"Long, Long Time" is the third episode of the first season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us. Written by series co-creator Craig Mazin and directed by Peter Hoar, it aired on HBO on January 29, 2023. In the episode, Joel and Ellie travel to Lincoln, Massachusetts, to find Bill. Flashbacks follow Bill over twenty years as he survives in his town and meets his partner Frank.