Ben Lindbergh

Just in conversation with people talking about the show, not knowing you got to establish the ground rules. What do you know? What do you not know? I just I didn't want to be the one to spoil it for anyone. So I don't want to ruin anyone's Last of Us experience. And now at least this particular cat is out of the bag for anyone who is watching live or close to live.

What did you make of the reaction the Internet's take on this episode made? Particularly the fans who did remain unspoiled somehow. It caused quite the uproar, as we were expecting. Yeah. Was it bigger than you expected? Was it the same? Was it different in any way? How would you compare it even to the uproar about the game?

What did you make of the reaction the Internet's take on this episode made? Particularly the fans who did remain unspoiled somehow. It caused quite the uproar, as we were expecting. Yeah. Was it bigger than you expected? Was it the same? Was it different in any way? How would you compare it even to the uproar about the game?

What did you make of the reaction the Internet's take on this episode made? Particularly the fans who did remain unspoiled somehow. It caused quite the uproar, as we were expecting. Yeah. Was it bigger than you expected? Was it the same? Was it different in any way? How would you compare it even to the uproar about the game?

Which I guess it kind of came in waves because there were the leaks about the game before it came out. And so some people knew much as some people knew from having played the game before they watched the show. But both times it caused quite a stir.

Which I guess it kind of came in waves because there were the leaks about the game before it came out. And so some people knew much as some people knew from having played the game before they watched the show. But both times it caused quite a stir.

Which I guess it kind of came in waves because there were the leaks about the game before it came out. And so some people knew much as some people knew from having played the game before they watched the show. But both times it caused quite a stir.

Yeah. Again, it was spoiled for a lot of people before the game came out. Not me, but because so much of it was leaked, there was this whole round of discourse where people were pissed about some aspects of the game. Now, people were pissed about multiple aspects of The Last of Us Part II, both pre-release and post-release, but...

Yeah. Again, it was spoiled for a lot of people before the game came out. Not me, but because so much of it was leaked, there was this whole round of discourse where people were pissed about some aspects of the game. Now, people were pissed about multiple aspects of The Last of Us Part II, both pre-release and post-release, but...

Yeah. Again, it was spoiled for a lot of people before the game came out. Not me, but because so much of it was leaked, there was this whole round of discourse where people were pissed about some aspects of the game. Now, people were pissed about multiple aspects of The Last of Us Part II, both pre-release and post-release, but...

I think that coming out even before anyone had actually played the game, really, or before most people have. And then that spilled out. That was in some ways worse, potentially, because you were hearing about it secondhand and no one was having the experience of having played it.

I think that coming out even before anyone had actually played the game, really, or before most people have. And then that spilled out. That was in some ways worse, potentially, because you were hearing about it secondhand and no one was having the experience of having played it.

I think that coming out even before anyone had actually played the game, really, or before most people have. And then that spilled out. That was in some ways worse, potentially, because you were hearing about it secondhand and no one was having the experience of having played it.

And then if you did find out when you actually got your hands on the game, well, at that point, you've maybe been waiting seven years since the first Last of Us. And you've spent 15 hours in that first game controlling Joel. Yeah. And then they dropped this bomb on you.

And then if you did find out when you actually got your hands on the game, well, at that point, you've maybe been waiting seven years since the first Last of Us. And you've spent 15 hours in that first game controlling Joel. Yeah. And then they dropped this bomb on you.

And then if you did find out when you actually got your hands on the game, well, at that point, you've maybe been waiting seven years since the first Last of Us. And you've spent 15 hours in that first game controlling Joel. Yeah. And then they dropped this bomb on you.

So if anything, the reaction among players was more intense, though maybe more diffuse because people were getting to it at different times and because you could keep playing. So it wasn't just he dies episode over. We have nothing else to discuss for a week. you could press on and immediately see how the rest of the story unfolded.

So if anything, the reaction among players was more intense, though maybe more diffuse because people were getting to it at different times and because you could keep playing. So it wasn't just he dies episode over. We have nothing else to discuss for a week. you could press on and immediately see how the rest of the story unfolded.

So if anything, the reaction among players was more intense, though maybe more diffuse because people were getting to it at different times and because you could keep playing. So it wasn't just he dies episode over. We have nothing else to discuss for a week. you could press on and immediately see how the rest of the story unfolded.

So it's different this time, but similarly seismic, much like the ending of the first game and the first season, where we kind of knew what was coming. That was a carbon copy. That was basically shot for shot, word for word. And this one was not, as we will be discussing in depth today. But it was similar enough in the big beats that we sort of knew what was in store. And we