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The Last of Us: Through the Valley [2x02] ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction (Patreon)

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2025-04-22 17:15:00
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2025-05-21 02:07:00
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Of course they had to put that song in this episode. 🥲 Kaitlyn Dever is really impressing me as Abby. Young Mazino is fantastic casting as Jesse too. I was SHOCKED to see an Alberta location in this episode, again! I truly expected this whole season to be filmed in BC, but I've now recognized an AB location in Ep 1 and Ep 2 so that gives me some joy. 🥰 Please enjoy (as best as you can lol). Looking forward to your comments! [Direct link here.]

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The Last of Us: Through the Valley [2x02] ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction

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Something got messed up with the Patreon scheduling settings on this post, so if you got multiple notifications of this, I'm so sorry!

Ray H

I liked Abby’s dream sequence and I am not a fan of dream sequences in general. But, her past self not recognizing her rage filled future self was a neat switch. Also, I like switching up Tommy for Dina to patrol with Joel. It gives her more personal motivation besides being the most ride or die girlfriend on the planet. And then Tommy having to stay behind to protect Jackson will probably make him feel a little guilty, which will be motivation for him too. This episode was terrific. Lastly, the Eugene situation is interesting—a lot of different theories on what exactly happened, hoping to get a flashback. I’m thinking it might be a combination of the revelations from her multiple flashbacks in the game like they merged them somehow for the show using Eugene as part of it.

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Yes, the small changes they're making so far have been good. I also appreciated Joel/Dina team-up and Ellie with Jesse. The decision to have an Infected break-in with Jackson is great character development for the show version of Tommy and Maria and I'm so excited to see where they take that with those characters and how it may change their behaviour and approach to community safety. We'll see what they do with that. I'm sure we'll get a Eugene flashback and explanation. Looking forward to it!

Paul Howard

For me the changes setup a whole bunch of things that make upcoming things easier. Tommy will have even more guilt as he wasn't there so couldn't help. Dina will have the guilt that she _was_ and didn't do anything. Finally, Jackson is short on people so definitely can't spare a hunting party. It tidies up a whole bunch of things. I did read that Kaitlyn filmed the scene 3 days after her mum's funeral. I can't help but feel that she channelled some of that into the acting (much like Mandy Patinkin did for Princess Bride with the death of his father).

Chris Elkins

Was a crazy episode the infected attacking Jackson reminded me of The Two Towers but Tommy as the leader instead of Aragon. I'm kinda glad Real Abby isn't jacked like game Abby I always found game Abby kinda creepy or unrealistic in her jacked form.... Kaitlyn it top notch I bet that scene crawling with the fence felt creepy with all those people so close lol. I think they filmed it in a real snow storm as well so all the cold and freezing looks were for real too, gotta give the actors props for dealing with that cold. I'm just hoping for more backstory episode before the season gets to far along, we who played the game know reasons why, it really helps you understand things more... sorry trying to keep things blunt as possible. Its been fun watching other partial reactions of people thats never played the game..... "Fuck Abby"....."I hate her"...."I dont know if I can finish this show" Lol yep now you know how we gamers felt

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Yes, great points! And agreed about Kaitlyn. Actors being able to channel personal feelings into a performance stand out, I think. Thought it's equally impressive when they don't too.

Bryan Dempsey

I haven’t played the games and was not spoiled for. This episode. As the story progressed, I was thinking, “So Pedro will have to walk with a limp the rest series. That will mess with his back…” and then I started wondering how he would recover from the beating. Then he died and my daughter who watches it with me was bawling her eyes out. It was a well done episode of a well made series. But in all honesty, I don’t how much I want to keep watching. My investment in the show was Joel and Ellie and their relationship. I still like Ellie and care about what happens to her. Wonder how she recovers and moves on. Kind of hoping she goes on her own revenge quest. But she can’t carry the show by herself and where they have failed the show is the supporting characters are underdeveloped. Allow me to show my work. Other than Tommy and his wife we haven’t seen the other characters operate independently of either Joel or Ellie. Let’s compare this to seasons one of Daredevil. We met Karen as she being arrested. We saw her with Ben, we saw Ben with his boss. We met Ben’s wife. We had supporting characters functioning in that world and Matt and Wilson were nowhere in sight. We can argue we’re only 2 episodes in, but I present the first two episodes of The Last of Us. We first meet Tess on her own, again not as a supporting character per se. So to the fans of the video game, people who know what’s coming: Is the hole Joel leaves behind properly filled (as best it can be)? If Matt died in Daredevil would I watch a season of just Foggy and Karen fighting the good fight in the court room? Yes, I would. Has The Last of Us earned that trust from me…not yet. Without spoilers, will it be worth my time?

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Abby being muscular in the game is one of the reasons that I like her so much. It actually IS a pretty realistic body type for a woman who is serious about weightlifting and isn't using any "help" like steroids. Abby's body type is rarely shown in media, which is why I love the choice so much to make her that way in the game. Back when I was a weightlifter myself, I used to follow a number of women in the industry who had made similar changes to their body, going from super skinny to larger and muscular, but it took years of work to get there. From Abby's flashbacks to present day was 4 years.. that's plenty of time for her to grow. I think people like to criticize her body because "apocalypse", but we saw how well the WLF were living. Not only were they eating well, but they had a massive gym with tons of free weights, barbells, and still operable resistance machines. I trust that we'll get plenty of flashbacks. This season is only 7 episodes. I expect some in every episode moving forward.

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Absolutely it is worth your time. The Last of Us Part II is my favourite of the two games, because of the story and the journey. I like Abby more than Ellie. Keep watching.

Chris Elkins

I know a female friend that bodybuilds I understand guess I said it wrong. I think in my mind graphicly in game it didnt look right, maybe I just havent seen enough muscular ladies in real life.

Steve Mercier

One of the single greatest episodes of television I've ever seen...but I just rewatched this with Cassie over on Popcorn in Bed, so I think I'm gonna wait awhile to watch it again with you. I'm feeling a little...hollow.

Bryan Dempsey

If there’s one thing I take away from your channel is you are a good judge of films and tv. I will trust you. On an episode by episode basis.

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Keep in mind it's also okay if you decide to stop watching. ☺️ Not everything works for everyone!

Chris Elkins

You get a full story and a complete understanding of the events through Abbys eyes as well as Ellie, and Abby's story is amazing

Bryan Dempsey

If they can make me care about Abby, that would be solid storytelling considering my current opinion.

Thadman

I'd seen a couple of people that have brought up this idea that there needed to be a reason why Jackson didn't form some sort of hunting party, but I don't think they would've anyway to go after some randos that killed one of their inhabitants. It makes sense that Tommy and Ellie would want to (and here, Dina) but I don't think Jackson would've spared people to go on some revenge hunt for one of their inhabitants, even if there was no infected attack (like in the game). They were always very protective of the whole town, more so than any individual. They are a commune, after all. I feel like they'd mourn the dead and move on, taking more precautions in the future. I still haven't replayed the 2nd game after that first time because I found it so long and unrelenting in it's motivation. For someone like me who automatically immerses myself in the settings of the games, it's not a place I wanted to "stay in." Halfway through, I just wanted it to come to a conclusion. This is not to say the story is boring or bad or anything like that. Quite the contrary. The story is great and after getting through it, I completely understand the story and "lesson" they were trying to convey, especially knowing the 2nd game is about "hate." It's just hard, like I said, to be immersed in that for so long. I just kept saying, after about halfway through, "Just go home. Leave it." It's been years and every time I thought to play it again, I'd think of how unrelenting and long it is and would just shudder and get tired before I even got up to put the game in. Granted, the gameplay IS great and I enjoyed (let's be honest) killing all those enemies, mostly stealthy. I enjoyed being an efficient killer. Doing so does take a long time though since you have to be patient and wait for the right moments. I should, on next playthrough, focus more on Abby than Ellie since her motivation is more complicated and it evolves through the game. I like Ellie, but her motivation is pure vengeance, like we see where Abby starts and is up to this point, and Abby held that for FIVE YEARS. Ugh. It's exhausting just thinking about it. Watching this show and seeing the comments has gotten me in the mood to try it again though.