“I’m old … You were my purpose,” he says with gleaming eyes before the two go to lay down in bed for the last time.
So when Frank describes his perfect last day (complete with a wine glass full of crushed pills to end his life) it’s impossible not to weep as Offerman’s face contorts with grief and a tear rolls down his cheek.ĭuring that dinner, Bill also takes a swig of laced wine, committing to leave this world with the man he loved. Since Bill is typically a guarded, closed-off man, even the smallest expression of emotion feels seismic.
But one morning Frank informs his partner that it is his “last day,” because he doesn’t want to continue to live with his painful, incurable disease. Frank’s health worsens as he suffers the effects of cancer and Bill serves as his doting caretaker. Offerman and Bartlett are sensational throughout, but their final act is what may seal the deal as far as Emmys are concerned. SEE ‘The Last of Us’ reviews: HBO series is a ‘masterpiece of storytelling’ and ‘faithful recreation of the video game’ “I was never afraid before you showed up,” he confesses, with Offerman displaying a rare sense of vulnerability as Bill grips Frank tight. When Frank surprises his love with a newly planted strawberry patch, the gruff Bill cracks a smile and gleeful laugh for the first time as he tastes the fruit. The most compelling aspect of watching this relationship grow is experiencing the melting of Bill’s hard exterior. After their first night together, we witness their relationship evolve over the years: they fix up their neighborhood, fight over how to deal with strangers like Joel ( Pedro Pascal), and cultivate a bit of paradise at the end of the world. The audience follows Bill and Frank over the course of their entire relationship, giving this episode the feel of a standalone film. Bill hesitantly allows Frank into his home for a shower and lunch, and the pair slowly feel each other out until giving into romantic desires. But his solitary world is interrupted when a stranger named Frank ( Murray Bartlett) is ensnared in one of Bill’s traps. He raids a Home Depot, walls off the town with an electric fence, and lays booby traps to take down any stray infected humans. After the cordyceps fungus destroys civilization, extreme survivalist Bill (Offerman) hides out in his homemade bunker until he is the last resident standing in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Episode three spends most of its running time in flashbacks.
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