The first season of The Last of Us was perhaps one of the best video game adaptations that we have ever gotten. It was emotional, action packed and had some truly incredible performances from the cast. It was also some of HBO Max’s best storytelling. When they announced there was going to be a season two there was some immediate concern from gamer fans regarding the next season. The second Last of Us game received very mixed reviews. Now I am not a gamer fan and I have not played the game but I have talked about it at length with my husband who has explained the ins and outs of the plot and character problems. The Last of Us season 2 brings up these same concerns.
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I hate the use of flashbacks but as we did an entirely unnecessary time jump we really need some context for Abby BEFORE she kills Joel. So I am hoping that the writers have the sense to give us that. The first episode was not emotionally where I thought it should be, especially since I have yet to sell a script but I know for a fact I could have written it better then the people that got paid to do so. I don;t have a lot of hope for the season but we will continue watching to see what happens. The problem is that the first season was so damn good, the second one has to work that much harder to measure up.
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