2025-04-11 22:04:09 +0000 UTCi don’t care how many times i watch this episode. tears are shed. every. single. time. 😞😞
Kayla Brunton
2025-04-09 05:39:58 +0000 UTCA heartbreaking but beautiful detail was how sam faced the window. I can only imagine his fear as he realised that he was turning and yet he still tried to protect ellie. He knew if he couldnt see her, he wouldnt attack her (because he cant hear)... So sad. I havent seen this episode since it aired and i thought id be okay watching... i bawlled. Poor baby Sam & Henry 💔
Nana-Afia
2025-04-08 02:10:37 +0000 UTCI get moved to tears all the time watching movies and TV, but this hit differently. Even though I have played the games and knew what was going to happen, I have never felt more genuine shock and pain from fiction than I did watching those last few minutes and I really wasn't sure I could keep watching after. I think it mostly boils down to the incredible acting, specifically from Bella Ramsay and Keivonn Woodard. In the game, Sam isn't deaf and he is the same age as Ellie which obviously makes their dynamic more like friends and equals, but I think the changes make it so much more impactful and tragic in the show since Ellie takes on a protective big-sister role. Joel said it's easier for kids because they aren't responsible for anyone else, but Ellie definitely took Sam under her wing in a way we didn't see in the game and you can see that she feels responsible for his death. The little cry Bella makes when Henry pulls the trigger is absolutely the most memorable thing about the scene, so much so that even though I haven't seen the episode since it came out, that sound is the part I remember most clearly.
Rocky Flocky
2025-04-07 22:54:59 +0000 UTCThank you for allowing yourself to be vulnerable and share your experience of these characters’ journeys along with us. As unpleasant as the subject is, your reflection about would you pursue revenge if someone hurt your family was remarkably transparent and truthful, from my perspective at least. Much respect for you for just…saying truthfully what you think you would do as a human being on this earth. And thanks for returning a couple of times to Ellie’s fear of being left alone in the world. Western society appears to be a lonelier place with each passing year.
gzilla97
2025-04-07 22:03:22 +0000 UTCI really relate to Ellie in this one—we share the same fear. No matter what, she keeps finding herself alone again. Joel is there, but the thought that she could lose him at any moment still lingers. This show gives me anxiety with every episode, even when I rewatch it. I’m scared for her—like all this trauma might one day stop her from forming deeper relationships. Because in the end, she’s still alone. It’s just... ouch. So heavy and heartbreaking.
Carol Grein Ericson
2025-04-07 19:41:13 +0000 UTC
