Episode 3...

I’m absolutely baffled to what I just watched, two random gay guys who have very little to do with the plot have sex and then kill themselves in the next scene. Like what the fuck was that. Am I supposed to care? These characters have been here for 5 minutes

Explained the car the main characters needed. And it was a nice story, well acted. Sorry if you haven't experienced love before, must have been a tough watch.

yep totally agree

The games were rather despairing at times as most people or infected wanted to kill or harm you. Bill was just surviving. He was doing fine. And yet by the end he left with Frank despite his objections to Frank's way of life initially. What he found was a reason for living and living well.

Joel survives just fine but he needed a reason to live. That reason is Ellie who is like his replacement daughter. Joel's journey with Ellie will follow a similar trajectory. No matter how miserable life is they find comfort and reason to keep going for someone else.

Without it they might as well skip all the exposition and just have waves and waves of attackers every episode.

We all die. Are all our relationships similarly pointless?

I saw this as someone that was similar to the initial Bill. I was resisting the urge to tell him to kill Frank at the start. Would Bill have lived longer without Frank? Possibly (if we assume he doesn't get shot in the attack). But would he have fully enjoyed life that way?

What makes us fully human is the ability to love and sacrifice. Apparently the infected are still aware of what is going on but have no control. These plot points show the contrast and how we can make selfless choices, even if sometimes they lead to ruin.

It's social engineering and political shenanigans. I have no patience for it and refuse to watch it. Hollywood can take their agenda and shove it up their asses.

The only thing I can take from their direction that is positive, is that it showed a more hopeful side of life in this world. That happiness can be found and even maintained. The videogame was much more brutal and apathetic in "Bills Town".

But all the rest?...Im tired of it too.

They should have kept it true to the game, devoting an entire episode to two people we never see again is so absolutely stupid in a show that will only have 9 episodes and only one more season. I wanted to see Ellie’s back and forth reactions to Bill, and him help Joel get the battery and prep the car, like in the game.

In future rewatches, the entire pointless middle segment of this episode is getting skipped.