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** Bill wears a gasmask when he first appears above ground after FEDRA evacuates his town; in the game characters (except for Ellie) often need to wear masks to protect themselves when there are spores in the air.

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** Bill wears a gasmask when he first appears above ground after FEDRA evacuates his town; in the game characters (except for Ellie) often need to wear masks to protect themselves when there are spores in the air. Bill was also introduced in the game wearing a gas mask.
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* DiegeticSwitch: Ellie plays the song [[TitledAfterTheSong the episode is named after]], "Long Long Time" by Music/LindaRonstadt, on the car stereo at the end of the game. It then switches to the soundtrack version as Joel and Ellie drive further away from Bill's house.

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* DiegeticSwitch: Ellie plays the song [[TitledAfterTheSong the episode is named after]], "Long Long Time" by Music/LindaRonstadt, on the car stereo at the end of the game.episode. It then switches to the soundtrack version as Joel and Ellie drive further away from Bill's house.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Joel and Ellie only appear at the beginning and end of the episode (except for one flashback), with most of the episode devoted to the story of Bill and Frank - two characters that had never appeared on screen until now and had only been named a few times.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Joel and Ellie only appear at the beginning and end of the episode (except for one flashback), with most of the episode devoted to the story of Bill and Frank - two characters that Frank, the latter of whom had never appeared on screen until now and had only been named a few times.
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** When they see a wrecked plane, Joel grouses about how flights were tedious, but Ellie points out that he got to go up in the ''sky.''
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misuse. the exact wording and the spirit of the word "whomever" are not in conflict. the letter was meant to be opened by anyone


* ExactWords: Bill's final letter is addressed to "whomever, but probably Joel." Ellie justifies reading it by assuming that "whomever" includes her.
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* ExactWords: Bill's final letter is addressed to "whomever, but probably Joel." Ellie justifies reading it by assuming that "whomever" includes her.
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** After Bill fulfills Frank's final request to crush pills into his wine so he can die on his own terms, Frank asks why there were already pills in the bottle beforehand, revealing Bill's intention for them to be TogetherInDeath.
** The morning prior to that, Frank declared that the day would be his last.

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** An ill Frank declares that the day will be his last.
** After Bill fulfills Frank's final request to crush pills into his wine so he can die on his own terms, terms and then quickly guzzles his own glass, Frank asks why if there were already pills in the bottle beforehand, revealing Bill's intention for them to be TogetherInDeath.
** The morning prior to that, Frank declared that the day would be his last.
TogetherInDeath.

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* MundaneLuxury: Bill and Frank are excited to taste strawberries again after years of not having any.

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* MundaneLuxury: MundaneLuxury:
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Bill and Frank are excited to taste strawberries again after years of not having any.any.
** Likewise, Ellie is ecstatic in managing to scavenge a full box of tampons in the convenience store that Joel uses as a stash-house.
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* AnalogyBackfire: Bill refuses to give food to Frank, saying that he'll tell all the other bums about it, and "this is not an Arby's." Frank replies that Arby's is a restaurant, and didn't give out free food, either.
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** Bill and Frank have a fight that mirrors how they fell out in the game's universe, but the series version of Bill is far more willing to change than his game counterpart is.
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'''Frank''': Oh, I'm sorry I forgot. I live in ''this'' world, you live in a psycho bunker where 9/11 was an inside job and the government are all Nazis.\\

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'''Frank''': -->'''Frank''': Oh, I'm sorry I forgot. I live in ''this'' world, you live in a psycho bunker where 9/11 was an inside job and the government are all Nazis.\\
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* TogetherInDeath: Bill joins Frank in his planned suicide, as he's now old and is no longer willing to live without Frank.

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* TogetherInDeath: Bill joins decides to join Frank in his planned suicide, as he's now old lived a full life and is no longer willing doesn't want to live go on without Frank.the man who gave him purpose again. Frank says that he ''should'' be furious, but also quietly notes that on an objective level, it's pretty romantic.

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