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The Last of Us viewers are in tears after HBO's "gut-wrenching" episode three, branding it the "most touching and heartbreaking hour of television in the world".
It follows the "dystopian love story" of new characters Bill and Frank and their relationship timeline from its blossoming beginning to emotional end.
The most recent episode really is a rollercoaster of emotions as the couple's fairy tale unfolds – near to the beginning of the deadly outbreak of the zombie fungus disease.
"It turned out to be an emotional, heart-wrenching hour," said one viewer as comments flooded Twitter as the episode continued earlier today.
Spoiler alert, Bill and Frank, played by Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett, fall madly in love, end up living together before getting married – and both eventually share their final breath.
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The Last of Us viewers are still crying over episode three (HBO)"The Last of Us portrayed the greatest dystopian love story of our generation while also giving us the funniest dystopian exchange in human history," wrote another viewer.
A third penned: "Sat down expecting an hour of grotesque fungus monsters and got the most gut-wrenching love story of the decade."
"I know only one of them can win, but Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett both deserve Emmys for their performances in episode 3 of The Last of Us," said another.
Speaking in comparison with The Last of Us video game version, one fan Tweeted: "Bill in-game chose survival. Bill in the show chose love.
It followed the love story of new characters Bill and Frank (HBO)"Both have their merits. Both push Joel and Ellie forward. Both are in keeping with the world of The Last of Us. I couldn't be happier with the latest episode."
At the end of the episode, the camera revealed the window which Bill had left open in their room before they died and the episode's director Peter Hoar has now explained the meaning behind it.
Frank had been suffering from an illness and told Bill he wanted his help to end his life. Bill tearfully agreed and decided he would go with him at the same time.
In the episode, Ellie finds Bill's letter to Joel in which he explains they left the window open so that the house wouldn't smell like their dead bodies.
Director Peter Hoar explained the meaning behind the final scene (HBO)Peter has now explained that the final shot used an image fans would remember from the video game.
"In the game on the menu page, there’s always a window with the curtains blowing. That’s where that comes from," he said.
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Peter added that they decided against showing Bill and Frank following their deaths to stay away from too much gore.
"We’re not about the gore, gratuity or anything like that. You have to earn that sort of stuff," he told the Metro.