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The Last of Us is that series that never disappoints, at least not me; I mention this on my previous post, either its a full drama episode or full non stop action its always a great watch, I know the series might not be 100% down to the game but its also been mention through a couple of articles from the creators how its an adaptation for TV so there are things that are either not allow to show on TV or adapted for audience retention, different than gamers, content viewers have a less time for retention so it has to be a different formula to keep the audience interested.
Episode 2 has not trouble on doing that, the series keeps giving us context since its been a very long time after season 1, it stays focus on showing the evolution of Ellie as a fighter mostly because emotionally its obvious that she still not mature, still not an adult but I wouldn't blame her after everything she has gone through and knowing she is the only one who can actually survive a bite from an infected, the episode also focus on how important is to keep that a secret because its all unicorns and rainbows at Jackson as long as nobody knows her secret, once that secret comes out she probably wont be consider the same sweet rebel girl, rather be a solution for everyone biggest problem even if that means she has to be sacrifice.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581920/
- Platform: Prime Video
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At Jackson they are getting prepare for a potential Infected attack but they were not so sure about it since Infected never show some sort of strategy or intelligence, they just attach what ever moves when ever they can but this time it was different, as I mention all the Infected using dead bodies as insulation and with the roots infiltrating the pipelines they knew where the target was so it was a matter of just going for it. Jackson is a very fortified town with high walls made out of thick wood, lots of guns an ammo but its evident that during this type of Apocalypses Zombie series, humans are usually out number.
Things wouldn't work out so perfect for Abby even if she plan it, the series of events that unfold all favor her, the moment she decided to go down the mountain and then stumble into the pile of dead bodies that awake the Infected, it was like she was the bait to have Joel safe her so then she lure him into the place she was staying just to kill him. In a short description that's how things went down and I really cant believe and still do not accept that Joel is dead, he went through a lot of pain as Abby plan was to kill him slowly and having Ellie discovering everything went down makes things more interesting since I'm 110% sure she is going to do the same damn thing for Abby. It will be miracle if when they get to Jackson for some reason Joel is still alive although I doubt it since Abby beat him down so bad and then put a golf club through his neck, then there is that scene where Ellie, Dina and Jesse and dragging down Joel's body back to Jackson that is now on fire.
Tommy, Joel's brother; has such an intense fight with the leader infected at battle, I'm glad Gabriel Luna, actor who plays Tommy; is having so much screen time during the series and it does feel like he is going to be the one now looking after Ellie once Joel goes out, it really impress me Joel dies so early into the season considering its Pedro Pascal playing the role.
Same as with my previous episode RECAP this was not a short post but I'm sure The Last of Us is a favorite for a lot of people although I'm really impressed how Season two has such a very low rating on RTT at only 51% when Season One end up with 87%. I know the series have a few scenes with Dina and Ellie where it feels like they trying to push a message, also with Ellie having feelings for Dina but I personally don't find it a deal breaker and also long as its not excessive I wouldn't mind, besides the series is based on an Apocalypse type of situation after all, also keep in mind that this is not a family show.
In my opinion it has been a great start for the series, even if episode one felt a bit slow or drama only it still felt it was a smooth episode considering to what was prepared for the second episode, it wouldn't be strange if the third one would be a banger too with all the questions and doors that are left open after Jackson attack and Joel's death.
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