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The Last of Us’ Gorgeous Gay Love Story Could Not Be More Timely
This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us, Episode 3.
Sunday’s episode of The Last of Us, titled “Long, Long Time,” could have been very different. As the third installment of HBO’s scorching new show about an Earth overrun by a mutated, zombifying fungus, it seemed sure to fixate on advancing the primary narrative of young, apparently plague-proof Ellie, and Joel, her begrudging protector, as they journey from Boston west toward a lab working on a cure—a trek that had only really gotten underway (with a bang and a few hundred whimpers) at the end of Episode 2. What we got instead was a capsule episode, and a particularly bracing one, given the show’s oppressively bleak mood thus far: The hour is dedicated to the love story of Bill and Frank, a queer couple who—due initially to Bill’s skills as a bunker-stocking, booby-trapping, Don’t Tread on Me survivalist—manage to build a largely cheerful existence together in an abandoned and eventually fortified rural hamlet for almost 20 years.
The tale of Bill and Frank, as depicted through award-worthy performances from Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett, has garne
Are Bill and Frank Gay in The Last of Us? What’s Their Relationship?
The third episode of HBO’s post-apocalypticaction drama series ‘The Last of Us’ is almost entirely dedicated to two relatively minor characters: Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett). Despite the petite roles they are bound to compete in the series’ overall narrative, their story makes episode 3 one of the finest hours of television. It is poignant, wistful, and tragic, and it is also remarkably fulfilling. If you are wondering whether Frank and Bill are same-sex attracted in the display and the 2013 Naughty Dog video game it is based on, we got you covered. SPOILERS AHEAD.
From Survivalists to Lovers: Bill and Frank’s Journey in the Show
In the demonstrate , we see Survivalist Bill encountering musician Frank on the outskirts of his property and sharing a meal with him. This is the first second Bill has seen another person since all his neighbors were taken away by the military at the initiate of the outbreak in 2003. And Frank was forced to flee the Baltimore quarantine zone after it was destroyed. He and nine other people set out for Boston, and he was the only person to contact Bill’s prop
Was Bill Gay in The Last of Us Game?
In Episode 3 of HBO’s The Last of Us, titled “Long, Long Time,” audiences are introduced to the characters of Bill and Frank, a queer couple living out their days in the town of Lincoln, years after the cordyceps pandemic decimated the population. This episode, besides being one of the most critically acclaimed of the series, also marks the biggest departure from the original game, changing many aspects of this particular chapter in the source material. With such drastic changes, especially when it comes to Bill and Frank’s relationship, some are left asking if Bill was really same-sex attracted in The Last of Usvideo game.
Developed in the early 2010s and released in 2013, The Last of Us was created before a time when discussions about representation were within the popular consciousness. In episode 2 of The Last of Us – The Official Podcast, “Summer Part 2,” game director Neil Druckmann confesses that he wasn’t thinking about representation when he created the character of Bill and that Frank was conceived as a “best friend.” It was the voice actor for Bill, W. Earl Brown, who infused
Bill and Frank's Intimacy In The Last Of Us Feels Like An Apology From Naughty Dog
Spoilers follow for The Last of Us episode three
Bill always deserved better. The Last of Us originally depicted him as a caustic and untrusting misanthrope, with any meager emotional warmth only surfacing for those closest to him. Joel and Tess spent decades trading with him and learning to live amidst the apocalypse, and still couldn’t weave their way into his heart, too busy walking into deadly traps made to maintain them out. His distrust remains in the HBO demonstrate , but it’s lined with love and companionship he has always deserved - far more than a partner hanging himself out of desperation.
The game is deliberately vague about his queerness, hinted at through ambiguous dialogue, crude jokes, and the aforementioned suicide. I’m not against queer characters experiencing hardship in media - it often gives them the agency more obnoxiously positive media takes from them through coddling - but The Last of Us came at a second when harmful bury your gays tropes and regressive stereotypes were commonplace. Homosexual audiences were used to being treated as an afterthought, and here was a ch