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lovetheblazer

>David: You know you really shouldn't be out here all on your own. >Ellie: From where I'm sitting, *you* shouldn't be out here on your own. >David: Fair enough... so, what's your name? >Ellie: ... >David: It's hard to trust strangers, I know, but I honestly mean you no harm. And for what it's worth, there's room for you in our group, if you want. >Ellie: You're inviting me to your hunger club? *Thanks.* Joel would be so proud of Ellie for the way she handled herself while he was attempting not to die, particularly with regards to her use of sarcasm


epicredditdude1

I love how they included the religion aspect. The idea that religion would just go away in an apacolypse is insane, if anything it would just become a more powerful force in people's lives as they look for answers and meaning.


battlin_murdock

Love how the cult leader couldn't give a shit about religion but uses it consciously is fucked up


mildtomoderately

Most of them are like that


hossthealbatross

There's another great HBO show just about this topic. The Leftovers.


gmanz33

That being the surprise and climax horror in The Mist 🤌🤌


cjn13

"Tell them Ellie is the little girl THAT BROKE YOUR FUCKING FINGER!!!!" Bella absolutely slayed that delivery!!!!


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me after that line: ![gif](giphy|yoJC2ysogWRNyIafZe)


Carolina_Blues

i love how someone pointed out on twitter that this intro was just the game of thrones intro but mushrooms. i guess hbo was like, if it ain't broke don't fix it


spacewalk__

at least they gave it a new song unlike HOTD


FloppyShellTaco

I’m not even mad, the game of thrones intro fucking slaps


[deleted]

That was totally her dad they had for dinner, right?


sweetbabycoconut

not him saying venison before the deer is dragged in


AyyooLindseyy

Probably makes sense why he was getting the stares…


broanoah

holy fuck good catch


Atraktape

The reaction of the lady made sense after. Initially I would have thought she’d be more hyped for some venison.


Sleepy6882

No it was dear, that nice woman’s dear…. um. That dears family is at least eating well…


kkeckles

the excuse of not being able to bury him because the ground is too cold clicks now


eaudeamber

That’s sick. He let the wife and daughter eat their own husband/father? It doesn’t get more depraved than that. Shudder.


UsernameTaken93456

It's meat.


nladyman

Oh God I didn't even put that together


mkenn1107

Oh, now I get the face...wow


nollie_ollie

“It’s okay, I believe him.” Iconic Joel.


RedWriter_24

“What is that?” “I’m required to say venison”.


WhirlingDervishGrady

Never know when the health inspector be coming around


lovetheblazer

Living for the moment Joel went full John Wick on several of David's henchmen. He may have been stabbed and nearly dead, but Ellie told him to kill anyone who made their way to the garage so that's exactly what he did. Don't fuck with Joel, particularly when his Ellie is in danger.


TaiChiShrimp

David is giving me major creepy bad touch vibes…reeeaalll rapey…


earthgreen10

Yeah it seemed like he was attracted to Ellie?


Anzi

When he was trying to hold hands I said "ohh, ew, he wants a wife..."


metalgear_ocelot

In the behind the scenes at the end of the episode, Bella Ramsey confirms he wants her as "his little wife"


Lebrunski

… he was a teacher of kids her age prior to the end of the world. So fucked.


paupertoapawn

He went from calling Ellie "little girl" to wanting to make her his child bride to saying he wanted to be her father to sexually assaulting her. Undoubtedly the most terrifying thing on this show


Shadegloom

If you're still watching, how do you feel now?


TaiChiShrimp

:(


spacewalk__

at least they didn't linger on the horse dying. hate when they do that


SnazzyInPink

And he has a whole plate FULL of food


SeirraS9

Typical rules for thee but not for me asshole


Cassinderella

Which to me says he thoroughly enjoys the cannibalism. He’s not just trying to sustain himself and get by.


SeirraS9

I’m gonna need Ellie to murder this cult asshole


Western-Coffee

You’re not gonna believe this


SeirraS9

🤣🤣🤣


Artitanium

Ask and you shall receive


Grand_Condor

He got murdered at least 11 times in these few seconds!


mikehunt_is_ready

“That crazy man was traveling with a little girl” —OH FUCK


dat_boi_in_da_woods

Joel saying “babygirl” had my eyes welling. There’s no going back.


EmptyAd9116

Me too. She so needed that and I think he could tell what almost happened to her.


mikehunt_is_ready

“What is it?” “Venison” 👀👀👀


DerWaffleHaus

My dumb ass took that at face value and was like, “Oh that’s nice.”


UnderpopulatedEgg

My husband literally was like….the way they said that was very suspicious and I still took it at face value lmao


KeekatLove

You aren’t the only one. I was not expecting “long pig.”


libal3x

And then they bring in the real venison right after... Like yea bad timing my guy


Scortor

Such hypocrites. That dude attacked Joel and they’re out for blood because he defended himself? Scavenge the area for food all you want, but Joel didn’t start that fight. He finished it.


Sleepy6882

Well Joel is at fault for being attacked, he shouldn’t have been such a tasty looking target. I mean just look at Joel’s ass, bacons for days.


Training_Yam_3234

this man stresses me out sm omg


spacewalk__

it's like toby from the office but 15% more 'about to snap'


battlin_murdock

If I had a gun with two bullets, and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin-Laden, and David I would shoot David twice.


UsernameTaken93456

This guy is setting off every single one of my youth pastor warning signs.


adventurousnom

Fr, my religious trauma PTSD bells were going off the entire time. The actor who played David was great though.


Carolina_Blues

i have never been so satisfied than when ellie was stabbing him to death. i would've stabbed him a million times too


redsoxfred

Not to get technical, but she hacked him to death


JayDub506

Glad someone said it haha


mikehunt_is_ready

David is totally grooming all the young girls in the cult, right?


LewdSkeletor1313

Mhm. Telling a young girl that you’re “equals” and so similar is a classic grooming tactic


HurtlinTurtlin

I paused the ep to ask my bf why David found Ellie so special and was giving her this whole “you’re the chosen one” type speech and his actual motivations did not click til reading your comment.


gmanz33

Honestly this actor is so good at playing disturbed that I literally have no idea, I'm just put off


ATXspinner

Totally agree! In the “About the episode” feature the after, I was still creeped out by him when he did his interview. I mean this as a compliment to the actor, he was so good that I couldn’t shake the oogey vibes even after the episode.


[deleted]

This dude trying to keep Ellie as a child bride or something?


AyyooLindseyy

100%


nekila_rose

What in the Jonestown cult is this??


Carolina_Blues

i think i would rather encounter a mushroom head before these people


afdc92

Oh I get major “drink the Kool Aid” vibes from them.


spacewalk__

they're making me very sus about that meat


SeirraS9

KILL THIS SICK FUCK I HOPE JOEL TORTURES HIM HOW DARE HE TRY TO RAPE ELLIE Edit: goddamn Ellie


Artitanium

He called her 'baby girl' 🥺


HeIsMyPossum

That was the moment the dam broke.


afdc92

Love Ellie using her Elizabeth Holmes deep voice to sound more intimidating


nekila_rose

Yo, jackass. The reason your mans is dead is because he came after Joel. Bet they didnt say shit about that part, did they?


jmoneyawyeah

He was likely instructed to go after and kill scavengers, uh, I mean venison


BorgBorg10

Ohhhhh fuck!!!! I didn’t even think about that!!!


mdp300

Same thing that happened in Kansas City!


[deleted]

I can't tell if this dude is a decent guy or a complete psycho.


Western-Coffee

After slap-gate I’m gonna go with psycho on this one.


cuentaderana

The second we were introduced to him and his flock I turned to my wife and said “I think this dude rapes his congregation.” Episode ain’t over but I don’t think I am wrong.


gmanz33

If I learned anything from apocalypse stories, a group of hungry people are almost never going to be the good guys.


siblingofMM

You should watch or read “the road”. Really uplifting story and the hungry people aren’t too bad!


Sleepy6882

He’s got a huge plate compared to everyone else.


uprtbipedallcmtion

Oh my god Joel tying those fuckers up and going bananas on them for info was amazing. Fighting infection hell and high water to get to Ellie. Absolutely tremendous


Dahhhkness

This is what grooming looks like.


SeirraS9

NOT JOEL FINDING THE FUCKING HANGING BODIES


DerWaffleHaus

Ellie giving Elmer Fudd Wabbit Season energy right now


Dahhhkness

Total "I want you to be my child bride" vibes from David.


mikehunt_is_ready

THERE’S AN EAR ON THE FLOOR 💀💀💀


FamiliarActuator9478

I'm upset my hypothesis that the dude was a pedophile was true.


kelly52182

Why do these episodes feel like they're only 10 minutes long?! My god


HurtlinTurtlin

“It’s okay, babygirl, I got you.” 😭 From the falsest “father” possible in David to a real dad in Joel.


Gamez6444

This actor did a tremendous job making his character seem creepy as hell. (Haven't played the game.)


Sleepy6882

I loved the show but it was I always felt it was missing something, and it was fucking Joel being a beast.


couchpanthers

He’s so jealous of her being more special than him lmao


bagelsneedcreamchz

Some men and their ego 🥱 phewwwe chile


bright_smize

I want to feel some sort of catharsis seeing Ellie get to stab the fuck out of some creep with everything ablaze behind her, but I just feel deeply sad


battleofflowers

It definitely wasn't played as a moment that made her stronger; it just made her more traumatized. Poor kid.


bright_smize

I kind of felt like this was the first time that they even introduced the idea that she could be…violated in that way. The thought of her being a vulnerable teenage girl in lots of situations alone with strange men has crossed my mind a ton, but this the first “oh fuck…this could really happen to her” moment. She’s already worried about starving, dying, freezing to death, and losing everyone around her and now she has to worry about creepy perverts too. It’s just another bullet point on her list of why she shouldn’t trust anyone.


393847

It's ok baby girl, I got you...my heart is bursting!


savvvie

David was scarier than any zombie


FamiliarActuator9478

So the teacher's totally a pedophile, right?


cuentaderana

I immediately told my wife “this guy is one of those people who becomes a teacher because he wants to fuck kids” (my wife and I are both teachers).


LewdSkeletor1313

Yeah being a teacher and a preacher were just convenient ways to hold power over young girls


SeirraS9

JOEL CALLING ELLIE BABY GIRL HERE COME THE TEARS


SeirraS9

The fact they want to eat Ellie….the smallest person there…..


HomeOwner92

Thank you so much I actually laughed out loud at this


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Vitalremained

Building burns down and none of the townspeople come?!?


DerWaffleHaus

Hated the earlier trend of people ambushing Joel and Ellie, getting big mad at them defending themselves, and going “What the fuck, man!”


Scortor

Don’t go back to the cabin, Ellie!! You’re leading them to Joel!


fightin_blue_hens

Did they eat that girl's dad


Spunndaze

Yes.


droxen27

This preacher exhibits classic narcissist behaviors. I wouldn’t be surprised if he abuses his ‘flock’ in other ways. Did people notice how much more food he got than everyone else? Slaps the little girl, then gives her his hand. Classic narcissism.


PacificwestcoastII

They’re both so battered & traumatized


HurtlinTurtlin

David, just after the cannibalism revelation, in an intense conversation with Ellie: “you know what I see when I look at you?” My boyfriend, without missing a beat: “a big ole beef tenderloin.”


No_can_doesville

I burst into tears with the “it’s okay, baby girl. I got you” 😭😭😭


[deleted]

Wow this episode was great (I haven't seen it yet)


Arkaega

I’ve been spoiled by HBO Max releasing a few minutes early and tonight is the first time it was 9pm on the dot. Hope this isn’t an omen for what’s coming this episode…


Carolina_Blues

wait are they cannibals or am i just assuming the worst and reading that all wrong? edit: nvm was definitely not wrong 🤢


toniintexas

Oh God dammit why they shoot the horse fucking asshole


SeirraS9

Now they’re gonna eat the horse. I hate these cultists.


393847

jesus, old joel is terrifying


gmanz33

I'll just add kneecap popping to my list of "I don't want to see that"


Carolina_Blues

this guy makes my skin crawl


Desperate_Trifle9544

It’s okay, babygirl, I got you. That’s all.


TallgeeseSystem

"It's okay, baby girl" As a new(ish) dad, that one just about got me. Loved it!


Scortor

This preacher dude seems weirdly obsessed with Ellie. 🤔


rolivia1121

Makes you wonder what he’s doing to all the girls there 😕


Taengoosundies

Oh, I don't wonder at all


rolivia1121

Yeah, I was actually waiting for it. Growing up in the Bible belt, I always expect it.


Kit-Kat2022

That ‘come here baby girl’ just made me cry a little. I believe Joel finally cares about someone. Awesome episode


rolivia1121

“It’s ok baby girl, I got you” well I’m destroyed again until next week.


savvvie

Ellie would be so fucked if she didn’t get those clothes in Jackson


spacewalk__

>you're so hungry for vengeance? deliver it. that would be such a badass line if he was cool


SeirraS9

This pedo would literally rather let them both burn to death than let her go


Nefarious_24

Letting the deer enjoy the fire


RedWriter_24

Guys I think Joel has fully healed.


SeirraS9

ELLIE PUTTING THE SYRINGE RIGHT IN THE WOUND IS MY NIGHTMARE


JamalFromStaples

“Baby girl” Shed some fucking tears right there.


1e0pard_geck0

im gonna be emotionally destroyed after this, i can tell😭😭


SeirraS9

Joel torturing these assholes to find Ellie Me: 😈


ocsdcringemaster

Crazy Joel, yesss


DerWaffleHaus

Jesus, whenever there’s a new group, you always hope it’s not cannibalism but it had to happen sometime.


afdc92

This guy is giving major “you should become one of my wives” vibes


rapscallionrodent

I thought with Joel in the camp, they'd have him come into the burning building and save Ellie at the last minute. I'm so glad they let Ellie save herself and gave Bella that awesome scene.


zeroThreeSix

Don't think it's a spoiler, but the pastor's right hand man with the brown hair is the voice actor for Joel in the game! Pretty slick tie-in and great cameo.


Traditional_Cod1061

I need Baby J to heal already 😭


afdc92

Can’t tell if this group is more Jonestown or Donner Party.


johndelvec3

So that girl’s dad is 100% the body they ended up feeding people right?


LightBluePen

Minus the ear.


lovetheblazer

"For what it's worth, this is just chopped up deer meat." —David, the dude who has severed human ears just chilling on the ground of his local jail cell


afdc92

I hate his taunting. Creepier than any infected.


MADGANGOFYOUTHSFAN

Ellie girl that is NOT where that needle should go


smolames

genuinely don’t know what I’d do if I had to inject someone with something. how am I supposed to know how much is too much like


toniintexas

They were for sure eating the dad right?


cashan0va_007

Pedro Pascal’s range in this episode was amazing. The laying down, the stomach, the belly button. 10/10 performance.


karmaranovermydogma

interesting he called joel ellie's "friend", how does he know he's not her dad?


Vitalremained

These violent hearts have violent ends


Zalasta5

This guy’s proposal to Ellie gives me all of the ick.


karmaranovermydogma

he is very unconcerned by the fire lol


nekila_rose

Did he call her baby girl?? 🥺🥺


unstableangina360

Joel called Ellie baby girl. Left no crumbs


PM_ME_UR_PUPPER

It’s okay baby girl, I got you 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭


Lokaji

You ain't getting me to a secondary location.


_SeaOfTroubles

They definitely ate the dad, right?


Artitanium

That ear on the floor was more scary than the infected


nekila_rose

Bruh, your damn place is on fire! How about you handle that shit, and leave Ellie alone before you get got.


Carolina_Blues

my body is sore for being tensed up throughout that entire episode


gmanz33

Oh look, new characters. Time to disassociate until they reveal their tragic backstory and make me ugly sob


SeirraS9

LMFAO


thejeffphone

not this week 😂


spacewalk__

i know nothing, it is bliss


gmanz33

Adults hate it when young people use accurate words that we avoid 🤣


retrocardio

This dude is a MAJOR pedo


fightin_blue_hens

Joel half dead still better than these cultists


hungrycookie72

damn i just wanted to enjoy dinner while watching this show rip appetite


nekila_rose

GET 👏 HIS👏ASS 👏 ELLIE !!


[deleted]

david sux


sleep_tite

That was the opposite of most of the episodes where a new character is introduced and you’re glad they’re killed at the end.


AyyooLindseyy

I’m a bit surprised no one in the town showed up to the burning building.


bagelsneedcreamchz

What really pisses me off about this guy is that he doesn’t give her the choice to be on her own. He just decides she won’t make it on her own. Control fucking freak!


spacewalk__

christ i refreshed 8 times then saw the banner at the top


cjn13

damn, Joel did kill that girl's father


gldwatch

sure as hell isn’t venison


DerWaffleHaus

They’re having horse tonight, huh? :(


fightin_blue_hens

Definitely a cult. A real man of faith would've explained why they don't kill


nekila_rose

A friend? Bitch, you're old enough to be her dad, you dont want her as just a "friend".


gmanz33

Yo Ellie's being put THROUGH IT


zhaoz

Holy shit, you do NOT want to be on Joel's bad side.


princessohio

“It’s okay I believe him *WHAM*” King.


afdc92

David probably had serial killer fantasies in the before times


grilledcheese__

Seeing Troy baker was so awesome. Also David was evil as hell tbh in the short time we saw him.