HBO's The Last of Us Ep. 3

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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On this episode of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight bite into delicious strawberries! In the Airlock (1:45), Jason and Rosie dive deep (deeep) into episode 3 of HBO’s The Last of Us, recapping the episode and discussing Bill and Frank’s relationship, the structure of the season and episode, and critiques of Joel. (Warning: Jason and Rosie have a TLOU game spoiler conversation (49:35) through the end of the Airlock, which is delineated within the episode itself as well.) Then in Nerd Out (58:11) Jason and Rosie discuss a listener’s Star Wars theory. Tune in every Wednesday & Friday and don’t forget to Hulk Smash the Follow button! Nerd Out Submission Instructions! Send a short pitch and 2-3 minute voice memo recording to xray@crooked.com that answers the following questions: 1) How did you get into/discover your ‘Nerd Out?’ (2) Why should we get into it too? (3) What’s coming soon in this world that we can look forward to or where can we find it? If you’re sending a theory, feel free to send only a summary of your theory (no audio needed) for Jason and Rosie to react to on air. Follow Jason: twitter.com/netw3rk Follow Rosie: IG, website, & Letterboxd Join the X-Ray Vision Discord Follow Crooked: twitter.com/crookedmedia The Listener’s Guide for all things X-Ray Vision! Station Eleven – an acclaimed novel (2014) by Emily St. John Mandel, adapted into the acclaimed HBOMax series of the same name. We have two episodes about Station Eleven, including an interview with showrunner Patrick Somerville and a conversation with friends of the pod and hosts of Dune Pod. The Girl with All the Gifts (2014) – written by M.R. Carey.

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0:00.0	Warning, this podcast contains spoilers for HBO's the last of us episode three plus at the end of that conversation we're going to have a spoiler filled conversation that will.
0:12.0	Spoil the last of us video game so if you have finished the last of this video game you will be able to listen to that conversation and if you don't care about that you will also be able to listen to that conversation don't worry we're also going to call that out.
0:25.5	Very very loudly very very obviously when we get to that point in the conversation to give you an opportunity to hit stop and move on you have been warned.
0:34.5	Hello my name is Jason Concepcion and I'm Rosie Knight and welcome to X-ray vision the crooked media podcast where we dive deep into your favorite shows movies comics and pop culture.
1:02.0	In this episode we are going to be digging into the airlock on one of the most heartbreaking episodes of TV that you will see in a long time the last of us episode three.
1:14.0	I'm ready but I'm not ready.
1:17.0	It's definitely a like a little bit of a devastating hit to take on a Sunday like at 10 o'clock at night to like turn that off and be like fuck now I got to go to sleep.
1:26.0	What do I do with my life now and in that out we got a very exciting star was theory from one of us.
1:34.0	Well let's get into it.
1:44.0	We're stepping out of the airlock and into the beautiful scenic streets of Bill's town for the heart wrenching third episode of HBO's The Last of Us.
1:54.0	What an incredible hour of television title long long time written by Craig Mason directed by Peter Horr.
2:03.0	It's just an incredible hour of storytelling we open 10 miles west of Boston it's early morning.
2:10.0	Joel as his extremely compartmentalized way has gone off alone to mourn test he makes a Karen on the banks of a river.
2:22.0	And he goes back to the campsite that he's sharing with Ellie.
2:25.0	Ellie is torn by the loss of tests and her potential culpability for that.
2:34.0	But she's holding it together and already just seeing them there's signs that Joel is warming to her despite the fact that he doesn't want to be with frostiness.
2:45.0	He's letting her use his jacket as a blanket.
2:48.0	He shares his food presumably.
2:52.0	Test his food.
2:54.0	It's whether it's an uncomfortable alliance but Joel.
2:59.0	He remembers what tests his last words well you know he knows this was important to test.
3:04.0	Even if he kind of resents Ellie for I mean he's a working man and he's a man that will do the job whether or not it's a job.
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