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X-Ray Vision

HBO’s The Last of Us Ep. 5

X-Ray Vision

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Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight meet Henry and Sam! In the Airlock (1:15), they dive deep (deeep) into episode 5 of HBO’s The Last of Us, recapping and discussing the action of the episode, the power of the superhero fantasy, and mirror images. Then in Nerd Out (1:07:32) they read and discuss a listener theory on the seeding possibility of Marvel video games in the MCU. 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! World War Z – written by Max Brooks.

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0:00.0

Warning, this podcast contains spoilers for the last of us episode five.

0:19.7

Hello, my name is Jason Concepcion, and I'm Rosie Knight.

0:24.4

And welcome to X-ray Vision, the crooked media podcast where we are diving deep all the

0:29.9

way down to the sinkhole beneath Kansas City, where we talk about your favorite

0:35.9

shows, movies, comics, and pop culture.

0:38.2

In this episode, we're digging into episode five of the last of us in the

0:43.8

end of just going to make you cry again. Sorry. And in

0:48.7

nerd out, we've got a really brilliant theory about the importance of

0:52.8

Marvel video games in the MCU, which feels particularly relevant right now with

0:56.8

the way DC is trying to cross those things over.

0:59.6

And of course, if you want to jump around, check out the show notes for time stamps,

1:04.0

let's go to the airlock.

1:14.8

We're stepping out of the airlock and into the remnants of Kansas City's QZ for episode five

1:20.7

of the last of us on HBO and HBO Max titled Endurance Survive.

1:26.4

This episode was written by Craig Mason and directed by Jeremy Webb.

1:29.7

And boy, for all the folks who are like, this needs to be more of this show,

1:36.4

needs to be more like the video game, last two episodes have given us the more like the

1:40.6

video game part of this story and this execution.

1:44.8

Yeah. And I think that a lot of people who played the game after seeing episode three

1:51.6

were wondering at the end of episode four, if we when we saw Henry and Sam arrive,

1:55.5

if that would be a kind of Bill and Frank reconsideration,

1:58.8

there is in a tiny kind of nuanced moments.

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