
Saying that “ Long, Long Time” was a bold episode feels like a tremendous understatement some of the important beats for Bill and Frank’s story were laid out in the acclaimed The Last of Us video game by Naughty Dog, but the HBO show went all in on reimagining Bill and Frank’s lives to better suit TV. Over the course of 76 minutes, viewers were introduced to the survivalist Bill (Nick Offerman) and his partner Frank (Murray Bartlett), two men who defied the odds and beat the cordyceps plague by living a full life into their sunset years. This past weekend’s episode of The Last of Uswas a beautiful, heart-wrenching story about finding love amidst the apocalypse.
