The Last of Us: Another great episode last night. What I like about it is how human it is, there has just been maybe two scenes where zombies appeared and you hardly even notice it.
The real story is the human element, not the zombie apocalypse.
I think where shows like the Walking Dead made their mistake was constant repetition of the same narrative.
It is early to say but I feel the benefit of the The Last of Us being based on a game is that it has a finite and self contain story where that story already has a test audience.
I also like how the show pays homage to video game styled missions... the "I'm too big to fit in there, can you fit through that tiny hole and open the door" so I don't have to smash the window etc. I haven't played the game but I know that's a tried and tested video game technique.
I also think that it kinda adds more reality to it in a way, cos I wouldn't smash a window... I'd be like, get in there and open the door. ๐
Once again we have a whole episode which explores relationships. So far that has been the focus;
Joel and his daughter, Sarah.
Joel and his partner, Tess.
Bill and Frank
Joel and Ellie.
It's very nicely done because it shows us that as much as Joel wants to be this cold blooded self serving person, there are people he cares about.
It's really refreshing to have a series that crafts these relationships without it feeling overwhelmingly expositional.... Although pretty much most of it is a character study and exposition. It's just done well and written cohesively.