Easily... by far and away... the most heartbreaking part of The Last of Us game, is the storyline of Henry and Sam. When I saw the end result in the game, it shook me to my core, I cried, and felt like crap for awhile.
The Last of Us show, on the other hand, already gave us episode 3 -- which anyone with a soul -- will admit, made, and still makes me cry to this day.
I couldn't take another heartbreaker of an episode like that. And even though, yes, this episode absolutely made me cry. It could have been WAY worse.
First off, I figured (like in the game), Sam and Henry would have stuck around for a little while. At least a couple of full episodes.
Instead, after last week's fantastic, and very necessary, build up episode to this week. They essentially crammed a fair amount of storyline into one VERY VERY excellent episode.
At first, I hoped they filmed what happened to all the people who lived in the underground school, in what could have been, an amazing standalone episode. Which I always wanted to see after playing the game.
But... they explained right away, why they didn't do that. When, the most insane part of this (or any other episode of a show featuring the undead for that matter) happened.
The scene with the run of clickers coming out of the ground was absolutely terrifying; more terrifying than ANYTHING The Walking Dead has ever done, and even more terrifying than the white walkers in Game of Thrones.
For the first time ever you see these monsters, and realize just how helpless you are against them in this world. They don't feel like they can be inevitably beat like on other shows, or somehow weak against our main characters.
Joel and Ellie get away because they're lucky, and because they know clickers are an ABSOLUTE last option. It's an amazing change of pace.
When, the inevitable happens with Sam and Henry, it's just as sad as it was in the game, and if you've never played the game, it's probably just as heartbreaking.
However, they also ripped the band aid off almost immediately, and for that I am eternally grateful. They could have dragged it out (something I probably would have done, especially with how wonderfully cast and amazing the actors were portraying Sam and Henry), thus making us more attached to them, but they used them as more or less another cautionary tale for Joel and Ellie on their journey.
Ultimately, The Last of Us, is about them, and the show never forgets that, even if they take us on a few side paths.
Again, somehow... this episode was done better than the game. I don't know how they keep doing it, I don't know how they keep threading the line so well between keeping it the same, and enhancing it. But they do.
From the amazing acting, cinematography, writing, directing, music, tone... etc. It proves time and time again, to be the best show on t.v. And yet again, proves, it's already my favorite show of all time.
The Last of Us show, on the other hand, already gave us episode 3 -- which anyone with a soul -- will admit, made, and still makes me cry to this day.
I couldn't take another heartbreaker of an episode like that. And even though, yes, this episode absolutely made me cry. It could have been WAY worse.
First off, I figured (like in the game), Sam and Henry would have stuck around for a little while. At least a couple of full episodes.
Instead, after last week's fantastic, and very necessary, build up episode to this week. They essentially crammed a fair amount of storyline into one VERY VERY excellent episode.
At first, I hoped they filmed what happened to all the people who lived in the underground school, in what could have been, an amazing standalone episode. Which I always wanted to see after playing the game.
But... they explained right away, why they didn't do that. When, the most insane part of this (or any other episode of a show featuring the undead for that matter) happened.
The scene with the run of clickers coming out of the ground was absolutely terrifying; more terrifying than ANYTHING The Walking Dead has ever done, and even more terrifying than the white walkers in Game of Thrones.
For the first time ever you see these monsters, and realize just how helpless you are against them in this world. They don't feel like they can be inevitably beat like on other shows, or somehow weak against our main characters.
Joel and Ellie get away because they're lucky, and because they know clickers are an ABSOLUTE last option. It's an amazing change of pace.
When, the inevitable happens with Sam and Henry, it's just as sad as it was in the game, and if you've never played the game, it's probably just as heartbreaking.
However, they also ripped the band aid off almost immediately, and for that I am eternally grateful. They could have dragged it out (something I probably would have done, especially with how wonderfully cast and amazing the actors were portraying Sam and Henry), thus making us more attached to them, but they used them as more or less another cautionary tale for Joel and Ellie on their journey.
Ultimately, The Last of Us, is about them, and the show never forgets that, even if they take us on a few side paths.
Again, somehow... this episode was done better than the game. I don't know how they keep doing it, I don't know how they keep threading the line so well between keeping it the same, and enhancing it. But they do.
From the amazing acting, cinematography, writing, directing, music, tone... etc. It proves time and time again, to be the best show on t.v. And yet again, proves, it's already my favorite show of all time.