S2E1
Future Days
The Last of Us · 2025-04-13 · 59 min
FLICKFEEL
74
from 74 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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…
what happens
Five years after the events in Salt Lake City, a now 19-year-old Ellie makes a discovery while on patrol with her best friend Dina. Back in Jackson Hole, Joel seeks help to mend his relationship with Ellie.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
47
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
48
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 74 comments — 22 said when.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Warm most of the way through. Very little of it ever resolves.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
➖ steady — holds one level all the way
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“That half second shot of the man on the instrument during the dance party was Gustavo Santaolalla who is the man behind the music in the game and tv show.”
SerDire▲ 1,236about 50–50% inread it ↗
“Joel’s face going from trembling to stone-cold still when asked “what did you do?” and replied “I saved her” I really thought he was going to say what he did. That shook me.”
Dkm1331▲ 1,049about 90–95% inread it ↗
“One of the last scenes where we see Ellie looking at Joel on the porch, only to walk past him, broke my heart”
phantom_avenger▲ 996about 90–95% inread it ↗
“That stalker scene was awesome. Really captured the gameplay. Great level of tension and suspense.”
ImDeputyDurland▲ 942about 33–66% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Craig Mazin
- written
- Craig Mazin
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller
Samuel Hoeksema as Clicker
Rutina Wesley as Maria
Kaitlyn Dever as Abby Anderson
Danny Ramirez as Manny Alvarez
Tati Gabrielle as Nora
Spencer Lord as Owen
Robert John Burke as Seth